First Congregational Church of Wiscasset became a chain of thanks Sunday as area causes got the $8,800 church member Nancy Roby said Summerfest raised this year. First, Pastor Josh Fitterling…
News
On Oct. 1, Harbor Theater celebrated its first year under the ownership of Friends of the Harbor Theater. Friends was established in 2007 and then raised over $55,000 for the theater, mostly for a…
A single corporate structure for 10 of 12 members of the MaineHealth Systems Network and four affiliates takes effect Jan. 1, 2019. MaineHealth System began in 1997 when Saint Andrews Hospital in…
For the fourth year running, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is welcoming visitors back to Gardens Aglow, its festive seasonal celebration. With more than 650,000 LED lights woven through 14 acres…
At Skidompha Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta, hot cider, doughnuts, coffee, the warm fireplace, and a half-price sale on everything in the store will welcome Early Bird shoppers, starting at 6…
Lincoln County Budget Committee
At the Oct. 25 Lincoln County budget committee workshop, after much discussion and an executive session on a personnel matter, the panel tabled the Sheriff’s Office budget to give Sheriff Todd…
To welcome the holidays and join in the festivities across the area, Edgecomb residents are again invited to come out and decorate an array of Charlie Brown Christmas trees. The creatively…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has announced a new artistic collaboration with Justin Levesque, an award-winning, interdisciplinary artist from Portland, Maine.
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1) The Boothbay Register and/or Wiscasset Newspaper will post and publish each candidate’s announcement as he or she sends it to the newspapers.
2) Every local candidate is allowed one…
HALLOWELL – The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) is proud to announce that it will soon begin operating a staffing service for its members to address the workforce shortage in the…
Lincoln County Courts
In Lincoln County Dustrict Court Oct. 25, Christopher Morrison, owner of the Minesweeper, which sank in Wiscasset Harbor during a January blizzard, denied a civil charge of littering.…
Due to the weather forecast of heavy rain and high winds on Saturday, Oct. 27, Chief Dick Spofford has announced that the Boothbay Fire Department has canceled its Haunted House, which was…
Obituary
Arlene H. Wallace, 92, of Damariscotta died Oct. 24, 2018 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.
She was born in Bath on June 6, 1926, a daughter of Hollis L. and…
Brunswick, ME – The Joint Commission, in conjunction with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, has recertified Mid Coast Hospital with Advanced Certification for Primary…
Obituary
Teri-Lee (Coffin) Munn, 66, of Hartland died unexpectedly Oct. 22, 2018 at her residence.
She was born Feb. 18, 1952 in Bath, a daughter of Gareth and Pauline (Strout) Coffin.
Teri…
Special Olympics Maine is reaching out to anyone who knits or crochets, for the annual Special Olympics Scarf Project.
For the past five years people from not only across the state of Maine…
Teen treated for bumps and bruises and released
WINDSOR — State Police say a Wiscasset Middle High School student was struck on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 24 as he crossed the road to board a waiting school bus.
According to a news…
Obituary
Phoebe A. Cromwell, 79, a lifelong resident of Main Road, Westport Island, died Oct. 24, 2018 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
She was born in Lewiston on…
Due to predicted high winds and heavy rain on Saturday, Oct. 27, the Railway Spooktacular at Boothbay Railway Village has been rescheduled for Friday, Oct. 26 from 4 to 8 p.m. For more information…
Alna Third Selectman Doug Baston announced in an email Tuesday night, selectmen are seeking to help, and have others help, pay medical bills for Town Clerk Liz Brown and her husband, former Alna…
A clogged culvert flooded part of Route 27 near the Edgecomb town office Wednesday morning and resulted in a Cunningham Security truck leaving the road. The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to…
Wiscasset Public Schools
Wiscasset Elementary School students were fishing, making s’mores, singing by a campfire and taking to tents Wednesday night, Oct. 17. The fishing was a matching game of rhyming words; the…
Woolwich Democrat Allison Hepler is challenging two-term House District 53 Rep. Jeff Pierce, R – Dresden. The district serves Woolwich, Dresden, Arrowsic, Phippsburg, Georgetown and part of…
Dresden Republican Jeff Pierce wants a third term representing House District 53, which serves Woolwich, Dresden, Arrowsic, Phippsburg, Georgetown and part of Richmond. Woolwich Democrat Allison…
Edgecomb residents got to question representatives of Maine Department of Transportation Monday, Oct. 22 about MDOT’s proposed solution to traffic at U.S. Routes 1 and 27.
