“If we really need to find extreme cuts in the budget, then it should start from the top (jobs) down, not the other way around,” Wiscasset School Committee Vice Chair Jonathan Barnes said March 31. The committee and Superintendent of Schools Dr.

The leadership team of 100+ Women Who Care Lincoln County Maine invites readers to join their upcoming meeting on Tuesday, April 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor.

Rev. John Hogue of First Congregational Church of Wiscasset invites the community to all Holy Week services, beginning on Maundy Thursday, April 2, with a Seder meal at 5:30 p.m., followed by a communion service at 7 p.m.

On Good Friday, Rev. Hogue will join Rev. Suzanne Colburn at St. Philip's Episcopal Churc…

In celebration of Earth Day and Earth Month, the Town of Alna invites residents to participate in its Annual Roadside Cleanup Event on Saturday, April 4, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The event will take place at the Alna Town Office, at 1574 Alna Road. Please note that there is no rain date scheduled.

Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce invites our members and the wider community to a very special Business After Hours as we join The Friends of Wiscasset Public Library to celebrate their 60 years of service to Wiscasset Public Library.

Wiscasset will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9 at the municipal building, 51 Bath Road, to gather public input on the acceptance of a Community Enterprise Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). The grant would support facade improvements at the buildings that now house Treats and Jodie's…

After several budget workshop nights in recent weeks, Wiscasset's school committee and officials were getting creative March 26 and, at at least one point, getting funny. Talk turned to how to try anew to serve gifted and talented students, or as some participants described them, overachievers.

United Way of Mid Coast Maine (“United Way”) is asking for the community’s support to help complete our $1.29 million fundraising goal for the United Way Community Fund.

The Edgecomb Historical Society annual meeting will be held on Sunday, April 12 at 3 p.m. at the Edgecomb Town Hall. There will be a slide show, update on EHS projects and future events, and election of officers. Books and maps will be available for sale. All interested members and non-members are invited to attend.…

On Thursday, April 2, from 8 a.m. to noon, the Maine Department of Education (DOE), in collaboration with the Maine Adult Education Association, will host an event at the Hall of Flags in the State House to showcase the broad impact of adult education programming across the state.

Is Wiscasset still OK with moving its wastewater treatment plant to public works and public works to the transfer station? Voters will decide again in June. Nodding the annual town meeting warrant March 24, selectmen did what they said they would after last fall's citizens' petition fell short on validated signatures: Ask…

Pianist Danny Holt will perform at Bay Chamber on Friday, April 3 at 1 p.m. Known for his dazzling virtuosity, Danny performs around the globe in concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the Hollywood Bowl, as well as clubs and art galleries.

Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC) is hosting a free informational workshop on legal services for business on Thursday, April 9, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the LCRPC conference room at 297 Bath Road in Wiscasset and online.

In a podcast conversation with Patrisha McLean of Finding Our Voices, Sharon Kennedy revealed from prison the "breakdown of self" by her ex that led to the murder of her daughter Marissa is the subject of a long and sympathetic feature article in the Daily Mail UK - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/crime-desk/article-15643123/shar…

This year's Corrections Officer of the Year hails from Dresden, Maine. Cpl. Aaron Smith will officially receive the honor on Thursday, April 9 during the 2026 Maine Sheriff's Association Spring Conference at Sunday River.

Approval for a training, living and rehabilitation facility on Route 27 for veterans may at least partly hinge on density rules, Wiscasset Code Enforcement Officer George Chase said Monday night.

The next meeting of the Garden Club of Wiscasset is on Thursday, April 2 at the First Congregational Church (fellowship hall), 28 High Street in Wiscasset. The program at 6 p.m.

The Edgecomb town warrant is complete and off to the printer. Selectmen finalized the 43-article warrant during the March 17 meeting. Selectmen also scheduled a mandatory public hearing at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29. Residents will vote Saturday, May 16 in person from 1 to 7 p.m. in the town hall. Absentee ballots will be ava…

Beginning on Wednesday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to noon. Instructor Cynthia Dias will lead “Introduction to Watercolor Painting,” a four-week class on Zoom.

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club’s (BHYC) High School Sailing Program is preparing to return to the water as the spring season approaches, with practices expected to begin in early April, weather permitting.

No Kings Rallies will be taking place across the U.S. on Saturday, March 28. In Lincoln County,  a No Kings Rally will be held on March 28 on Donald E. Davey Bridge from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Rally planners are hoping to make this, the third No Kings Rally Day, the largest.

"No room! No room! No room! Move down" as the Mad Hatter and March Hare would say, or, in Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars’ case, "Move up" to St. Philip’s Church’s Lippiat Hall, 12 Hodge St., on Saturday, March 28, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. or 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for Maré LeMay of Mindful Garden’s two-hour basket making workshops.  …

Fourth-grade students from Wiscasset Elementary School visited the Marcoux Family Farm, LLC, last week to make connections to their study of the process of turning sap to syrup.

Bonnie Marcoux taught the students about all the learning, equipment and hard work that goes into making maple syrup.

In celebration of its 90th anniversary, Pine Tree Society is officially inviting artists and, for the first time in the contest’s history-  photographers - to submit Maine-themed artwork for its 2026 holiday card fundraiser. 

The Big Gray Rotary Club Barn opens for its sixth season on Saturday April 4 as sure a sign of spring as spring peepers and potholes. Be there to help us celebrate, 66 Montgomery Road, Boothbay Harbor from 8:30 to 11 a.m. But, dress warmly, the big gray barn has great bargains and hard to find items, but alas no heat.

Piecemeal waterfront projects will likely attract more grants than one giant project would, Wiscasset Economic Development Director Aaron Chrostowsky and a Haley Ward representative told selectmen March 17.  Ben Meader of the Bangor-based planning firm said massive projects are “huge public investments that would probably require more reve…

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, in partnership with the Maine Forest Service and Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, will host a hands-on Live Staking Workshop on Thursday, April 9, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Coastal Rivers’ Salt Bay Farm in Damariscotta. 

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Film Office is launching a one-time Film in Maine Reimbursement grant program created to stimulate film and television production in Maine while supporting economic developmen…