Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 is moving its longtime Wednesday early dismissal earlier to give teachers more time to meet their workloads in the pandemic. The board voted unanimously…
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Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services
On Tuesday, Dec. 15, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) and their community partners will hold a Stand Down for homeless veterans in need of assistance. The Stand Down will be held at…
“Thank you for doing this.”
“Thank you for being a highlight of the holiday season.”
"This is my kids’ favorite event and they were worried that it…
Highest Honors: Paige Davenport (12), Brian Foye (12), Eliza Paradis (12), Ryan Potter (12), Gwen Webber (12), Lily Yeaton (12), Ruby Cossaboon (11), Naomi Wood (11), Emily Gilliam (9)
High…
For a Mainer, meeting future First Lady Rosalynn Carter was like …
Wiscasset School Department
Wiscasset Middle High School Head Custodian Jeff Speed will retire Feb. 28 after 46 years with Wiscasset schools, and Speed was celebrated with a surprise during Tuesday’s, Dec. 8, school…
Highest Honors-All A’s: Cameron Main (8), Bella Orr (8), Kayence Raymond (8)
High Honors-All A’s and B’s: Makayla Bush (8), Tucker Davenport (8), Laila Dicus (8), Danika Osmond (8), Henry…
Most doctors fresh out of medical residency don’t have the pleasure of seeing doctors they know well on the first day of work. Valerie Smith, MD, a primary care and women’s health physician at…
The Leapfrog Group has named four MaineHealth hospitals – LincolnHealth, Pen Bay Medical Center, Waldo County General Hospital and Stephens Memorial Hospital – as Top Rural Hospitals 2020.…
Jo Cameron’s cookbook has a variety of traditional Maine recipes along with a few foreign dishes she picked up when her husband Bruce worked as a biochemist in Lebanon and Nigeria. One of those…
On Dec. 5, Edgecomb School Committee member Dawn Murray received all 16 votes in a special election to fill Jack Sarmanian’s vacated term as a selectman. Prior to the Dec. 7 school committee…
Healthy Kids will air a three night series on LCTV Dec. 14, 15 and 16 at 7:30. Join Healthy Kids educator and a local mom as they discuss the helpful discipline topics and parenting during the…
Lincoln Medical Partners in Damariscotta is offering a last ‘shot’ for adults and children to get the vaccinations they need.
The It’s Not Too Late to Vaccinate clinics will take place on…
You wake up one morning and just feel off. Your throat is a bit scratchy, you are feeling stuffed up, you have got post-nasal drip, feel warmer than usual and your body feels like it has been hit…
Make your appointment to give blood, platelets or plasma with the Red Cross by downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or…
Watercolorist Kathleen Horst, Damariscotta, has a new credit to add to her list of accomplishments: “As seen on HGTV”! Horst was approached this past summer to paint a portrait of a newly…
Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest 2020
Jim Crowley and Terry Heller made downtown Wiscasset feel a bit more like Christmas Friday afternoon, Dec. 4 by leading a holiday sing-along near the corner of Main and Middle streets. The…
The new policy is effective Friday, Dec. 4 and reduces visitors on units and in waiting areas
PORTLAND, Maine – In support of a safe care environment for both patients and care…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering separate online beekeeping classes for beginner and experienced beekeepers starting Jan. 14 and Feb. 25.
The five-…
Due to unforeseen circumstances, St. Columba’s Episcopal Church will not be posting podcasts for the next two weeks. The Rev. Maria Hoecker recommends that people check websites such as…
The Lincoln County Food Initiative launched their fundraiser, “25 Days to $25K” this week on Giving Tuesday. The Initiative received a pledge for a $25,000 donation from a community member with a…
On Nov. 14, eight voice students from the voice studio of Beth Preston participated in the Maine NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Musical Theater Auditions.
In the…
Rising Tide Co-op
Each month, Rising Tide donates a percentage of Wednesday sales to an organization nominated and voted on by its member-owners. October’s Co-op Community Days recipient, New Hope for Women,…
AUGUSTA — Thirty-four schools and school districts serving students in the Midcoast were provided COVID-19 grants this fall through the Maine Department of Education’s Safe Return to Instruction…
As the last of the sun disappeared and the moon started to rise Nov. 24, the Sunken Garden came alive with light. Jars full of twinkle lights lit the paths and arches lit up the path entrances.…
LincolnHealth
The continued surge of COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County has prompted LincolnHealth to take proactive measures to assure that the needs of our patients can be met.
