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Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust naturalist Sarah Gladu will lead a gentle winter walk at Pemaquid Pond Preserve in Bremen from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10.…
Covering the various events -- towns, schools, organizations, etc. -- is what we do here at the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper and photographs add a lot to the reporting of the events.…
MaineHealth is offering a new virtual support group for people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), providing an opportunity for connection, encouragement…
The county's low-powered AM radio transmitter in Newcastle's days maybe numbered. Dec. 16, County Emergency Management Agency Director Emily Huber proposed abandoning ownership…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 281 calls for service for the period of Dec. 16 to Dec. 22. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 13,912 calls for…
AUGUSTA (December 19, 2025) — According to Maine Listings, Realtors across the state reported a median sales price of $399,000 for single-family existing homes sold in…
Alna selectmen
Culverts and beavers have a history together in Alna that has cost the town about $700-$1,000 a year and cost some beavers their lives, according to Third Selectman Coreysha Stone. Dec. 18, the…
A kitchen manager's position along with shared costs for a new Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 assistant superintendent and a shared Individualized education…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen agreed Dec. 16 to recommend the planning board proceed as if a potential change involving surveys is already in the site plan review ordinance.
In a next-day memo…
Obituary
Mary Estella Paquin, 96, of Gorham passed away peacefully on Dec. 14, 2025.
Mary was born in Augusta on Oct. 14, 1929 to the late Cecil Warren and Zylpha…
For Lincoln County residents who think local traffic is way too fast, help is on the way. On Dec. 16, Lincoln County commissioners accepted a $9,900 federal Bureau of Highway Safety grant. Sheriff…
Press release
Last year, the Lincoln County Commissioners took a community-centered approach to allocating opioid settlement funds, inviting local organizations to apply based on needs they were seeing…
The Woolwich selectboard Dec. 17 adopted a set of safety policies. The action followed an earlier discussion concerning the town opting in to Maine Municipal…
The Visual and Performing Arts Department of Wiscasset Schools presented the Winter Gathering of the Arts Dec. 15 at Wiscasset Middle High School.
Families were first invited to enjoy…
Press release
From the town Dec. 17: The Maine DECD’s Office of Community Development is pleased to announce two major funding opportunities designed to strengthen local businesses and revitalize community…
Obituary
Mavis F. Hinckley, 80, of West Melbourne, Florida, and West Gardiner, Maine, passed away peacefully on Dec. 15, 2025, with her family by her side.
She was born…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Dec. 16 at about 5:50 a.m., Lincoln County Communications Center received a report of a motor vehicle accident on Gardiner Road in Whitefield. …
After serving the people of House District 48 since 2018, I have come to understand what true leadership requires: integrity, commitment, and…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 281 calls for service for the period of Dec. 9 to Dec. 16. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 13,912 calls for service.
…Westport Island update
Hello Islanders: Winter's off to a cold and snowy start! A big thanks to Dale Reno and crew for keeping the roads safe, and to our responsible drivers for slowing down when things get slick.…
Editor's note: The following is Wiscasset Economic Development Director Aaron Chrostowsky's Dec. 10 memo in connection with an item that…
Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Gale Ellen Hodgdon, who left this world on Dec. 11, 2025, surrounded by the love that she so generously gifted to others…
As the story goes, Mary and her new husband Joseph were away from home, looking for a place to sleep on the eve of Christmas before Christmas was even a thing. The only…
In Woolwich Dec. 13, Camden Paquin of Camden's Mission gathered with his Maine Gladiators teammates and coaches, along with family and friends, at Laurel Grove Cemetery to remember, honor and…
Gingerbread Spectacular 2025
Here is the list of award winning Gingerbreads in the annual Gingerbread Spectacular at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor:
Most Spectacular: Carla Warren: "Under the Sea"
…Obituary
Wallace Carr Burgoyne, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on Dec. 8, 2025, at the age of 86 in Houston, Texas surrounded by family.
Born in Washington, D.C. on…
Obituary
Alan Fletcher Brooks, 89, of Avon, Connecticut passed away on Nov. 18, 2025, at St. Francis Hospital, with his wife, Marie-Pier (Barbier) Brooks, and his three children by his…
The recent installation of state-of-the-art imaging equipment on the St. Andrews campus marks a significant advancement in the quality of images available at MaineHealth Diagnostic Imaging,…
Obituary
Kara Nicole Overmiller, 32, passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 9, 2025. Kara grew up in Woolwich, Maine and most recently…
On Dec. 11, at about 11:50 a.m., Lincoln County Communications Center received a report of a motor vehicle accident on Pittston Road in Whitefield. …
Maine dentists have donated $325,000 in pro bono dental care to women survivors of domestic abuse in a groundbreaking program that fixes damage from…
Wiscasset school committee
Parts of custodial shifts are going uncovered in Wiscasset School Department, Maintenance and Transportation Director John Merry said. The cause is the continuing "struggle" to find substitutes,…
Obituary
Henry Gregory Shea Jr, 81, passed away peacefully on Dec. 8, 2025 with his wife by his side. Greg was born in Bronxville, New York on March 31, 1944, the son of H…
At First Congregational Church of Wiscasset, there will be an organ concert Sunday, Dec. 21 at 2 p.m.
Christmas Eve Services: 3 p.m. family candlelight; 7 p.m. traditional candlelight.…
Over 250 local women have joined 100+ Women Who Care Lincoln County since its October inception. Meeting quarterly at local businesses, the organization serves as a…
Rebekah Paredes, executive director at New Hope Midcoast, will step down from the position this week after seven years at the…
Following a public hearing, the Edgecomb Planning Board approved a permit for 634 River Road LLC to construct an oyster processing plant across the street from Glidden Oyster…
It was unanimous among Wiscasset's five selectmen Dec. 9. Faced with residents' petition that fell short on certified valid signatures, the board said it would put the sewer plant/public works…
Obituary
Richard W. Elliott passed away peacefully at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, Cape Elizabeth on Dec. 6, 2025, at…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 236 calls for service for the period of…
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 12 Hodge St, Wiscasset's holiday worship schedule, with the Rev. Suzanne F. Colburn priest in charge, presiding, is as follows. For more information, call…
A Christmas food distribution for anyone in need will be held at St. Philip's Church Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry, 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset, on Thursday, Dec. 18, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.…
A group of Wiscasset residents opposing the sewer plant's move to where public works sits has petitioned to repeal the November 2024 town vote that OK'd selectmen to move the plant there and move…
According to the town website at alna.maine.gov, nomination papers will be available at the town office starting Dec. 11 for a two-year term as first selectboard member, a three-year term on the…
Woolwich welcomed the Yule season with a joyful blend of music and caroling that filled the historic Nequasset Meeting House with good fellowship Sunday evening, Dec.…
