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Wolverines collar Lisbon Greyhounds 3-1
After spotting visiting Lisbon an early 1-0 lead, the Wolverines scored three unanswered goals and finished with a 3-1 Mountain Valley Conference soccer win Monday afternoon. Ten minutes into the game, Cameron Poisson shot from just outside the 18-yard line to put the Greyhounds on the scoreboard...
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Wolverine girls end winless streak by beating Dirigo
Alyssa Bassett netted two goals and Gwen Webber also scored as the Wolverines shut out Dirigo 3-0 Friday, Sept. 21 at Dixfield. It was the first Mountain Valley Conference soccer win for Wiscasset Middle High School this season. The Cougars, too, entered the game winless. Both of Bassett’s goals...
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Wiscasset principal works with police chief to hire new officers
Wiscasset Police Chief Larry Hesseltine and the also new Wiscasset Middle High School principal, Chuck Lomonte, worked together to interview candidates to re-staff the police department, including the school resource officer, last week. “We interviewed five candidates,” Hesseltine said. “Two .....
Garden club plans meeting
The next meeting of the Garden Club of Wiscasset is Oct. 4 in the Fellowship Hall of the First Congregational Church, 28 High St. in Wiscasset. There is a brief business meeting at 12:30 p.m. followed by our featured program at 1 p.m. Heather McCargo of Wild Seed Project will talk on "Planting...
Promoting Wiscasset
The so far unnamed downtown Wiscasset group focused on promoting the downtown during and after the Maine Department of Transportation’s construction project met at Sarah’s Cafe Sept. 21 to brainstorm taglines and work on a design for logos, flyers, signs and parking maps, and other goods, such as...
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Clare C. Newbury
Clare Coey Newbury of Edgecomb, Maine died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Born Oct. 1, 1946, she was a fourth-generation resident of Squirrel Island. She leaves behind children Beth, Tris and Bret, and grandchildren Lexi, Dahlia, Rosalie and Simon; brother Peter Coey, as well as many life...
New at the Farnsworth: ‘Maine and the Index of American Design’
On Friday, Oct. 5, the Farnsworth Art Museum in downtown Rockland will open a new exhibition entitled “Maine and the Index of American Design.” This exhibition of watercolors, wood carvings and photography will be on view in the museum’s Crosman Gallery through March 24, 2019. During the Great...
Kitfield to retire from four-plus decades as Wiscasset doctor
When Cornelia Kitfield, highly allergic to bees, would get stung, her doctor would send the rocks flying as he drove up the dirt road to the family’s home in the country in Durham, New Hampshire with the medicine. “He’d rush in and give her (the shot), and she’d come back to life,” her son Ed...
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Edgecomb planning board reviews Watershed Center request
The Edgecomb planning board on Sept. 20 reviewed Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts' request to change the use of property at 103 Cochran Road from residential to commercial. The center is a not-for-profit organization devoted to artists who work in clay. The center bought the property, known as...
Head Tide Harp Ensemble graces Wiscasset Art Walk Sept. 27
What happens when a Midcoast harp ensemble inhabits a beautiful garden space? Experience the magic when the students of harpist Suki (Virginia) Flanagan play together in the Middle St. courtyard behind In the Clover during the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, Sept. 27, 5-8 p.m. “It’s a visual...
‘Lighthouse, Legends and Lore’ tours return
Maine Maritime Museum and Red Cloak Tours are again offering their popular Lighthouse Legends and Lore boat excursions, including a landing on Burnt Island and exploration of the haunted lighthouse station. A portion of the proceeds from the Lighthouse Legends and Lore cruises will go to benefit...
Fifth Sunday Hymn Sing scheduled
The First Congregational Church of Wiscasset will once again celebrate the fifth Sunday of the month on Sept. 30 with a hymn sing. In lieu of the morning’s sermon, hymns selected by the members and visitors will be sung. A fifth Sunday occurs only four times in 2018 and each will be celebrated with...
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- From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. It's the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David...
