The University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) is host of the Science on Tap seminar series at the Newcastle Publick House Wednesday evenings from 6 to 7 p.m.
On July 22, the Science…
News
The first Alive on the River concert for summer 2015 drew a range of ages to the Wiscasset common July 2.
Listeners faced downhill to take in performances by Christian rock band Chasing the…
No man had to wait for either time or tide on Saturday as the 11th annual Rubber Ducky Race benefitting the Pemaquid Watershed Association (PWA) was a success.
Executive Director Donna…
A cannon that shot out candy to parade-goers and cannons that went boom at the Wiscasset Yacht Club helped Wiscasset celebrate the Fourth of July on Saturday.
The candy cannon float garnered…
Historic New England is presenting a new exhibition, “Capturing Maine: Photographs from the Collection of Historic New England,” at the Maine Art Gallery through Aug. 29. The Maine Art Gallery is…
Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson is excited to announce the fourth annual Live Edge Music Festival on Sunday, August 23, noon-6 p.m. Four great bands will bring HVNC’s outdoor…
AAA Northern New England is urging those who celebrate the Fourth of July to avoid drinking and driving by designating a sober driver. Drinking drivers frequently…
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War it’s important to remember the men who fought and those who gave their lives in the conflict between North and…
Did you know that the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library is now an official migration stop for the monarch butterfly? See the library’s plaque in the beautiful…
Wiscasset selectmen
An area land trust is looking at buying Wiscasset’s Whites Island and turning it over to the town, according to Town Manager Marian Anderson and a memo from the trust.
“If it could be worked…
Obituary
Betty Ann Perryman Maynard, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died peacefully in Concord, N.H. on June 16, 2015. She was surrounded by her family.
…Woolwich residents take note: pay-per-bag for non-recyclable trash is set to begin the first week of August.
David King, Sr. said the selectboard expects to finalize the contract with…
The Coastal Humane Society in Brunswick will host a Puppy Palooza event on Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12 at the shelter’s 30 Range Road…
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation
This year, the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) is celebrating its 50th season of member art shows, open studio days, classes and workshops with nationally known artists, and First Friday Art…
It has been 239 years since the Declaration of Independence was penned, but its words are just as meaningful today as they were in the 18th century…
Not too many businesses can boast they’ve been around for 100 years, and fewer still can say they’re independently owned. That makes Wilson’s Drug Store in downtown Bath kind of special.
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Remember to sign up for the 6th annual Lobster Roll 5k and kids fun run in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, July 25. The race begins at 8 a.m. and is followed by the kids fun run. Sign up as an…
Wiscasset will be using Town Hall Streams to live-stream its board and committee meetings online, according to an announcement on the town’s website at www.wiscasset.org.
Plans call for the…
New series
Rorbert Vachon, 58, of Lewiston was nominated this week as the first in a series of “Flagpersons of the Week.” Vachon works for a private company that supplies flaggers to construction sites. He…
A Boothbay Harbor man is claiming that a snow-covered awning collapsed on him in February, outside an apartment complex on Bay Landing Lane. George Larrabee is suing Statewide Bay Landing II for…
For the second year, the Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library group is planning a fun-filled evening to raise money for the library. The event, on Sept. 20 from…
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Paul Sacaridiz is Haystack Mountain School of Crafts’ new director. He will begin his tenure at the Deer Isle school in September.
"There are few places like Haystack, and those who have…
Lincoln County Superior Court
UPDATE: A Lincoln County jury found Brant Perkins guilty of sexual abuse of a minor on Wednesday afternoon. Judge Daniel Billings also found Perkins guilty of two counts of tampering with a…
Hidden Valley Nature Center
Little Dyer Pond is at the heart of Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson. The pond is over 100 acres, and is more secluded than most in the region. There are no boat launches or public…
The Midcoast Outreach and Peace Center will present the second program in the Public Dialogue Series entitled “Healing Humanitarian Crises —Exceptional Relief Work Conducted in the World Today.”…
Edgecomb
The Sheepscot Harbor Village Association is getting a little help from its neighbors maintaining a Davis Island sewer pumping station. Edgecomb Planning Board chairman Jack French told the…
Breakfast is served, lunch too, and best of all, it’s free to young people age 18 and under on weekdays thanks to the Summer Food Service Program.
The meals are served in the cafeteria of…
Alna selectmen
Alna Third Selectman Doug Baston told fellow board members June 29, the chairman of Whitefield’s board of selectmen believes a handshake deal would be enough to ensure Alna’s Bailey Road doesn’t…
Growing up in London, Morgan Curtis picked up an early love of the natural world. She would go around the house unscrewing light bulbs and hiding them.
“And I was maniacal about recycling. I…
The Alna Fire Department’s new pumper-tanker arrived at the fire station on Route 218 on June 29, about 14 months after voters agreed to buy the truck.
Standing beside it Monday afternoon,…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee held its June meeting in Wiscasset. Mike Violette, co-host of the “Mike and Ken Show” weekday mornings from 5 to 9 a.m. on WGAN, kicked off…
Deb Boucher makes quilts.
She's also an artist, though she humbly denies it.
Boucher has a studio…
The 11th annual Healthy Kids Strawberry Shortcake Shuffle is fast approaching on Saturday, July 11 at Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta. Come join us to run, walk, have fun and enjoy delicious…
When Sumner and Pam Price Richards moved to Damariscotta in 1985, they had no clue that they would be starting a business that would survive for 25 years.
"I had an idea to open up an old-…
Strawberry sundaes, crafts, music, a silent auction and a pie auction attracted throngs to St. Philip’s Church in Wiscasset on Saturday for the annual Strawberry Festival.
In addition to…
Obituary
Jean C. Mosier Wallace, a lifelong resident of Westport Island, died unexpectedly on the evening of June 22 at the age of 68.
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Did you happen to notice that Wiscasset’s historic town cannon is back alongside the Veterans War Memorial? Next time you drive past, stop and have a closer look. The 1861 gun recently underwent a…
Mark your calendar! The University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole marks its 50th anniversary this year.
To celebrate, the center is offering a full line-up of summer…
Photos
Weather put a slight damper on the Touch-a-Truck event in Wiscasset on Sunday, June 28.
About six months ago, Judy (not her real name), 62, lost her apartment, her car and many of her belongings in a fire.
Not long after that, pain in her stomach…
Annual town meeting
Westport Island has finished smoothing out a five-year wrinkle from when it changed its tax billing time.
A light turnout of voters at town hall for the annual town…
Think Maine, Wiscasset Fourth of July parade entrants. This year’s theme is “A Maine Kind of Fourth.”
The 10 a.m. Saturday, July 4, parade will start on Hooper Street and continue on to…
Incumbents prevailed over write-ins on election day in Westport Island on June 26. Gerald Bodmer retained the second selectman’s seat with 121 votes to write-in candidate Reginald Lee’s 20; Dennis…
The Carmolli family have experienced the sweet taste of success for four decades making fudge and taffy. Dave and Pat Carmolli began Downeast Candies in 1974 almost as an afterthought.
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The first Wiscasset Art Walk of 2015 had beautiful weather and a variety of offerings for those strolling downtown Wiscasset on June 25.
The art walks are held June through September on the…
The calendar was turned back to the 1890s Thursday evening, June 25, to relive a scandalous trial involving a famous Kentucky Congressman, his jilted mistress and the lurid affair’s mysterious…
