At the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset there will be an organ concert Sunday, Dec. 21 at 2 p.m. Christmas Eve Services: 3 p.m. family candlelight; 7 p.m. traditional candlelight. Dec. 28: Lessons and Carols at 2 p.m. with church organist Joel Pierce playing the organ. 

The deadline for advertisements, classifieds, press releases, letters, columns and community news, for the Thursday, Dec. 25 edition will be at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19.

It was unanimous among Wiscasset's five selectmen Dec. 9. Faced with residents' petition that fell short on certified valid signatures, the board said it would put the sewer plant/public works location question on the June ballot, anyway.

A Christmas food distribution for anyone in need will be held at St. Philip's Church Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry, 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset, on Thursday, Dec. 18, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Check-in will begin at 4 p.m. Attendees will be able to choose from a variety of holiday foods and will receive a Shaw's gift c…

According to the town website at alna.maine.gov, nomination papers will be available at the town office starting Dec. 11 for a two-year term as first selectboard member, a three-year term on the school board and a one-year term as road commissioner. The filing deadline for the papers is 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20.

A group of Wiscasset residents opposing the sewer plant's move to where public works sits has petitioned to repeal the November 2024 town vote that OK'd selectmen to move the plant there and move public works to the transfer station. Town officials said the petition fell short on valid signatures.

Our thanks to Bob Bond of 40 Federal Studio for these moments from Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest. The festivities ran from Dec. 5 to 7. 

Weeks before a hearing and months ahead of town meeting, Alna Dec. 4 continued work on a second try at a mining ordinance. 

MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital is now accepting applications for its next Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training program, which runs Jan. 5 through Feb. 12, 2026. Applications are due by Dec. 5.

Ever since St. Francis of Assisi created the first live nativity scene in 1223, people worldwide have been replicating his work in many ways. On Saturday, Dec.

On Dec. 2, Lincoln County commissioners unanimously approved a 2026 budget of $15,324,218  which reflects a 3.48% increase. Commissioners made a last-minute revision prior to passage. Commissioner David Levesque requested increasing Elder Care Network of Lincoln County funding by another $10,000.

MaineHealth Primary Care Damariscotta will no longer offer care in the office on Saturdays, but patients can get same-day care for minor illnesses or injuries at MaineHealth Walk-In Care Damariscotta — located in the same building as primary care on the Miles Campus.

Due to the snowstorm, the Tuesday, Dec. 2 Wiscasset selectmen's meeting is postponed until Tuesday, Dec. 9, the town announced. 

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in November:

SEARSPORT — An iconic billboard statue erected in homage to one of Maine's former — and lucrative — industries will soon be back alongside Route 1, this time in the Midcoast, taking up position in Searsport in front of the Penobscot Mar

Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce announced in its Nov. 26 newsletter:

The Chamber Christmas Tree(s) Raffle is happening now at Wiscasset Community Center. Thanks to our generous member donors, this year the Chamber is raffling off two live trees along with decorations and two Prize Packages of gift cards and items worth over $8…

Don't miss the next Community Meeting on Friday, Dec. 5 from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Watson Center Community Room, in Damariscotta.

Join host Cindy Wade for an informative hour during which there will be presentations from some talented MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital staff.

An abandoned Cape Dory 25 sailboat which unexpectedly found its way to Edgecomb last May, and later mysteriously disappeared by August, has reappeared.  On Nov. 25, Harbor Master Terry Stockwell reported that Woolwich officials told him the sailboat was found on their mudflats.

Volunteers and friends of the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop include a number of crafters who are currently donating their work to be sold at the shop for the benefit of the library.

Wiscasset’s Feed Our Scholars (FOS) committee is holding a bake sale at Ames Supply, Bath Road, Saturday, Dec. 14 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

St. Philip's Episcopal Church Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry is thrilled to receive $1,275 in holiday gift cards from the Shaw's and Star Market Foundation’s Nourishing Neighbors program.

At the urging of selectmen, the town's economic development director and most residents who spoke, Wiscasset's planning board Nov. 24 did not make a policy of defining a recent survey as one from the last six months.