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The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Brunswick Chapter 87 will host a Young Eagles Day on Oct. 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wiscasset Municipal Airport. The rain …

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On Sept. 20, Edgecomb tried…

A graveside service for Eleanor D. Dodge will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 10:30 a.m. at Oceanview Cemetery, located on Country Club Road, Boothbay, Maine.

Family and friends are invited…

LCSO patch

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office…

Colonel Shanon Cotta was awarded a Legion of Merit and retired after 32 years of service from the United States Army on Sept. 13 in Bangor, Maine. After the retirement ceremony, he stands with his mother Helga Cotta of South China, Maine. Courtesy photo

Colonel Shanon W. Cotta, of Alna, Maine was awarded the Legion of Merit Medal by Major General Diane Dunn, the Adjutant General of the Maine National Guard, on Sept. 13 after serving over 32 years…

Town of Edgecomb
property tax

Edgecomb selectmen received…

Image of St. Francis

Soon Wiscasset's Town Common will be graced with wagging tails and paw prints from our beloved pets! In honor of St. Francis of Assisi's love for all creatures and our natural environment, we'll…

Author Tom Wessels. Courtesy photo

What can the natural features of our beautiful surrounding landscapes teach us about the ecological and human history of our environment?

Obituary
Wayne D. Kimball

Wayne David Kimball was born in…

Wiscasset selectmen
Town sign

Wiscasset is progressing in its pursuit of a $100,000 grant to create three jobs at home-building co-op Zero Energy Homes. The state has approved the town’s letter of intent to seek the grant and…

MAG talks preservation at Old Academy building

On Sept. 19 , Maine Art Gallery (MAG) hosted a gathering of about 20 supporters, patrons and alliance members to discuss ongoing…

Amanda, with Fiona and Flash, residents at Darrowby. Courtesy photo

Everyone is invited to the fifth…

Edgecomb FD patch

Edgecomb Fire and Rescue responded…

Obituary
Alan C. Pease

The Honorable Judge Alan Crosby…

School sign

Public comment — it isn’t just for meetings anymore.

It’s for workshops, too, Wiscasset’s school committee and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson said Sept. 15. 

They…

art walk

The vibrant heart of downtown Wiscasset will come alive on Thursday, Sept. 24 from 4 to 7 p.m. as Wiscasset Art Walk welcomes residents and visitors for an evening celebrating local art,…

Lincoln County Historical Association
LCHA event

A full day of pouring rain failed…

Woolwich Municipal Building. (File photo)

Property taxes in Woolwich rose 7.8…

Carl P.R. Schmidt

Carl Philip Rising Schmidt, 75, of…

American Legion logo

It is with sincere regret that we announce the cancellation of all American Legion Post 36 breakfasts for the remainder of 2026, effective immediately.

Due to scheduling conflicts, we no…

Lincoln Home

The Lincoln Home invites the public…

Senator Cameron Reny

Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol, is…

Town office

Wiscasset selectmen Sept. 16 settled on taking the highest amount Town Manager Dennis Simmons recommended from the fund balance to offset taxes. Before tapping it for $750,000 to get to a tax rate…

rEPORT

It's been a busy summer for the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency. In July, the department responded to a Damariscotta emergency. The agency assisted in the response to Chasse Marine Co.'…

Applications are open through Oct. 31 for First National Bank's Dream First Community Grant. Courtesy photo

First National Bank has launched the Dream First Community Grant, a new $5,000 funding opportunity supporting food security-related programming in the Maine communities the Bank serves. …

Jo-an Ross

Jo-an Ross, 79, from Bath Maine,…

Pictured from left, Tux Turkel, Mike Lowe and Andy Molloy. Courtesy of MPA

The Maine Press Association will honor three distinguished Maine journalists when Andy Molloy, Mike Lowe and Tux Turkel are inducted into the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame on Oct. 17…

Danielle Clarke. File photo

Wiscasset Partners in Education secretary and past school committee candidate Danielle Clarke has made the committee. In a 3-1 vote Sept. 15, the committee named Clarke to fill the seat Jonathan…

Obituary
Patricia Q. Farris

Patricia Q. Farris, 82, passed away…

A Memorial Service for Kenneth E. Pinard Jr., who passed away on July 11, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 at St. Columba's Episcopal Church, 32 Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor. There will be…

LCSO car

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office…

Salt ’n Spar
Looking north from the former dike at Boom Cove, a part of the Cushman Preserve, Wiscasset. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper

 

The weather was nearly perfect the other day when Bo and I revisited Wiscasset’s Cushman Preserve. Located off Birch Point Road, this…

Friends of Wiscasset Public Library
Past Bands for Books event. File photo

The major annual fundraising event for the Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library was held on Sept. 7. 

This was the 12th Bands for Books, and it exceeded expectations. The…

Obituary
John M. King

John M. King, 86, of Ocean Point passed away on Sept. 3, 2026, in Richmond, Virginia. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Feb. 4, 1940, the son of Linn A. and Mary A. (Little) King.…

Finding Our Voices
Patrisha McLean, CEO+Founder of Finding Our Voices (FOV) and Livi Kessel, director of trhe documentary "Out at Six." Courtesy of FOV

Movie theaters in Rockland, Portland, and Waterville are partnering with the statewide nonprofit Finding Our Voices to roll out October's Domestic Violence Awareness Month with the screening…

Woolwich town seal

The following announcements are from woolwich.us

Old Stage Road bridge work: MaineDOT maintenance work on the…

 

A service for Alfred Marin will be held Friday, Sept. 18 at 1 p.m. at Hall’s of Boothbay, located at 975 Wiscasset…

Obituary
Bruce Kinsey

Bruce Kinsey was born on July 11,…

Wiscasset’s wastewater treatment plant on Cow Island on the Sheepscot River. File photo

Editor's note: The following was posted at wiscasset.gov Sept. 10 as part of selectmen's Sept. 15 meeting packet. It is Plant Superintendent Robert T. Lalli's…

Obituary
H. Ross Maddocks

Ross Maddocks, a lifelong sailor, devoted husband and father, decorated United States Navy veteran, harbormaster, storyteller, and beloved friend to many, passed away peacefully Aug. 31, 2026, at…

CMT's "Flashback to Murder"

Through Sept. 26, Carousel Music Theater is staging “Flashback to Murder,” a musical comedy whodunnit set in the disco-vibed world of 1975, flashing back to a 1955 high school reunion where the…

The monthly meeting of Lincoln…

Wiscasset selectmen
Chief

Wiscasset Fire Department member of 38 years Rob Bickford has resigned as fire chief, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director and addressing officer. In his monthly report to Town Manager…