News

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  Wiscasset police blotter

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  Selectmen meet new Eddy school leadership team

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  Changes at the top for Kennebec Estuary Land Trust

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  Wiscasset officials talk cruiser, SRO rejections

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  Rev up your engines, lobster boat racing season is here!

Police, Fire & Courts

• Newcastle man indicted by Waldo County Grand Jury on charges of sex crimes involving children

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Four accidents

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Two arrests

• Wiscasset police blotter

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

• Sheriff’s Office seeks public’s help on missing teen

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Six accidents

• Wiscasset police blotter

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Obituaries

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  Joan B. Britton

  Joan B. Britton, 94, of Southport, Maine, died peacefully at home on June 12, 2021. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on Dec. 12,...
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  James C. Lewis

  James C Lewis, 76, of Little River, South Carolina, died June 10, 2021, at Grand Strand Hospital in South Carolina. He was...
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  Timothy W. Utley

  Timothy Wayne Utley passed away on June 6, 2021 in Boothbay at the age of 68. Tim was born in Russellville, Kentucky on Oct...
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  Carl J.L. Bruening

  Carl John Lloyd Bruening, 76, passed away June 9, 2021 at his home in Boothbay Harbor of metastastic prostate bone cancer....
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  Joan D. Henry

  Joan D. (Oravis) Henry, 74, of Wiscasset passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus, with family by her side, at her home on...
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  Wayne Clark

  Wayne Clark, fondly known as “Uncle Wayne,” passed away on May 18, 2021 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. He was...
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  Margaret L. Russell

  Margaret L. Russell, 88, passed away on the morning of June 6, 2021 at Chase Point in Damariscotta with family and the...

• Graveside service for Irma Heaberlin

  There will be graveside service for Irma Heaberlin on Monday, June 14 at 2 p.m.. at Evergreen Cemetery, Barters Island Road...
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  Robert G. Skillin

  Robert G. Skillin, 86, of Scarborough, reached the end of his life on May 21, 2021. He was the husband of Janet M. (...
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  Susan J. McKown

  Susan J. McKown, 80 years old of Thomaston, passed away surrounded by family in her home, May 25, 2021. She was the wife of...

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Elections

• Rzasa re-elected

• Senate passes Sen. Maxmin’s bill to create semi-open primaries

• Heller, Jones make selectboard

• Tarbox next Westport Island second selectman

• Committee approves Sen. Maxmin bill to improve PAC finance laws

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More News

• June 17 update: Midcoast adds one new COVID-19 case

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the...

• United Way of Mid Coast Maine joins United Week of Action statewide event June 21-25

  This year, all nine United Ways of Maine are joining for a United Week of Action from June 21 through June 25. This will be a week of volunteer service opportunities where volunteers will participate...

• Selectmen discuss Edgecomb MDOT projects with Martin

  

  With the long anticipated U.S. Route 1 and Route 27 Maine Department of Transportation projects beginning earlier this month, Selectman Ted Hugger had an obvious question prepared for Project Manager...

• New UMaine Browntail moth report sheds light on how the scourge began, and where we are heading

  

  Did you know that when the Browntail moth first spread across the North East, at the turn of the 20th Century, there was a tremendous effort to contain them, including the use of, “insecticide...

• MMC launches $150M Capital Campaign with record $25M philanthropic gift

  

  PORTLAND, Maine – Maine Medical Center (MMC) announced the largest single philanthropic gift in the hospital’s 150-year history Tuesday, a $25 million donation by John and Leslie Malone towards The...

• COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Waldoboro June 17

  

  LincolnHealth is returning to the Waldoboro Thursday, June 17 to deliver final doses to those who attended the May 27 clinic and to offer first doses to anyone age 12 and up. The clinic is slated...

• June 16 update: Midcoast adds three new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the...

• Wiscasset seeks more answers on CMP transmission line

  

  Central Maine Power was back for the Wiscasset planning board’s latest look Monday night at the company’s site plan application for a transmission line project. Lincoln County Regional Planning...

• June 15 update: Midcoast sees no new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the...

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

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 848. Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine...

• Learn online about food bank farms, gleaning in Lincoln County

  

  On Wednesday, June 23 at 6 p.m. Lincoln County Food Council will host an online event, “Food Bank Farms and Gleaning in Lincoln County,” an education session about food bank farms and gleaning...

• Edgecomb Eddy graduates 5 in June 14 ceremony

  

  Principal Ira Michaud quoted French poet Edmond Jabes in describing the five 2021 Edgecomb Eddy School sixth grade graduates. Jabes once said “The question creates and answer kills.” Michaud said...

