Veggies to Table is honored to announce it has received a $5,000 Nourishment Grant from the Quimby Family Foundation in support of its mission to grow and donate organic produce and flowers to…

Wiscasset selectmen agreed April 21 to tap Old Ferry Road stumpage funds for pre-planning work ahead of any development of town property at Old Ferry Road and Mason Station. Officials said…

April 10, Chris and Terry Baldwin purchased Morris Farm from Maine Farmland Trust while simultaneously protecting the property with an agricultural conservation easement, securing the farming…

To be or not to be manning one’s booth? That question appears moot, according to Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons’ look into a vendor’s request to be back at Main Street (Creamery) Pier this…

Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce will host its 15th annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on Tuesday, May 5 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., in Chapin Hall, Center for Environmental Education, at…

The Boothbay Region's festival founded in 1962 remains the most anticipated event of the year. The 64th annual Windjammer Days week-long festival happens from Sunday, June 21 through Saturday,…

Wiscasset Middle High School's newly announced Principal's Award winner, senior Olivia Marshall, was recognized and applauded at the April 8 school committee meeting.

Principal Sarah Hubert…

The availability of homes for sale in Maine continues to be tight, though Realtors have reported positive trends happening in many counties. According to Maine Listings, the statewide figure…

The Boothbay Harbor lobster boat,…

Join scientists at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences for a behind-the-scenes tour of our campus in East Boothbay. Guided tours will run daily over school holidays, April 20-24, and will…

Wiscasset selectmen April 1 unanimously accepted the economic development advisory committee's draft of goals and directed the committee to seek public input. Participants said meeting with local…

Award-winning Maine novelists Monica Wood and Lewis Robinson will share the stage on Saturday, May 2 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick for a fundraiser to support…

Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce invites our members and the wider community to a very special Business After Hours as we join The Friends of Wiscasset Public Library to celebrate their 60 years…

Ocean on Tap is an informal, ocean-centric speaker series organized by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory. Our goal is to bring people of the…

Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC) is hosting a free informational workshop on legal services for business on Thursday, April 9, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the LCRPC conference room…

An educator with Chewonki Foundation spends much of her time visiting local schools and bringing the shoreline to students — giving them a chance to experience tide pools up close.

She…

Veggies to Table has launched its…

A crew from U.S. Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor rescued three people from the water approximately 23 miles south of Boothbay Harbor Wednesday at 9:02 a.m.

Station Boothbay Harbor crew…

AUGUSTA (March 10, 2026)—Despite a traditionally slower sales season for Maine’s single-family existing homes, home prices increased 3.47 percent to a median sales price (MSP) of $395,000 in…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) is asking the community to help plant the seeds for its future. President and CEO Gretchen Ostherr unveiled plans for a 35,000 square foot glasshouse/…

Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC), in partnership with SBDC Maine, Bangor Savings Bank, Bath Savings Bank, and First National Bank, is hosting a free informational workshop on…

Wiscasset selectmen and the economic development advisory committee Feb. 26 mulled how to find out which types of economic development residents want, and how, when and, in some cases, if, to put…

The Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC), in partnership with the Maine Tourism Association (MTA) is hosting an…

Join us Friday, March 20 at Ækeir Brewing, 111 Main St., Wiscasset at 6 p.m. to learn about "The Science Behind Oyster Farming."…

Peregrine Turbine Technologies, LLC in Wiscasset said it has been picked to receive a $1.5 million loan from Maine Technology Institute as part of the Governor's $25 million Maine Technology Asset…

Newcastle Realty is pleased to…

For Ocean on Tap, the monthly ocean science speaker series organized by staff from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 2026 has been a good year already.

In January, the event officially…

Wiscasset selectmen William “Bill” Maloney and Alissa Eason volunteered Feb. 17 to serve on the working group crafting a request for proposals (RFP) on some high-interest, town-owned properties.…

Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce invites our members and others who might have an interest to join us for our first Business After Hours of the year! Hosted by Islebrook…

AUGUSTA (February 12, 2026)— Although the Maine winter season brought out fewer buyers due to the weather, home values continued to hold. According to Maine…

Tony Goulette first walked through the doors of Wiscasset School Department in 1990. Tired of traveling construction jobs and working in the bitter Maine cold, he was looking for something…

The Boothbay Regional Development Corporation (BRDC) has announced a significant price reduction across its new townhome condominium…

Wiscasset selectmen Feb. 3 OK’d town officials to let a contractor take overweight equipment and loads on town ways while paving Route 27. Maine Department of Transportation still has to pick the…

The next Wiscasset Ocean on Tap, "How & why do we map the seafloor?" will be held on Friday, Feb. 6 at Ækeir Brewing, 111 Main St., Wiscasset.…

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District’s 2026 Spring Plant Sale Catalog is now available in print and online! Plants are available for pre-order, either online or by mail through…

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Sales of single-family existing…

Alex Zipparo from the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC) and Sarah Demers from the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development will host a…

Though eelgrass may not appear impressive, it may be one of the most important plants in our coastal region. With leaves that grow in long green ribbons, eelgrass forms underwater meadows that…

Wiscasset selectmen Jan. 6 voiced some interest in allowing parking spaces' use at the town office for high speed charging stations for electric vehicles, but needed more information. Economic…

Crooker Construction, LLC, a Topsham, Maine-based general construction contractor with a 90-year history of family and private ownership, has announced its transition to an Employee Stock…

Longtime owners of TREATS in Wiscasset village, Stacy and Ryan Linehan, have announced the following:

"It is with great joy and a little bit of mixed feelings that Ryan and I have sold…

Wiscasset selectmen Jan. 6 are set to eye letting a company keep electric vehicle charging stations in the park and ride lot at the town office. 

Economic Development Director…

“I think we’re going from one extreme to the other extreme,” Wiscasset ordinance review committee member Allen Cohen said Dec. 22 about selectmen’s proposed change to the planning board’s handling…

AUGUSTA (December 19, 2025) — According to Maine Listings, Realtors across the state reported a median sales price of $399,000 for single-family existing homes sold in…

With this season’s harvest, Veggies to Table, a non-profit farm in Newcastle, Maine,  now celebrates seven seasons of impact—growing and donating over 95,000…

Wiscasset selectmen agreed Dec. 16 to recommend the planning board proceed as if a potential change involving surveys is already in the site plan review ordinance. 

In a next-day memo…

The Boothbay Sea and Science Center…

From the town Dec. 17: The Maine DECD’s Office of Community Development is pleased to announce two major funding opportunities designed to strengthen local businesses and revitalize community…

Our thanks to Bob Bond of 40 Federal Studio for these moments from Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest. The festivities ran from Dec. 5 to 7.