LincolnHealth staff administered 88 influenza vaccinations via drive-through at St. Andrews Urgent Care in Boothbay Harbor and 208 at the Miles campus in Damariscotta Sept. 25. The clinics were…
Life
Students in Donna Footer's second grade class at Wiscasset Elementary School learned all about monarch butterflies and recently released them into the memorial garden at school.
Students in Trae Stover's first grade at Wiscasset Elementary School receive books to bring home each month and on holidays, thanks to very generous community sponsors! September's books, “How Do…
At Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, preparations are already underway for the seventh annual Gardens Aglow. After positive feedback from last year’s successful pivot to hold the event…
LincolnHealth reported record-setting COVID-19 numbers for the week of Sept. 13 with 83 positive cases from 883 tests. Nearly half of the cases were of those under 18 and about a third of all…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC) in collaboration with Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency (LCEMA) are requesting public comment on the 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan update…
Wiscasset Art Walk
Twig artist Susy Perrine will build a garden structure…
Lincoln Medical Partners
LincolnHealth begins its annual flu vaccination clinics this Saturday, with drive-up events in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta.
Clinics will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays,…
New U.S. Junior National Scottish Fiddler Champion Owen Kennedy is among the musical performers at the Fall Foliage Festival Oct. 9 and 10 at Boothbay Railway Village Museum. He’ll be joined by…
Nicole Ellis is back in the classroom this fall, teaching fifth and sixth grade math and science in Edgecomb. The 2010 University of Maine graduate previously taught fifth grade in New Hampshire.…
MaineHealth
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded MaineHealth $940,140 Sept. 20 for studying how to expand access to regular COVID-19 testing for Maine’s immigrant, low-income and homeless…
On Sunday, Sept. 26 the Edgecomb Community Church will have as guest minister the Reverend Peter Foss. Rev. Foss has preached many times at this church while filling in as an interim pastor…
A thunderstorm forced a one-hour delay of Saturday night’s Homecoming festivities at Wiscasset Middle High School. It was 7 p.m. before the Wolverine boys’ varsity soccer team took the field in…
New Wiscasset Elementary School Principal Kathleen Pastore tried twice this summer to hold Popsicle with the Principal events, but due to rain both times, they attracted a trickle of families, she…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, thanks to a partnership with Hidden Valley Nature Center of Midcoast Conservancy, now has a new outdoor classroom. The collaboration, offered as a timber frame…
LincolnHealth reported 42 positive COVID-19 cases for Sept. 6-12, a record number for a one-week period since the beginning of the pandemic. The positivity rate rose to 8.55% with 491 tests and 14…
Wiscasset school committee
Expect no hybrid learning this school year, Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood told the school committee Tuesday night, Sept. 14. The backup to full-time in-person learning would be to…
Edgecomb
New Edgecomb Eddy School Principal Christina Boursaw reported enrollment hit 119 for the first week of school. Boursaw told school committee members Sept. 13, enrollment included 31 students from…
Last week, Midcoast Conservancy purchased a high priority 57-acre addition to its Reverend Joseph Barth Memorial Demonstration and Experimental Forest from Nick and Sandra Barth. Reverend Joseph…
On Saturday, Sept. 25, Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust invites groups of up to six people to bring their own apples and jugs to Coastal Rivers Salt Bay Farm, 110 Belvedere Road, Damariscotta to…
Despite recent increases in hourly wages and offering additional sign-on bonuses to new employees, LincolnHealth is still struggling with staffing shortages, forcing some temporary changes in…
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), Manchester, New Hampshire, announces the following students were named to the summer 2021 president's list.
Christopher Salatino of Boothbay, Paul…
LincolnHealth
LincolnHealth begins its annual flu vaccination clinics, with three successive Saturday drive-up events in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta.
