News

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  March 3 update: Midcoast adds 12 new COVID-19 cases

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  Maine’s COVID-19 death toll rises by two

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  Fourth grader wins Edgecomb Eddy spelling bee

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  Hannaford pharmacies begin COVID-19 vaccination effort

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  Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Six arrests

Police, Fire & Courts

• Wiscasset police log

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Two arrests

• Wiscasset police log

• Emergency call ends in fatality

• Wiscasset head-on injures two

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Five arrests

• Wiscasset police log

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Obituaries

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  Anne L. Stiles

  Anne L. (Hilton) Stiles of Weston, Massachusetts and Southport Island, Maine, died on Feb. 28, 2021 at the age of 93....
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  Elizabeth M. Barker

  Known affectionately simply as “Betty” to her wide circle of devoted friends and family, Elizabeth Mary Gardiner Barker of...
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  Mark G. Leeman

  Mark Giles Leeman, 82, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine passed away peacefully on Feb. 27, 2021 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick...
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  Arthur R. Messer

  Arthur Robinson Messer, 88, passed away peacefully at his home with his wife and daughters by his side. He was born Oct. 11...
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  Walter Manter

  Walter Manter died of a heart attack at age 81 on Feb. 14, 2021. He was born on Aug. 24, 1939 in Lewiston, Maine to parents...
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  Glenice D. Chambers

  Glenice Dianne Chambers, 75, passed away peacefully on Feb. 22, 2021 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was...
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  Edith A. Cronk

  Edith Ann Pickering Cronk, 82, of Gardiner Road, Wiscasset died Feb. 3, 2021 at Sussman House in Rockport. She was born in...
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  Richard E. Durost

  Richard “Dick” E. Durost, 91, of Augusta, Maine, died on Feb. 15, 2021 at Togus VA Hospital. Dick was born on Nov. 13, 1929...
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  Natalie M. Hodgdon

  Natalie Mae Hodgdon, 85 of Birch Point Road died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 at her residence. She was born in Bath on May 21, 1935...
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  Warren Harbison

  Warren Harbison, age 73, died at his home Feb. 12, 2021. Warren was born Nov. 16, 1947 in Woodlynne, New Jersey, the son of...

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Elections

• Westport Island’s Bodmer will not seek new term as selectman

• Culbertson running for third selectman in Alna

• Contests shape up in Alna elections

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More News

• Town of Woolwich

  Select board mulls fire chief’s request for new truck

  

  The Woolwich select board told the fire chief they would need more time before deciding whether to include a town meeting article for a new utility/brush truck for the fire department. Fire Chief...

• March 2 update: Midcoast adds four new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 2, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus...

• Author Kay Liss virtual Chat with Champions March 25

  

  Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions will feature author Kay Tobler Liss at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 25. Kay Tobler Liss’ first novel, “The Last Resort,” follows Paul, a lawyer who flees his...

• Darling Marine Center is recruiting summer student researchers

  

  University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center is recruiting student researchers to contribute to a diversity of marine and environmental research projects.The DMC typically hosts 25 to 30 undergraduate...

• Alna’s past clerk Stockford pitches in after McCarty resigns

  

  Amy Stockford never stopped serving Alna after she left as town clerk in 2016. The co-owner of Old Narrow Gauge Farm with Toby Stockford, and mother of Etta, pushing 4, has been town treasurer more...

• MaineHousing launches new rent relief program

  MaineHousing has announced the launch of the new Emergency Rental Assistance Program for Maine renters affected by COVID-19. The program officially began accepting applications Monday, March 1....

• Skidompha Book Shop to reopen March 8

  The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta, which has been closed since November because of the pandemic, will re-open on a full schedule on Monday, March 8. It will be open Monday...

• March 1 update: Midcoast records 10 new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 1, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus...

• Feb. 28 update: Midcoast records 13 new cases, one new recovery

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 28, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus...

• Maine’s COVID-19 death toll, again, rises by one

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 28, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 703. Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine...

• Maine’s COVID-19 death toll rises by one

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 27, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 702. Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine...

• Feb. 27 update: Midcoast adds six new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 27, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus...

• Woolwich seeking answers on Maine’s new EPL law

  

  Woolwich officials are struggling to understand the state’s new Earned Paid Leave law which went into effect Jan. 1 and establishes a minimum standard for paid time off for part-time and stipend...
• new vaccine plan outlines when you are eligible for a vaccine

  Maine adopts age-based approach to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility

  

  AUGUSTA — In an effort to save lives and ensure that health care providers can efficiently and quickly vaccinate as many people as possible, Governor Janet Mills announced Friday afternoon Maine will...

• Wiscasset celebrates new classroom

  

  It was a locker room. Now students can learn in it, and the town is closer to a full in-person return. Wiscasset Middle High School cut the ribbon on the new health classroom Monday, Feb. 23. Health...

