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  Wiscasset spares Dresden from paying ‘uncollectables’

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  Sheriff’s Office plans training out of state

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  Ballard Road issue continues in Dresden

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  LincolnHealth OB nurses become first responders

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  Woolwich to revisit CMP corridor support

Police, Fire & Courts

• Wiscasset Police Blotter Aug. 11-18

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Six arrests

• Chabot looks for help to raise Minesweeper

• Body recovered in Greenland Cove

• Wiscasset man pleads guilty to December standoff

• DEP, area responders handle Woolwich hazmat incident

• Search resuming Thursday for Bremen man

• July closed cases

• Man gets jail time for Wiscasset case of sexual abuse of minor

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Three arrests

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Obituaries

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  Jeffrey S. Howard

  Jeffrey Scott Howard, 54, of Indian Road, Wiscasset died Aug. 12, 2019 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. He was born in...
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  Eugene F. Walsh

  Capt. Eugene “Casey” F. Walsh Ret., USCG, 102, of Newcastle, passed away peacefully at his home on the morning of Aug. 13,...
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  Gardiner Flood

  Gardiner Flood of Wiscasset, passed away on the morning of Aug. 13, 2019 at the MidCoast Hospital in Brunswick, after a long...
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  Carl J. Hamrin

  On Aug. 14, 2019, Carl Johan Hamrin, loving husband and father, passed away at the age of almost 87. Carl was born on Sept...

• Celebration of Life for Suzanne LaPlaca

  A Celebration of Life gathering for Suzanne “Suzi” LaPlaca, who died May 21, 2019, will be held Saturday, Aug. 17 from 2 to...
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  George E. Knight

  George Elwood Knight, 72, of Alna Road, Wiscasset died August 9, 2019 at Togus Springs Hospice in Togus. He was born in...
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  Memorial service for David P. Fischer

  A memorial service to celebrate the life of David P. Fischer of Wiscasset will take place on Saturday, Aug. 24 at 1 p.m. in...
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  Eric Traphagen

  Eric Traphagen, 79, formerly of Boothbay, Maine passed on to his next life on July 30, 2019, his 31st wedding anniversary....
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  Kevin M. McGrath

  Kevin M. McGrath, 56, died unexpectedly Aug. 4, 2019 in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. He was born Nov. 23, 1962 to Charles and...
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  Jeffrey C. Harris

  Jeffrey C. Harris, 65, of Old Bath Road, Wiscasset died July 31, 2019 at his residence after a short battle with lung cancer...

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Elections

• Lincoln County Democrats to meet U.S. Senate candidate

• Family Fun Day Lobster Bake Aug. 11

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More News

• Knox-Lincoln Extension Association to meet at Morris Farm

  Morris Farm in Wiscasset will host the Knox-Lincoln County Extension Association annual meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 11 at 156 Gardiner Road. Morris Farm board president and University of Maine...

• Papers’ websites draw tall numbers

  Numbers mean business, and ours are 28.1 million strong. Since launch in 2012, the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper websites have racked up 28.1 million pageviews. In the last 12 months,...

• ‘Alna pride’: New gardens bring residents together

  

  When Holly Nelson moved to Alna 20 years ago, she wanted the town to have nice gardens like the pristine ones in the last place she lived, Long Island, New York. She said she and some fellow Alna...

• Celebrity visitor thrills aquarium’s intern

  

  “Pinch me, pinch me,” exclaimed intern Sophie Manning when her childhood idol came through the door of the Maine State Aquarium. Clad in street clothes, instead of his signature powder blue, lab coat...

• Arts & Yachts Exhibition and Sale: More than meets the eye

  

  The Arts & Yachts Exhibition and Sale had fair winds and sunny skies last weekend, to the delight of participating artists and onlookers. The Lincoln Arts Festival has been bringing an...

• Taking to the sky with Flighttime

  

  The Wiscasset Newspaper got a different perspective of the towns it covers thanks to Flighttime Inc., a flying club based at Wiscasset Municipal Airport. Sean Rafter of Bradford Road, Wiscasset...

