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The Edgecomb Community Church, UCC, is in the process of forming a team to walk the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Brunswick on Saturday, Oct.…

The Wiscasset Middle High School varsity boys soccer game that was scheduled for Friday, Oct. 2, will now be played on Thursday, Oct. 1.

The girls varsity soccer game will be played first on…

The Lincoln Home welcomes the public to join former lighthouse keeper Ernest DeRaps from 3 to 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5.…

The Portland contractor reinforcing the piers of the Nequasset Bridge spanning Route 1 in Woolwich will begin the final phase of project next week.

Greg Scott, president and project manager…

Obituary

Clyde W. Nightingale of Boothbay Harbor died peacefully with family by his side on Sept. 1, 2015.

He was born to Clyde and Beatrice (Gray) Nightingale on Dec. 11, 1934, in Grindstone, Maine…

The town of Wiscasset has been awarded a Coastal Communities Grant from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Coastal Program. This…

The political season may have gotten off to a bad start in Woolwich.

It began last week when the town office received a complaint that David King Sr. had put out his political signs too…

Obituary

Katherine Jane Harrington, 31, of Boothbay, died unexpectedly at her home on Sept. 24, 2015.

She was born April 14, 1984, to Linda Giles and Donald Harrington. She graduated from Boothbay…

Alna Selectmen
David Abbott, Doug Baston, Bill Brewer

People in Alna get to be treasurer by living there and getting elected. But that could change in 2017 if voters in 2016 agree to make it a hired job that people in and outside Alna can seek.

Mona Schlein, Madison Westrich

Students who helped set up a classroom for a teacher who has been fighting cancer, and others who helped with last summer’s unpacking at Wiscasset Elementary School, had the attention of the…

The Coastal Humane Society is teaming up with Petco of Topsham to host Fall in Love!, a mega adoption weekend to celebrate Petco’s 50th Anniversary. The event, Oct…

Boothbay Charities Classic 2015

Handicapped, celebrity and Boothbay area golfers joined together at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club on Saturday, Sept. 26, to raise money for Special Olympics Maine.

Taking to the course…

October is just around the corner, the evenings are drawing in, and all over Maine craftspeople and artists are preparing for…

The Lincoln County Animal Shelter has received a Belvedere grant from the Maine Community Foundation in the amount of $10,000. 

Hope Gordon from "Wind Over Wings," was a presenter during a September meeting of the Garden Club of Wiscasset.

The club's October program is "The Wiscasset Gardens of Gertrude and Frances…

BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews from  Station Boothbay Harbor, the Coast Guard Cutters Campbell and Ocracoke, and Air Station Cape Cod saved two people from their sunken…

Any guesses who the lone bidder for a 1.5 acre of town-owned property in Boothbay was?

PGC5, LLC’s $275,000 bid was the only one.

PGC5 is located in Boothbay. The corporation also owns…

This coming weekend will mark 25 years for the Boothbay Charities Classic. Kicking off the weekend on Friday, Sept. 25, is the lobster bake and silent auction beginning at 4 p.m. and the live…

Lincoln County Superior Court
Lincoln County Courthouse

A New Hampshire woman claims she was at Hotel Pemaquid in New Harbor last July when her boyfriend took a photo of her, then she slipped on a stair tread and became permanently injured.

Anita…

Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) is once again teaming up with Kenneth Kortemeier of the Bristol Folk School to offer two great woodcraft workshops at HVNC. Beginners and experienced woodworkers…

Wiscasset School Committee
Steve Smith, Heather Wilmot, Glen Craig

If costs hike for Wiscasset schools next year, School Committee Chairman Steve Smith said he would rather raise the budget than cut it. He would also consider increased spending to benefit…

Maine-OK Enterprises, Inc. has sold the Wiscasset Newspaper's office at 47 Gardiner Road to The First NA.

Expect the same coverage of municipal, school, sports, business, church, human…

Approximately 175 guests attended the Sept. 20 fundraising event at Marianmade Farm in Wiscasset on a glorious late summer evening, enjoying a fun-…

The Alna Volunteer Fire Department will be having a ham and ban supper on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Alna Fire Station, 1579 Alna Road, Alna, between 4:30 and 6 p.m.

Cost is $8 for adults and $…

“Food can make the world bigger. It can change lives.”

