News

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  Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

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  Working session on Westport Island history Feb. 2

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  New staff join Midcoast Conservancy

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  Coal ash pond cleanup enters design phase

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  UPDATE: Boothbay teen injured in Saturday night Warren crash

Police, Fire & Courts

• Several overnight burglaries reported in Wiscasset

• Boothbay Harbor man one of two recovered in fatal boat accident off Portland coast

• Natasha Irving bringing lessons learned as a defense attorney to DA’s office

• UPDATE: Names released in three-SUV, Route 1, Wiscasset accident; police express thanks for help

• Sheriff’s Office to start RUOK

• Gatto attorney files appeal brief

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Slippery roads

• Wiscasset police warn of church phishing scam

• Wiscasset Police Blotter Jan. 1-15

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Stolen tools in Boothbay

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Obituaries

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  Dennis G. Hill

  Dennis Grant Hill, 66, of Edgecomb and Wiscasset, passed away on the afternoon of Jan. 25, 2020 after a long battle with...
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  Samuel P. Newbury

  Samuel Parkman Newbury of Farmington, Connecticut died peacefully Jan. 22, 2020. Sam was born Aug. 21, 1931 in Providence,...
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  Stuart E. Greenleaf

  Stuart Emery Greenleaf, 83, passed away peacefully on Jan. 22, 2020 at his residence with his loving family by his side....
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  Lois D. Mason

  Lois “Jerry” Day Mason died peacefully at her home on Westport Island, Maine, Jan. 8, 2020. Born in Boston on May 4, 1919,...
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  Constance H.E. Schumann

  Constance H.E. Schumann of Wiscasset passed away peacefully on Oct. 19, 2019 at age 78. She was born in Toledo, Ohio on Jan...
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  J. Richard Thomas

  J. Richard Thomas died on Jan. 19, 2020 from complications of heart disease. He graduated from Gilman School in 1943 and...
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  Christine M. Ham

  Christine Marie “Tina” Ham, 67, passed away peacefully on Jan. 15, 2020 at her home, surrounded by family, after a...
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  Edwin Dexter

  Edwin Dexter, age 95, passed away peacefully on the evening of Jan. 19, 2020 at his home in Waldoboro. Edwin was born on...
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  Doug Bragg

  Doug Bragg, kind, funny, loved by many and often referred to as “Daddy Doug,” was born on April 30, 1947 and passed...
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  Mary Lee Brown

  Mary Lee Brown of Boothbay Harbor died Jan. 10, 2020. Mary Lee was born in Boothbay Harbor to the late Alice and Judge...

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Elections

• Westport Island Democrats to meet Feb. 5

• Spinney, Verney seek re-election in Alna

• AOS 98 budget meeting, vote Jan. 23

• Alna nomination papers due Jan. 20

• Maxmin announces state Senate campaign for District 13 to challenge Dow

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More News

• Shannon Kinney presents at small business social media workshop

  

  Social media isn’t just for the big guys! Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media bring new ways to connect locally and globally with customers, vendors, and resources, whether you’re...

• Wiscasset schools’ MCA results mixed

  The 2018-19 Maine Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) for Wiscasset students showed mixed results over last year’s scores, according to the Maine Department of Education. According to https://www.maine....

• Maine Press Association awards $5K in scholarships

  The Maine Press Association is awarding $5,000 in scholarships to five journalism students this month. Recipients of 2020 scholarships are Hailey Bryant, of Gorham, a senior at the University of...

• The riddle of Big Foot and Shin Bone alleys

  

  Other than their names, Wiscasset’s Shin Bone and Big Foot alleys don’t have much to distinguish themselves. They’re on opposite sides of Main Street linking Water and Middle streets. Both are one-...
• Wiscasset selectmen

  Selectmen hear concerns about sidewalks

  

  Wiscasset selectmen on Jan. 21 heard from several residents concerned about conditions on sidewalks and streets. The residents spoke during public comment. Dan O’Connell voiced concern over...
• Dresden selectmen

  Foss moving to Richmond

  

  At Tuesday’s Dresden selectmen’s meeting, First Selectman Trudy Foss gave her notice of resignation from that and from her health officer post, effective Feb. 29. She is moving across the bridge to...

