News

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  CTL open tour Dec. 7

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  It’s zero gravity for BRHS grad!

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  Contract changes sought for EMS hospital transfers

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  Sale on mystery and science fiction/fantasy

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  County signs deal with Colby & Gale for emergency assistance

Police, Fire & Courts

• Edgecomb Fire Department: October calls

• Wiscasset police blotter

• Bucket truck accident in Edgecomb closes Route 27 for several hours

• WMHS handles ‘active shooter’ hoax

• Harrington files FOAA lawsuit against Edgecomb

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office

• Wiscasset police blotter

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Seven car/deer accidents

• District Court grants 1-year protection orders against Edgecomb man

• Ford cancels contract with sheriff’s department for 2 SUVs

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Obituaries

• Obituary

  Charlotte M. Littlefield

  Charlotte M. Littlefield, 75, died Nov. 23, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport. Charlotte was born Sept. 21, 1947 in...
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  Obituary

  Michael N. Groton

  Michael N. Groton, 41, died Nov. 20, 2022 at his home in Boothbay. He was born in Waltham, Massachusetts on Oct. 20, 1981 to...
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  Obituary

  Schuyler Leroy Fairfield Sr.

  Schuyler Leroy Fairfield Sr., 92, long time Wiscasset resident, passed away on Nov. 19, 2022. He was born on Sept. 10, 1930...
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  Bernard G. Koehling III

  Bernard G. Koehling III, 64, of Gardiner Road passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, at Lincoln Health- Miles Campus. He...
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  Mary Ann Morse

  Mary Ann Morse is now resting in peace. She passed away on Nov. 15 at Miles Memorial Hospital. She was born on Jan. 11, 1941...
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  Elzada Lemar

  Elzada Lemar, 86, of Blinn Hill, Dresden died on Nov.12, 2022 at the Hospice House, Auburn. She was born Dec. 3, 1935 in...
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  Louise A. Molter

  Louise A. (Saulnier) Molter, 88, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts passed away on Nov. 1, 2022 with her daughter and son-in-law by...
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  Gail M. Lewis

  Gail Marcia Lewis passed away peacefully on Oct. 13, 2022 in the Zimmerli Pavilion at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor...
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  Scott A. Human

  Scott Anthony Human, 50, of Old Stage Road, Woolwich died Monday, Oct. 31, 2022 at his residence. He was born in Dayton,...
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  Dr. Douglas V. Hathaway

  It is with deep sadness that the family of Dr. Douglas Vaughan Hathaway share news of his passing on Oct. 28, 2022. Doug...

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Elections

• Recount yields new result: Woolwich re-elects Chadbourne, elects Davis selectmen

• Reny wins election to Senate District 13

• UPDATED Election recap with County Democrats Nov. 17

• Stover wins third term as District 48 rep

• Edgecomb voting results

• Jefferson voting results

• Dresden voting results

• Fluoride to remain in public drinking water supply

• Southport voting results

• Somerville voting results

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• Alna’s new email upset

  Alna’s first selectman and a fellow resident argued Nov. 22 over the resident’s sending of an email the night before. At one point, the resident, Jeff Spinney, said to “shut the hell up”; moments...

• Alna plans special town meeting for plow money

  Alna selectmen plan to ask voters to tap surplus to further fund this snowplowing season. With attendees’ input, selectmen Nov. 22 favored low bidder Mike Jewett of Whitefield and planned a town vote...

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office

  Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 167 calls for service for the period of 11/15/2022 to 11/22/2022, and Year to Date, LCSO has responded...
• Alna selectmen

  Plow issue builds

  Alna did not go looking for trouble or for something to do, First Selectman Ed Pentaleri said Nov. 16 about winter plowing. He had been fielding residents’ questions and comments about the town’s...

• Donated Di Vece books to benefit WPL

  Wiscasset author and folklorist Phil Di Vece has generously donated copies of his books to Wiscasset Public Library with the understanding all proceeds from the sales will be used to benefit library...

