Wiscasset’s Anthony Rauseo has traveled the world and believes its best country is the U.S. His and wife Caryl “C.J.” Rauseo’s piece of the world, 22 Federal St., shows that perspective indoors…
Life
The Monhegan Museum of Art & History is pleased to launch self-guided virtual tours of its exhibitions and architecture on Monhegan Island, Maine. These tours expand opportunities for visitors…
Press release
Bakes for Breast Cancer is proud to announce that Treats of Maine, 80 Main St., in Wiscasset is participating in the inaugural Bakes for Breast Cancer Maine.
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The Frances Perkins Center in Newcastle will celebrate the life and work of Frances Perkins with a virtual Garden Party and awards ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 15 from 5 to 6 p.m. To register for this…
Organizers of the 2021 OBD Vintage Car Show announced that trophies in six categories will be awarded at the event. The vintage show will be held on Saturday, Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the…
Midcoast Conservancy and Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway have partnered to offer a special adventure in Alna: A train ride to a guided hike on Trout Brook Preserve lets participants…
Hake in grape leaves, monkfish ceviche, pickled mackerel and scallop panzanella - likely four dishes you’ve never tried featuring several species that don’t make it onto just any seafood…
Westport Island selectmen
At Monday night’s Westport Island selectmen’s meeting, Deputy Clerk Gaye Wagner gave a happy report of a young entrepreneur-philanthropist. Linnea Helland, 6, brought a smile to many faces last…
Camden-based nonprofit Finding Our Voices (FOV) has received national recognition for its “Outstanding Awareness Campaign,” the Let’s Talk About It/Women in Windows posters and “Best Awareness…
Hands-on artmaking is the theme of the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, July 29 from 5 to 8 p.m. The…
In grandparents Lora and Randy Rinow’s Edgecomb living room Saturday, Jameson Brooks asked if he could open one of his presents that makes noise. The Trevett, Boothbay boy, blind and s…
“Hope Can’t Be Stopped” – This is this year’s theme song for Hope Haitian Choir 2021! Even though our numbers are smaller this year due to no new or renewed visas from the embassy which has been…
SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE – As part of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s continued commitment to supporting the prevention and treatment of cancer and the work of the Maine Children’s Cancer Program…
Monhegan Island was covered in a thick layer of fog Wednesday, July 14, but that wasn’t going to stop Judine French from painting.
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Edgecomb Community Church, 15 Cross Point Road, will hold its highly anticipated yard sale, Saturday, Aug. 14, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on our upper parking area in conjunction with the 5-mile Yard…
With summer spreading out before us, swimming, camping, traveling and playing outside are the order of the day; return to school is not in mind, but it is not long from now. And supplies need to…
Over the last 16 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused some children and teens fall behind on their vaccination schedules.
Lincoln Medical Partners in Damariscotta will be hosting ‘…
In addition to featuring Midcoast Maine lobsters during its Family Fun Day Lobster Bake on Sunday, Aug. 8, the Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) will offer guests the chance to…
Healthy Lincoln County (HLC) will now be opening its office doors for community members to obtain naloxone. Beginning Aug.. 4, HLC will be offering free naloxone kits to anyone in the community…
The following students who live in the newspaper's coverage area attained honor roll status for the second semester:
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Leah Potter of Edgecomb and Amanda Dorothy Smith of Wiscasset were named to the spring 2021 dean's list at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust's (KELT) most popular summertime event is back on Thursday, July 29 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at…
The train was rolling on the tracks and the people kept flowing onto the village green as Boothbay Railway Village Museum held its Antique Auto Day: Sock Hop, Soda Pops & Whistle Stops event…
“We’ve bought a few things but none of them were on the list,” said Bob Connor Saturday morning at one of the many sites across Westport Island participating in the island-wide yard sale. He and…
The following students were named to the University of Maine Augusta dean's list.
