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Summer Meals volunteers in front of Lulu. Courtesy photo

Healthy Lincoln County (HLC) has launched a community‑wide fundraising campaign to ensure that children across Lincoln County and local communities continue to receive free, nutritious meals…

Characters of the County
Mike Hall. Courtesy of LCN

For a guy who once said out loud he…

Wiscasset selectmen
Town office sign

Wiscasset selectmen April 1 unanimously accepted the economic development advisory committee's draft of goals and directed the committee to seek public input. Participants said meeting with local…

School sign

"Great job everyone. Thank you. We did it!" Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson declared, and raised her arms April 1 as the school committee nodded the $11.2 million, 2026-27…

Obituary
Olma Sullivan

Olma Sullivan moved on peacefully…

Obituary
Barbara “Lori” Reed

Barbara “Lori” Reed, 62, died March…

Healthy Kids
Healthy Kids

This April, in observance of Child…

Obituary
Patricia T. Grant

Patricia Teresa Grant, 93, of…

Wiscasset school committee
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“If we really need to find extreme cuts in the budget, then it should start from the top (jobs) down, not the other way around,” Wiscasset School Committee Vice Chair Jonathan Barnes said March 31…

Lincoln County Indivisible
Courtesy of Nigel Calder

On Saturday, in their hundreds, thousands, and millions across the U.S., Americans peacefully demonstrated their opposition to the chaos of the Trump administration,…

LCSO patch

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office…

Springtime at First Congregational Church, at the top of Wiscasset Common. File photo

Rev. John Hogue of First Congregational Church of Wiscasset invites the community to all Holy Week services, beginning on Maundy Thursday, April 2, with a Seder meal at 5:30 p.m., followed by a…

Town seal

Wiscasset will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9 at the municipal building, 51 Bath Road, to gather public input on the acceptance of a Community Enterprise Community…

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In celebration of Earth Day and Earth Month, the Town of Alna invites residents to participate in its Annual Roadside Cleanup Event on Saturday, April 4, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The event will take…

Business After Hours
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Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce invites our members and the wider community to a very special Business After Hours as we join The Friends of Wiscasset Public Library to celebrate their 60 years…

Obituary
Carlo M. Pilgrim

Carlo…

Images from No Kings Day event sponsored by Lincoln County Indivisible Saturday, Match 28 in Wiscasset. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper

A No Kings rally at Donald E. Davey Bridge linking Wiscasset and Edgecomb was among many such events around the nation Saturday, March 28. 

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After several budget workshop nights in recent weeks, Wiscasset's school committee and officials were getting creative March 26 and, at at least one point, getting funny. Talk turned to how to try…

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The heroic exploits of two Lincoln County residents will be recognized next month at the Maine Sheriff's Association Spring Conference at Sunday River Resort in Newry. The association's "…

Supporters and volunteers at United Way of Mid Coast Maine. Courtesy photo

United Way of Mid Coast Maine (“…

Obituary
Terry M. Hathaway

Sadly, we announce the passing of Terry Melinda (Lowden) Hathaway, who peacefully left us March 24, 2026, from a long illness.

Terry was born in Union, New York, on April 27, 1949, grew up…

Obituary
Kevin J. Chubbuck

Kevin James Chubbuck, 59, of Edgecomb, passed away March 18, 2026 at Sussman House, surrounded by his loving family. 

Kevin was born July 6, 1966 in Boothbay Harbor to Daniel Chubbuck…

The Edgecomb Historical Society annual meeting will be held on Sunday, April 12 at 3 p.m. at the Edgecomb Town Hall. There will be a slide show, update on EHS projects and future events, and…

Obituary
Karen E. Giles

Karen E. Giles, 57, of Edgecomb, passed suddenly at home on March 19, 2026.

She was born in Boothbay Harbor on July 24, 1968, to Malcolm and Dorothy Giles.

Achieving her dreams meant…

On Thursday, April 2, from 8 a.m. to noon, the Maine Department of Education (DOE), in collaboration with the Maine Adult Education Association, will host an event at the Hall of Flags in the…

Wiscasset selectmen
Entrance to Wiscasset’s wastewater treatment plant. File photo

Is Wiscasset still OK with moving its wastewater treatment plant to public works and public works to the transfer station? Voters will decide again in June. Nodding the annual town meeting warrant…

Pianist Danny Holt. Courtesy of  Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School.

Pianist Danny Holt will perform at Bay Chamber on Friday, April 3 at 1 p.m. Known for his dazzling virtuosity, Danny performs around the globe in concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney…

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Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC) is hosting a free informational workshop on legal services for business on Thursday, April 9, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the LCRPC conference room…

Finding Our Voices
Sharon Kennedy participating in podcast with Patrisha McLean from prison in UK. Courtesy of McLean

In a podcast conversation with Patrisha McLean of Finding Our Voices, Sharon Kennedy revealed from prison the "breakdown of self" by her ex that led to the murder of her daughter Marissa is the…

Cpl. Aaron Smith

This year's Corrections Officer of the Year hails from Dresden, Maine. Cpl. Aaron Smith will officially receive the honor on Thursday, April 9 during the 2026 Maine Sheriff's Association Spring…

Obituary
Robert F. Barter

Robert F. Barter, 82, of West Bath, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2026.

He was born in Bath on Aug. 20, 1943, the son of Forrest and Simone Barter. He graduated from Morse High School…

Obituary
Simone E. Brewer

Simone Elaine Brewer, 79, of Freeman Township passed away after a long illness in the comfort of her home at her daughter Tanya and son-in-law Michael’s house on Hancock Pond in Lexington…

LCSO patch

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office…

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Approval for a training, living and rehabilitation facility on Route 27 for veterans may at least partly hinge on density rules, Wiscasset Code Enforcement Officer George Chase said Monday night.…

Garden Club of Wiscasset

The next meeting of the Garden Club…

chris cossettee

The Edgecomb town warrant is complete and off to the printer. Selectmen finalized the 43-article warrant during the March 17 meeting. Selectmen also scheduled a mandatory…

Obituary
Robert C. Grover Sr.

Robert Clair “Stub” Grover Sr., 95, passed away on March 18, 2026, in Damariscotta, Maine.  

Born on April 15, 1930, in Bath, Maine, to Leon H. Grover and Minnie M. (O'Clair) Grover,…

Coastal Senior College Course

Beginning on Wednesday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to noon. Instructor Cynthia Dias will lead “Introduction to Watercolor Painting,” a four-week class on Zoom.

This…

Obituary
Kathryn J. Seigars

Kathryn J…

Obituary
Edith A. Flanders

Edith “Ann” Flanders, 89, of Wiscasset, died peacefully at her residence on March 16, 2026, with daughters Deborah and Linda by…

Field trip

Fourth-grade students from Wiscasset Elementary School visited the Marcoux Family Farm, LLC, last week to make connections to their study of the process of turning sap to syrup.

Press release
Rally

No Kings Rallies will be taking place across the U.S. on Saturday, March 28. In Lincoln County,  a No Kings Rally will be held on March 28 on Donald E. Davey Bridge from 10 to 11:30 a.m…

Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars/Set for Success

"No room! No room! No room! Move down" as the Mad Hatter and March Hare would say, or, in Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars’ case, "Move up" to St. Philip’s Church’s Lippiat Hall, 12 Hodge St., on…