Wiscasset Selectmen will allow the Conservation Committee to spend up to $2,500 for consulting purposes for the Montsweag Dam Preserve.
During Tuesday night’s meeting, Anne Leslie,…
News
No one was hurt in a nighttime fire that claimed a vacant cape home on West Alna Road in Alna on Oct.21, Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask said.
An electrical malfunction ignited a wall in the back…
The Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association is holding another Stewardship Day at the Trout Brook Preserve in Alna on Friday, Oct. 30, from 1 to 3 p.m. Volunteers will be cutting trees and…
The Rev. Dr. Kenneth A. Dale was recently recognized by the hospice team of Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice for his exemplary work as a hospice…
The Leaf Peeper Road Rally, an annual event of the Mid Maine Sports Car Club, was held on Sunday, Oct. 18, on the Boothbay peninsula. Rally Master Lew Prycl of…
A week-long celebration is planned at The Animal House, filled with activities for pets and their families.
Food sample demonstrations and sales, rescue groups, an animal communicator, a…
The Westport Community Association is once again partnering with the Westport Human Resource Committee to…
Obituary
Fiona Munro Stockwell, 88, died on Oct. 15, 2015, in Boothbay Harbor.
She was born Nov. 17, 1926 to Henry Hugh Hawkins Munro and Mary Child in Paris, France.
Fiona attended Milton…
From butternut squash bowling and the scarecrow relay race, to the pumpkin pie contest and prizes galore, the second annual Great Pumpkin Hunt at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens promises to be fun…
The Good Shepherd Food Mobile will be in Boothbay Harbor on the following dates: Thursday, Oct. 22 from 10-11:30 a.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 11 from 1-2:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Dec. 16 from 1:30-3 p.m.…
Wiscasset Selectmen
Negotiations to obtain aircraft navigation easements for the municipal airport got the go ahead from Wiscasset Selectmen Tuesday night, Oct. 20. A consulting firm hired by the town will carry out…
Alna Planning Board
Alna residents could be weeks away from their first look at fireworks rules they will weigh at the 2016 town meeting.
“We’re getting close,” Planning Board Chairman Sean Day said Oct. 19…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has announced that staff from her Augusta Constituent Service Center will hold local office hours on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 3-4 p.m., at the Waldoboro Town Office, located at…
The pros and cons of repealing a pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) refuse program were weighed during a public hearing on the referendum question Monday evening at the Woolwich town office.
Selectmen’…
Woolwich Selectmen agreed to hire an Augusta firm to letter its new ambulance and authorized the purchase of a new extrication tool for the fire department Monday night, Oct. 19.
Selectmen…
In a meeting that saw more people than the annual town meeting, Newcastle residents came out Monday, Oct. 19, to vote on the future of its public works operations.
In the end, the town voted…
National Transportation Safety Board...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued an update Tuesday into its continuing investigation of the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro in the Atlantic Ocean near…
An ambulance in Washington County is going full-service, thanks to a defibrillator Alna donated after its…
Lincoln County Superior Court
Wiscasset Town Clerk Linda Perry and her former employer, the town of Waldoboro, have settled her appeal out of court.
The town has agreed to pay Perry, town officials confirmed; the…
Obituary
Sherrill Westfall, 80, of Wiscassset died peacefully in her sleep Oct. 18, 2015, at her residence from complications of two strokes which she suffered from three…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is dedicated to the protection of the land, water, and wildlife of the Kennebec Estuary region. With ten preserves open year-round dawn until…
The Partridge Cemetery Association will hold its fall meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26, at North Woolwich Methodist Church on River Road. All interested persons welcome.
As Gardiner Road, Wiscasset travelers might have noticed Oct. 14 and 15, a contractor was replacing part of the roof on Morris Farm’s circa 1840 barn. But passersby won’t be seeing some of the new…
Fall 2015
Cool winds, changeable skies and families looking to make scarecrows visited the municipal building lawn Saturday for Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department’s Scarecrow Festival.
