Anniversary
Celebrating 60 years of service to community
The first meeting of the Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library was held on Jan. 27, 1966. Starting with just 12 members, the Friends are now more than 50 members strong. Following the goals in their mission statement, the Friends have assisted with and/or funded…
The bohemian waxwing is the boisterous and more colorful out-of-town cousin of the usually more common cedar waxwing. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wells
A Bird's Tale
Watch for Waxwings
It was winter of 1996. The David Cup and McIlroy Award birding competitions were in full swing in the Ithaca, New York, area where Cornell University and its famous Lab of Ornithology are located. We were in the midst of it all, along with our birders colleagues…
Tony Goulette
Quiet craftsman: Tony Goulette’s 36-year journey at Wiscasset School Department
Tony Goulette first walked through the doors of Wiscasset School Department in 1990. Tired of traveling construction jobs and working in the bitter Maine cold, he was looking for something different, a position with good benefits for his family, and an opportunity…
Victoria Hugo-Vidal. Courtesy photo
Hugo-Vidal leaves Wiscasset and its school committee
Thursday evening, Feb. 5, Wiscasset school committee member Victoria Hugo-Vidal resigned, because she is no longer a Wiscasset resident. The resignation is effective immediately, Hugo-Vidal wrote in the email to Chair Tracey Whitney and cc’d to Superintendent of…
EMA Director
Two Bridges has no ICE detainees
Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset now has a little more room inside as all U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees are no longer there. Feb. 3, Lincoln County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Rand Maker reported the jail numbers were down mostly due to the…

Obituaries

Sarkis Chalaby

Sarkis Chalaby 

Sarkis Chalaby, who died Jan. 18, 2026, was born…

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Charles F. Enes

Charles F. Enes

Charles F.…

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Angela Pinkham

Angela Pinkham

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of…

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Margaret M. Hall

Margaret M. Hall

It is with extremely heavy hearts we announce…

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Evelyn A. Grover

Evelyn A. Grover

Evelyn Ann (Cronk)…

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Robert E. Sommers Jr.

Robert E. Sommers Jr.

…

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Staff photographer Steve Edwards spent a morning and an afternoon on the water during the 2025 Boothbay Harbor Tuna Challenge and captured this and many other great shots. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
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Midcoast District 9 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings

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DAMARISCOTTA - Happy Destiny Group…

Alna’s March election is all incumbents
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All incumbents will be on Alna's March ballot, and they are the only ones, Town Clerk Lisa…

UMA announces fall 2025 president’s and dean’s lists
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University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Provost Joseph Szakas announces the …

CTL student is the Telling Room’s Lincoln County winner in writing
Adley Cawthon

The Telling Room has named Center for Teaching and Learning sixth-grade…

‘Antiques Roadshow’ at Botanical Gardens to air Feb. 16 and 23 on MPBN
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The “Antiques Roadshow”…

January home sales ease, prices rise 0.65 percent
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AUGUSTA (February 12, 2026)— Although the Maine winter season brought out…

Churches raise over $8,200 for heating assistance
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A coalition of Midcoast Christian churches banded together to raise funds for heating…

Winter migratory bird walk at Reid State Park

Join Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s Community Engagement Manager, Tyler Pascocello and Maine…

2 new faces at Woolwich town office
Tegan Rand, left, and Janelle Skillin recently joined the staff at the Woolwich town office. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper

The Woolwich selectboard recently announced two staff additions at the town office: Tegan…

This week at the Harbor Theater
Ralph Fiennes stars in "The Choral" opening at the Harbor Theater Feb. 13. Courtesy of the venue

"Song Sung Blue" - (PG-13; 2 hours, 13 minutes) - A warm, crowd-pleasing comedy-drama…

Coastal Senior College program: ‘Reagan and the Russians’
Louis Sell

This winter’s Noontime Series programs feature a trio of CSC members whose…

Lincoln County Republican Committee to host Lincoln Day Brunch and biennial municipal caucuses 
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The Lincoln County Republican Committee…

From the editor
A sense of spring?
Kevin G. Burnham

The cloudless sky. A somewhat warm southerly breeze kicked up the roadside leaves up and over the snowbanks. The dog…

From the assistant editor
All in all
Assistant Editor

Maybe it's because I slept through the second half of the Super Bowl, after a first half that, to me, had looked like New…

Coastal Rivers to host wooden spoon carving workshop
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Wood carving is a great way to…

Joe's Journal
No joy in Mudville
Joe Gelarden

Yes, (sob) the Patriots came up a bit short. Did you think they would just waltz into victory? Did you believe the “…

'Round Town
Larry
Photo by Robert Mitchell

My search for Larry Knapp turned into quite an adventure.

Since I don’t pick up bait early enough, that…

Coastal Rivers enhances visitor access at La Verna Preserve
The iconic rocky shoreline at La Verna Preserve in Bristol. Coastal Rivers aims to make it easier and safer to park at the popular hiking area. Courtesy of Coastal Rivers

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust announces major improvements to La…

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: 4 arrests
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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 270 calls for service for the period…

Edgecomb budget, school committees disagree on meeting time
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Two Edgecomb committees are at odds over a meeting time to discuss this year's budget…

St. Philip’s Help Yourself Shelf update

St. Philip’s Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry would like to proffer tremendous thanks for the…

WMHS seniors learn about volunteer fire departments
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Alna Fire Department (AFD) welcomed Wiscasset Middle High School seniors Jan. 29 to…

Wiscasset Senior Center

The next public supper will be Feb. 18. The meal will be vegetable bean soup, salad, cornbread, baked ham,…

Edgecomb selectmen considering moving from elected to appointed town officers
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Several neighboring towns have changed from elected town officers to…

Police, Fire and Courts

Edgecomb Fire Department January report
UPDATE: Authorities search for missing Whitefield man
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: 3 arrests
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: 1 arrest
Alleged child killer Tyler Witham-Jordan back on trial Feb. 17, in Bath this time
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Tides

Friday, 02/13
1:45 AM Low 2.06`
8:15 AM High 8.94`
2:37 PM Low 0.99`
9:00 PM High 7.88`
Saturday, 02/14
2:36 AM Low 1.72`
9:04 AM High 9.31`
3:21 PM Low 0.61`
9:44 PM High 8.25`
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Tides

Friday, 02/13
1:33 AM Low 1.94`
7:53 AM High 8.42`
2:25 PM Low 0.93`
8:38 PM High 7.42`
Saturday, 02/14
2:24 AM Low 1.62`
8:42 AM High 8.77`
3:09 PM Low 0.57`
9:22 PM High 7.77`
Marine Forecast
Data courtesy of NOAA

Rockland Tides

Friday, 02/13
1:25 AM Low 2.24`
7:50 AM High 9.56`
2:15 PM Low 1.15`
8:33 PM High 8.43`
Saturday, 02/14
2:17 AM Low 2.02`
8:38 AM High 9.85`
3:02 PM Low 0.84`
9:19 PM High 8.72`
Marine Forecast
Data courtesy of NOAA

Belfast Tides

Friday, 02/13
1:27 AM Low 2.25`
7:44 AM High 9.63`
2:10 PM Low 1.16`
8:25 PM High 8.64`
Saturday, 02/14
2:18 AM Low 1.90`
8:33 AM High 10.02`
2:56 PM Low 0.74`
9:10 PM High 9.05`
Marine Forecast
Data courtesy of NOAA

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