At the close of business…
Midcoast Literacy
Get ready to enjoy storybooks in a whole new way! Midcoast Literacy, a non-profit organization that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all ages, announces a free,…
AUGUSTA — Maine Commissioner of Education Pender Makin announced Tuesday the deployment of a team of Department of Education Contact Tracers.
A cadre of nurses, many retired from years of…
Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Keith Laser will retire June 30, according to Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District School Committee’s Dec. 1 agenda,…
A Wiscasset Elementary School student has tested positive for COVID-19 and has no symptoms at this time, Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood said in an email response to questions from Wiscasset…
UMaine Extension
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two opportunities for livestock owners to get updates on forage resources and crop insurance starting at 10 a.m and again at 6 p.m.…
Giving Tuesday
All humane societies rely on the generosity of community members. This includes our local shelter, Lincoln County Animal Shelter located at 27 Atlantic Highway, Edgecomb.
In the spirit of…
New Hope for Women (NHFW) recently received local approval for funds through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP). Funds will assist with sheltering victims…
LincolnHealth
While Mindy Moore plans to be a nurse one day, her recently earned Certified Nursing Assistant’s distinction has led to rewarding job in healthcare at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.
…
Westport Island selectmen
Westport Community Association was on tap to ask selectmen’s OK Nov. 23 to serve wine at the group’s annual holiday gathering. Instead, WCA co-chair Debbie Lorenson reported its board of directors…
Press release
Gov. Janet Mills announced Nov. 20, her administration has awarded $5.6 million in CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) monies to fund the…
Traffic was stop and go outside First Congregational Church of Wiscasset Sunday morning. Parishioners drove through the parking lot to make pledges for the coming year and pick up holiday wreaths…
Thanksgiving brings yet another challenge to 2020, with an official warning from the Center for Disease Control that traveling for the holiday is high risk given the ongoing spikes in COVID-19…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will offer a webinar about selecting…
Milling Around in Newcastle recently sold several donated pieces by local artist Jake Day, which had been on display in their shop. The anonymous donor of the collection is gifting the proceeds…
Alna is carrying on with its annual Giving Tree in the pandemic. Here’s how to take part:
In the enclosure outside the town office is a paper tree with wishes attached to…
Where It’s At
I didn’t want to leave.
I wanted to keep driving around through the dazzling light show at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens this time of year. Gardens Aglow has been taking the breath away…
The Wiscasset Holiday Gift Shop, a Marketfest feature, will offer one-of-a-kind gift items from a large selection of regional artisans. The shop will be chock full of unusual finds, some useful…
On Sept. 1, Rising Tide Co-op in Damariscotta awarded Veggies to Table a $500 sponsorship as part of the Co-op’s Loving Local Meals program.
Loving Local Meals began in April 2020 when…
While growing up in Rockland County, New York, Ryan Donohue witnessed the exceptional care provided to his sister through her complicated illness. It was her pulmonologist who took on the role as…
The holidays are just around the corner, the evenings are drawing in, and all over Maine people are preparing for a holiday season that is uncharted. Some of our seniors are facing a problem that…
The following letter from Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood went live on wiscassetschools.org Wednesday, Nov. 18:
“Out of an abundance of caution, this letter is to inform you…
recipes and food safety tips for Thanksgiving
University of Maine Cooperative Extension has several resources to help prepare a safe and healthy Thanksgiving meal.
Before buying that turkey, UMaine Extension…
Skidompha Public Library
Not all of Maine's earliest European settlers came voluntarily. On Thursday, Dec. 10 at 10 a.m. Carol Gardner will deliver a virtual chat entitled “Involuntary Americans: Scottish…
Maine Medical Center
The new policy, part of MMC’s continued safety efforts, is effective Wednesday, Nov. 18
Maine Medical Center (MMC) is taking new steps to increase social distancing at its…
