I.J. Pinkham, Boothbay Region High School boys varsity basketball coach since 1977 and has won more games than any other Maine high school boys…
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Obituary
Guy “Jared” Peaslee, 32, of Boothbay, died unexpectedly February 25, 2016.
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Obituary
Edith F. Chaney, 92, of Shore Road, Edgecomb died February 25, 2016 at her residence.
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Lincoln County Superior Court
Lincoln County’s sheriff and a deputy are asking a judge to throw out a Newcastle man’s civil filing because, they claim, he didn’t go about it the right way.
The motion to dismiss Raoul…
Wiscasset Middle High School
Wiscasset Middle High School senior and student council president Daren Wood found out that organizing a big event like the school’s nearly two-month participation in WGME’s Spirit Challenge can…
Can you name the woman smiling in this photo from our archives? Email guesses to news@wiscassetnewspaper.com. And look for the answer in this week’s print edition of the Wiscasset Newspaper.
Maine Department of Transportation officials will share a number of different proposals under consideration for improving traffic flow through downtown Wiscasset.
The informational meeting…
Wiscasset School Committee
Wiscasset school administrators want to make two half-time jobs both full-time and buy some technology next school year, when staff costs are projected to hike. The School Committee got its first…
Stan Lane went to Ames True Value in Wiscasset to pick up some things after he and wife Norma Dreyfus lost their Westport Island home in a massive fire last week.
He said someone asked him…
Officials from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the Maine Maple Producers Association report that maple tapping is underway throughout the state, with southern…
Obituary
Robert "Bob" Dey, resident of the Boothbay region since 1992, died February 21, 2016 at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Augusta, Maine. Bob had the comfort and love of…
Selectmen authorized to spend $71,531
It took less than five minutes to approve two articles authorizing Wiscasset selectmen to spend $71,531 from the undesignated fund balance at a special town meeting held Feb. 25 in the hearing…
A Westport Island couple spent Thursday night at a Bath hotel after fire destroyed their home on North End Road, Westport Fire Chief Bob Mooney said at the scene Friday morning.
No one was…
The Maine Fishermen’s Forum will be hosting a fishermen led event focused on fostering a salty discussion around climate change in fisheries. Headlined…
Alna voters next month will consider hiring Central Lincoln County (CLC) Ambulance Service, but selectmen so far had no offer to pass along from the town’s longtime provider, Wiscasset Ambulance…
Wiscasset Municipal Airport
Any time Maine Aeronautics Association does a fly-in and open house at Wiscasset Municipal Airport, it’s a chance for airport visitors to learn. But the one the nonprofit is planning this August…
Obituary
On the morning of Feb. 20, 2016, Ernst August Benzien, loving husband, father, and grandfather, died peacefully in his home in Fairfield,…
Newcastle Board of Selectmen
The Newcastle Board of Selectmen held a joint meeting with the Finance Committee on Monday, Feb. 22 to hear from certain committees in town in advance of the town meeting. Among the committees…
Obituary
Claire Noyes Field died peacefully at Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Maryland on Jan. 27, 2016, following a serious illness.
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Alna selectmen
Changes to an abutment might get 50 percent more fish past Alna’s Head Tide Dam, an Atlantic Salmon Federation official told selectmen Feb. 24. The prospect encouraged board members, who then…
Chewonki
Chewonki is thrilled to announce a special addition to its wilderness trips this summer. The Katahdin Woods and Waters Expedition for Maine teens is a unique two…
Wiscasset’s first community solar farm is nearing completion and if all goes according to schedule it will be online sometime next month. The solar array is located on the Morris Farm property on…
Ken Mason, chief deputy for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, has withdrawn his name from consideration for the position of Sheriff of Kennebec County. He had been appointed to that role by Gov…
In the 30 years Mark Fourre, MD, has been an emergency physician, patients have gotten sicker, diagnoses more complex and medication lists longer.
When a…
The next Livestrong session, a free 12-week cancer survivor program at the Boothbay Region YMCA, will begin March 1.
The program will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 6 p.m.
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Back by popular demand, Midcoast Conservancy will offer an introductory Chainsaw Safety class April 23 and 24 at Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson. This class is part of HVNC’s…
Lincoln County
You must be present at the caucus location in order to vote.
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Kerem Durdag wants to accomplish two things at the Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner in Edgecomb March 3. The chief executive officer at Biovation in Boothbay wants attendees to…
Wiscasset School Department has no school on Wednesday, Feb. 24, Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot announced. An email notification states the closure is due to “the variable and inclement…
Obituary
Jane Susan Willett of Camden died in Brunswick on Feb. 20, 2016 with her daughter by her side.
She was born February…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
“It’s just no fun anymore,” Mark Westrum, administrator of the Two Bridges Regional Jail, said last week.
He was returning after being ill for some days, and found himself overwhelmed. No…
It's time to prepare for the 14th Annual Festival of Art for Senior College at Belfast. All Maine artists, aged 50 and over, amateur or professional, can submit artwork for the show running June 9…
Capt. Keith Colburn of TV’s “Deadliest Catch” will be in attendance at this year’s Maine Fishermen’s Forum, being held at the Samoset Resort in Rockland March 3-5. He is participating in the…
On Eating and Loving Food
I love food. I have an obsession with food and anything food-related.
From the time I wake up and start thinking about what I’ll have for breakfast to the time I…
Join Andrew Fenniman at The Lincoln Home for a presentation Monday, Feb. 29, from 3 to 4 p.m., to learn more about the Lincoln Theatre's past and present.…
The next meeting of the Garden Club of Wiscasset will be on March 3 at the Congregational Church of Wiscasset. At 12: 30 p.m. there is a business meeting followed by a brief horticulture…
Katherine Thompson has been hired by the Maine Department of Marine Resources as the lead lobster sampling program scientist. Thompson, a Ph.D. student in marine biology at the…
The Morris Farm, a working farm and education center in Wiscasset that promotes sustainable agriculture and stewardship, and Chewonki, an…
Growing up in Wiscasset, Preston Dunning swam regularly around the remains of the Hesper and Luther Little.
As of Feb. 1, the 1987 Wiscasset High School graduate…
Wiscasset’s highway department is back to full strength following the hiring of Ted Snowdon as the new town mechanic. The town mechanic is in charge of the care and maintenance of the town’s fleet…
German short-haired pointer Gemma showed signs of independence weeks after she was born July 4, 2014 at home in Edgecomb. She repeatedly found her way out of the whelping box and later over a four…
The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21, 2016 Note: The Feb. 9, 2016 entry “Dorothy Koughan of Wiscasset was warned…
Obituary
Harold B. Seavey, 54, of Boothbay Harbor died unexpectedly on Feb. 16, 2016 at his home.
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Damariscotta Board of Selectmen
Damariscotta voters met for a public hearing and special town meeting on Feb. 17 to decide whether or not to approve matching funds for a possible Community Development Block Grant to address…
Obituary
Joan A. deGarmo died peacefully with her daughter by her side in the emergency room at LincolnHealth, Miles Campus on Feb. 5, 2016.
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No one was hurt in a Monday morning fire at Robert L. Foster Antiques on Route One in Newcastle, Newcastle Fire Chief Clayton Huntley said. Rags with linseed oil on them from refinishing work…
The Woolwich Town Office has reconciled its Pay As You Throw accounts. After paying back what was owed for unsold bags and adding savings from tipping fees, the program broke even in the four…
In a surprise move on Feb. 18, Gov. Paul LePage chose Lincoln County’s chief deputy, Major Ken Mason, to be Kennebec County’s next sheriff. But Mason is unlikely to be seated any time soon, if…
