News
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Film Office is launching a one-time Film in Maine…
Obituary
William Thomas McMurry (Bill), 91, of East Boothbay, completed life’s journey on Monday, March 16, 2026, at Lincoln Miles Hospital in Damariscotta with his family by…
Edgecomb Community Church
Spring is back and that means the Edgecomb Community Church is gearing up again for their Thrift Store opening on Tuesday, April 7, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Several new…
Wiscasset school committee
Wiscasset's school committee March 18 accepted Sarah Hubert's resignation as principal of Wiscasset Middle High School. The resignation takes effect June 30, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim…
Obituary
Mary Magdaline Christine Saray Massar was born to Andrew and Marie Saray in Ciganovce, Czechoslovakia on Sept. 21, 1936, while her parents were there visiting relatives…
Lincoln County commissioners are questioning a request from the state Attorney General's office seeking expert witness fees in a recent murder trial. Tyler Witham-Jordan was found guilty in…
Death notice
Edith Ann Flanders, 89 of Wiscasset, passed away peacefully at her home on the evening of March 16, 2026.
A full obituary, with service details, will be published in…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 276 calls for service for the period of March 10 to March 17. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 2,611 calls for service.
…Alna selectmen
Updating Alna residents March 12, Alna Second Selectman Steve Graham said replacement of the bridge over Ben Brook on Egypt Road now looks like 2027 instead of this year.
Graham added, he…
Wiscasset selectmen
Some reports that could help inform decisions on Wiscasset's facilities and its waterfront are in. Selectmen were set to hear about them March 17.
View the multi-page reports in the board's…
Press release
Veggies to Table has launched its…
Midcoast Conservancy is pleased to…
Boothbay Harbor Police Department
On Wednesday, March 11, the Boothbay Harbor Police Department partnered with Jeff Maguire of Mundbora Inc. to…
A crew from U.S. Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor rescued three people from the water approximately 23 miles south of Boothbay Harbor Wednesday at 9:02 a.m.
Station Boothbay Harbor crew…
The Edgecomb Budget Committee filled a few more "holes" in the proposed 2026 budget sheet March 9 in a workshop with the selectboard. The committee and selectmen reached…
AUGUSTA (March 10, 2026)—Despite a traditionally slower sales season for Maine’s single-family existing homes, home prices increased 3.47 percent to a median sales price (MSP) of $395,000 in…
An Edgecomb man pleaded guilty March 10 to murdering a Virginia man in Edgecomb and hiding the victim's body inside a Schmid Preserve barrel. Luke Krott, 27, was sentenced to…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 229 calls for service for the period of March 3 to March 10. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 2,335 calls for service.
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The monthly meeting of Lincoln County Republicans will be held Wednesday, March 25, at the Charles C. Lilly American Legion, 181 Jefferson St., Waldoboro. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the speakers…
Alna selectmen
If Liberty left Regional School Unit 3 and joined Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit, Alna, Westport Island and SVRSU's other members would be chipping in 5% less than they do now, and Liberty…
Nomination papers were set to become available March 2 for the following offices: Selectman, three, two-year terms; School Committee, one, three-year term; and Water District, two, three-year…
Jefferson, Alna, Whitefield and Somerville Democratic Committees will host a town hall meet and greet with gubernatorial candidate Hannah Pingree, former Speaker of the Maine House and former…
Press release
This spring, John "Johnny" Merry will retire as director of facilities and transportation for Wiscasset School Department, closing out a career that began in 1998 — though his connection to the…
Press release
March 9, Wiscasset Police Department responded to 154 Beechnut Hill Road for a report of a fire that had been intentionally set inside the residence.
An investigation…
Lincoln County has a few more dollars to spend on affordable housing projects. Commissioners previously granted funds to Damariscotta and…
March 23, Wiscasset’s planning board is set to hear from Ed Harmon about a school and much more to help veterans thrive. The Boothbay man, founder of Boothbay V.E.T.S., said this would also help…
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is inviting community members to help grow the local conservation movement by becoming volunteer ambassadors. A training session for outreach and events…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) is asking the community to help plant the seeds for its future. President and CEO Gretchen Ostherr unveiled plans for a 35,000 square foot glasshouse/…
Edgecomb
The Edgecomb Planning Board had good news Thursday, March 5 for Twisted Willow Farm. A site walk was performed Feb. 28 on the River Road property where a proposed 20-stall barn and indoor riding…
Reading today's cursive writing can be hard, but imagine reading the cursive in documents from the late 18th century. Lincoln County Registery of Deeds is indexing all deeds dating back to 1761.…
Where It's At
What do Oguquit Playhouse, Eartha, Damariscotta’s Norumbeg Oysters, Tucker Auto Musuem, Wild Blueberry Land, the Madawaska Festival, Nubble Point Lighthouse, Ellsworth Candlepin Bowling, Penobscot…
Atlantic Captains Academy will be conducting their Coast Guard Approved OUPV Captain’s Licensing Course at the Fireside Inn in Belfast. The course will be begin on Monday April 13 and will meet…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset Community Center, the town-owned recreation, fitness and event hub, is getting nine ambassadors. Selectmen March 3 agreed to create a "support committee" to promote WCC.
"This…
Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol, is pleased to announce the details of Maine’s three-year transportation infrastructure work plan, and what it means for Senate District 13.…
Four Midcoast organizations are sponsoring two debates among Democratic primary candidates for Governor and U.S. Senate in March and April, both to be held in Topsham.…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC), in partnership with SBDC Maine, Bangor Savings Bank, Bath Savings Bank, and First National Bank, is hosting a free informational workshop on…
Tuesday, Feb. 17, the Wiscasset Selectboard honored the Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library with a proclamation honoring their 60 years of service to the community. Tracey Whitney, president…
Tyler Witham-Jordan has been found guilty of depraved indifference murder in the December 2022 death of 3-year-old Makinzlee Handrahan, of Edgecomb.
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MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital will host an open house on Tuesday, March 10, from 4 to 6 p.m. to introduce the new MaineHealth Primary Care Waldoboro facility at 126 Depot Street. The practice opens…
It took two meetings, nearly five hours and the Edgecomb School Committee brought down its fiscal 27 budget under a 10% increase. On March 2, the committee voted, 3-0, to propose a…
Wiscasset selectmen and the economic development advisory committee Feb. 26 mulled how to find out which types of economic development residents want, and how, when and, in some cases, if, to put…