• Feb. 26 update: Midcoast adds seven new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 26, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus...

• Maine joins national offshore wind research consortium

  Augusta, MAINE – The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) announced today that Maine has joined the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC), a non-profit public-private alliance...

• ZIP code COVID-19 case data: Lincoln County

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has released COVID-19 confirmed and probable case data by ZIP code. With the data release, the Maine CDC continues to urge all individuals in Maine — resident or not — to...

• Feb. 25 update: Midcoast records five new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 25, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus...

• Maine’s COVID-19 death toll rises by 24, including one in Midcoast

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 25, an additional 24 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 701. Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine...

• Governor discusses health care, education, economy in budget address

  

  AUGUSTA — In her State of the Budget Address, Governor Janet Mills declared Tuesday her Administration is focused on health care, education, and the Maine economy, saying her budget proposals...

• Edgecomb close to completing municipal budget first draft

  Edgecomb selectmen and budget committee members are slowly filling in the missing pieces of department budget requests for Fiscal Year 22. In a joint-meeting via Zoom conference on Feb. 22, selectmen...

• Feb. 24 update: Midcoast adds nine new cases, one new recovery

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 24, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus...

• Maine’s COVID-19 death toll rises by 17

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 24, an additional 17 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 677. Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine...

• Patten Free Library asks Woolwich for 2% increase

  

  Patten Free Library of Bath is asking Woolwich for a 2021-2022 contribution of $57,969, an increase of $1,137 from last year. The select board reviewed the request Wednesday evening Feb. 24, which...

• Edgecomb thinking about resuming in-person meetings

  Last November, Edgecomb selectmen resumed Zoom conference meetings in the midst of a coronavirus spike in Maine and nationwide. But that could change next month. On Feb. 22, Selectman Mike Smith told...

• Sen. Maxmin announces $15.7M in unclaimed property

  Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, announced the addition of more than $15.7 million to Maine’s Unclaimed Property Fund, and Mainers are being urged to check whether any of that money belongs to them...

• Free face masks courtesy of Ford Motor Co.

  

  Masking up to beat COVID-19 is a lot easier at Wiscasset Middle High School for staff, students and visitors following a donation of 5,000 surgical-style masks from Ford Motor Co. Warren Cossette,...

• New England Aqua Ventus moving forward with turbine

  

  New England Aqua Ventus (NEAV), formerly known as Maine Aqua Ventus, will soon begin ramping up efforts to put a single 10-12 megawatt turbine about two miles south of Monhegan Island. The project...

• Coffee with Chloe Feb. 28

  The Maine Legislature is gaining steam with committees in full swing, and we are going to the Augusta Civic Center in early March to start voting. Join Sen. Chloe Maxmin on Sunday, Feb. 28, from noon...
• Press release

  Governor Mills expresses ‘grave concern’ over draft right whale biological opinion

  

  On Feb. 19 The Maine Department of Marine Resources filed comments with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on the draft Biological Opinion for ten fishery management plans in...

• Feb. 23 update: Midcoast adds four new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 23, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus...

• Maine’s COVID-19 death toll rises by two

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 23, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 660. On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death from...
• Town of Edgecomb

  Planning board tables solar project’s application

  The Edgecomb planning board tabled a request Feb. 18 by a community solar power project. Syncarpha Solar of New York City wants to create a community solar project which would provide Mainers...

• Citizens’ initiative regarding energy corridor found valid with 80,506 signatures

  Certification of the citizens’ initiative effort “An Act To Require Legislative Approval of Certain Transmission Lines, Require Legislative Approval of Certain Transmission Lines and Facilities and...

• Edgecomb neighborhood seeks broadband grant

  

  Jack Dexter moved to Edgecomb in 1990 and his Cod Cove Farm Road home has a spectacular view of the Sheepscot River. What the location lacks is reliable internet. Dexter and his six Cod Cove Farm...

• High demand leads to 18.38 increase in sales of Maine’s single-family existing homes

  Buyer demand for Maine’s real estate is strong and for-sale home inventory is historically low. According to Maine Listings, the median sales price (MSP) for a single-family existing home in Maine...

• Feb. 22 update: Midcoast adds six new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 22, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus...

• Karen’s Hideway seeking approval for year round service

  The Boothbay Planning Board tabled a request Feb. 17 by Karen’s Hideway for a change of use. Co-owner Garry Blackman requested a change of use from a mobile takeout business to a year round eatery....

• Maine’s largest private electricity supplier renews legal battle over its deceptive practices

  

  Maine’s largest electricity reseller wants to pony up a $500,000 fine. The state’s utility regulator suggested pulling the plug.A report last year recommended revoking the license of Electricity...

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