Woolwich selectmen signed the 2026-27 Sagadahoc County tax commitment July 1.  The town’s share of the $14.2 million budget is $1.335 million. The payment is due by Sept 1. Selectboard Chair David King Sr. said Woolwich pays the fifth highest amount in taxes of the 10 towns making up the county.

Wiscasset's school committee June 30 nodded 4-1 the $10.7 million budget offer voters will consider July 23. The budget that comes out of that special town meeting goes on to a vote at the polls Sept. 1, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson said.

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is thrilled to announce the appointment of Kyle Amergian as its new education director. Amergian will take the helm at Coastal Rivers’ Camp Mummichog summer day camp and lead the organization’s nature education programming in partnership with local schools.

On Sunday, July 19, the Edgecomb Community Church will be sponsoring a summer concert featuring Kouchera, a local band whose live performances are rooted in Haitian Konpa, Soul, and R&B. Beginning at 7 p.m. the church sanctuary will be rocking with this unique group of musicians performing their special blend of music.

On Aug.

Healthy Lincoln County’s Community Routes program has been named the recipient of the 2026 Coulombe Center Award for Innovation for its creative approach to improving access to essential services for rural residents.

The Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library will once again host the annual Bands for Books on Labor Day at Lakehurst Lodge in Damariscotta.

Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson proposed a budget offer June 25 with $236,104 in cuts from the one that lost with voters June 9.

Saturday, July 11

Parishioners at St. Giles Episcopal Church in Jefferson are working hard to make the annual Country Fair the best ever. The fair will be held Saturday, July 25, under the tall pine trees on the church grounds. Hours are from 10 a.m.

Edgecomb Community Church is beginning a new capital campaign to raise funds for repairs to its front doors, and painting and repairs to its steeple. The front doors, which are the original doors from around 1880, are in need of serious repair; they will be removed and rebuilt.

Wiscasset Parks and Recreation has announced the following:

This year's July 4 parade theme will be celebrating our "America The Beautiful" 250th celebration. In a special tribute, this year's parade will forgo a traditional single Grand Marshal. Instead, the procession will celebrate Wiscasset-area veterans, who will ride together on the…

St. Philip's Episcopal Church on Wiscasset's Hodge Street continued its long tradition June 27 of drawing a crowd. Our thanks to Bob Bond of 40 Federal Studio in Wiscasset for sharing these photos from the indoor-outdoor festival.

Wiscasset Art Walk's season kicked off June 25. Wiscasset photographer Bob Bond of 40 Federal Studio took it in and shares these pictures from the evening.

Next art walk is July 30 from 4 to 7 p.m. 

Wiscasset's selectmen-appointed Climate Action Team (WCAT) got talking June 24 about how it could offer to help educate the public on wastewater treatment, as the town continues to work toward building a new plant.

The beginning of Windjammer Week coincides with another Boothbay tradition. Maine State Aquarium has opened for another season devoted to understanding the Gulf of Maine ecosystem. The 1,800 square foot museum in West Boothbay Harbor is home to exhibits explaining marine life.

Wiscasset Community Center was working to get the Senior Center ready for use again after a pipe burst over it, Parks and Recreation Director Duane Goud said June 25.

The annual Windjammer Days Street Parade takes a lot of work by a lot of people to delight even more people and this year’s edition did not disappoint.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is opening its doors next month to the public for its annual open house. Visitors are welcome from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol, earned a perfect score from Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund for votes to protect reproductive rights and improve access to fundamental healthcare. Sen.

Guests from all over Lincoln County converged at Gliddon Point Oysters Farms to celebrate the youth development work being accomplished by Hearty Roots.

A month after a Wiscasset Middle High School senior allegedly committed aggravated assault against Ashley James' eighth grader, the Wiscasset mother is urging school committee members to look hard at the committee's code of ethics and ask if they have lived up to it.

Sunny skies before an afternoon thunderstorm blessed the Blessing of the Fleet and Memorial Service on Sunday, June 21.

As with last year when Wiscasset voters rejected the first try at a school budget, the rejection June 9 of the proposed 2026-27 one has restarted the process of the school committee working out a budget to take to a special town meeting, and the budget that comes out of that going onto a vote at the polls.

In the spirit of Safe Boating Week, the United States Sail & Power Squadron will offer America’s Boating Course on Saturday, Oct. 17 between 7:15 a.m. and 5 p.m.