Any animosity between the Dresden Board of Selectmen and a local restaurant owner over parking issues cooled on Monday night, Nov. 3, as the parties reached an amicable…

Eric Lorrain had always wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail. In 1991, he was close to doing it when he was in a car accident that blew out his knee.

In the ensuing years, the East Boothbay…

“It was disgusting.”

 Wiscasset Selectmen’s Vice Chairman Ben Rines Jr. on Tuesday night had those strong words and others for the stations at which local voters completed their ballots. He…

From the outside, the addition to Molnlycke’s Wiscasset plant looks nearly done. The interior work is now the focus, from walls to plumbing, Molnlycke’s manager for the project Fred Libby said Oct…

An Edgecomb couple has filed a lawsuit against the town and planning board regarding a decision allowing a dog kennel to change its zoning designation. In August, the planning board changed The…

Depending on your interest, Tuesday, Nov. 4 was either a very short or very long night. Within five minutes of the polls closing, Sen. Susan Collins had been announced the winner in her bid for…

In the November 4 gubernatorial election, Republican Paul LePage won a second term as Maine's Governor, beating out both challengers Democrat Michael Michaud and Independent Elliot Cutler.

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The Boothbay Harbor Police Department made one arrest between Oct. 28- Nov. 3.

On Oct. 30, police arrested Christopher Morse 21, of Boothbay Harbor for an alleged outstanding warrant charge…

On Tuesday morning, Lincoln County Commissioners were provided with surprising information about this weekend’s storm in a briefing by County EMA Director Tod Hartung. At the height of the storm,…

The two Wiscasset schools that could drop to one next year will be the focus of tours and a discussion November 13, ahead of a December 9 vote over plans to close Wiscasset Primary School. The…

Join Lincoln Medical Partners counselor Stephanie D. Field, LCSW, at the next LincolnHealth Diabetes Support Group for a discussion on managing diabetes during the holidays.

In the gubernatorial election, Edgecomb picked incumbent Republican Gov. LePage with 318 votes, Democratic U.S. Rep Mike Michaud got 299 votes and Independent Eliot Cutler received 56 votes.

Palermo will stay in Regional School Unit 12, following Tuesday’s vote at the polls rejecting a plan to withdraw. The district includes Alna and Westport Island; until July, it also included…

Westport Island voters on Tuesday narrowly agreed to get rid of the town’s budget committee by repealing the ordinance that created it in 2007. The referendum to drop the ordinance garnered 195…

SENATE DISTRICT 13

LES FOSSEL (R)                                              8,450

CHRIS JOHNSON (D)                                      8,778

PRECINCTS REPORTED…

At approximately 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, the voting stopped for a minute at the Damariscotta town hall. The line, which stretched around the corner and out the door,…

Are you here because of fear or hope? This was a question posed by Portland Mayor Michael Brennan asked approximately 3,000 voters at the President Barack Obama rally for Democratic candidate for…

A malfunction in a pool heater is the probable cause of a Nov. 4 fire that damaged a pool house at Sheepcot Harbour Village & Resort, Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter said Tuesday night.

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Marge Pooler had two things to do at the Wiscasset Community Center on Tuesday: Play cribbage with fellow senior citizens and turn in her absentee ballot at the polls.

Voting was taking up…

When the polls opened in Boothbay and Edgecomb Tuesday a sampling of voters showed that Gov. Paul LePage was a driving force in getting people to vote.

Some people support the governor and…

Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 4. This newspaper has, over the past three months, conducted interviews and resources for its readers.

Visit the Election Center 2014 for interviews with…

AUGUSTA, Maine, November 3, 2014 — Central Maine Power Co. (CMP), a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA, continues work to repair damage from a winter storm that passed through…

Wiscasset selectmen will consider a date of Nov. 20 for a public hearing on the upcoming town vote on whether or not to close Wiscasset Primary School. Setting the hearing date is on the board’s…

John J. Nelson, 86, of Westport Island, died Oct. 28, 2014 with his wife of 63 years (Mary) Ruth Nelson by his side.

He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on April 25, 1928. Like many…

While the United States turned back the clocks an hour Sunday, Midcoast Maine set them back to winter.

That is, of course, if they had power.

At its peak, the Nov. 2 snowstorm caused…

With the past snowstorm, many are turning their thoughts toward winter activity.

The Wiscasset Sno-Goers have already begun their season.

Road crossing signs are appearing to alert…

From midnight Saturday night through 8 p.m. Sunday night, Lincoln County Communications Center received at least 330 calls; no one was injured in the motor vehicle accidents and other incidents,…

Derek George Gowers, 80, of Prospect, Connecticut, and Boothbay died peacefully on Oct. 28, 2014, at Paradigm of Prospect. He was the loving husband of Barbara "…

Limbs and trees toppled by Sunday's storm have caused thousands of power outages throughout Midcoast Maine and beyond. Power company crews and clean-up crews are trying to get to the downed lines…

Anna Morkeski has seen the drawbacks of collusion between the public and private sectors.

Morkeski, 27, R-Damariscotta, said her hope…

Mick Devin said his first term in the Maine House of Representatives was successful enough to warrant another go-round.

Devin, D-…

UPDATED: Due to widespread power outages, state offices in Ellsworth, Rockland and Boothbay Harbor will be closed today.

Gov. Paul R. LePage has announced that due to widespread power…

Bring the joy of the holidays to a local child in need. Donate a new and unwrapped toy at one of the many Toys for Tots drop-off locations across Knox, Lincoln and…

All Regional School Unit 12 schools are closed Monday, Nov. 3, due to blocked roads and widespread power outages, the district’s superintendent Howard Tuttle states in an alert sent out at 5:26 a.…

Heavy wet snow is taking down trees and power lines, sending cars into ditches and creating big headaches for local police, firefighters, public works crews and tow truck drivers, who are all over…

On Sunday, Nov. 2, the Coast Guard officially suspended its search for two lost fishermen whose boat No Limits sunk off of Matinicus.

Coast Guard air…

The driver in a rollover accident on Wiscasset’s Foye Road on Saturday received apparent minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, Lincoln County…

The Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education group will meet Nov. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Midcoast Recreation Center on Route 90 in Rockport.

This Sunday, Nov. 2 is the day to move your clocks back an hour as daylight saving time (DST) ends. Officially, daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m.
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Tradition is tradition, and in Wiscasset, one of the annual ones is for children and in some cases adults also, to dress up for Halloween, meet at Wiscasset Middle School and parade down Federal…

With four days left in the race for the Blaine House, Democratic gubernatorial nominee and U.S. Congressman Mike Michaud stopped at several Wiscasset businesses on Friday.

In this video from…

Polling places for the Nov. 4 general and local elections are listed below. Phone numbers included are for respective town offices, and do not necessarily reach polling places.

Alna Fire…

Gargoyles, ghosts, reindeer, Nicki Minaj, Hipster Sleeping Beauty, hooded evil-doers from “The Purge,” three blind mice, the cast from “Alice in Wonderland,” a hairy-footed hobbit and a grocery…

Judy Mandell Danforth, 88, a long-time Westwood, Massachusetts resident and Squirrel Island summer resident, died peacefully on Oct. 22, 2014.

Danforth was born in Newton, Massachusetts on…