The Oct…
Fall 2015: Video
It's hard to quantify pumpkin destruction, but here goes:
Three cameras, one waterproof housing, two clunkers, one pool, hundreds of people, 180 feet, more than a ton of pumpkins and more…
Our October meeting began with Jon Kosinski, director of government relations and Political Action, explaining about the Maine Education Association initiative,…
Following an alleged fight that reportedly included ripping the mirror from a car door and refusing to cooperate with police officers, a Bristol woman has been charged with several crimes.
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The Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association (SEMA) was among 40 organizations and individuals recently awarded a Distinctive Services Medal or Merit Medal by the…
Obituary
Bertha H. Jones, 82, died Oct. 17, 2015 at Boothbay Green in Boothbay.
She was a brave and strong woman as she fought her diabetes over the years.
She was born Sept. 12, 1933 to…
The iconic Bluebird Café of Nashville, the venue where Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Josh Turner Kathy Mattea, Taylor Swift and many more got their start,…
People are always fascinated with pirate stories, and you don’t have to look far to find one pretty close to home. One concerns the legend of Captain Kidd and the treasure he's said to have buried…
The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper received 14 awards at the 2015 Maine Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest at the MPA's fall conference held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bangor…
Since its inception, business at Watershed Tavern and Boothbay Craft Brewery on Adams Pond Road has been booming. Now, a new national ad campaign is…
Three small-farm operators from the Midcoast region spoke to Lincoln County Democrats on Oct. 14 and said their basic challenge is that food prices are not at a level high enough…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District will hold its annual awards banquet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the North Nobleboro Community Hall on East Pond Road in Nobleboro…
2015 Elections
Woolwich voters will have a choice for selectman when they head to the polls for the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Don Adams is challenging incumbent David King Sr.
The polls are at…
The Lincoln County Fish and Game Association will be hosting a fundraising dinner on Saturday, October 24 at the Waldoboro Masonic Hall on Main Street at 5 p.m. The suggested donation for the…
Andy McEvoy, director of Hidden Valley Nature Center, happily takes possession of a new (slightly used) Polaris Ranger. The Ranger is one of the most heavily used pieces of equipment as McEvoy and…
Obituary
Margaret Lansing Fox Hayes, 101, died peacefully at Ginger Cove Assisted Living, Annapolis, Maryland, on Oct. 11, 2015.
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Coastal Enterprises’ (CEI) founder and Chief Executive Officer Ron Phillips was feeling like the captain of a ship Oct. 15.
“I want to be the last one off,” he said.
On Oct. 15 and 16…
For Timea Hajdu and Edward Eichler, having their second child at the Miles Campus of LincolnHealth was worth a trip halfway around the world.…
2015 Elections
Wiscasset voters will choose between a former selectman and two first-time hopefuls when filling a selectman’s seat on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The candidates on the ballot for former selectman Bill…
A Wiscasset man who was accused of choking a woman has pleaded guilty to felony assault.
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AUGUSTA - As Election Day nears on Nov. 3, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap is reminding all Maine voters of an informational resource…
A quilt raffle to benefit the American Cancer Society will take place on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ames True Value in Wiscasset.
Members of Beta Rho chapter of Beta Sigma…
Wiscasset School Department
The public is invited to a community meet-and-greet with new Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Peg Armstrong on Oct. 29. The event is set for 5:15 p.m. in the WMHS library, ahead of a 6 p.m.…
Obituary
Bertha E. Reed, 89, of Wiscasset, died Oct. 13, 2015, at Coves Edge in Damariscotta.
…The Cod Cove Inn in Edgecomb will remain open throughout the winter months, according to innkeeper Ted Hugger.
“In 2014, we experimented keeping the inn open year round. Our first winter…
On Oct. 9, Maine Coast Stove & Chimney of Wiscasset celebrated its fifth year anniversary. In recognition of the wonderful customers that have made this milestone possible, the company plans…