More than a dozen…
Wiscasset’s new School Resource Officer began work Monday. Cory Hubert worked in corrections prior to accepting the job, and is currently working both in the schools and on patrol as part of his…
Lincoln County
Three Lincoln County courthouse employees are running for re-election unopposed: Rebecca Wotton, Registrar of Deeds, Catherine Moore, Registrar of Probate, and Richard Newell, Treasurer. All…
Mark Gessner, 54, of Augusta, convicted in the 1994 murder of Bath florist Melvin Henderson, was arrested in Bath Sunday, Oct. 21 and charged with Criminal Threatening with a Dangerous Weapon, a…
Midcoast Humane (formerly Coastal Humane Society and Lincoln County Animal Shelter) will host its first-ever “Shelter-bration” on Thursday, Nov. 8, 6-9 p.m., at the Maine Maritime Museum, 243…
Wiscasset public schools
The Wiscasset School Committee on Oct. 9 approved hiring Justin Marr as the seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher, according to Stacey Souza at the Central Office.
Warren Cossette…
Lincoln County Communications' new director, Tom Nelson, is less than a week into his job, but already knows what he plans to do to lead the department.
“I’m going to listen. Those people…
Dispose of unused, expired or unwanted drugs at the semi-annual National Drug Take Back Day Saturday, Oct. 27, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the following locations in Lincoln County:
There…
Jeff Hanley is a Republican running for reelection in District 87, which includes Alna, Pittston, Randolph and Wiscasset. He is retired and lives in Pittston with his…
Jason Putnam of Wiscasset is running in District 87, which includes Alna, Pittston, Randolph, and Wiscasset as a Democratic challenger. He is a carpenter, owning his own small business. He and his…
The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper received 15 awards in the Weekly 1 division at the Maine Press Association’s 2018 Better Newspaper Contest dinner presentation at the Grand Summit…
Obituary
Mr. E. George Thomas of Boothbay Harbor, Maine and Naples, Florida passed away in Portland, Maine on Oct. 18, 2018 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota…
Obituary
Charles Cullen Grimes of Southport, Maine – better known as Mike Grimes – passed peacefully on Oct. 19, 2018 with his wife Anne of 61 years at his side.
Born in Norman, Oklahoma on June 11…
Obituary
Gordon Neal Hyson Sr., 71, died from duodenal cancer on Oct. 21, 2018.
He was a true Mainer who was born, lived and died in the Boothbay Harbor region. He spent four years in the Navy,…
Obituary
Audrey Maass Lewis died peacefully on Oct. 18, 2018 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, Maine. Audrey was a long-time resident of Cape Elizabeth, Maine and Naples, Florida.
…
Obituary
Owen H. Pinkham, 83, of Boothbay, Maine passed away on Oct. 17, 2018 at the Mount St. Joseph Residence and Rehabilitation in Waterville, Maine.
Owen was born in Boothbay Harbor Maine on Oct…
Obituary
Jane M. Spofford, aka, Plain Jane from Maine, passed away peacefully Oct. 19, 2018 at Safe Havens, St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
She was born Nov. 20, 1933 in Pemaquid Harbor…
In a talk Saturday, Dr. Richard Leck shared his experiences restoring and living in a 19th century Woolwich farmhouse. Woolwich Historical Society sponsored the hour-long program at the town…
Friday, Oct. 19 was Pink Day for a cause at Wiscasset Middle High School. Students and staff wore pink to bring awareness and support to breast cancer research, technology coordinator and student…
From a guitar-playing ghoul in the back of the Grand Caravan Charlotte Simmons decorated, to James Crawson’s Halloween Plinko game for dropping chips over a jack o’ lantern smile and down into…
Mid Coast Hospital welcomes Saskia Cooper, MD, to its active medical staff and the Mid Coast Medical Group–Rheumatology practice. Dr. Cooper joins Diana Vradii, MD, in providing expert care for a…
Lincoln County Courts
Chris Morrison of Wiscasset, owner of the Minesweeper which sank in Wiscasset Harbor in a storm last January, has been charged with Littering of more than 15 pounds or 27 cubic feet of…
Midcoast residents diagnosed with serious illness now have comprehensive palliative care available in an office setting. Mid Coast Palliative Care opened on Monday, Oct. 1 and is currently…
Lisa Steele-Maley knows well the difficulties in helping a loved one with dementia. For years, she helped her father as his life changed. On Thursday, Oct. 18, she shared a glimpse of their…
Obituary
Joan Francis Curtis, 69, passed away Oct. 17, 2018 at her home after a long brave battle with multiple illnesses.
Joan was born in Baltimore, Maryland on Sept. 22, 1949, where she loved to…
Alna selectmen
About $10,000 in work on Alna’s salt and sand shed may have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars to replace it, selectmen said Oct. 17. The effort should keep the 1987 shed going a long time and…
