News

Sign

Sommer Maybee’s resignation as Wiscasset Middle High School’s school nurse has appeared on the agenda for the Tuesday, Oct. 13 school committee meeting. As Wiscasset Newspaper has reported,…

Woodhull and AKLA's conceptual design for a development at 257 Bath Road, Wiscasset. Courtesy of Woodhull

Concern, puzzlement, praise and hope were all aired Oct. 7 over a would-be 170-unit housing development on Route One, Wiscasset near Birch Point Road. Representatives of the…

TWO BRIDGES JAIL

Three Midcoast counties have taken the next step toward entering into a jail administration consolidation agreement. On Oct. 5, Lincoln joined Sagadahoc and Knox counties in selecting Verrill, a…

Salt ’n Spar
The title page of Ghosts That Still Walk – Real Ghosts of America written by Marion Smith Lowndes of Wiscasset and published in 1941. The slim volume features ghost stories from around the country including here in Wiscasset.

I just finished reading a slim…

Obituary
Betsy J. Mosier

Betsy J. Mosier, 80, of Woolwich…

commissioners

There are a new sergeant and detective at Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department. Jared Mitkus was promoted from detective to detective sergeant and Ethan Burns was promoted from the patrol division…

News graphic

The deadline for submissions for…

Vote early. Courtesy photo

On Saturday, Oct. 17, neighbors…

WES teacher Becky Hallowell and Wiscasset alumnus Will Black, marine biologist.  Cynthia Young photo

Will Black was educated in the Wiscasset schools, graduating in 2009, and years after sitting in Becky Hallowell’s classroom as a student, he returned to share his knowledge and experience with…

Rowan Sullivan, Damian Dolan, Benny West and Spencer Grover.

Members of Partners in Education (PIE) from Wiscasset Elementary School worked with all grade levels to create scarecrows for last Friday night's Fall Festival at WES.

hEFFERNAN

Maureen Heffernan is the choice to fill a vacancy on the Edgecomb School Committee. On Oct. 5, the committee appointed Heffernan to fill an unexpired term created by Irene Marchenay’s resignation…

MaineHealth logo

MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital will…

Obituary
Frank R. Tarrio

Frank Richard Tarrio left us on Oct…

File photo

One of the first sites talked about years ago for a new Wiscasset wastewater treatment plant might be getting a closer look. Olver Associates and town officials were recommending selectmen Oct. 6…

Event poster

McSeagull’s Restaurant, established in 1976 on Pier One, Boothbay Harbor, is partnering with the Community Resource Council to celebrate the restaurant’s 50th anniversary and to help CRC and its…

A celebration of Timber Brown’s life will be held at the Boothbay American Legion Hall, 25 Industrial Park Road, Boothbay, Saturday, Oct. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m., with a Masonic service beginning at 3…

Press release
A past You Are Deeply Loved Color Run. File photo

On Oct. 25 at 9 a.m. at Wiscasset Middle High School, individuals and families will gather to participate in the third You Are Deeply Loved Color Run. The run is held in memory of Gavin Clark and…

News graphic

The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset…

LC seal

 

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in September…

Comedian Forrest Shaw

The Waldo Theater hosted comedian Forrest Shaw Oct. 1, to a welcoming crowd of marine-science students, comedy fans, supporters and the general public.…

c

The Maine Department of Energy Resources released its …

Teens To Trails

Teens to Trails will host its…

John Pedlowe

Newcastle Realty is pleased to…

Executive Director Erica Berman. Courtesy of Lone Spruce Creative

Veggies to Table has been awarded $…

School sign

As with the first two tries at a 2026-27 Wiscasset school budget, the latest offer withstood all attempts Sept. 29…

LCSO patch

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office…

If you hear bamboo windchime-like sounds at Dolphin Mini Golf ... don't turn around! Stay calm and concentrate on your game the first two weekends in October. Courtesy photo

 

Dolphin Mini-Golf, at 510 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay, is holding a benefit for Toys for Tots the first two weekends in “Spooktober!" 5-9 p.m. all four nights. 

That's…

Lincoln Theater
"The Maltese Falcon." Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.

The stars were bigger, the stories were unforgettable, and some of Hollywood’s most enduring classics were born in the 1940s. This fall, the Lincoln Theater invites audiences to step back into…

The Winter Harbor’s propeller after its salvage from Wiscasset harbor. File photo

Wiscasset's Steve Erskine said his grandfather Roy B. Rowe and Rowe's brothers Clarke and Frank started Eastern Steamship Company and owned the Winter Harbor…

"Citrus Fruit Group #1" by Roz Davis from her show at Hall Gallery earlier this year. Courtesy of John Del Vecchio

Area artists are invited and encouraged to be considered for exhibiting during 2027 in the Hall Gallery at MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta, visited by hundreds of patients and visitor…

Woodhull and AKLA’s onceptual design for a development at 257 Bath Road, Wiscasset. Courtesy of Woodhull

Maple Property Holdings, LLC is exploring making housing on Route One near Wiscasset’s Birch Point Road, and wants to know what the public thinks, said an architect involved. 

…
2026 Pemaquid Oyster Festival

Mine Oyster Raw Bar & Gathering Place hosted the 23rd Pemaquid Oyster Festival in Boothbay Harbor, Sept. 26-27, featuring freshly shucked oysters of…

Obituary

Amy Irene Pinkham of Skowhegan passed away unexpectedly at home on Sept. 13, 2026.

Born to parents Kim and Claudia (Townsend) Pinkham on May 11, 1978 in Boothbay, Amy attended school in the…

Obituary
Normand J. Bosse

 

Normand J. Bosse, 72, of East Boothbay, Maine, passed away peacefully on Sept. 20, 2026, after a brief illness.

Born on Nov. 27, 1953, in North Adams, Massachusetts to Armand…

Obituary
Elliot Schwartz

 

Elliot Schwartz died in Portland, Maine, on Sept. 24, 2026, at the age of 59, following a short battle with brain cancer.

Elliot was born…

Friends of Wiscasset Public Library
Scarecrow reading

The evenings are drawing in all over Maine and autumn in New England is the perfect time to cozy up with a warm beverage in front of the fireplace and read that book you have been wanting to read…

Fiddler

Lincoln Academy senior Allison Philbrick, 17, of Alna won first place in the New England Regional Junior Open Scottish Fiddle Championship.

The competition took place on Saturday, Sept. 19…

Photo ops and parking at the Lincoln Home in Newcastle Oct. 9-Oct. 12 during the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest. Kim Traina photo

The Lincoln Home is the Gateway to…

Edgecomb Eddy School

There is another committee in Edgecomb needing a new member. On Sept. 23, Irene Marchenay resigned from the Edgecomb School Committee. In an email read by Chairman Heather Sinclair, Marchenay…

File photo

“Stay tuned. I will try not to disappoint."

Wiscasset’s Chris Soucier wanted to share that message with readers in a Sept. 24 interview that was mostly about his recent purchase: The 43-45…

storm is tracking similar to March 2018 nor'easter
Evening cloud over East Penobscot Bay, looking toward Islesboro. (Photo courtesy Jeanne Thompson King))

The National Weather Service is determining that the strongest gusts from the approaching nor'easter will occur Saturday night in Sunday morning.

…

There will be a Celebration of Life for Stanley Chenoweth on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 11 a.m. at the Stratton-Eustis Community Building. A brief Masonic service…