• Mr. Ellsworth Day: Wiscasset pantry thanks Woolwich man for lots of bottle counting

  

  “Well, that’s the food pantry for you!” Woolwich’s Ellsworth Stone was answering Wiscasset Newspaper’s question, what did he think of the big, handwritten sign on newsprint paper, reading “Mr....

• Coastal Rivers to host online volunteer fair

  

  For those who want to be involved with a community-focused organization but don’t know where to start, or those who are looking for meaningful volunteer conservation work, Coastal Rivers is hosting...

• Schmid board approved for matching Project Canopy Grant

  

  A Maine Forest Service grant is helping the 766-acre Charles and Constance Schmid Land Preserve in Edgecomb plan for the future. The town has owned and managed the preserve since 1979. The seven-...

• June 14 update: Midcoast adds two new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the...
• Healthy Lincoln County

  Free meals for kids all summer

  

  Beginning the week of June 21, multiple local organizations are coming together to provide local children and teens with free, healthy meals throughout the summer through the USDA-funded Summer Food...

• June 13 update: Midcoast adds five new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the...

• WMHS graduation events II

  

  Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of 2021 graduated June 10 at Wiscasset Speedway.

• June 12 update: Midcoast adds one new COVID-19 case

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the...

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

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 845. Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in...

• AARP state scam alerts: Disaster repair scams

  

  Following extreme weather events, dubious contractors and outright scammers descend on affected communities, offering quick, cheap fixes. While some reputable contractors occasionally solicit door-to...

• WMHS graduation events I

  

  A day before graduation, Wiscasset Middle High School held marching practice at Wiscasset Soeedway and Awards Night at the school.

• 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...

• June 11 update: Midcoast adds three new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the...

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

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 844. Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in...

• Wiscasset graduates with gratitude, belonging and a happy king

  

  On-stage graduation night at Wiscasset Speedway Thursday, June 10, Wiscasset Middle High School Class of 2021 member Gabrielle Leavitt recalled expecting the school to close a couple weeks for the...

• June 10 update: Midcoast adds seven new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the...

• New protocols for Windjammer Days events

  

  Two of Windjammer Days most popular events, the Lobster Eating Contest and Cod Fish Race, will be held this year on June 30 at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m., respectively. Mask protocols have been added so...
• WMHS Class of 2021

  Marching toward graduation

  

  “Stay close to the chairs so you’re (walking) in a straight line,” Wiscasset Middle High School longtime staff member and graduation veteran Deb Pooler told seniors as they rounded rows of folding...
• WMHS Class of 2021

  Awards night full of memories, encouragement

  

  As they received awards Wednesday night, June 9, graduation eve, teacher Ralph Keyes told Wiscasset Middle High School seniors, when they are pursuing what they want to do, also do something else....

• SVRSU budget passes at polls

  Seventy percent of voters on Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit’s budget June 8 said yes. Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle shared the tallies from around the district. The budget passed 534-...

• Wreaths Across America comes to Maine

  

  Wreaths Across America (WAA) is proud to announce that its Mobile Education Exhibit (MEE), which has been traveling the country to honor our nations veterans, will make several tour stops in Maine....

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

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 843. Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine...

• June 9 update: Midcoast adds five new COVID-19 cases

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the...

• LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus earns national Patient Experience recognition

  Healthgrades, a leading marketplace that connects patients and providers, recently announced that LincolnHealth Miles Campus and Hospital received the Outstanding Patient Experience Award for the...

• Edgecomb school committee welcomes new staff

  June 7 was both a night for hellos and good-byes for the Edgecomb School Committee. The board said hello to a new principal, superintendent and kindergarten teacher. Dr. Christina Boursaw is the new...

• Tracking Midcoast vaccination rates: How many in your town are vaccinated?

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its COVID-19 vaccination by ZIP code tacker. With the data update, the Maine CDC continues to urge all individuals in Maine — resident or not — to receive either...

• Edgecomb planning board OKs 2 applications

  On June 3, the Edgecomb Planning Board had a two-part meeting. The board adjourned while discussing a house construction project in the Shoreland zone. Chairman Barry Hathorne reported the board...

• Two committee members quit following removal of Ancient Cemetery’s fence

  

  Members of an advisory committee are exasperated over the removal of a fence around Wiscasset’s Ancient Cemetery. The white wooden fence bordering Federal and Lincoln streets was removed by the...

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