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Susan Collins - 13
Troy Jackson - 53
Declared Write - ins - 0
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Rick Bennet - 5
Robert Charles - 6
Hannah Pingree - 55
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Edgecomb Fire Dept patch

The Edgecomb Fire Department Auxiliary will be hosting its annual fish fry this Saturday, Nov. 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Edgecomb Fire Station, 473 Boothbay Road. The fish fry is our largest…

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American Legion Post 54 of Wiscasset will hold its Veterans Day service at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the veterans wall at the municipal building on the corner of Routes 1 and 27,…

Skip Lisle at work in Alna. Courtesy photo

The Town of Alna invites municipal officials, property owners, and interested community members to an information session on non-lethal beaver management on …

Sewer plant entrance

Due to the tens of millions of dollars in upgrades the aging sewer plant would need, the seawall option would have cost about as much as building a new plant off the…

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Christine C. Patton

Christine Card Patton — a lover of…

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Longtime Edgecomb site of Sheepscot River Pottery. Courtesy photo

The Okie family, which founded Sheepscot River Pottery more than 50 years ago, is selling its longtime Edgecomb home, and the business is staying open. Tranzon Auction Properties has announced…

Wiscasset Halloween

Our thanks to Wiscasset's Owen Whitney for sharing these moments from Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31. This year's fun ranged across the village, from Federal Street to the Customs House near the…

Wiscasset Climate Action Team
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"A lot of people in our community are freaking out about the high cost of heating oil, and worrying about how they are going to stay warm this winter,” Chair Leslie Roberts told a…

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Saturday, Oct. 31, come out for a ghoulishly good time! Enjoy an afternoon of costumes, treats, and family-friendly fun around Wiscasset.

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Wiscasset school committee
Teacher’s desk

Wiscasset School Committee Chair Tracey Whitney said Oct. 27, it's frustrating when people cite below state average test scores to "justify or not justify our school's existence" and reject school…

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On Oct. 27, Edgecomb selectmen…

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Elizabeth F. Klein

Elizabeth Flynt “Betsy” Klein, 82,…

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"Domestic abuse and violence is a pattern of controlling behavior in the context of a current or former relationship. One person purposefully seeks to limit the…

Alna selectmen
Town office sign

Alna selectmen Oct. 22 set a Nov. 5 special town meeting for voters to consider letting the board tap surplus for up to $25,000 to cover legal costs. 

The $…

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Beth A. Barter

Beth Ann York Barter, Boothbay,…

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John W. Goodman

John W. Goodman passed away…

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After a long hiatus, students at…

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Steve Erskine (l) and Steve Christiansen pose with the Winter Harbor propeller. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper

They say everything comes around…

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Ahoy, Wiscasset! The Pirates of Federal Street are embarking on an exciting new chapter as The Pirates of Wiscasset, bringing their spectacular Halloween sets, interactive thrills, unforgettable…

Holiday sale at the Edgecomb Community Church's Thrift Store Nov. 17, 21 and 24. Courtesy photo

Looking for some good deals at…

Wawenock building

The Ralph Doering family is “open to all kinds of possibilities,” spokesman Mark Robinson said. He was talking about Wawenock Block, the Main Street, Wiscasset building the family has owned for…

Village residents visit the horses in the lower paddocks at Burke's Island Farm on Friday, Oct. 23 with employee Ella Watts. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register

For the second time this year,…

Woolwich selectmen
Town Administrator’s Kim Dalton addresses the select board at Wednesday’s meeting. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset newspaper

Woolwich selectmen are revising the…

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Lincoln County commissioners made three decisions Oct. 20 relating to issues in the Boothbay peninsula. Commissioners accepted a $1,322.14 asset forfeiture resulting from a Boothbay commercial…

Erik Hobson, R-Boothbay. Courtesy of Lincoln County News

If elected, Erik Hobson, R-Boothbay, said he hopes to bring accountability and transparency to Augusta as the representative for House District 48.

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Charlotte Nutt, D-Edgecomb. Courtesy of Lincoln County News

Support for municipalities and data-based decisions are at the heart of Charlotte Nutt’s campaign for House District 48.

Nutt, D-Edgecomb, faces Erik Hobson…

Wiscasset selectmen
Interim Fire Chief John Merry. File photo

Wiscasset selectmen Oct. 20 made Deputy Fire Chief John Merry interim fire chief and emergency management agency director. Robert Bickford resigned from both offices this fall with plans to stay…

Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol. Courtesy of Lincoln County News

Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol, wants to continue the work she has started in her two terms representing Senate District 13.

Reny is up against Edwin W. Mitchell, I-Boothbay, to represent…

Edwin W. Mitchell, I-Boothbay. Courtesy of Lincoln County News

Edwin W. Mitchell, I-Boothbay, wants to represent both sides of the political aisle in his run for Senate District 13.

Mitchell, who goes by Win, faces Cameron Reny, D-Bristol, to represent…

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After careful consideration and…

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Jody A. Reed

Jody A. Reed, 47, of Wiscasset…

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Irving W. Purington

Irving William Purington, 77, of Gorham and Boothbay passed away peacefully at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House surrounded by loved ones.

Irv was born in Portland, Maine on June 8, 1949,…

Allison Hepler

Address: 417 Montsweag Rd., Woolwich​

Occupation: retired history teacher at University of Maine at Farmington, current state legislator

Education: High…

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