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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News
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…
Clinton Roscoe Hilliker, 98 is the town of Woolwich’s new keeper of the Boston Post Cane.
Surrounded by family and friends, Hilliker accepted the ceremonial walking stick from the board of…
Commander Bill Wilson, U.S. Coast Guard Retired, an active member of the Titanic International Society, will share facts you never knew about the Titanic …
An electrical issue with a light fixture sparked a fire in the basement of a home at 16 Old County Road in Wiscasset June 25, Wiscasset Fire Chief T.J. Merry said.
No one was hurt in…
Wiscasset’s two remaining public schools have new names. Wiscasset High School is becoming Wiscasset Middle High School; and Wiscasset Middle School is becoming Wiscasset Elementary School.
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March of Dimes 2014 National Ambassador Aidan Lamothe will be in attendance at Touch-a-Truck: Wiscasset Speedway on Sunday, June 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
He will be signing autographs,…
A two-car accident on June 25 sent three to the hospital and backed up Wiscasset traffic for miles.
At approximately 1:15 p.m. Thursday afternoon the northbound driver of a 2004 Toyota…
Seventy years ago, two local Navy men, unknown to each other and serving on separate ships, were attacked by the same kamikaze suicide plane at the battle of Okinawa.
On April 2, 1945,…
Wiscasset Sun CATs
The new chairman of the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen, Ben Rines, and newly-elected board member Judy Flanagan were among the attendees at a June 17 solar energy presentation.
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The Newcastle-Damariscotta-Boothbay Harbor Trolley begins its weekend schedule just in time for Independence Day festivities. By next Friday, July 3, new trolley stop signs will decorate the Twin…
A Woolwich man was taken by a Lifeflight helicopter to a Lewiston hospital early June 25, following an accident on Woolwich’s Nequasset Road, Sagadahoc County sheriff’s officers said.
Ray…
Paul Crandall joined the Alna Fire Department this spring because he likes to help people. The night of June 17, the former forestry firefighter was working with longtime department members…
Musician and composer Grace Lewis-McLaren will lead a service entitled "Songs and Stories" at the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Damariscotta on…
Knox-Lincoln and Waldo Soil & Water Conservation Districts and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation…
Wiscasset High School
On June 16, the staff of Wiscasset High School presented the following awards:
Three Quarters of Honor Roll Grade 9: Kobe Carrier, Vanessa Dunn, Trinin…
Obituary
Jean Wallace, 68, of Westport Island, died unexpectedly June 22, 2015, at the LincolnHealth, Miles Campus in Damariscotta.
A full obituary will be published in next week’…
Edgecomb Planning Board
The ownership of a pumping station has become the central issue of a proposed Davis Island condominium project. Land developer Anthony Casella wants to build three condominiums on his land located…
Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association
The time has come to dust off the kayak paddles and burnish life jackets instead of parkas.
But, before paddlers take to the water,…
When then 20-year-old Keith Wass took over his ex-wife’s uncle’s hot dog stand in Rockland in 1972, he was studying psychology in college.
The owner of the newest branch of Wasses Hot Dogs…
Wiscasset Middle School Principal Bruce Scally said that while the Monday, June 22, eighth-grade graduation was the last at the middle school, for every last there is a…
A single vehicle rollover Tuesday afternoon in Newcastle was caused by a driver who said she fell asleep, police report.
At…
Obituary
Talbot “Sammy” Campbell Sr., 80, of North Newcastle, died on the evening of June 21, 2015, surrounded by his loving family.
…On Tuesday, June 30 from 5:30-8:30 p.m., Savory Maine Restaurant of Damariscotta will be serving up your choice of a three course meal off the menu to help support Lincoln County’s Child Abuse…
A Westport Island man wants back the money he claims he invested in a Gardiner Road, Wiscasset, restaurant in 2013. The restaurant,…
The town of Wiscasset is seeking members who are interested in serving on the Historic Preservation Commission.
This…
The following property transfers were recorded at the Lincoln County Registry of Deeds during May.
Alna: Alna, Inhabitants of to Brooks, Alden.
Boothbay: Gilbert, Dawn S. to Pinkham,…
Wiscasset Primary School’s move-up day is usually only for the fourth-graders, Principal Mona Schlein said. It’s their send-off with diplomas and cake as they prepare to enter Wiscasset Middle…
New Hope For Women
New Hope For Women was founded 34 years ago in Rockland by four domestic violence survivors, all of whom were women, to help others similarly affected.
Since the first employee was hired in…
Healthy Lincoln County has an extra hand in serving our local community this summer; Kathleen Sheehan is an Americorps member serving as a VISTA summer associate…
On Aug. 8 and 9 at Wiscasset Community Center, Wiscasset Rod & Gun Club will hold an event that club president Ed Goud hopes will become an annual one. The half-century-old club will host its…
Obituary
Kenneth M. Walbridge, formerly of Hodgdon Island, died at his home in The Villages, Florida, on June 11, 2015. He was 101 years old.
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Although he did not create Waldoboro Day, Steve Cartwright accepts some credit for its resurrection.
"It's fun to see something that died in the late ’70s…
Although the calendar says summer, it's time for Wiscasset High School to think winter.
This summer will be packed full of basketball…
Residents of Westport Island have their municipal elections and annual town meeting June 26 and 27.
Voting will begin…
The Maine Department of Marine Resources encourages all current license holders planning to renew their license online to do so before July 16 when the DMR begins…
A fifth grade class from the Wiscasset Middle School and a teacher were given a guided historical walking tour of Wiscasset Wednesday morning, June 17.
Edward Kavanagh of Federal Street led…
Marissa Carmolli of Edgecomb graduated from Southern Maine Community College on May 17 with a degree in architectural and engineering design.
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The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library will be hosting a puppet show, “Lindsay & Her Puppet Pals,” on the library lawn on Saturday, June 27 from 3 to 4 p.m. The public is invited to bring their…
Alna Selectmen
Alna selectmen plan to ask if their counterparts in neighboring Whitefield would be interested in talking over a possible deal: Alna would plow and maintain a short stretch of Bailey…
If there was a theme to the June 18 Waterfront Project open house, it was that there are big challenges ahead, but also big opportunities.
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The Lincoln County Museum & Old Jail in Wiscasset reopened its doors to visitors this month. This season, its curator, the Lincoln County Historical Association, is featuring an exhibit called…
Ocean Sampling Day (OSD) will take place on the longest day in the northern hemisphere in 2015, during solstice on Sunday, June 21. On this day, water samples will be taken at more than 160…
Paul Coulombe’s goal for the Boothbay Harbor Country Club is to make it the state’s top golf course. Coulombe, 62, is a Lewiston native who made a fortune running the family business: White Rock…
South Bristol seceded from Bristol on March 15, 1915, and will celebrate its centennial on July 17, 18 and 19 with events for all ages.
The Centennial Committee has worked closely with…
On three early summer evenings, June 24 to June 26, FARMS will host cooking classes at the Community Kitchen (above the Rising Tide Community…
