The Town of Wiscasset offers several convenient ways for residents to stay informed about municipal news, meetings, and community updates. Community members can visit the Town website,…
News
Stephen and Helene Huyler are mounting an epic estate sale featuring exotic treasures from their travels around the world as a benefit for Finding Our Voices, at 10 Sea St. in…
A Celebration of Life for Barclay Shepard will be held on Saturday, Sept…
Labor Day may signal the official end of summer, but it also marks the beginning of special series and events season at Harbor Theater. In September alone, you’ll find the return of…
Wiscasset selectmen
Twelve months of a monthly membership at Wiscasset Community Center cost, together, almost 50% more than an annual one, selectmen observed Sept. 1. Board members brainstormed how to make WCC…
Please join us Wednesday, Sept. 30, 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay for a presentation on recently passed Maine Red Flag Laws with Margaret Groban. Groban will…
Summer may be almost over, but the American Legion Sunday breakfasts continue on into the fall. The next breakfast will be on Sunday, Sept. 13 at the American Legion Hall in Boothbay.
A…
Boothbay Railway Village Museum - Driving History Forward campaign
For the third consecutive year, the Railway Village Museum hosted Cocktails & Chrome, a one-of-a-kind community-wide celebration in support…
Boothbay Railway Village Museum
The Railway Village Museum is proud to share opportunities for the community to get involved on the museum campus. Would you like to learn…
Press release
The Boothbay Region Democratic…
Healthy Kids, a community-based family support network and the designated member of Maine’s Prevention Council serving Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo counties, has launched its 2026 Baby Safety Month…
Wiscasset school committee
Hours after Wiscasset School Department's second try at a 2026-27 school budget lost at the polls Sept. 1, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson was up early and went online to check out…
Aug. 20 was anything but a normal day in Lincoln County. Local public safety agencies were called to two emergencies. A small plane…
The 18-year-old charged with aggravated assault against a then-fellow Wiscasset Middle High School student last May has agreed to anger management and mental health counseling in a two-year deal…
To further enhance visitors' experience at the ca. 1754 Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta, a Timeline of Events has been installed in the ell of the historic cape at the head of Main Street.…
Wiscasset selectmen
It’s official: Wiscasset voters have several decisions to make Nov. 3, involving mobile home park rents, data centers, the ordinance review committee (ORC) and use of some fire department services…
Veggies to Table raised an…
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta celebrated the opening of its new Infusion Center and Oncology & Blood Disorder Practice on Aug. 31 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by…
On Tuesday, Sept. 8, festive season…
Update: Wiscasset Town Clerk Rebecca Brewer on Wednesday provided the now official results of the Sept. 1 vote. She said 956 ballots were cast (the questions were on two separate ballots); the…
The deadline for editorial and advertising submissions for the Sept. 10 edition is Friday, Sept. 4 at 4 p.m. The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper staff will be observing Labor Day Monday,…
Friends of Wiscasset Public Library
Bands for Books is the major annual fundraising activity for The Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library. This year we will celebrate our 12th anniversary and are planning another special evening…
Wiscasset selectmen
Is it time to tweak Wiscasset's ordinance review committee or end it? Selectmen Sept. 1 were set to consider sending one of those options to a November town vote. Town staff…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce
Wiscasset’s 8th annual Scarecrow Fest is Saturday, Oct. 3 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Wiscasset Community Center. A partnership between Wiscasset Parks and Recreation and the Wiscasset Area Chamber…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset resident after Wiscasset resident Aug. 25 described rent hikes in the hundreds of percent at mobile home parks. Some said they had no other option for a home and would have to leave and…
The public is invited to experience one of Maine’s iconic coastal landmarks during Maine Open Lighthouse Day at Burnt Island Light on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Hosted with…
Death notice
George C. Gilpatrick, born Nov. 3, 1937, died Aug. 13, 2026 at Maine General Hospital in Portland after a sudden illness.
He was buried in the Veterans Administration Cemetery ini Augusta…
Staying on Wiscasset's school committee would be "untenable," Jonathan Barnes said in resigning Aug. 26.
"(This) decision ... has come only after considerable reflection and after…
Wiscasset school committee
Separate faculty meetings Aug. 26 for the middle and high schools were part of the start of giving Wiscasset Middle High School's sixth, seventh and eighth grades an identity separate from the…
Obituary
David James Chartier, 58, of Woolwich passed away Aug. 23, 2026.
David was born in Woodbury, New Jersey Oct. 24, 1967, to John Edward Sr. and Patricia Ann. He moved to Maine in 1985…
UPDATE: MLA welcomes Canada’s decision to remove seafood from retaliatory tariffs
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The Kennebec and Knox-Lincoln Soil…
