The Wiscasset House of Pizza along Route 1 at 74 Flood Ave. opened Saturday.
Jeff Soldatos owns the business with wife Maria. He makes the daily trek from their home in Rockport. Soldatos…
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With alewives, horseshoe crabs, and other migratory species beginning to make their way up the estuary, this is the time of year when wildlife activity on the river picks up significantly. With…
The Alna Planning Board gave unanimous approval Monday to resident Jonathan Villeneuve’s plans for a hard apple cider business.
Villeneuve said the permit was only the…
As spring comes to coastal Maine, it brings with it the return of alewives to Nequasset Lake and the start of the annual Nequasset Alewife Count. Volunteers are needed from May through early June…
A farm in Newcastle is generating a lot of pretty, healthy, organic seedlings this spring.
Wiscasset planning board
Wiscasset's approval of Clark's Point Development's latest update will help sell more homes at the subdivision, co-owner Scott Lalumiere said Monday night. Minutes earlier, the planning board…
Three local men have started a project to locate, maintain and restore the Heritage apple trees at all the preserves on the Boothbay peninsula. Two of…
Maine Tourism Association
The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) has released six videos in its 2018 version of the “I Am Maine Tourism” series. There are six 30-second spots each highlighting a different type of tourism job…
U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) had lunch at Sarah's in Wiscasset Friday with Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission officials, Lincoln County EMA director Casey Stevens, and officials of…
Damariscotta River Association (DRA) is now part of the Maine Phytoplankton Monitoring Program, which serves as a first alert system for the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Shellfish…
Wiscasset Airport Advisory Committee
If you buy a house next to an airport, you’ve got a house next to an airport, Wiscasset Airport Advisory Committee member Ervin Deck recalled a Massachusetts man saying once about an airport there…
Jessica Deshiro has been working her magic in the kitchen at Weatherbird in Damariscotta for around three years. If you’ve ever had a pastry or baked good from there, you know Deshiro knows what…
If you have ever wanted to name a cannon, you’ll get a chance to do just that at Maine’s First Ship’s annual dinner on May 8. Like virtually every sea-going vessel of the 17th century, …
A new restaurant coming to Boothbay Harbor is shaping up to be a nice space, and a tasty, healthy dining experience.
Karen Landry has been in the food and catering business a long time, and…
Augusta, Maine – The U.S. Small Business Administration is pleased to announce that Mary Ellen Barnes, executive director of the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission, has been selected to…
Nancy Roby received the Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s lifetime achievement award April 19. The presentation was part of the Chamber’s Business After Hours event inside the parish hall of…
This spring, following a nearly year-long restoration at the Maine Maritime Museum, the 1906 schooner Mary E will be launched into the Kennebec River for the third time in her storied…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is again offering local residents the opportunity to improve soil and…
The Lincoln County Gleaners had a banner first year by gleaning and distributing almost 6,000 pounds of fresh, local food from five local farms, and they’re looking to recruit more volunteers for…
Wiscasset Middle High School
In a Wiscasset Middle High School science classroom Friday, Ralph Keyes's students donned dust masks to mix soil and washed their hands to keep healthy the tomato seeds they were preparing to…
Local businesses who would like to show support for the Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department can be part of a new banner program. It allows you to display your company banner/logo in the…
PORTLAND–The much anticipated extension of Amtrak train service northeast to Rockland will not happen this summer.
At the March 26…
The Bath Antique Sale will hold the last show of its 29th season on Sunday, April 8. Over 40 dealers in quality merchandise will transform the gym at the Bath Middle School into an antiques and…
David Stapp, CEO of Peregrine Turbine Technologies of Wiscasset, announced an equity raise that closed March 19 with a $2.2 million gain in the startup technology company’s fundraising, bringing…
Wiscasset planning board
Christopher Juntura is looking to grow his Wood Lane, Wiscasset hop farm into a brewery. The Topsham man told the planning board Monday night, he expects the business to have about five to 10…
Wiscasset Municipal Airport’s interim manager Rick Tetrev was relieved March 22 to learn the airport’s budget is intact. He and the Airport Advisory Committee wondered one day earlier if part of…
Construction is underway on a new, permanent 1,000-square-foot exhibit at Maine Maritime Museum dedicated to Bath Iron Works, past, present, and future. BIW: Building America’s Navy, produced in…
Kim Dalton recently joined the Woolwich town office staff as tax collector. Her other duties include serving as deputy town clerk and general assistance coordinator.
