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Dr. Nananda Col is an internist who lives in Georgetown, Maine. She is a staunch believer in the Empowered Patient movement. As a physician and a…
A committal service for Chester R. Crocker, 92, who died March 8, 2015, will be held at noon on Saturday, May 16, at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wiscasset with military honors.
Arrangements are by…
Wiscasset Public Library
The Wiscasset Public Library welcomed the month of May by getting back outside for story hour. After reading “In The Woods: Who’s Been Here?” by Lindsay Barrett George, the group stepped outside…
Obituary
Simone Steeves Gilbert died at home in Gorham on April 27, 2015.
She was born in Jackman on March 1, 1922, the oldest…
An Edgecomb man is being honored for his contributions to the Kennebec Valley. Le Club Calumet will honor Richard O’Connor on May 9 for his decades of community service. Le Club Calumet named O’…
The Edgecomb Historical Society is searching for a place to house relics from a 19th century blacksmith shop. Two years ago, the society was notified that an intact blacksmith shop was found on an…
Gordon Campbell, president of the Wiscasset All Sports Boosters Club, wants to see red.
Red banners, that is.
…You may or may not have noticed the explosion of sound recently in the woods by your house. Within the past few weeks there have been sounds not heard in Maine since late last summer. They are the…
Spring turkey season starts on Monday, May 4 throughout the state, and for the first time in modern history, hunters will be able to turkey hunt in northern Maine.…
What choices do I have? Who should I talk to? Who would coordinate my care? Can I stay home? Will my pain be managed? Who will listen to me? Does…
Edgecomb Eddy Guidance Teacher Haley Bezon introduced her alter-ego to the local school committee on April 27. Bezon, who has taught at the school since late February, introduced Ms. Bezon Potato…
Located on the scenic Maine coast, Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site is one of New England’s earliest European settlements, rivaling Jamestown, Virginia. The site originally…
Former member Mike Smith told the Edgecomb School Committee the sparsely attended April 27 budget hearing showed that the public must think they’re doing a good job. Smith and two other residents…
Obituary
Arthur W. Rand died unexpectedly at his home on Southport on April 4, 2015.
He was born in Albany, New York on Jan. 17, 1955 to Freeman and Ellen (Banks) Rand.
Art was a Vietnam…
Several Freemasons from around Lincoln County gathered at Bristol Lodge to award a $2,000 grant to the Eldercare Network of Lincoln County. It was one of 24 winning 501(c)(3) tax-exempt…
A Nobleboro man who allegedly choked a woman has been arrested on felony assault charges.
Herbert “Joe” Sund III of Parsonfield and…
James Simmons, a 40-year-old lobsterman from Friendship who had all of his commercial fishing licenses suspended in February for two years by the Department of…
The Boothbay Region High School girls tennis team claimed its first victory of the season in Wiscasset, beating the Wolverines 3-…
A memorial service for Allan D. Roscoe, who died Feb. 5, 2015, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 at St. Columba's Episcopal Church, Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor.
Maine Maritime Museum
On May 7 at 6:30 p.m., join Ian Fowler, Acting Director of Osher Map Library Smith Center for Cartographic Education, at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath as he…
Woolwich residents weighed in on a pay-per-bag proposal for non-recyclable trash at an informational hearing Wednesday night. The final say will come at the forthcoming May 13 town…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Winter is over and spring is here — don’t be caught without your plants!
The Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District Spring Plant Sale, Backyard Conservation Sale & Garden…
Lincoln County Democrats plan to celebrate the end of a long, cold winter with good food, good friends and good conversation at a spring celebration from…
The passing of the Boston Post Cane is a somewhat bittersweet tradition. On one hand it’s exciting to recognize the town’s new ol…
Coastal Studies for Girls
In a yellow circa 1850 farmhouse on the coast of Maine, the country’s only residential semester science school for girls is bucking a national trend, in a remarkable way.
In 2006, a…
The town of Alna on April 28 received Lisa Packard’s $500 payment for the cash portion of her shoreland fine, Town Clerk Amy Warner said April 29. Packard plans to talk with Alna selectmen to find…
Hair Express in Walpole invites current and future clients for a day of pampering to benefit the Maine Chapter of the March of Dimes on Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m…
Wiscasset School Committee
Wiscasset residents will consider funding a $100,000 lab for Wiscasset High School. The lab, and an extra $32,000 toward a Wiscasset Middle School playground makeover, will each go to voters as…
The Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was notified Tuesday by Massachusetts public health authorities that a student in Massachusetts who tested positive for measles visited the…
Shalimar Poulin, who teaches art at Wiscasset High School, recently announced to her colleagues and students that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
“The treatment I'm going through…
At the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, things will be a little different in Wiscasset. The primary school students will be located at the middle school, and middle school students in…
Join Tim Dinsmore, local historian and archaeologist, Monday, May 4 from 3 to 4 p.m. to hear about the "Birth of Shipbuilding on the Damariscotta River." …
When it comes to the Twin Villages and the secondary school budget, Newcastle appears to be getting the lower end of the increases.
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Two area fathers expressed their thanks April 28, for Wiscasset Middle School’s donations as their children fight illnesses.
Wiscasset Primary School third grader Sienna Giles, 8, daughter…
Obituary
Clayton U. “Buddy” Grant died peacefully on April 27, 2015 at Miles Memorial Hospital.
He was born Dec. 17, 1927 on…
Wiscasset High School Principal Cheri Towle will make her next year’s budget request to the School Committee on Wednesday, April 29. The meeting in the high school library starts at 6 p.m.
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Wiscasset Ordinance Review Committee
Light industry would bring jobs to Wiscasset without some of the impact heavy industry can have, members of the town’s ordinance review committee said April 27. The committee and Town Planner…
Obituary
A woman who inspired everyone she met with her grace, her joy, her flair, her doll-like style, her huge curiosity, and her unlimited capacity for courage…
The Wizard of Odds and Ends, 45 Head Tide Road, Alna, will hold an open house with food, music, art and more May 9 and 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
There will be affordable artwork by…
Fifty years ago, a small bookstore opened in Damariscotta to answer the needs of year round and seasonal residents as well as ever increasing numbers of tourists.
Under the guidance and…
Just a reminder that the Garden Club of Wiscasset will hold its annual plant sale on May 9 from 8:30 a.m. until noon indoors at the Municipal Building in Wiscasset, located on the corner of Routes…
Softball
It didn't take long for the Wiscasset High School girls varsity softball team to strike on Friday, April 24.
It took about the same…
Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center announces its May 2015 Lunch and Learn Series. The center is located at 521 Main Street…
Wiscasset
When voters hit the polls in Wiscasset on June 9, the future of the town’s ambulance and police services may not be the only non-binding decisions they will face. Residents could be asked outside…
Barbara W. Keyes died Jan. 13, 2015 at the Vicarage by the Sea in Harpswell. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, May 16 at 11 a.m. at the Sheepscot Community Church on The King's…
Wiscasset Middle School
An industrial hygienist is recommending a series of measures to remove mold from Wiscasset Middle School. The April 22 report by Randy Geoffrey of Air Quality Management Services in Lewiston…
Elections 2015
Wiscasset voters will have three choices June 9 for two selectmen’s seats. The three-way race emerged as the only contest when nominations closed at the town clerk’s office at 5 p.m., Monday,…
Wiscasset Spring Sports
There is likely a more conventional way to open a season than a walk-off suicide squeeze.
But that's how Wiscasset High School boys…