• Hanging of the greens at First Congo, Wiscasset

  The annual Hanging of the Greens ceremony to celebrate the beginning of Advent will be held at First Congregational Church in Wiscasset on Sunday, Nov. 27 at 10 a.m. Hanging of the Greens is a...

• ‘Fill cruiser’ for Toys for Tots Dec. 3

  

  Lincoln County Toys for Tots Coordinator Lisa Marr has announced a “fill the cruiser” event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at Ames True Value Supply, Route 1, Wiscasset. Lincoln County...

• WES giving tradition Turkey Trot continues

  

  The spirit of giving started early for Wiscasset Elementary School as the staff and students in pre k through grade five participated in this year's Turkey Trot, a longtime holiday tradition. The...

• Woolwich residents want traffic light to stay

  

  Woolwich residents like the idea of making a traffic signal at the Route 1/Nequasset Road intersection permanent but urged Maine Department of Transportation officials to add turning lanes here to...

• Fundraiser for Ian Michaud

  

  Damariscotta Scout Pack /Cub Pack 213 are holding a spaghetti dinner fundraiser will be held at American Legion Post #36 in Boothbay for 10-year-old Ian Michaud Sunday, Dec. 3 from 4:30-6:30 p.m....
• Wiscasset selectmen

  Simmons gets raise, more years

  

  Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons has gotten two more years in the job and a $20,000 a year raise. The raise, retroactive to July 1, brings his yearly salary to $105,000, Simmons said in response...

• HYS Thanksgiving information

  Wiscasset’s Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry (HYS) at St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., will be holding its official Thanksgiving distribution on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The earlier...

• Gardens Aglow Nominated for the 2022 10Best Readers’ Choice Award for the Best Botanical Garden Holiday Lights

  

  For the fifth year in a row, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ Gardens Aglow has been nominated for the annual USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Award for the Best Botanical Garden Holiday Lights. Each...

• Annual Congregational Church Christmas Fair Dec. 3

  

  This year the Congregational Church Christmas Fair will be on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. All proceeds from the fair will be donated to the Community Resource Council...

• Lincoln County Television Tuna Challenge Special Nov. 19

  

  Lincoln County Television (LCTV) is proud to present a special one-hour show about the 2022 return of the tuna fishing tournament to Boothbay Harbor. The show airs Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. on...

• Erosion control course begins Dec. 15 in Wiscasset

  Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District and Maine DEP are co-sponsoring a four-hour online training in Advanced Training in Sediment and Erosion Control for Certified Contractors: Winter...

• Wiscasset middle schoolers honor service members

  

  Wiscasset sixth through eighth graders gathered to honor service members, past, present and future Nov. 10. The American Legion was invited as well as service members from the students’ families and...

• Wiscasset Early Bird shoppers find refuge from Nicole remnants

  

  Neither the winds nor the occasional rain from Hurricane Nicole’s remnants stopped the Wiscasset Early Riser, aka Early Bird, sale Nov. 12. According to shop owners reached Nov. 13, shoppers still...

• Early deadline for Thanksgiving

  

  Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, our newspaper will be printed on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The deadline for the Nov. 24 issue will be Friday, Nov. 18 at 4:30 p.m. for both classified and display...

• Boothbay Lights 2022 Schedule of Events

  

  Nov. 18 – Gardens Aglow Community Night, 4 to 9 p.m. Nov. 19-Dec. 31 – Gardens Aglow, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. Thursdays-Sundays and select dates. Tickets, info: www.mainegardens....

• Woolwich remembers its veterans

  

  Woolwich veterans and others gathered in front of the town’s historic war memorial at the community’s Veterans Day ceremony at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Friday morning, Nov. 11. Robert Meade, a U.S....
• Wiscasset school committee

  Absences, efficient responses to potential safety issues

  

  Addressing the Wiscasset school committee May 9, school nurse Marilyn Sprague expressed concern over a high number of student absences – having had a high for the school year that day of 63 students...

• Residents, visitors, Legion honor veterans in Wiscasset

  

  For homeschoolers Ella Stoner, 15, and Cameron Stoner, 8, American Legion Post 54’s Veterans Day service at Wiscasset’s honor roll wall served as a history lesson, the Hotchkiss, Colorado siblings’...