Participants stay in their vehicle for…
More than 20 craft and vendor tables will be selling a wide variety of goods at the St. Giles Jump Into Fall event, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, on the church grounds under the pines at…
Shortly after 5 p.m. Labor Day, the skies opened and it poured for about 15 minutes. Friends of Wiscasset Library’s annual fundraiser, Bands for Books, had just begun at Seafield Farm in Wiscasset…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle told the board Sept. 9, student registrations are rebounding, he hoped by as much as last year’s loss of about 100. He…
For individuals interested in learning more about restorative justice within Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Knox, Waldo, and Hancock counties, all RJP Maine trainees come out of the three-day…
The Worthington Scholarship Foundation has awarded 215 college scholarships this year totaling $3.4 million to students throughout the Midcoast and Down East.
The Worthington Scholarship…
Join us for the Autumn Equinox Candlelight Walk on Wednesday, Sept. 22 beginning 6:30 p.m. (please note change of time) at the Labyrinth in the Field, located on the grounds of Edgecomb Community…
Two and a half hours into Saturday’s four-hour, free barbecue for veterans and their families, American Legion Post 54 member and Navy veteran Neil Page had grilled 21 hot dogs and 22 burgers. “…
“Talking Art in Maine” and “Talking Food in Maine,” both part of Lincoln Theater’s Intimate Conversations series, return this September live on stage. These one…
How many times have you looked around the rooms in your house, apartment, or condo and thought how bored you were with how they look? The paint, the furniture, the artsy pieces ... boring!
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Press release
The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta committee announced on Friday, Sept. 10 that all events are canceled this year, except the deployment of giant pumpkins on Main Street, all decorated by…
LincolnHealth reported 21 new cases out of 485 tests for the week of Aug. 30 to Sept. 5. Totals remain steady while the amount of testing has varied over the past several weeks resulting in…
“J Edward Knight will now be advising our clients on their Medicare plan options,” said Robert Wheeler, president of J. Edward Knight, in a news release.
Wheeler went on to say: “After…
Mid-Coast School of Technology Adult Education Program is pleased to welcome Master Gardener Jean Vose to their Fall Program to present a three-week…
Seacoast Community Orchestras invites local string musicians of all ages and levels to join our community orchestra program for the 2021-2022 season. The first rehearsal will be on Tuesday, Sept…
The University of Maine Darling Marine Center hosted a three-day orientation program last week for 27 first-year students in the School of Marine Sciences.
William “Wge” Ellis, associate…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online class on dehydrating and freezing for food preservation, Thursday, Sept. 23, from 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Learn how to safely preserve…
Woolwich resident and now Wiscasset Municipal Airport Manager Rick Tetrev was in his office as Bath-Brunswick Region Chamber of Commerce’s executive director Sept. 11, 2001, when wife Cecille…
Besides being Wiscasset’s first school day with all students attending daily again, for two new Wiscasset girls, Tuesday was also their first day learning in Wiscasset schools.
They moved…
An exciting variety of auction and raffle items will be part of the St. Giles Jump Into Fall event, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday Sept. 18, on the church grounds under the pines at 72 Gardiner Road…
The annual Sunrise Lighthouse Photography cruise aboard the Balmy Days is this coming Saturday, Sept. 11 at 6 a.m…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ Maine Days have become a family tradition for many of the state’s residents. Historically held over Memorial Day Weekend, Maine Days welcomes Maine residents to…
An hour and a half into a fundraiser for Dean Snell Cancer Foundation Saturday, Laila Dicus had walked 10 laps over the Wiscasset Speedway track. And the Wiscasset 14-year-old was still smiling,…
PRESS RELEASE
The Mills Administration announced Sept. 2 $146 million in state and federal funding for Maine nursing and residential care facilities, adult family care homes, and hospitals. The funds will…
With the 2021-22 academic year right around the corner, Maine school districts are searching for healthy ways for their students to return to school. One opportunity schools have…
LincolnHealth reported 20 new cases of COVID-19 for the week of Aug. 23; 381 tests were administered, down from 456 the previous week, bringing the percent-positive up to 5.25%.
Director of…