Dalton comes qualified…
Boothbay region native Stanley R. Tupper III was one of two attorneys recently honored by the Maine Justice Foundation. Tupper, of Frederick, Quinlan and Tupper, and Nan Heald of Pine Tree Legal…
Come to Henhouse Sugaring, 232 Cross Point Road, Edgecomb Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 25 to celebrate Maine Maple Sunday.
There will be a lot going on including: Sugarhouse tours, a…
Single-family existing home values in Maine continue to rise, and sales have remained in healthy territory. Maine Listings reported this week that 822 homes changed hands in February, an increase…
Close to ten years ago, Patti Brown fulfilled a longstanding dream of moving to Midcoast Maine.
…
Alna planning board
Donald and Marcia Lyons got Alna’s nod March 12 for their vegetable, hay and lavender business, SeaLyon Farm LLC, at 1788 Alna Road. Planning Board Chairman Beth Whitney said the board approved…
The Edgecomb planning board is asking how a small River Road bait shack became a rental vacation cottage. On March 15, the board requested Code Enforcement Officer Stan Waltz investigate how the…
Knox-Lincoln County Beekeepers [KLCB] host their last indoor meeting on Friday, March 23 with a Comb Honey Workshop featuring Neal Kober from Humble Abodes and Betterbee. The…
Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta will hold a storewide half-price sale from Thursday, March 22 through Saturday, March 24. Hours are Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday and…
What started as a fun job with a friend right out of high school has turned into a rewarding healthcare career at St. Andrews Village for Tori Brewer.
“I really enjoy being able to help…
Rising Tide Co-op in Damariscotta at 323 Main St. in Damariscotta is seeking participants to join in our efforts to “Shift the Tide,” our sustainability campaign that allows our staff, members and…
Customers from around the Central Maine Power service area, including some in Lincoln County, were surprised and dismayed to discover their usage on their most recent bill appears to have doubled…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, and Midcoast Farmers Alliance present the second program in the 2018 Farmer and Gardener Workshop Series, Food…
There’s a new brewery coming to Midcoast Maine. Westport Island will be the home port of Sasanoa Brewing, at Tarbox Farm …
It’s March in Maine. Along with brisk winds, melting snows and bubbling brooks (all precursors to spring), here at Atlantic Motorcar (AMC) we are welcoming the…
G&J Bottle Redemption in Boothbay will close March 15, after 19 years in business.
Owner Janet Fairfield said she and her husband Gary are sad to be closing their business, but the…
Cedar Crest has served traveling public since 1918
CAMDEN — Jill and Ted Hugger, owners of the Cod Cove Inn in Edgecomb, completed the purchase of the 37-room Cedar Crest Inn from Bill Hahn and Stephen Liberty February 27. The Cedar Crest Inn, on…
Chewonki and Morris Farm
The fourth annual “Local Food, Local Hunger” community forum on March 3 at Chewonki Foundation focused on the difficulty low-income families face getting wholesome food. According to the…
Picture this: A cold, snowy winter day in Boothbay Harbor – the majority of shops and restaurants are closed, and tourists and even locals are few and far between.
Winter in the harbor can…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission
Join area businesses next Thursday, March 15, for a free Maine PTAC workshop on how to build your business and decrease risk through subcontracting opportunities. The Procurement Technical…
At the 64th annual meeting of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association on March 2, long-time president David Cousens stepped down from his position as MLA president and Kristan Porter, of Cutler, was…
After two full growing seasons, Twin Villages Foodbank Farm (TVFF) in Damariscotta is ready to expand its capacity to grow and deliver fresh food to food pantries and other programs in Lincoln…
‘change is inevitable and we must be prepared’
Maine commercial fishermen once again landed more than a half-billion dollars’ worth of marine resources in 2017, according to the state Department of Marine Resources, in a March 2 press release…
