At least one Susan Collins, U.S. Senate campaign sign was defaced with a spray-painted swastika, probably overnight Sunday into Monday, Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline said Oct. 14.

A…

The eighth annual Damariscotta Pumpkinfest Regatta ended much the same way it typically does: with a flourish, some floundering and a whole lot of pulp.

The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and…

Wallace H. Brewer Jr., 67, of Boothbay died suddenly on Oct. 11, 2014 at his favorite camping spot in The West Forks after a long struggle with health issues.

The Boothbay Police Department arrested four people between Oct. 7-13.

On Oct. 8, police arrested…

The Otto and Fran Walter Foundation has awarded a grant to Friends of Thai Daughters (FTD), a nonprofit organization, preventing child trafficking…

The Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission will host a field workshop on Stream-Smart Road Crossings coordinated by Maine Audubon. The workshop will be held Thursday, Oct. 23 (Oct. 24 rain…

Roger A. Kingsbury, 69, of Lumberbridge, North Carolina, died Oct. 8, 2014 after a long illness.

He was born in Bath, the son of Robert E. Kingsbury Sr. and Rose V. Higgins. He attended…

The Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education group will hold a free showing of "Under Our Skin 2: Emergence (From…

A trip into the attic of a family home is often poignant, full of objects that remind us of the generations that have gone before. Imagine the attic of a building that holds items that reflect 200…

As has been the policy of this newspaper for several years, we will not be publishing political letters to the editor in the issue before the election.

All political letters must be received…

Wiscasset Middle School’s new physical education teacher Daniela Marino wants to motivate her students to learn ways they can be physically active their whole lives.

That’s how it was for…

An 86-year-old Dresden man was found with only minor injuries after being missing in woods off Gardiner Road for about two hours on Oct. 13, a Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy said.

State and…

After work at BK Auto in Litchfield, Dane Bonang would come home to Wiscasset and go for a walk-run in the neighborhoods of Fowle Hill, Huntoon Hill and West Alna roads. It was part of his…

On Wednesday, October 15 at 7 p.m.,  We The People Maine will conduct a workshop at Savory Maine on 11 Water Street in Damariscotta. People from Damariscotta and surrounding towns who are…

The Merrymeeting chapter of the National Active of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) will be held Oct. 15 at 11:15 a.m. at the Fairground Café, Topsham Fair Mall, Topsham.

Chapter 1796 of…

The public is invited to the Lincoln County Community Resources Expo from 1 to 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 17 at St. Patrick’s Church in Newcastle.

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To be a human or a zombie: That was the question October 11 at CLC YMCA’s second annual Zombie Run, during Pumpkinfest in Damariscotta. The 31 entrants who opted for human received a minute’s head…

There were 28 entries to the pumpkin dessert contest at Skidompha Library on Saturday, Oct. 11 as part of the Pumpkinfest weekend in Damariscotta.

Small businesses in Lincoln County are invited to a Business Resource Workshop on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 8 to 10 am at the Water’s Edge Banquet Facility in Edgecomb. Federal, state and local…

Edna Sukeforth calls being a Certified Nursing Assistant “the hardest job you will ever love.”

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David P. Lupprian, 91, of Zephyrhills, Florida and Boothbay Harbor, and formerly of Laurel, Maryland, died Sept. 17, 2014.

He was the devoted husband of the late Hazel (nee McMillan) and…

One of Maine Track Medical School student Will LaPlant’s first patients in the LincolnHealth Emergency Department was an elderly woman who had a cut on her face.

Dunton’s Doghouse in Boothbay Harbor Customer Appreciation Day will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (ish) on Tuesday, Oct. 14.

We at the…

A pumpkin is not the willingest of canvases.

There are dips, divots, scuffs, and the over-sized fruit seems to drink the paint.