• Labor commissioner enjoying second stint

  

  In January 2019, Gov. Mills appointed an experienced hand to guide the Maine Department of Labor. She selected Laura Fortman, 65, of Nobleboro to serve as labor commissioner. And it didn’t take long...
• Woolwich selectmen

  Woolwich nods WWD building

  

  Woolwich selectmen on Tuesday, Jan. 21 granted an easement for Wiscasset Water District to have a small meter building a short distance from the Nequasset Park entrance off George Wright Road. The...

• Alna gets free town office trail

  

  A walking and cross-country skiing trail, an idea when Alna was getting its new town office, became real this month. It cost the town nothing, First Selectman Melissa Spinney said. “It’s wonderful...

• Y-Arts students win national award at 2020 Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta

  

  Students from Boothbay Region YMCA Y-Arts won a national Freddie G Excellence in Ensemble Work award and earned other recognition at the 2020 Junior Theater Festival Atlanta, which happened Jan. 17-...

• ‘Schoonerfest’ floated at Friends of Wiscasset Village

  

  Friends of Wiscasset Village on Jan. 17 discussed plans for a grand opening celebration in late June, after the completion of Maine Department of Transportation’s downtown work and after work to...

• CLC YMCA CEO farewell open house Jan. 28

  Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA has recently announced that their CEO, Meagan Hamblett, has been hired as the executive director for the YMCA Alliances of Maine and NH/VT. Hamblett’s last day at...

• Edgecomb Community Church sub sale Feb. 2

  The Edgecomb Community Church will be holding a fundraising event in the form of a sub sale Sunday, Feb. 2. Church members will be taking orders for this winter event, which will be replacing one of...

• Cornhole, anyone? Wiscasset adds tourney, breakfast to Winterfest

  

  Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Director Duane Goud said he isn’t very good at cornhole. But if needed to make even teams for Winterfest’s new tournament Saturday, Feb. 1, he’ll play. “I’ve never...

• '​Steam and Sleighs’ returns at WW&F

  

  ​This January and February, get out those X/C skis, snowshoes, or winter boots and ride the Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington ​Railway's steam-powered trains to a day of winter fun at Steam and...

• Study weighs deep-sea mining's impact on microbes

  

  The essential roles that microbes play in deep-sea ecosystems are at risk from the potential environmental impacts of mining, a new paper in Limnology and Oceanography reports. The study reviews what...

• Local nurse recognized by national foundation

  

  LincolnHealth was pleased to present Waldoboro resident Kathryn Genthner, RN, with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. This award was created in 1999 to recognize those who go above and beyond...
• Healthy Lincoln County

  LC Gleaners kick off 2020 at Goranson’s Farm

  

  Lincoln County Gleaners, just completing their third season, kicked off 2020 at Goranson’s Farm in Dresden Jan. 11 when they collected several boxes of root vegetables from cold storage. Sally...

• Frances Perkins Homestead saved from Most Endangered Places list

  

  On Friday, Jan. 3, following a decade of planning and fundraising, the Frances Perkins Center successfully purchased the Frances Perkins Homestead to preserve this National Historic Landmark as an...

• Dresden nods lot buy

  

  In a special town meeting Wednesday evening, Jan. 15 at Pownalborough Hall, Dresden residents voted 27-7 to take $50,000 from surplus to buy 540 Gardiner Road. Marilyn Baker’s property is next door...

• Maine researchers, teacher embark on scientific cruise

  

  A unique educational opportunity launches on Jan. 24, when a Maine teacher sets sail for the Southern Ocean as part of a Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences team. This partnership with the Maine...

• Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services hires director of strategic partnerships

  

  The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) is pleased to announce Sarah Sherman, a native of Midcoast Maine, has been named the bureau’s director of strategic partnerships. Sherman has been...

