Clay Adams, a 24-year insurance veteran, has joined J. Edward Knight Insurance. Adams’ experience includes 10 years of handling complex insurance claims for major…

The golf course, like much of Maine, may still be blanketed by snow, but golfers can get a…

Newcastle Chrysler owner Randall Miller and his co-workers have been awarded the Customer Experience Elite Dealer Award for the second time in two years.

A Waldoboro man has been indicted on felony sexual assault charges by the Lincoln County Grand Jury after he allegedly assaulted a person working in his home.

The Edgecomb Planning Board approved the wording for three proposed ordinances for presentation at an April 2 public hearing. The board approved the language for a proposed land use ordinance,…

Main Street Bath is looking for accomplished and aspiring artists, creative students, and community friends to create their own personalized banners to be displayed…

The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, in cooperation with Amtrak and its…

This spring Timber Frame Construction workshops are returning to Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC). The first class of the year will be held Thursday to Sunday, April 23-26. These perennially…

A fishing vessel drifted from its mooring and ran aground March 18.

The F/V Columbia…

Edgecomb and Newcastle firefighters put out a chimney fire on Edgecomb’s River Road early Sunday, Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter said. The fire was reported shortly after 3 a.m.

Potter said…

Chef Bennett Collins of Harvest Moon Pizza, whose organic wood-fired pizza is familiar to shoppers at the Rising Tide Market in Damariscotta, as well as to patrons…

Come and join Susie Stephenson, primitive folk and fiber artist, at Spectrum Generations' Coastal Community Center, 521 Main Street, Suite 8, Damariscotta on Monday…

Capping a sometimes contentious issue in Alna, voters at the annual town meeting March 21 agreed to a three-year plowing deal with Hagar Enterprises of Damariscotta.

“The town of Alna should…

Spring arrives on March 20 and staff from the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association will be leading a search along the trails of the Marsh River…

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD) of Knox-Lincoln, Waldo, and…

Tick-borne illnesses frequently cause serious psychiatric symptoms that lead to referrals to mental health practitioners, who are often the very first to detect an underlying organic illness.…

Snowshoeing is an ideal winter turning to spring sport because nearly everyone can do it. If you can walk, you can snowshoe. Snowshoeing is so simple, absolute…

Alna has a new third selectman. In the only contest of local elections on Friday, March 20, Planning Board Chairman Douglas Baston defeated incumbent Third Selectman David Reingardt, 102-62.

Each year the board and staff of the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association show their appreciation for the contributions of the organization's…

Spring and mud season are the perfect time for making room in one's life by adopting good organizational habits. Getting organized is different when you are a…

Either the wind or a trailer hitched to a vehicle likely toppled a U.S. Postal Service collection box outside the Wiscasset municipal building March 19, Wiscasset Police Sgt. Kathy Williams said…

Time to start remembering what is underneath all this snow in your yard!

The annual, always popular, plant sale offered…

The public is invited to attend community forums to learn more about the governor’s proposed state budget and its impact on Maine residents, municipalities,…

Casco Bay Dog Training Club and students from Positively Best Friends, LLC are hosting an event, “Wags and Wiggles: Success with Dogs, Babies and Toddlers,” on Sunday, March 22…

Allen Cohen still has Wiscasset’s OK to store fireworks on JB’s Way. The town’s appeals board on March 19 rejected a neighboring couple’s claims against Cohen’s planning board approval.

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With the annual crop of frost heaves sprouting throughout Damariscotta, the town's superintendent of roads will have more sway in who can travel specific roads.

The Lincoln County Grand Jury has indicted the following individuals:

Matthew Smith, 23, of Wiscasset was indicted for one Class C…

Edgecomb residents will choose between two candidates for selectman and town treasurer this spring. Incumbent Stuart Smith is being challenged by Mike Smith for the selectman’s seat. The other…

Tammy Sue Purington, 51, of Boothbay died March 13, 2015 in the loving arms of her best friend and soul mate of 32 years, Irv Purington, due to complications of diabetes.

Linda Mercer’s dad, George Pushee, planned to live the rest of his life in his home in Templeton, Massachusetts, but about three years ago he began…

Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) is deeply appreciative for the support of more than fifty individual donors in the past year who helped make possible the construction of two new buildings. The…

Rene Cloutier, a 21-year veteran of the Maine Marine Patrol, has been promoted to major.

“Major Cloutier has earned…

This year marks the 150th anniversary of one of the world’s most beloved poets, William Butler Yeats. There are celebrations galore across the Atlantic…

It’s not too late to “Mangia! Mangia!” with Partners in Education (PIE) this Friday night, March 20, at Wiscasset Primary School for the Annual Italian Dinner and Gift Basket Raffle.  We…

Update: Trooper Joe Chretien reports the lobsters survived the wreck and are headed for New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The unloading of the lobsters began this morning to another…

Harold V. Webber, 95, of West Southport, died peacefully March 16, 2015 at Maine General Hospital surrounded by loved ones.

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Wiscasset Rod and Gun Club members from in and outside Wiscasset showed their support for working with the community Tuesday night, with at least two dozen turning out as club representatives…

Wiscasset selectmen have begun meeting with lawyers about the town’s tax deal with Maine Yankee, town officials confirmed. A closed-door session Tuesday night, ahead of the open board meeting,…

Under the first budget draft that Wiscasset selectmen and the town’s budget committee will look at, municipal spending would hike $53,282. The $5,904,501 starting figure is less than 1 percent…

The Woolwich Selectboard, in response to a petition which was circulated by resident Donald Adams and signed by 181 voters, will permit Woolwich residents to vote…

Maine Maritime Museum is seeking volunteers to join its corps of over 250 volunteers for the 2015 season, which runs from Memorial Day to Columbus Day. The museum…

Popular historian Jerry Wiles will discuss the life and legacy of Maine-born Civil War hero Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at Chase Point Assisted Living, Damariscotta on March 20 at…

The Commission to Study the Effects of Coastal and Ocean Acidification on Commercially Harvested and Grown Species on Thursday presented its report…

Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), a nonprofit community development organization, with the support of Maine State Housing Authority, will offer the…

The Animal House in Damariscotta donated over 700 pounds of dog food and 28 pallets of cat food to the Lincoln County Animal Shelter and Underhound Railroad on March 17.

This was the…

Who wouldn’t want to visit Ireland and stay in an early Victorian guesthouse? Oh, did we mention there's $1,000 travel money, to boot? The Ireland guesthouse is just one of six fabulous…

It’s a xanthowhat?

Bilateral gynandromorphism. Great term, don’t you think? It refers to the…

A state concept for downtown Wiscasset that would have included a boardwalk has received a lot of local interest this winter, even though the state has maintained it is off the table; but the town…

Alna’s snowplowing deal with a Damariscotta firm will stand or fall on its own March 21. Selectmen have decided that residents at Saturday’s annual town meeting will take separate votes on the…

On Monday March 16, Jennifer Becker, 49, of Old County Road in Edgecomb was arrested by Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Detectives on the charge of Furnishing a Schedule Z Drug (Marijuana) and…