• Alna seeks new plowing services

  Holbrook Excavating is no longer Alna’s plowing contractor, First Selectman Ed Pentaleri and the Woolwich firm’s owner Evan Holbrook each confirmed Nov. 10: Pentaleri, responding to questions via...

• United Way Campaign celebration held, workplace awards given

  

  United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s 2022 fall campaign was marked with many successes and tremendous volunteer and donor support, Campaign Chair Mara Pennell announced at the organization’s Finale...

• USDA funding for Kennebec, Lincoln counties: How should money be spent?

  

  The Kennebec and Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) field office in Augusta, will host a public...

• Whitefield voting results

  Governor Hunkler, Sam 23 LePage, Paul R. 609 Mills, Janet T. 602 State Sen. District 13 Reny, Cameron D. 593 Simmons, Abden 630 State Rep. District 47 Fossel, Leslie T. 328 Goodkowsky, Evan...

• Wiscasset voting results

  Governor: Hunkler, Sam: 43 LePage, Paul R: 939 Mills, Janet T: 987 State Senator District 13: Reny, Cameron D: 999 Simmons, Abden: 948 Rep. to the Legislature District 47: Fossel, Leslie T:...

• Monhegan voting results

  Governor Mills 48 LePage 5 State Senator District 13 Reny 48 Simmons 7 State Representative District 46 Crafts 48 Parise 7 Register of Probate Moore 25 County Treasurer Richardson 25...

• Alna voting results

  Governor: Hunkler, Sam: 12 LePage, Paul R: 163 Mills, Janet T: 311 State Senator District 13: Reny, Cameron D: 319 Simmons, Abden: 162 Rep. to the Legislature District 47: Fossel, Leslie T:...

• Windsor voting results

  Governor Mills 427 LePage 770 Hunkler 29 State Senator District 13 Reny 402 Simmons 799 State Representative District 62 Harwath 100 Smith 781 Swift 324 Register of Probate Ayers 773...

• Damariscotta voting results

  Governor Mills 876 LePage 390 State Senator District 13 Reny 885 Simmons 394 State Representative District 46 Crafts 879 Parise 391 Register of Probate Moore 850 County Treasurer...

• Newcastle voting results

  Governor Mills 768 LePage 444 State Senator District 13 Reny 872 Simmons 362 State Representative District 46 Crafts 871 Parise 0 Register of Probate Moore 810 County Treasurer Richardson...

• Westport Island voting results

  Governor Mills 292 LePage 196 State Senator District 13 Reny 290 Simmons 199 State Representative District 48 Stover 300 Warren 189 Register of Probate Moore 352 Sheriff Brackett 382...

• Woolwich voting results

  Governor Mills 975 LePage 905 State Senator District 14 Brackley 942 Vitelli 957 State Representative District 49 Hepler 1,077 James 820 Register of Probate Guzzetti 918 Hickman 910...

• Boothbay voting results

  Governor Mills 1,160 LePage 798 State Senator District 13 Reny 1,114 Simmons 832 State Representative District 48 Stover 1,229 Warren 740 Register of Probate Moore 1,483 County Treasurer...

• Bristol voting results

  Governor Mills 1,202 LePage 699 State Senator District 13 Reny 1,233 Simmons 696 State Representative District 45 Collamore 1 Madison 0 State Representative District 46 Crafts 1,223 Parise...

• South Bristol voting results

  Governor Mills 400 LePage 238 State Senator District 13 Reny 399 Simmons 250 State Representative District 48 Stover 402 Warren 243 Register of Probate Moore 459 County Treasurer...

• Boothbay Harbor voting results

  Governor Mills 768 LePage 444 State Senator District 13 Reny 749 Simmons 478 State Representative District 48 Stover 791 Warren 435 Register of Probate Moore 913 (319 blank ballots) County...

• Washington voting results

  In results Washington reported, Paul LePage got 466 votes for governor to Janet Mills’ 364 and Sam Hunkler’s 21. For Maine Senate District 13, Abden Simmons got 500 votes; Cameron Reny, 347. For...

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