Alna still has all three of its selectmen and may be close to having someone to plow the town’s roads next winter, after the board’s latest meeting on Sept. 3. Just over a week earlier, voters…

Maine's Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection has released a new resource designed to protect consumers and business owners from financial scams. “Gone Phishing — Identifying and Avoiding Consumer…

In 2012, Michelle Peele built a barn next to the Sheepscot River in Wiscasset, as a drying house for lavender and to serve as part of the seasonal venue business she planned to start for weddings…

Rep. Tim Marks, D-Pittston, received a perfect rating for the 126th Legislature from Maine Conservation Voters for his votes supporting Maine’s natural resources-based economy.

“As a part-…

Maine State Police say three people have been arrested following a burglary last month at Cousin’s Sawmill on Route 105 in Windsor.

The three arrests took place Tuesday in Pittston. Stolen…

Democratic Senator Chris Johnson of Somerville received a 100% rating from the Maine Conservation Voters for his support of environmental issues during the second session of the 126th Legislature…

Experts from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will share their knowledge of how to best culture and grow macroalgae (seaweeds) at the Maine Seaweed Festival on the Southern Maine Community…

The Wiscasset School Committee will meet with an attorney for the School Department on Sept. 4, to continue preparing for upcoming negotiations with teachers, support staff and administrators,…

From now on, anyone who wants to get onto Chewonki Foundation’s 400 acres on Chewonki Neck will need written permission. And, for now, the nonprofit is completely barring marine harvesters from…

Sept. 2 was a hot night for Democrats.

Approximately 1,600 Mike Michaud supporters filled the steamy Portland Exposition Center to hear their candidate for governor — and his special guest…

Dwight E. Brown died at home on Aug. 28, 2014 with his family by his side.

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Joseph Frank Fodera, 91, died Aug. 26, 2014, at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick, after a long respiratory illness.

He was born Nov. 12, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York to Vincent Fodera and Vita…

Susan June “Susie” Owen Harrington, 50, died peacefully August 29, 2014 at Central Maine Medical Center with her loving family by her side.

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Patricia J. Dighton, 70, of 9 Cheney Drive, Wiscasset died Aug. 30, 2014 at her residence with family by her side.…

Judy Flanagan was named most school-spirited in Wiscasset High School’s graduating class of 1967. But over time she’s changed her view of the Redskin mascot the school had back then.

“It is…

While most summer residents are getting ready to leave the Boothbay region, a new resident has arrived.

Skylar, a pound-and-three-…

Wiscasset selectmen on Sept. 2 plan to hear an update on water and sewer work on Birch Point Road, and hear the latest on a pumping station in need of repair. Tonight’s meeting at the town office…

Gladys "Glady" Pratt, 93, of Boothbay Harbor died Aug. 26, 2014 at her home, Pratt’s Harmony Farm.

Glady was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, on July 25,…

Dr. Nichole Price, a marine ecologist who studies life on the seafloor, has been named a senior research scientist for the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in…

David S. Sherman, 62, most recently of Machias, died Aug. 26, 2014 at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.…

A graveside service for T. Marie McLellan, who died Jan. 18, 2014, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 at Evergreen Cemetery in…

Maine not only has the longest bear hunting season at 66 days; it also has the largest bear population in the contiguous United States. The Department of Inland, Fisheries and Wildlife estimates…

The Race Through the Woods at Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson has been constantly evolving since it began four years ago. For the first two years the race was only for the…

When Shenna Bellows was in fifth grade, she took up the trombone because the man who brought the instruments to the classroom said girls don’t play trombone.

It…

One hundred and seventy-five runners — 105 competing in the 5k and 70 competing in the inaugural Half Marathon — representing 20 states participated in the 2014 Harbor Fest road races on Sunday…

Not everyone who wound up at the Harbor Crawl that kicked off the 2014 Harbor Fest in Boothbay Harbor had planned on being there.

But some of the best parts of any trip can be the surprises…

American Ride performs on the Wiscasset Speedway infield with the lit track in the background on Aug. 29. The band appeared at a benefit concert for the Wiscasset Ambulance Attendants Association…

The third annual Harbor Fest kicked off Friday with the first day of the Harbor Crawl and Chili Chowder Challenge, pitting chef against chef in an all-over-town battle for the best chow.…

Boston-based dance company Luminarium makes its Maine debut at the Aug. 28 installment of the Wiscasset Art Walk. Running up the sidewalk steps on Main Street to take her next position is Kim…

Joseph Frank Fodera, 91, died August 26, 2014 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. 

He was born November 12, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York to Vincent and Vita Gioia Fodera.

Friends are…

Visitors and residents are reminded of the fireworks display over Boothbay Harbor tonight, August 29 beginning around 8:30 p.m.

The fireworks display will be a combined show from Windjammer…

Sometimes, the extra effort isn't worth the potential hassle.

In the case of meeting minutes, Newcastle Town Attorney Peter Drum says…

Red’s Eats already attracts patrons from far and wide to queue up for its famous lobster roll. But if the roll was any secret to readers of Esquire, it is no more.

The magazine’s September…

September 4-6…

Which school to close in Wiscasset is looking like more of a question.

School Committee Chairman Steve Smith said recently that he was leaning toward Wiscasset Middle School, as the closure…

At least one of Newcastle's “worst roads in town” is likely to get resurfaced.

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen agreed to allow…

The Lincoln County Fire Chiefs Association is holding a home heating oil raffle to raise funds for training firefighters. The winner will receive a $1,000 gift certificate which can be redeemed…

Alna residents’ Aug. 25 vote telling selectmen which snowplowing contractor to hire may not fly. A lawyer for the Maine Municipal Association has told the town that one of the changes made during…

Mini-golf pros are set to hit the greens, overcome obstacles, and raise money for the Shriners Hospital for Children at the 21st annual Maine Dolphin Tournament Sept. 6-7. All…

A Woolwich man was in critical condition at Maine Medical Center on Aug. 27 after the truck he was driving struck a tree…

It didn't take long for Newcastle to follow suit with a moratorium.

Less than a week after its neighbor approved a measure to put a…

The Maine Public Broadcasting Network will hold and broadcast four key political debates in October. The First …

For more information on all the events, visit http://www.boothbayharborfest.com.

For event coverage, visit…

A selectman’s concern about a recent school purchase has delayed the transaction’s completion.

Edgecomb Selectman Stuart Smith questioned the recent purchase of a new tractor for the Eddy…

The changes to the wood shop that caught fire in June at Two Bridges Regional Jail are not a total rebuild, just replacement of portions too charred or damaged by smoke or water to keep. But as…

Work to strengthen the Southport Bridge, which spans Townsend Gut and connects Boothbay Harbor and Southport Island, is scheduled to begin the first week of September and should take about two…

At approximately 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 the South Bristol swing bridge was stuck open after a white box truck struck an electrical pole on Route 129 near Rutherford…

Frank Loring Teague, 83, died Aug. 22, 2014, surrounded by his family in Damariscotta.

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Gloria C. Peters, 91, died peacefully Aug. 21, 2014, at Winship Green in Bath.

She…

Alna could lose two of its three selectmen over a decision voters made at a special town meeting Aug. 25, eschewing the board’s decision to go with the lone bidder on the next snow plowing…