Join art instructor Kathi Nordone at Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center, 521 Main St., Damariscotta for an introductory drawing and sketching classes. All you will need is a pencil and…
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Before best-selling author Debbie Macomber wrote 136 books and 14 novels, she was a struggling writer raising four kids with her husband in Port Orchard, Washington. Macomber told 40 women at St.…
Less than a mile down Gardiner Road off Route 1 in Wiscasset, you will find the Morris Farm. Started in 1994, the Morris Farm is one of the last operational farms in the area that acts as both a…
At the Aug. 4 meeting of the Lincoln County Commissioners, what should have been a routine agenda item from County Treasurer Rick Newell prompted a longer-than-…
On Thursday, Aug. 13, the film “The Meaning of Tea” will be shown at the Rendall Fine Art Gallery, 65 Main Street in Wiscasset, along with tea tasting with the film’s director,…
A reminder that the Boothbay Railway Village will host Thomas, the True Blue EngineTM this morning, August 6 from 9:30 to 10:30 to say hello, and good-bye, to his Maine fans before…
On Saturday, Aug. 8, the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Come explore the diverse…
The Lincoln County Animal Shelter is holding a mega adoption event and open house on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 15 and 16, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day.…
The Lincoln Festival Chorus will perform an all-Mozart program with soprano soloist Suzanne Nance, accompanied by the Mozart Mentors Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Antolini Friday, Aug. 14 at the…
Nathan Stubbert owned three businesses, worked as a promoter for the entertainer Gallagher, and chose college over a shot at the pros after a strong high school baseball career.
All those…
Have you used historic paint colors in your home? Have you ever wondered who or what made those colors “historic?” Come find out at this illustrated talk at 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 9 in the…
The Walbridge family will host a gathering at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club in memory of Jean and Ken Walbridge from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15.
Ever wonder how scientists distinguish between -5 F and -50 F? (Answer: how fast shivering happens!) Maintaining body temperature is only one of the many challenges facing researchers in the polar…
A biking event aimed at raising money and awareness for environmental and cycling causes still has spaces available.
The first Climate Ride Northeast is slated to begin in Bar Harbor on Sept…
Wiscasset Selectmen
From one issue four decades in the making, to a technology that continues to emerge, selectmen Tuesday night aligned with Federal Street residents to try to keep…
On Friday, July 31, Lincoln County Commissioners closed on the purchase of a property which will serve as the new home of the county’s…
Newcastle Selectman Christopher Doherty likes the idea of independence for Newcastle's roads.
During a meeting on Monday, Aug. 3, the selectman said that the idea of forming an independent…
Woolwich Selectmen
EMT director William C. Longley Jr. tendered his resignation in response to a purchasing policy adopted by the Woolwich Board of Selectmen Monday evening, Aug. 3.
Longley’s last day as EMT…
What is the latest weapon available in the fight against cancer? For women participating in the Look Good, Feel Better program, the weapon of choice is a makeup brush. The program offers support…
The parish hall at St. Giles church Jefferson will be transformed into a café and bookstore Saturday, Aug. 15, with a tremendous variety of books for every reading taste, and…
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Damariscotta Police Officer Kyle Sylvester has been a police officer for two years, and in that time, he hasn't had an encounter like the one he did Aug. 2.
Sylvester responded to Main…
The Lincoln County Democrats will be holding their annual lobster bake to raise funds for upcoming county campaigns in 2016 and to honor current Democratic officeholders and their role in Maine…
July 21 was a day that started off like any other for lobsterman captain Jonathan Achorn and sternman Brandon McClure, both of Friendship.
There was thick fog all around while they were…
The results from a months-long survey regarding the municipal parking lot in Damariscotta have been released. The results show that while respondents want to rebuild the lot, they weren't so sure…
An artist with a 50-year relationship with the Boothbay region saw his painting be the top item sold on July 30 during the Points of View Art Auction.
