On the morning of March 23, Tim Tibbetts had plans to haul out and demolish the float at his home on Christmas Cove, Southport Island. While he was waiting for his friend Gerry Gamage to show up,…
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For the past three years, Boothbay Harbor has been the home of a one-of-a-kind opportunity for children and young adults ages 5 to 17. The B…
Wiscasset Waterfront Committee
If everything happens that the Wiscasset Waterfront Committee agreed to send on to selectmen March 31, this summer will bring ice cream to the recreational pier, hot dogs on the Main Street Pier…
Wiscasset Planning Board
First National Bank has the Wiscasset Planning Board’s go-ahead for a new route out of the bank’s Gardiner Road lot. The current entrance-exit will become an entrance only, and all traffic will…
Greenlight Maine, the television series designed to promote the entrepreneurs of Maine, is now accepting submissions for its second season. The series, which airs…
Spring in Maine means a lot of good things: longer, warmer days, robins, budding trees and maple syrup.
On March 26, there were some blue balloons and a sign at the corner of Eddy and Cross…
Newcastle Local Planning Committee
Newcastle’s Local Planning Committee has finalized its plans for a mid-spring extravaganza that will encourage residents to come out and participate in the development of the town’s comprehensive…
Coastal Women's Connection would like to invite local women entrepreneurs to a free networking social April 7 from 5 to 7 p.m., in the conference room at The First…
You don’t have to be an artist to enjoy the “Free Expression Art” workshop being offered by Maine Media Women on Saturday, April 9. This hands-on workshop will be…
Barton Seaver, chef and author of “Superfood Sea Greens,” an advocate for the sustainable harvest of our ocean’s bounty who has dedicated his career to restoring a…
When LincolnHealth hospital patients reported it was too noisy to sleep at night, it was a medical problem because too little sleep means slower recoveries.
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Join ReVision Energy and members of the Morris Farm community for an upcoming solar celebration of new and changing solar options in…
Wiscasset Municipal Airport
Peregrine Turbine Technologies Chief Executive Officer and majority owner David Stapp said March 16, it would have taken a crow bar to pry him out of Wiscasset Municipal Airport, if the business…
Wiscasset Planning Board
The First, N.A. on Gardiner Road in Wiscasset hopes to move its exit northward and improve traffic flow through its lot, by late spring or early summer, an engineer said Monday night.
The…
A Wiscasset group wants to know if the town would invest time and possibly money to help explore getting a grocery store downtown.
Merchants and others who have mulled the store idea for…
A story ran in the August 4, 1972 issue of the Portland Press Herald with the headline: “A Future for Seaweed?”
The answer is yes.…
Alna selectmen had a surprise for departing town clerk Amy Warner March 9. They presented her with the annual town report…
ReVision Energy, Maine’s leading installer of solar energy systems, will donate a 5.3 kW grid-tied solar electric installation to one Maine-based 501 (…
After a break in February, the Bath Antiques Show and Sale continues its 27th season at the Bath Middle School in Bath on Sunday, March 13.
During the time off, our dealers have been…
The changes being eyed to aid fish passage at Head Tide Dam may be within Alna’s legal rights as the dam’s owner, selectmen said March 9. Third Selectman Doug Baston said he spoke with the town’s…
Food for thought: At some point in their lives, 12.9 percent of all children born in Lincoln County today will experience hunger, the majority as children or elderly adults, according to Healthy…
Woolwich selectmen awarded Riverside Disposal the town’s solid waste contract Monday night, Mar. 7. The Chelsea-based company submitted the lower of two bids for the one-year contract that…
Joe Norton has been building walls for around 12 years. They're not the kind of walls that keep people out. In fact they do just the opposite. Their artful beauty draws people in.
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Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce is in the black and is growing in members, chamber officers said at the group’s annual dinner Thursday night, March 3.
The chamber finished the year with $…
This spring timber frame construction workshops are returning to Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC). The first class of the year will be held Thursday to Sunday, April 28-May 1.…
The Maine Fishermen’s Forum will be hosting a fishermen led event focused on fostering a salty discussion around climate change in fisheries. Headlined…
Alna selectmen
Changes to an abutment might get 50 percent more fish past Alna’s Head Tide Dam, an Atlantic Salmon Federation official told selectmen Feb. 24. The prospect encouraged board members, who then…
Back by popular demand, Midcoast Conservancy will offer an introductory Chainsaw Safety class April 23 and 24 at Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson. This class is part of HVNC’s…
Kerem Durdag wants to accomplish two things at the Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner in Edgecomb March 3. The chief executive officer at Biovation in Boothbay wants attendees to…
Capt. Keith Colburn of TV’s “Deadliest Catch” will be in attendance at this year’s Maine Fishermen’s Forum, being held at the Samoset Resort in Rockland March 3-5. He is participating in the…
Katherine Thompson has been hired by the Maine Department of Marine Resources as the lead lobster sampling program scientist. Thompson, a Ph.D. student in marine biology at the…
The Morris Farm, a working farm and education center in Wiscasset that promotes sustainable agriculture and stewardship, and Chewonki, an…
Growing up in Wiscasset, Preston Dunning swam regularly around the remains of the Hesper and Luther Little.
As of Feb. 1, the 1987 Wiscasset High School graduate…
Wiscasset’s highway department is back to full strength following the hiring of Ted Snowdon as the new town mechanic. The town mechanic is in charge of the care and maintenance of the town’s fleet…
Maine Innkeepers will reduce room rates by 50 percent this spring to support Hospitality for Habitat, a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity, announced Maine…
Owning two hangars at Wiscasset Municipal Airport and a property next door, Steve Williams said he pays Wiscasset more in property taxes than he does Georgetown, where he lives.
For the last…
Department of Marine Resources
All harvesters who are taking oysters or hard shell clams from the Damariscotta River, or buying shellfish from harvesters working on the river, are required to attend an annual training session…
Tigger Leather Silversmith has been in Boothbay Harbor for 38 years. Owner Peter Dombrowski said it has been a labor of love.
The shop was originally in the building that is now Coastal Dog…
It’s taken a while but the really frigid temperatures have finally set in this winter, freezing many lakes and ponds. Years ago, before refrigeration came into being, this was the time of year…
Tony C. McKim, president and CEO of First National Bank and its parent company, The First Bancorp, recently announced several staff promotions.
…
Lincoln County Recycling
Lincoln County has been ahead of the curve in sustainability for many years. It began recycling before almost anyone else had even heard of the word, in 1978, and is…
Although at first glance it’s hard to imagine, a Maine lobster is a vulnerable thing. …
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation is sponsoring the show of Deborah L. Simard at The First National Bank in Boothbay Harbor in February and March.
This exhibit features the artist's large…
Alna selectmen want to know if any changes to Head Tide Dam would fit the deed’s covenant that bars the dam’s destruction. Otherwise, there is no point in exploring ways to help fish get through,…
Maine shrimp lovers are hoping for the best this winter. With the shrimp population in decline over the past few years, and the Gulf of Maine shrimp fishery being closed…
An Atlantic Salmon Federation official is holding off renewing the Alna Head Tide Dam Committee’s charter while he evaluates the outlook for a project at the dam site.
Andrew Goode said…
Tim Simmons of Boothbay just returned from a week in Sweden. As interesting and exciting as he said it was, it wasn't a vacation. He was invited to go by his friend, crustacean scientist Matz…
Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission
Before the Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission introduces itself to property owners, its members want to make sure town officials understand the panel’s role.
Members on Feb. 4…