Award-winning chef and author Kerry Altiero made this statement in the introduction of his book, “Adventures in Comfort Food.” He…

Several talented ceramic artists from the Midcoast region will be featured in a pottery open house and sale on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. The Watershed sale is…

Women in the Bible, in all their variety, will be the subject of after-Sunday-services classes Sept. 27 and Oct. 4 at St. Giles Episcopal Church in Jefferson.

Obituary

Georgia F. Emerson of Boothbay Harbor died Sept. 20, 2015.

She was born April 11, 1932 on Boston Light in Hull, Massachusetts, the first person born on the oldest lighthouse in this country…

The third annual Kehail Point Regatta was held on Saturday, Sept. 5, on the Sheepscot River. Boats from Edgecomb, Westport Island, MacMahan Island and Georgetown, ranging from 12 to 37 feet,…

The Edgecomb Thrift Shop started 10 years ago because two of…

WMHS Soccer

The Wiscasset Middle High School girls varsity soccer team got a glimpse of its future Wednesday, Sept. 23, at home against Carrabec.

With strong play from sophomores Ari Mills, Sarah Foley…

Clamshell Quilters of Damariscotta will be hosting an evening lecture and an all-day workshop with Adele Scott on Oct. 23 and 24. The location for both events will be the…

Alna’s new property tax rate is down nearly 10 percent from last year, for a difference that will drop a bill on a $100,000 home by $220.

Selectmen set the rate Sept. 23, delivering on their…

Everyone is invited to come celebrate Sheepscot Valley’s narrow-gauge railroading history at the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna on Saturday, Sept. 26.

The…

Fall in Maine
Ella Watts of Southport begins picking apples at Clark’s Cove Farm in Walpole. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register

Fall usually beckons the question: Where can I pick my own apples?

The answer is: all over the Midcoast. So pack up the car and take a road trip to the nearest orchard for a day of fun.

A chair yoga event will be held at St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset at 10 a.m. Sept. 26.

As part of the…

Wiscasset School Resource Officer Tom Hoepner

Tom Hoepner worked two summers as a cook at Red’s Eats, started his civilian police career at Wiscasset Police Department, and is the father of a Wiscasset High School graduate.

Now the New…

Obituary

Kitty (Kalia) Lee Breskin, 66, was an engineer, gifted musician, teacher, mentor, triathlete (avid runner, swimmer, cyclist), sailor, sea kayaker, sail maker, seamstress, gardener, political…

The nationwide search for a new executive director at the Maine Municipal Association ended with the appointment of a well-known executive who works very close to home.

Stephen W. Gove, who…

Woolwich EMS has a new ambulance. Julia Gillespie, acting EMS director, finalized the $27,000 purchase with Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue.

Gillespie, along with Danny Munsey and his wife…

With fall almost officially upon the region, the time for homecoming is near.

Wiscasset Middle High School will host its homecoming activities this weekend with a pair of games, a dance, and…

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) has launched a holiday food drive this fall to provide foodstuffs to county food pantries for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, Lincoln County…

A slight drop in Woolwich’s tax rate means most homeowners will see a reduction in this year’s property taxes.

Tax bills will be in the mail by the end of the week.

Lynette Eastman,…

The Edgecomb Planning Board wants further examination of a Merry Island Road plot prior to ruling as to whether or not it’s located in a resource protection zone.

The board required Maine…

A celebration of life for Kitty (Kalia Lee) Breskin will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Congregational Church…

On Saturday, Sept. 26, Historic New England will participate in the 10th annual Smithsonian Museum Day Live! with free house tours at Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House in Wiscasset for…

The Lincoln Home

After a summer hiatus, The Lincoln Home's monthly conversation series for family and friends of those with dementia resumes from 4…

Dresden Comprehensive Planning Committee Chairman Dave Probert told selectmen on Monday, Sept. 21, that the comprehensive plan approved by voters at the June 13 town meeting may not meet muster by…

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Halloween, Route 144, decorations

Store aisles are not the only place where Halloween is on view several weeks before trick-or-treat time.

Travelers of Route 144 in Wiscasset on Sept. 19 were treated to the sight of a lawn…

When the acclaimed PBS series “American Experience” tells the story of Rachel Carson, famed author and naturalist, locations on Southport will be prominently featured.

42nd Parallel Films…