Long-time East Boothbay summer resident…
For anyone interested in a little palm or tarot reading, there is a woman in Boothbay Harbor with a natural born talent for seeing into people's deepest psyches.
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Drive down the Pemaquid peninsula and step back into the history of 18th century Maine at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site on Saturday, Aug. 8. Meet up with Fletcher’s Scouting Company, a…
A two-car motor vehicle accident sent one to the hospital Monday, Aug. 3, on Route 27 in Wiscasset.
Wiscasset Police Officer Benjamin Kolko said one person was taken to the hospital with…
Get to Know...
In the 1990s, Rick Tetrev wore polished shoes to work as Naval Air Station Brunswick’s second-in-command.
On July 23, the Woolwich man was in Gap sneakers, walking Wiscasset Municipal…
Aubrey Martin believes in vaccinations, but it wasn’t until her youngest began to have seizures when she was just an infant that Martin realized how important it is that all…
Boothbay Region Elementary School
Pre-K: Mrs. Rice
- Backpack
- Lunchbox
- 24-pack of Crayola crayons
- 12-pack of Crayola colored pencils …
The popular Tour de Farms bike ride, which begins at Morris Farm in Wiscasset and continues through the scenic farmland of Midcoast Maine, is back…
Edgecomb Thrift Shop will have a food and bake sale on Saturday, August 8during the annual Cross Point Rd. Five Mile Yard Sale in Edgecomb from 8 a.m. to noon to raise funds for area winter fuel…
In what has become a multi-year saga involving Albert Greenleaf Jr. and the town of Westport Island, a decision was made to “turn…
A Waldoboro man who has been convicted several times of violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act has been rearrested and charged with allegedly violating SORNA again.
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Wiscasset School Committee
The state’s July figures have it picking up $108,000 more of Wiscasset’s education tab than projected, Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot said July 30.
The budget that Wiscasset voters…
It’s no secret: in Maine, we love blueberries. Whether we get them at the farmers market, at a roadside stand, at the co-op, or pick them ourselves, fresh…
Sarah Leah Chase, well-known author of “Nantucket Open House Cookbook” and “Cold-Weather Cooking,” will be at the Maine Coast Book Shop in Damariscotta on Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 11a.m. She will…
Diseases with unfamiliar names like anaplasmosis and babesiosis are a growing health threat in Lincoln County, causing people to be hospitalized with severe flu-like symptoms as the Midcoast area…
A man and woman from Lewiston were hurt when the motorcycle they were on left Gilman Hill Road in Woolwich and landed in a ditch on Saturday, Sagadahoc County sheriff’s officials said.
Doug…
Sculpture from the estate of Whitefield artist Roger Majorowicz will be sold at auction on Saturday, Aug. 1. The internationally known and Maine revered artist died at Christmas time last year at…
Debbie Macomber, a dyslexic mother of four with a high school education, began writing at age 30. She wrote because she loved telling stories.
Today, Macomber…
On Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1 and 2, the Boothbay Railway Village will host its first ever art exhibit inside the museum’s 1847 Boothbay Town Hall. The exhibit of works by world-renowned…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
A Whitefield woman who was recently released from jail has been rearrested after allegedly violating the conditions of her release and refusing to be arrested.
…
For many years, St Patrick Catholic Church in Newcastle (part of the All Saints Parish that encompasses the mid-Coast region of Maine) has been…
A leading conservation scientist has been hired to lead the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in…
Nomination papers will be available from the Woolwich town clerk on or after Monday, Aug. 10, for one selectman’s position, a three-year term.
The nomination papers must be returned to the…
East Boothbay shipbuilder Washburn and Doughty is putting final touches on the latest of a series of tugboats to be purchased and operated by a Connecticut based firm. When finished, the 93 ft.…
Over time, a proposed charter school in Wiscasset could force the shutdown of Wiscasset Middle High School, School Committee Chairman Steve Smith said.
Losing students would lower state…
