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Local ask down in Wiscasset’s latest school budget offer
The budget offer Wiscasset's school committee nodded Sept. 10 cuts $105,046 in costs from the one that failed at the polls Sept. 1. And it takes $600,000 from the undesignated fund balance instead of $500,000. Gone would be a half-time social worker job and a full…
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Wiscasset school committee goes with Clarke
Wiscasset Partners in Education secretary and past school committee candidate Danielle Clarke has made the committee. In a 3-1 vote Sept. 15, the committee named Clarke to fill the seat Jonathan Barnes left. The term runs out in June. The committee considered…
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Strong turnout for Edgecomb's Community Forum
On Sept. 20, Edgecomb tried tackling a question being asked all over the country: Is our community affordable? About 60 residents attended the community forum at Edgecomb Eddy School. For the past couple years, residents frustrated by the budget process have asked…
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Bickford resigns as fire chief; will stay on department
Wiscasset Fire Department member of 38 years Rob Bickford has resigned as fire chief, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director and addressing officer. In his monthly report to Town Manager Dennis Simmons, Bickford said he’ll still be a member, and will “make the…
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‘I am convinced we can sustain this’
From the state's cell phone ban to making sure students are where assigned, Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Chris Hennessey told the school committee Sept. 8, students are not pushing back.  Six school days in, Hennessey said, “ I just can’t state…

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Lola F. Baldwin

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Wayne D. Kimball

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Wayne David Kimball was born in Jamaica Plain,…

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Alan C. Pease

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Carl P.R. Schmidt

Carl P. R. Schmidt

Carl Philip Rising Schmidt, 75, of Boothbay,…

Jo-an Ross

Jo-an Ross

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Wiscasset Middle High School's school nurse, Sommer Maybee, was placed on paid administrative leave Sept…

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Hawks perch where they can best see the prey they are hunting. The authors recently saw a young red-tailed hawk, like the one here, perched on a mailbox at a farmhouse, perhaps hunting nearby house sparrows. Photo by Department of the Interior. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, courtesy of Wikicommons.

 

Countless times, we’ve driven past the big, white farmhouse next to the long, red milking…

Boothbay mother-daughter duo release kid's cookbook
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First National Bank named a 2026 Best Place to Work in Maine 
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First National Bank has been named one of the 2026 Best Places to Work in…

Young Eagles Day at Wiscasset Municipal Airport Oct. 3
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Lincoln County Sheriff's Office: 3 arrests
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Local National Guardsman awarded the Legion of Merit recognizing 32 years of military service
Colonel Shanon Cotta was awarded a Legion of Merit and retired after 32 years of service from the United States Army on Sept. 13 in Bangor, Maine. After the retirement ceremony, he stands with his mother Helga Cotta of South China, Maine. Courtesy photo

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Group 1 champions crowned at Wiscasset Speedway
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As the saying goes: “All good things must come to an end.” The same reigns…

Babysitter training, Fix-A-Bike, and favorite teachers return to Boothbay-Wiscasset Adult Ed 
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Annual Nor'easters barbershop chorus concert Oct. 3
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Oct. 1 talk on apple growing
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The topic for the next program of the Garden Club of Wiscasset is “Apples: Learn the Essentials of Growing…

Town of Edgecomb
Residents raise questions about timeliness of warrant questions
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Edgecomb selectmen received negative feedback Sept. 15 regarding two warrant questions on the Nov. 3 special…

Blessing of the animals Oct. 4 on Wiscasset Common
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Soon Wiscasset's Town Common will be graced with wagging tails and paw prints from our beloved pets! In honor of St.…

This week at the Harbor Theater
"Practical Magic 2" opens at the Harbor Theater Friday, Sept. 25. Courtesy of the venue

 

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Learning the language of the landscape
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What can the natural features of our beautiful surrounding landscapes teach us about the ecological and…

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Maine has been completely controlled by Democrats for the last eight years…

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Wiscasset Elementary School fourth-grade students recently enjoyed their first monthly field trip to Hidden Valley…

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I am 86 years old and have lived through 12 presidential administrations but never…

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