• NNEPRA ‘hoping for’ 2020 Midcoast passenger rail service

  

  If you thought you saw Amtrak coming down the rails Wednesday morning, Aug. 14, you weren’t seeing things, except maybe the future. And the views from aboard were great, according to a Rockland...

• Secretary Dunlap: Non-Real ID licenses are valid for all in-state transactions

  AUGUSTA – Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap is reaching out to help educate the public now that the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles is issuing two different types of driver’s licenses and state...
• Damariscotta

  Nonprofit supports addiction prevention and education

  Oranges from Morgan, a newly-launched nonprofit, will be hosting another sale. All proceeds will benefit addiction prevention and education services in greater Lincoln County. The sale – which...

• Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens presents the 9th annual Heafitz Lecture: Who Will Feed Planet Earth?

  

  On Thursday, Aug. 29, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ ninth annual Ina and Lewis Endowed Heafitz Lecture will explore agriculture and its influence on the earth’s biosphere. The event will be hosted...

• Wiscasset budget committee supports article to cover overdrafts

  It took Wiscasset’s Budget Committee less than 10 minutes to approve the select board’s request to draw $11,502 from the undesignated fund balance to cover overdrafts from the 2018-2019 budget....

• Fourth annual Lobstermen’s Relief Fund benefit serves up fine local food

  

  If it’s September, it must be time for the annual Lobstermen’s Relief Fund Benefit, hosted by Cook’s Lobster & Ale House on Bailey Island! The benefit will run from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday,...

• Group hopes to secure Maine’s next specialty license plate: Maine lighthouse

  

  The Maine Lighthouse Trust has announced it is in the final phase of securing the mandated number of  advance purchase lighthouse license plates needed to advance the campaign to the legislature for...

• Live and silent auctions, yard sale at St. Giles Jefferson Aug. 24

  

  A canoe, a table saw, nail guns and other serious tools, three days at an Arrowsic cottage on the water, horseback riding lessons, bicycles, new infant/child gear and clothing, homemade jams and...

• Rotary’s Hometown Heroes to feature LifeFlight Speaker

  

  This year, Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club has set Sept. 12 as the night to honor Hometown Heroes. The annual event, which thanks first responders and their spouses, will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Spruce...

• Wood this year’s WES principal

  Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood will also be Wiscasset Elementary School’s principal this school year. She started helping there after Principal Stacy White resigned last spring. “I...
• Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission

  Preservation panel OK’s fences, shingles

  The Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission on Aug. 1 considered three applications for certificates of appropriateness. The first was from Martin O’Rourke requesting permission to erect a wooden...

• Edgecomb residents offer help with town’s increasing costs

  

  Edgecomb seasonal resident William Anthony and year-round Edgecomb resident Dr. Kathryn Rohr offered selectmen their services Monday Aug. 12 in keeping increasing costs at bay. Selectmen Ted Hugger...

• WHS class of 1983 reunion

  The Wiscasset High School Class of 1983 is holding a reunion Saturday, Aug. 17 at 6 p.m. upstairs at the Montsweag Roadhouse in Woolwich. For more information, contact Barb Moore, 207-841-7696.

• Kate Fletcher is The Waldo Theater’s new executive director

  

  After a four month search that attracted more than 50 applicants from throughout the U.S., The Waldo Theater’s board of directors is very pleased to announce that Kate Fletcher will be the...

• Wiscasset Police Blotter July 15-Aug. 11

  Chief Larry Hesseltine reported the following activity for July 15 through Aug. 11: Arrests On July 17, John Curtis, 53, of Dresden for Failing to Stop for Officer and Operation of Defective...

• UPDATE: Search to resume Wednesday for missing Bremen man

  UPDATE: The search for Glenn Murdoch, 63, of Bremen was suspended at 6 p.m. Tuesday and was set to resume at 8 a.m. Wednesday with divers, Maine Marine Patrol vessels and an airplane, Maine Marine...

• Red Cross urgently needs blood donations before summer ends

  With many regular donors delaying giving to take final summer vacations and prepare for school to start, the American Red Cross has an emergency need for blood and platelet donations to help end a...

• Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens announces first ever Maine Educator Day

  Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens announces its first ever Maine Educator Day, Tuesday, Aug. 20. CMBG welcomes all Maine educators to explore the Gardens for free; participants will have to opportunity...

