The Lincoln County Republican Committee has announced plans to meet Sen. Susan Collins at the WW&F Railroad Museum in Alna on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at approximately 5 p.m. as her bus tour passes…

Are you looking for a handy way to put your garden and flower beds to rest for the winter? Why not try some Lincoln County compost? The addition of just a couple…

What Pam Dunning liked best about serving with her neighbor, William “Bill” Curtis, on the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen was his willingness to listen to a different view.

“You could disagree…

Rebuilding Together of Lincoln County recently received a generous donation recently of CFI lightbulbs and is paying forward that…

In an effort to offer support to Catholic Charities Maine’s Refugee and Immigration Services, All Saints Parish has launched a yearlong service project to provide “…

The Center for Teaching and Learning, a nationally recognized, K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold an information session on Tuesday…

Wiscasset High School and Wiscasset Ford will be raising money for the high school on Oct. 11, through Ford’s DRIVE 4UR SCHOOL program.

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wiscasset Ford will have new…

On Oct. 11 and 12 the Boothbay Railway Village along with the Boothbay Information Center will host a true New England Craft Fair.

This year the Fall Foliage Festival is part of a new…

John Pray of Wiscasset and others hold signs along Route 1 near the Wiscasset municipal building on Oct. 5, for National Life Chain Sunday. Pray’s wife Mary Pray said the pro-life observance was…

Jed Wartman, as the dean of students and director of campus life at Colby College in Waterville, knows a thing or two about developing a community.

Hall Funeral Home and Tribute Centers, through its “Partners in Care” programming, invites you to a special program, led by Mary Francis, a certified Grief Recovery…

The Edgecomb planning board encouraged a property owner to submit an application concerning her intent to build a residence at 40 U.S. Route 1. Ronna Lugosh and her consultant, Karl Olson, met…

Sally Howe, left, and fellow Westport Island resident Anne Harris chat as they help at First Congregational Church’s Oktoberfest in Wiscasset on Oct. 4. Rain led church members to bring the…

Whether you have one question or a dozen questions about your iPad instructor, Vanessa Richards most likely has the answer(s). Join her for one or all of her iPad-How Do I Do That…

A Jefferson man walked away from an early morning rollover on Newcastle’s North Newcastle Road Sunday, authorities said.

Romeo Geroux, 44, was driving northbound in a 2000, four-door Saturn…

A new informal association in the Midcoast will help its members reduce their winter heating costs by improving the energy efficiency of their homes and converting to renewable…

When Damariscotta received grants to boost its sidewalks on Business Route 1 and Bristol Road in 2008, it made life a little easier for foot traffic.

The owner of Giles Rubbish in Boothbay is questioning a fine he said the business has gotten from Wiscasset over a recycling issue. He plans to ask Wiscasset selectmen on Oct. 7 if it’s possible…

Along the 7,500-mile Gulf of Maine shoreline, forecasters are predicting an extreme high tide Oct. 9. Participants in the first-…

Melissa Sue Tilas of Wiscasset and Sumner Ames Averill of Alna were married Sept. 6, 2014 at the Damariscotta Lake Farm in Jefferson.

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A dining room table, colorfully set with pictures, flowers, a teddy bear, an empty margarita glass. Six place settings with empty chairs, including a baby’s high…

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on Sept. 30 announced that the Perkins Homestead in Newcastle is now a National Historic Landmark. Nominated by the Frances Perkins Center, the 57-acre farm…

Five thousand black and orange plastic eggs are a lot to fill.

Longtime Wiscasset Parks and Recreation employee Bonnie Blagdon has help putting candy and prizes into the eggs that will go…

Regina Bowman, 41, of Waldoboro, has been arrested and charged with Class B cocaine trafficking.

For the past two months, agents from the the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Mid-Coast…

Fall is here, the evenings are drawing in and all over Maine craftspeople and artists are preparing for the busiest shopping season of the year.…

Charlotte F. Sutter, 96, of Woolwich died Sept. 30, 2014 at Winship Green Nursing Center in Bath.

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Stacey and Eric Vannah of Dresden want their son Lincoln, 2, to start learning early how to stay safe in an emergency. So on Oct. 1, the Dresden family joined other area residents at the Dresden…

Motorists on Alna’s Route 218 may have noticed a change in the scenery lately as they pass by the fire station. Alna firefighters and other volunteers have been working together to create a park…

Lincoln County Community Resource Coalition is sponsoring a Community Resource Expo on Friday, Oct. 17 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Newcastle…

The Maine Department of Transportation will see for themselves on Friday what Edgecomb town officials have complained about for years.

DOT Region II manager Michael Burns and his staff along…

A Yarmouth man has been charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly choked a woman in Newcastle.

Scott McCatherin, 50, of…

In Shalimar Poulin’s media arts class at Wiscasset High School on Sept. 26, sophomore Keara Hunter looked over a digital poster she had made using landscape photographs. They were ones she had…

From now on, a Wiscasset High School student’s third incident with substance abuse would kick in an added measure to rules already in place: The student would now have to ask the school committee…

A routine search at Two Bridges Regional Jail turned up some prison contraband.

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office reported that on…

March of Dimes Maine Chapter will honor Dr. Michael Pinette at the Greater Portland Signature Chefs Auction on Thursday, Oct. 2 at DiMillo’s on the Water.

Pinette is the medical director of…

The Boothbay Harbor Police Department made no arrests between Sept. 23-29, but they responded to the following calls; 9-1-1, 4; animal complaint, 1; administrative, 1; assist citizen, 3; burglary…

After a competitive search process over this past summer, the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce and Board of Directors has hired its new executive director, Tony Cameron.

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The Lincoln County Fire Chiefs Association recently awarded the Meritorious Commendation Award to Alna Fire Captain Mike …

A Gardiner man has died from injuries he got when the motorcycle he was riding in Whitefield Sunday night crashed into a deer and into another motorcycle his wife was riding, the Lincoln County…

Robert S. "Bob" Reed Jr., of Wiscasset died suddenly of a heart attack on Sept. 17, 2014. He had recently arrived to…

Joseph Armand Melanson, 82, died peacefully at his home in Boothbay on Sept. 28, 2014 surrounded by his loving family.

Armand was born Oct. 26, 1931 in Lynn, Massachusetts, the son of the…

DAMARISCOTTA — Another last blast of summer came through Sept. 28 for the 13th annual Pemaquid Oyster Festival on the shores of the Damariscotta River at the historic Schooner Landing Restaurant…

WARREN — A head-on crash in Warren Monday afternoon killed one woman and sent two others to a local hospital.

According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred just before 3…

There's a bit of a ritual: At the beginning of the school year, Wiscasset Primary School first grade teacher Julie Mitchell has the kids write something down. Then, the…

In the moments before Wiscasset High School freshman Lindsey Gordon and her horse Nina head into a competition, she tells the 10-year-old thoroughbred that it is the mare’s time to shine. Then…

Sandra Arlene Mullen, 74, of Boothbay died peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 24 surrounded by the love of her family.

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Local Maine photographer Mike Leonard will again lead the Scott Kelby Media group Photo Walk in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 4:30 p.m.…

The Edgecomb Capital Improvement Committee will consider an alternative recreational use for the abandoned tennis courts on Cross Point Road near the former Edgecomb Eddy School.

The…

For a place that started off as a run-down sheep farm, Chewonki has come a long way.

On the eve of the Chewonki Foundation's 100-year…

While it took a while to light, eventually those who came out to Wiscasset High School's Saturday, Sept. 27 homecoming were treated to a show.