That’s not even mentioning the inevitable spider left…

Stanley P. Clark Jr., 83, of Boothbay Harbor, and a former longtime resident of Westfield, New Jersey, died Sept. 23, 2014 at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice in…

Local photographer Dave Cleaveland, of Maine Imaging, delivered an aerial photo of Walker’s Point to President George H. W. Bush on Oct. 7. Walker’s Point, in…

A celebration of life and benefit dance for Robert Reed, who died Sept. 17, 2014, will be held Saturday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Waldoboro VFW Hall, 50 Mill Street, Waldoboro.

The band Bad…

The Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene will host the East Wind Gospel Singers this Sunday, Oct. 12 at the 11 a.m. worship service. East Wind has traveled…

The Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s next Business After Hours event is Oct. 9.

St. Philip’s Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry, 12 Hodge St., and the Wiscasset Food Pantry at the Church of the Nazarene, 255 Gardiner Road, in Wiscasset, are open to all who are suffering from…

Alna should work with Regional School Unit 12’s other towns to plan the district’s future, an Alna representative to the district’s board said Oct. 8.

Ralph Hilton asked selectmen to…

The first case of Ebola in the United States was recently announced, with a patient in Dallas who traveled to the U.S. from Liberia. The resultant hysteria and xenophobia (dislike or fear of…

The FARMS Community Kitchen above Damariscotta’s Rising Tide Community Market is now open. This month schoolchildren, teenagers, parents and grandparents from all…

The Dresden Board of Selectmen took up several matters at its regular Monday night meeting including an update of its winter…

At their meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 7, Lincoln County Commissioners were briefed on a proposed sale and purchase of weapons.

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The Boothbay Harbor Police Department made one arrest between Sept. 30 to Oct. 6.

On Oct. 1, Sgt. Patrick Higgins arrested Stanton Parks, 64, of Wiscasset, for allegedly operating under the…

The Westport Island Board of Selectmen met Monday evening and reviewed a number of agenda topics.

Among these was an update from…

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told the Damariscotta/Newcastle Rotary Club on Tuesday morning that the best way to break the legislative gridlock in Washington, D.C. was to elect those who…

Wiscasset’s fine against Giles Rubbish of Boothbay will stand, following selectmen’s split vote on Oct. 7. Dan Giles said his business’ $100 fine hurt his pride more than his wallet, because it’s…

Redskin’s Drive is no more in Wiscasset.

In a 4-0 vote on Oct. 7, selectmen changed the name of the private drive off Bradford Road to Micmac Drive, honoring the heritage of the road’s…

The Iditarod isn’t the 1,000-mile sled dog race Heidi Sutter has been aiming to enter.

“It never was a thought in…

In her first year as a special education instructor, new Wiscasset High School teacher Melissa Burgess has set several goals.

There is…

A pumpkin festival is just a festival without the addition of a very large, very orange fruit.

For this year's…

Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram columnist Bill Nemitz will be the featured speaker at the Oct. 17 meeting of Lincoln County Democrats in Damariscotta.…

Republican volunteer Rowena Flynn, left, of Wiscasset meets with U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine on Main Street in Wiscasset, during one of the incumbent senator’s campaign stops in Lincoln…

William J. Curtis, 86, of Wiscasset died Oct. 3, 2014.

Born on Jan. 9, 1928, “Bill”…

Rep. Bruce MacDonald will be honored for his eight years of outstanding service representing Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Arrowsic, Georgetown, Southport and Westport Island in the Maine House. All…

For the fifth year, the Pemaquid Watershed Association monitored the water around Damariscotta's Biscay…

Wilhelmus “Wil” Kool, 87, of Alna, died at his home on Sept. 27, 2014, with his wife of 65 years by his side.

Born on Sept. 26, 1927 in Delft, Holland, he was the son of Cornelius Johannes…

When Michael Giampetruzzi didn’t do his schoolwork as a child, it wasn’t because he couldn’t.

“It didn’t interest me, so I didn’t do it,” he said.

It turned out that he needed more of…