Farnsworth introduces interactive tours of historic properties
The Farnsworth Art Museum is pleased to announce it has made 3D interactive experiences available to the public for both of the museum’s historic properties: the Olson House, depicted in Andrew Wyeth’s iconic Christina’s World, and the Farnsworth Homestead. These 3D virtual tours of the houses were...
Passport requests up as REAL ID deadline nears
With the REAL ID extension for Mainers set to expire Oct. 10, Lincoln County Registry of Probate has had a significant increase in U.S. passport applications. The demand has been increasing as the October deadline nears. In May, the registry received 17 applications. By August, the number more than...
Pemaquid Oyster Festival continues tradition of fundraising Sept. 30
The Pemaquid Oyster Festival has always been known as a rollicking celebration of the working waterfront, with traditions of music, boat rides, an oyster shucking championship, and thousands of oysters fresh from the Damariscotta River. Yet there is another tradition not as well-known, a tradition...
Lincoln County Democratic Committee
Harvest Dinner in Whitefield set for Oct. 14
Maine’s autumn bounty will be the source for the Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s (LCDC) Harvest Dinner, to be held at the more than 100-year-old Kings Mills Union Hall, 901 Townhouse Road in Whitefield on Sunday, Oct. 14. The meal will include hearty stews, chowders, breads, cider, and pies...
Obituary
David T. Wright
David Thomas Wright, 67, of Hanover, Maine died unexpectedly at his home on Sept. 9, 2018. Dave was born Aug. 2, 1951 in Biddeford, Maine, son of Connie (Reed) and Dick Wright of West Boothbay Harbor. His early childhood was spent in Boothbay Harbor, enjoying summers around the Oak Grove Hotel...
Alna sets post-reval tax rate; revisits stance on CMP project
Alna property owners will pay $17.75 in taxes for every $1,000 of assessed valuation, in their first tax bills since the town-wide revaluation. Selectmen set the rate Sept. 19. They said bills would go out Sept. 22 and be due in 45 days. The 13 percent drop from 2017’s rate of $20.45 reflects the...
Charlie Chiarchiaro embraces old, new technology
Charlie Chiarchiaro does not see himself as an antique collector, but as a philosopher exploring the interface between the analog and the digital ages. What began as a collection of musical instruments, guns and small steam engines has mushroomed to fill a large steel warehouse off Depot Street in...
From south to north, young lobsters find cool refuge in deepwater
Orono, Maine — Maine fishermen hauled in 110.8 million pounds of lobsters in 2017 with a value of more than $400 million. While still incredibly large, this volume represented a 16 percent decline and $100 million loss compared to previous years of record-setting landings. Since the late 1980s...
‘Artist’s Choice’ exhibition at River Arts
River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting the public to view its newest exhibition at an opening reception for “Artists’ Choice” from 5-7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 21. Visitors will enjoy a wide variety of artwork created by artists from all over Maine including sculpture, photography, collage, painting,...
Obituary
Arthur D. Webster
Arthur D. Webster, proud son of Boothbay Harbor, passed away peacefully in the early hours of Sept. 9, 2018 at Maine Medical Center due to complications from a heart condition and in the company of family. He will be greatly missed. Arthur was born May 17, 1946 at St. Andrews Hospital in Boothbay...
Wolverine boys 10th in soccer standings after loss to Raiders
At the midway point of the Mountain Valley Conference soccer season, the combined Wiscasset/Boothbay boys’ team is in the hunt for a class C south playoff berth. A 6-1 loss to Oak Hill High School Sept.18 left the team ranked number 10 in the latest SPA standings. The top nine teams advance to post...
NORTHERNRAIN at Fisherman’s Wharf Sept. 22
NORTHERNRAIN Band, The neo-folk, indie rock duo Northern Rain are performing at Fisherman's Wharf on Saturday, Sept. 22 from 4-7 p.m. NORTHERNRAIN - John and Leah - has been playing tunes up and down the coast all summer. The duo singer songwriters are from Midcoast Maine. A shared love of singing...
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YMCA FALL GUIDE
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