• Artist-firefighter Danny Evarts runs from Wiscasset’s fire station to Woolwich’s

  

  When Woolwich’s Danny Evarts ran from Wiscasset’s fire station to Newcastle’s last year, the former military intelligence linguist and New York City music industry professional already considered the...

• Hope Haitian Choir at Boothbay Region Community Fellowship Aug. 18

  

  “Amazing,” “So inspiring,” “What beautiful voices!” These are just some of the comments heard after most every concert by the Hope Haitian Choir. This non-traditional choir, made up of 15 young...

• Unite in the fight against breast cancer

  

  Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Damariscotta will host a kickoff event Sunday, Aug. 18, from 4 to 6 p.m., at Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust - Round Top Farm, at 3 Round Top Lane,...

• Perkins Center to honor AFL-CIO senior executive and child advocate

  

  The Frances Perkins Center will honor two women who exemplify Perkins’ inspiring leadership and commitment to social justice and economic security at its annual Garden Party: Liz Shuler, current...

• Buffy

  

  Sometimes there is a story to tell even at the expense of the storyteller. On Saturday, June 29 I received a message on my phone after going out to dinner: “Hi, this is Dr. Brooks. Your sister just...
• Boothbay Region Community Center

  Volunteer tutors needed; recruiting sessions upcoming

  Representatives from Midcoast Literacy in Bath will be at the Boothbay Region Community Center, Meadow Mall, Boothbay Harbor to meet with people who’d like to find out more about becoming a tutor....
• Lincoln County Commissioners

  County eyes backup emergency communications plans

  

  Part of Lincoln County was temporarily left without emergency communications service July 19 after a sheared fiber cable left residents unable to use telephone or internet services. Lincoln County...
• Alna selectmen

  UPDATE: SVRSU plans solar study; Alna interested

  

  UPDATE: The SVRSU board voted Aug. 8 to allocate $1,500 for a solar feasibility study, Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle said. Original post: Going solar with Sheepscot Valley Regional School...
• First National Bank

  Customer Photo Calendar Contest winners announced

  

  First National Bank is proud to announce the winners of its 12th annual Customer Photo Calendar Contest. Fifteen color photographs have been chosen from over 200 entries, and each winning...

• Hospice program hosts remembrance gatherings in Bristol and Boothbay Harbor

  

  MaineHealth Care at Home (MHCAH) and hospice volunteers will host Remembrance Gatherings for community members who have experienced the recent loss of a loved one.  The Remembrance Gatherings will be...

• Eleventh annual Champagne on the Sheepscot fundraiser for Midcoast Conservancy

  

  Spend a bucolic evening on the shores of the Sheepscot River in Alna, sipping Champagne and enjoying hors d’oeuvres while a Lincoln Academy student jazz combo provides the soundtrack at Champagne on...
• Dresden selectmen

  Plowing contractor promises to do better

  

  Plowing contractor Ben Goodall told Dresden selectmen Aug. 6, the town should expect better personnel and equipment on the roads next winter. “Your vehicles need to be whole. One couldn’t sand, the...

• Second Congregational Church in Newcastle anchors support for Portland asylum seekers

  

  One consistent theme of human history is of people, facing huge odds, going on the move for a better life. Recent events have brought a stark example of this phenomena with a local connection. ...
• Wiscasset selectmen

  Legal opinion sought on ambulance contract

  

  Wiscasset and Dresden officials have a different understanding as to who’s responsible for uncollected ambulance fees. The uncollectables, as they’re called, are for Wiscasset EMS calls to Dresden...

• Wiscasset selectmen to meet with budget committee

  Wiscasset selectmen will meet with the budget committee at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, to discuss a planned special town meeting. No date was set for the special town meeting to cover approximately $...

• Miss Wiscasset Diner co-owner Kelley Coady of Boothbay Harbor on closure, customers’ understanding

  

  The decision to close Miss Wiscasset Diner less than two weeks ago came down to not having enough help, co-owner Kelley Coady of Boothbay Harbor said Tuesday. She said after two workers left, she...

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