Woolwich voters will have a choice for selectman and road commissioner when they head to the polls for the General Election, Tuesday, Nov. 3. They’ll also decide whether to continue with the Pay…
News
Maine Media Women will hold their monthly meeting at the River Arts Gallery on Route 1 in Damariscotta on Saturday, November 7. The meeting is free and there is…
An invasive plant workshop scheduled for today, Friday Oct. 30 has been canceled.
The Damariscotta River Association was set to host a talk with Nancy Olmstead, Invasive Plant…
On Oct. 29, the eve of his retirement from Wiscasset schools, Roger Whitney’s words of encouragement to a college-bound senior bespoke the support that parents and Whitney’s colleagues have said…
AUGUSTA -- Maine’s firearm deer season begins this Saturday. Even with last year’s long winter, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologists are expecting…
Four Edgecomb Eddy School students have been caught in the act ... of doing a good deed this year. And the school’s staff is recognizing those good deeds by presenting these students with MADE (…
Clamming has been good in Wiscasset this year, very good.
A few years ago, one or one and a half bushels would have been a digger’s likely take from a tide, Wiscasset Shellfish Committee…
Local woman spearheaded two-year fundraising campaign to make it happen
Maine has just received a new powerful tool to combat child pornography and trafficking — a new mobile forensic laboratory for the state’s Computer Crimes Unit, thanks in large part to former…
While Damariscotta's big fall event has wrapped up, the town isn't without several spooky events on the calendar.
Damariscotta will look the part for the upcoming Halloween weekend, with the…
Edgecomb
Edgecomb selectmen want a public conversation about the future municipal website. The selectmen directed the three-person Website Committee to provide the board with a presentation about the new…
In New Jersey, where I grew up, Halloween is still remembered as the place the Martians invaded.
The invasion from the Red Planet never happened of course. It was all a hoax that took place…
Woolwich clock fix includes a balancing act
What if you could control the hands of time? Gaius Hennin can, and sometimes does, but only when it’s necessary.
Hennin…
Thanks, but no thanks was the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen’s response to a real estate deal offered by a local private school. The Deck House School offered to sell a .75 acre parcel to the town.…
In November and December, Andrea Lani will be offering two great opportunities at Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) to show participants how keen observation,…
“Everyone in this room is here for a love of animals and a genuine, heartfelt passion to make this work,” said Joe Montisano, executive director of Coastal Humane Society and now, the Lincoln…
On October 25, the proceeds of Summerfest, an annual fair held by the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset, were distributed to 22 area charities during the…
Over 45 people who care about fuel assistance and meeting the needs of people at risk during the winter gathered at United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s annual Heating and Supplemental Assistance…
The Wiscasset Middle High School's Fall Sports Recognition Night has been postponed until Thursday, November 5.
The Lincoln Home invites the public to join Laurie McBurnie on Monday, November 2 from 3 to 4 p.m. to learn more about the history of the cemeteries in Nobleboro…
Obituary
Marion A. (Rauskolb) Lester of Reading, Mass. and Southport died Oct. 26, 2015.
Marion was supreme treasurer emeriti…
Chef Matt Ginn of EVO was crowned Maine Lobster Chef of the Year before a sold-out crowd and a panel of judges at the signature event of Harvest on the Harbor, Maine’s premier food and wine…
Obituary
Paul Pearce, recently of Boothbay Harbor, died October 25, 2015 in the company of his wife and two of his three daughters.
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Amy Warner wasn’t looking to be town clerk when she stopped into the Alna town office in May 2008. The bookkeeper and longtime Great Impasta (Brunswick) waitress was there to register her car.…
Friendship is part of Wiscasset sorority Beta Sigma Phi’s motto. It’s also behind a yearly fundraiser that Beta Rho, one of the charitable group’s Wiscasset chapters, does for the American Cancer…
At the end of October, Westport Island will say goodbye to its current tax collector when Susan Partelow moves to Ecuador. At the same time, the island will also…
A Rockland man who asked his friend's girlfriend to wash his truck in the nude has pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual touching after a groping incident at a local campground this…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
A Westport Island man who was in jail for allegedly violating his probation and conditions of release has allegedly broken those conditions…
The Darling Marine Center in Walpole is pleased to welcome Dr. Jeremy Rich, the newest faculty member of the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences.