Full-time students: Kyle Levasseur, Alna; Jade Rego, Alna; Amy Henderson, Boothbay; Tara Hire, Monhegan;…
The following local students attending the University of Maine at Farmington were named to the spring 2021 semester dean’s list:
Boothbay: Page Brown, High Honors
Edgecomb: Mel…
LincolnHealth reported four straight weeks of no new COVID-19 cases July 13. The last positive test was recorded June 14 and the last stretch of no new positive cases was May-June in 2020.
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In light of the recent child deaths in Maine, now is a good time for the community to consider all that families need and what can be done to support them. “Parenting is a difficult job for…
Marge Kilkelly, former Lincoln County state representative and senator has been named honorary chair of the Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s (LCDC) 2021 Family Fun Day Lobster Bake…
This week University of Maine Darling Marine Center will host the first of four shoreline science talks on their Walpole campus. Each week at 11:00 a.m. up to 15 participants will have the…
July 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Railway Village Museum will continue its celebration of Maine’s 201st birthday this Saturday, July 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 1950s’ themed event will feature Antique Autos, Root Beer…
Westport Island
This Saturday, July 17, Westport Community Association is making things happen! Thirty-three families will be involved in an Island Wide Yard Sale. The Yard Sale, over the whole island, runs from…
At Pownalborough Courthouse Sunday, July 11, Dresden had its annual Summerfest for the first time since 2019.
“We are doing some new things,” said celebration coordinator Robin Grant. New…
The committee Wiscasset voters nodded last month to study the schools’ future is near forming. Thursday night, July 8, the selectboard, school committee, Town Manager Dennis Simmons and…
Come and join us for the full “Buck” Moon labyrinth walk on Friday, July 23 beginning 7:30 p.m. at the Labyrinth in the Field, located on the grounds of Edgecomb Community Church. The labyrinth…
It has been three years since artists Catherine Day and Sue Kenney opened Black River Gallery in downtown Boothbay Harbor. The gallery, which showcases their…
Central Lincoln County YMCA is delighted to announce that Sally (Poole) Farrell and Ann Poole will serve as the 2021 Annual Fund chairs, representing the extended Poole family,…
The following students in the newspaper's readership area were named to the University of Maine spring 2021 dean's list: Alna: Andrew Hutchins; Boothbay: Graham Bryer, Maya Schwehm, Alexis Welch;…
It’s time to celebrate! And the Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) will be doing just that when they host the public at their Family Fun Day Lobster Bake on Sunday, Aug. 8, at…
Boothbay Region YMCA annual fund co-chairs Robbie and Sara Watts and daughters Ella and Kayla are spreading the Y’s 2021 message “Back Together” by sharing what the organization means to them.…
Boothbay Region Community Center
Jan Flowers, who moved to Wiscasset several years ago from Austin, Texas, bought a chance on Boothbay Region Community Center’s lobster…
There are a lot of ticks this time of year in Midcoast Maine. Looking at the data from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension's Tick Lab for our region (Boothbay, Boothbay…
Grace Moclair of Wiscasset has been recognized for achieving academic distinction at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Moclair, majoring in mechanical engineering, was named to the dean's…
LincolnHealth reported three weeks straight of 0 positive COVID-19 tests July 6. The streak began after one positive case was recorded June 14 and after three consecutive weeks of record low…
The rain stopped on Saturday, July 3 just in time for the festivities at Boothbay Railway Village Museum’s Olde Village Days. Crowds of families – locals, vacationers and summer residents –…
The first shot of Boothbay Harbor’s Independence Day fireworks went skyward at 9 p.m.
These images were captured at Whale’s Tale on Atlantic Avenue.
Wiscasset Congregational Church
A multitude of voices filled the Sunday morning air for the first time since March 2020 at First Congregational Church of Wiscasset, United Church of Christ on July 4. Sunday marked a major…
The sky was overcast Friday, July 2. It was an abrupt weather change, in true New England fashion, from the oppressive heat that marked most of the Windjammer Days’ festivities. However, the…
Bible Baptist Church, Wiscasset
The Bible Baptist Church at 143 Beechnut Hill Road in Wiscasset invites children in first through seventh grades to attend their Daily Vacation Bible School program. It will be held on Monday…
