Before any changes can be made to one of Damariscotta's biggest upcoming projects, there will be a blast from the past.
The…
News
Lincoln County Democrats will hold the group’s monthly meeting on Monday, July 20, at the Newcastle Community Room on…
Chocolate Church Arts Center
The Chocolate Church Arts Center of Bath embraces crowdfunding for the first time, as it launches a campaign to support its latest upcoming theatrical production. Expanding from traditional…
Victims shot in communities of Winn, Benedicta
AUGUSTA — Maine State Police have made an arrest in connection with five shootings, two of them fatal, in three northern Maine communities on Friday.
Maine Department of Public Safety…
Elvis, the “King of Rock 'n' Roll” is coming to Woolwich! Well, sort of.
Robert Lewis, an Elvis tribute artist of King and Company Legends, will be performing at this year’s Woolwich Day…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has charged a Warren man with two counts of unlawful trafficking in marijuana.
Fifty-six-year-old Kenneth Gray was summoned by drug agents Wednesday…
The interlocal agreement will live for the next three-and-a-half months.
After that, Damariscotta and Newcastle are back on their own…
Built for hay, but made for music, the Darrows Barn at DRA Round Top Farm, Business Route 1, in Damariscotta, will once again rock with the state’s best talent over…
The first phase of repairs to the cell block of the Lincoln County Museum and Old Jail were completed this past week.
The building that served as Lincoln County’s prison for over 200 years…
Obituary
Sandra Carol “Sandy” Dickinson died peacefully with her loving family by her side on July 15, 2015.
She was born…
Anyone looking for great exercise, excellent company, and a good outdoor sport should drop by the Great Salt Bay Elementary School in Damariscotta…
At the regular meeting of the Lincoln County Fire Chiefs Association on June 17, the Lincoln County Fire Academy was pleased to announce that the Newman Award was awarded to James Richardson of…
A Whitefield man who had bail conditions to not drink alcohol was arrested twice within the span of a week for allegedly being intoxicated.
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Wiscasset School Department
Heather Wilmot is starting her first three years as superintendent of Wiscasset schools with gratitude and a plan. The gratitude is for the support she has been getting from staff, students and…
George Richardson Jr. has been reelected as chairman for the Westport Island board of selectmen. Richardson was elected to lead the board for the coming year by his…
Unless the state calls on Alna to start taxing tractors or other personal property, selectmen have no interest in pursuing it.
Adding the tax might lighten taxes on land and buildings, but…
An apartment complex is denying blame for injuries a Boothbay Harbor man claims he got when a snow-covered awning collapsed on him last winter. Statewide Bay Landing II is asking a judge to throw…
During the 51st anniversary of Antique Auto Days on July 18-19, you'll see dozens of classic, vintage, antique, hot rods, muscle cars and much more all parked on…
Obituary
Steven W. Ell, 63, of Westport Island, died July 12, 2015, at Umass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.…
Maine is excited to welcome Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and Antique Archeology to the area. The team will film episodes of their hit series “American Pickers” throughout Maine. Filming will begin next…
Batten down the hatches — a pirate is putting in at Pemaquid again!
Although reputed to be the “dread pirate” Dixie Bull, who attacked and sacked Pemaquid in 1632, his appearance at Colonial…
Nearing 80, Maine humorist, farmer, musician, columnist, linguist, teacher and radio/television personality Robert Skoglund, better known as “The humble Farmer,” is anything but humble as he looks…
Traveling with dogs can be a joy, as long as you remember to keep your pet safe.
Last Saturday, with temperatures approaching 90 F, Boothbay Harbor Police Officer Larry Brown received a call…
Celebrate summer with The Lincoln Home from 3 to 4 p.m. on Monday, July 20, in the home’s living room, listening to the…
Smell that? It’s the haddock chowder steeping and readying for the first of two summer chowder suppers at St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset. Monday, July 20, will be the first dinner…
All press releases for the “Dinging Out, Entertainment & Arts” section of the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper must be submitted by 3 p.m. on the Friday preceding the next week's…
Twin Villages
It has likely come to divorce for Newcastle and Damariscotta.
The interlocal subcommittee met Tuesday, July 14, to discuss the future…
The South Bristol School's mascot does reflect the town's population.
After all, the school famous for its boatbuilding is surrounded…
It’s been 17 years since the old schooners, Hesper and Luther Little, once a landmark on the Wiscasset waterfront, were broken up and hauled away to become fodder for the…
State Sen. Chris Johnson of Somerville will hold his monthly office hours on Saturday, July 18, at three locations around the region:
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Sandra L. Oliver, noted food historian and celebrated author of “Saltwater Foodways: New Englanders and their foods at sea and ashore in the nineteenth century,” will present a mini-workshop in…
The Greater Lincoln County Animal Shelter’s accounting consultant has completed the forensic audit requested by the Lincoln County Board of Directors.
The…
Obituary
Danilo Konvalinka, formerly of 16-18 High Street, Wiscasset, died peacefully at Coves Edge Long Term Care in Damariscotta on June 18, 2015. He was 84 years old.…
Because the Touch-a-Truck fundraiser for the March of Dimes at Wiscasset Speedway a few Sundays ago was held on a rainy, blustery day, organizer Aubrey Martin began work on rescheduling another…
High school sweethearts Marissa Lynn Hammond and Mitchell Cody DeCosta were married June 27, 2015, on the Sheepscot River in Edgecomb at the residence of dear friends, Stott and Bobbie Carleton.…
Speeches, prayers, hymn-singing, hand-holding and hugs were presented to offer some comfort to the approximately 175 people who attended a vigil of prayers for…
There's a new kitchen in town. It’s not in a restaurant, it’s not in a take-out concession stand, and it’s not in someone's home.
This…
Construction on three new Davis Island condominiums is expected to begin this week. The Edgecomb Planning Board conditionally approved The Village at Sheepscot’s…
Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist Mark Delmar, of the Hanger Clinic in Augusta, will join the LincolnHealth Diabetes Support Group for their July 22 meeting to discuss foot care for…
Peter Walsh talked his way out of being on the receiving end of one water balloon after another Sunday, as he and more than two dozen other volunteers endured the heat to put on Dresden Summerfest…
Shan Cretin, general secretary for the American Friends Service Committee since September 2010, will discuss AFSC current commitments and…
Obituary
Edward Paul Morissette, 83, of El Dorado Hills, California, died June 29, 2015, at Mercy Folsom Hospital after an extended bout with Alzheimer’s…
Obituary
Dominic Garvey, 79, died July 10, 2015, in Boothbay Harbor, surrounded by friends.
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The 35th annual Camden-Rockport Historical Society Antiques Show and Sale will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, at the Camden Hills…
For the second year in a row, the Robert M. MacNamara Foundation has opened its Little Free Library on Westport Island.
The library features fiction and non-fiction books as well as titles…
Step into the shadows of history on Saturday, July 11, at 8:30 p.m. when the staff of Colonial Pemaquid assisted by The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid will lead the first evening lantern walk of the…
Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson is known for its woods; 1,000 acres of forest serve as the nature center’s classroom, playground and woodlot. HVNC’s programs feature many different…
After working in an intensive care unit for undernourished children in Haiti, Brandy Colson knew she wanted to be a nurse.
…Join the fun of a summer yard sale to benefit the Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta. The annual event will be held on July 18 at the corner of Church Street and…
In the 32 years Susan van Alsenoy lived in Antwerp, Belgium, she watched the port city grow into having the second highest number of petrochemical plants in the world.
“It degraded the…