Rich…
Wiscasset School Committee
When Roger Whitney was a child playing trombone in an American Legion band in Augusta with his father, he knew even then that he wanted to teach music. He always knew.
At 63, the Alna man…
Healthy Lincoln County has received a grant for $125,000 per year for up to five years to prevent youth substance abuse in Lincoln County communities. This is one of 697 Drug-Free…
Gordon and Lynne Kontrath were recording the Patriots-Jets game Sunday afternoon to avoid missing the end, in case it came when Maine Eastern Railroad’s Brunswick-Rockland excursion was making its…
Married United Way of Mid Coast Maine co-chairpersons Lennie Burke and Bob Beaumont announced that United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s Campaign so far has raised $1,147,618 or 60 percent of its $1,900…
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
An outstanding selection of fine art and antiques has been harvested from homes throughout Maine and New England for Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ fall sale on Nov. 14 and 15. The auction…
Fall 2015
With 5,000 eggs behind Wiscasset Community Center Friday night, they couldn’t all be golden. Most were orange and black, and holding goodies for the approximately 100 children who found them in…
Local historian Jay Robbins will present "Wiscasset's Jonathan Williamson — Patriot or Loyalist?" in a talk at the Wiscasset Public Library on…
There's a newly renovated Cape style house on Cross Point Road in Edgecomb that makes one want to stop and admire. It is a classic, tastefully appointed house that…
Join a group of other interested volunteers at Maine’s First Ship’s waterfront boatshed on Sunday, Nov. 8, for the second annual Women’s Shipbuilding Day in Bath.…
If Damariscotta wants to fund a new parking lot, it might have to look beyond the lot for funding.
At least, that was the main theme of a workshop between the town selectmen and the Twin…
Gospel singer Allen Frink of Hudson, N.H. will perform at the Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene, Sunday, October 25 at 11 a.m. Allen has sung with several groups,…
The following property transfers were recorded at the Lincoln County Registry of Deeds during August 2015.
Alna: Mackiewicz, Steven T and Mackiewicz, Leslie G to Kristan, Linda J and Kristan…
Photo
Departing Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Cheri Towle got a cake and surprise celebration from faculty and staff Oct. 21.
Teacher Melissa Burgess and her students made the cake,…
The Wiscasset registrar’s office will be accepting voter registrations during regular office hours and will hold evening hours on Monday, October 26…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) is hosting an invasive plant identification and management class on Friday, October 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. This class will be…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
An East Boothbay woman was in jail and facing felony charges after she allegedly took illicit photos of an underage relative and sent them to a man in South Carolina.
Rachel Anderson, 35, of…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) has arrested a couple from Westport Island on heroin charges.
Arrested were Roger Gingrass, 37 of Westport Island for Aggravated Trafficking in…
Patti Corscaden, LMT, a nationally board certified massage therapist from Newcastle presented at the Southern Maine Oncology Nursing Society's (SMONS) 6th annual conference in Portland on October…
The 15th annual Lincoln County TRIAD Senior Appreciation Day was a success. There were a few rough edges to the day but even those became good…
On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23 and 24 from 5:30-8 p.m., the Boothbay Railway Village will once again be cloaked in mystical moonlight and creepy candlelight for…
2015 Elections
For the second time in three years, Joseph Creamer is challenging incumbent Jack Shaw for his job as Woolwich road commissioner. Election Day is on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The road commissioner is…
Alna selectmen
Alna selectmen are planning a closed-door meeting with a lawyer over the town’s losses from payroll tax issues. The Nov. 4 executive session with attorney Paul Gibbons will explore ways to recover…