• ‘Incredible’ Alna food pantry seeks sponsor

  

  The food pantry Alna started at its new town office last year has gone from an upstairs closet and upright refrigerator-freezer First Selectman Melissa Spinney and husband Jeff donated, to now taking...
• Wiscasset School Committee

  MEA’s: Students with disabilities improve

  

  Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood said Jan. 14, Maine Education Assessment results for students with disabilities in Wiscasset helped bring the schools up from tier three to tier one in...
• Boothbay Region Land Trust

  Wells: Warming climate endangering Maine birds

  

  At a Boothbay Region Land Trust/Indivisible Boothbay event Friday morning at Southport Town Hall, Dr. Jeff Wells described a dire situation he said climate change has put Maine birds in, especially...

• Break a leg, Bo Bo!

  

  Corey “Bo Bo” Tibbetts was feelin’ the love at the Break-A-Leg Send Off Party at Brady’s Restaurant Jan. 12. He leaves Thursday, Jan.16 for Nashville to audition Jan. 18 in the open call for “The...

• AOS staffing decision means changes for Edgecomb

  

  A recent Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 board decision to outsource work formerly done by finance manager Kathleen Pearce created a change in process for Edgecomb, town officials were...
• Wiscasset Planning Board

  Barnhouse Grill gets nod

  

  The Barnhouse Grill, the proposed restaurant and bar in the former Simpson’s Fish Market at 690 Bath Road, Wiscasset, received the planning board’s final approval Jan. 13. In a public hearing, co-...

• Edgecomb couple bring new marine environmental program to Boothbay

  

  For Jack and Beth McKenna it looks like retirement is going to be busy. The recently retired marine geologist and still working educator have set up a nonprofit introducing kids to the marine...

• Bruce Benner sells Wiscasset’s Pro Body Works to Todd Farrin

  

  A longtime Augusta collision center manager who summers on a boat in Boothbay Harbor has bought Pro Body Works in Wiscasset from the Westport Island man who had it its first 37 years. “He will do...

• Lincoln County indictments

  The Lincoln County grand jury decided on several indictments the week of Jan. 6-10. An indictment indicates there is enough evidence to proceed to a trial. All listed are innocent until proven guilty...
• Press release

  Dr. Brady Fergola to take over as ‘The Boothbay Chiropractor’

  

  Dr. Ron Bouffard, “the Boothbay Chiropractor” for the past 25 years has announced he is taking a leave of absence from the practice to immerse himself in a clinical practice of functional nutrition...

• CMP to explain lighting fix on Chop Point transmission towers

  Central Maine Power officials will be at the Woolwich municipal building at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29 to discuss aircraft warning lights on CMP’s Chops Point transmission towers. “This is a good ...

• Bath Ale Works plans summer opening

  

  Pepper Powers of Phippsburg and wife Jean plan to start a brewery and taproom, Bath Ale Works, at Wiscasset Marketplace on Route 1. Pepper Powers is recently retired as a NASA contractor at Goddard...

• UMaine study concludes coastal communities differ in their resilience to environmental change  

  

  Maine’s coastal communities face multiple environmental and socioeconomic changes, including declining fisheries, loss of working waterfronts, and warming oceans. With more than 3,500 miles of coast...

• How to grow a garden club: Wiscasset’s takes off

  

  Kerry Ann Mendez had a first in Wiscasset Jan. 9. The upstate New York-raised Kennebunk resident has given gardening talks around the U.S. and overseas. Some clubs are stiff, some warm, making her...

• December property transfers

  The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in December: Alna: Frost, Simon and Frost, Jane to Diprima, Francesca; Peele, Michelle to Budde...

• An Ocean Point outdoor baptism in December

  

  Wind and snow provided a peaceful backdrop at Wilson Memorial Chapel at Ocean Point on Monday afternoon, Dec. 30 for a quaint baptism ceremony for 5-month-old Meredith Jones, daughter of Cheryl...

• New watershed restoration manager at Midcoast Conservancy

  

  Midcoast Conservancy is delighted to welcome Shri Verrill as its new watershed restoration manager. The watershed restoration manager provides leadership for eco-system based restoration in Midcoast...

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in the Twin Villages

  

  For the fourth year, People United Against Racism (PUAR) has organized two days of community events on Sunday, Jan. 19 and Monday, Jan. 20. All events are free and open to the public and intended to...

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