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Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission

The Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission had three requests to take up  April 4. A member’s recusal over “protocol” kept one from being heard.

The commission granted Anthony Rauseo’s…

Waving of palms and shouts of “Hosanna” will mark the beginning of Holy Week during the celebration of Palm Sunday on April 14 at 10 a.m. at the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset. The title…

Join Midcoast Humane for a two-location adoption event on Saturday, April 13.

The Spring Fling Adoption Event will take place at Midcoast Humane’s Brunswick campus (30 Range Rd, Brunswick)…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens has received a $18,629 fine for violating environmental regulations regarding its 2017 expansion project. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection cited…

This past week marked the official beginning of the Twin Villages Foodbank Farm’s (TVFF’s) fourth growing season. Farmers Sara Cawthon and Kaitlyn Gardner got things underway in the greenhouse…

The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) unveiled the Prosperity Budget at its annual Policy Insights conference in January. Lauded by MECEP's analysts as a “blueprint for shared growth and…

The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in March:

Alna:

Ervin, Carol B. and Bolen, William Bailey to Bolen, William…

Employees of First National Bank recently raised $835.12 for Wiscasset’s Museum in the Streets through the bank’s Casual for a Cause program. Employees contribute to a nominated nonprofit in…

Historic New England and Lincoln County Historical Association will co-host the first Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours of the season Wednesday, April 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. at…

Capital Judicial Center

Stephen Hood, grandfather to 4-year-old Kendall Chick, testified April 3 in the trial of Shawna Gatto. Gatto Hood's fiancee, is charged with murder in Chick's death in 2017.

Before allowing…

As of shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday, Stephen Hood, grandfather of Kendall Chick of Wiscasset, is on the witness stand in an Augusta courtroom. He is testifying as a prosecution witness in the…

Edgecomb Community Church, United Church of Christ, will join Christians throughout the world celebrating Holy Week, the most sacred time of the Church year…

The 2018 election cycle was one of the best for women across the country and for Maine women legislators, as voters elected a record 60 women to the state house and 12 to the senate, and elected…

Wiscasset selectmen planned an executive session Tuesday to discuss the acquisition of real property with the town’s lawyer. But Selectman Ben  Rines, Jr. wanted the information to be made public…

Capital Judicial Center

On the second day of the Kendall Chick murder trial Tuesday, Maine Chief Medical Officer Mark Flomenbaum testified that the cause of the 4-year-old Wiscasset girl’s death was blunt force trauma to…

Alna selectmen

Alna selectmen on March 27 backed Hagar Enterprises' road treatments. The plowing contractor is doing as told, board members told resident Brittney Morgan Bardo. She said the roads got too much…

OK all you camera buffs and cell phone camera users, the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper want you to join in our new monthly photo gallery projects.

Every month, the newspaper…

One of the featured themes in the 2019 TrendZone at New England’s largest hospitality trade show, the Maine Restaurant and Lodging Expo, was global breakfast foods. Cherie Scott, creator of “…

The Woolwich select board finalized the warrant with the proposed 2019-20 town budget Monday evening. The annual town meeting is Saturday, May 4 at 9 a.m.

Article 38's two questions will…

Dresden selectmen on Monday reviewed the details of revised job descriptions that will go into effect this summer in the transition from elected to hired office staff.

On March 14,…

The first-ever Community Roadside Trash Pickup Day has been scheduled in Wiscasset for Saturday, April 27 from 8 a.m. to noon and volunteers are needed.

Organizer Cindy Collamore said the…

On March 27, the board of Damariscotta River Association/Pemaquid Watershed Association (DRA-PWA), now a unified organization, adopted the name of Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust.

“We…

Capital Judicial Center

The bench trial for Shawna Gatto, 44, alleged murderer of Kendall Chick, 4, of Wiscasset got under way Monday. Chick died Dec.  8, 2017, at the home she shared on Crickets Lane with her…

Wiscasset Middle High School math teacher Marija Randall likes her team’s chances at the upcoming Maine State Math Meet. The odds are, they’ll have a pretty good showing and will do even better…

Obituary

LeRoy E. “Roy” Farmer, after a lifetime of service to residents of Maine, Lincoln County and the town of Wiscasset, peacefully passed away at home on March 26, 2019, at the age of…

Lincoln County Courts

The following are closed cases for March. All information was furnished by the Lincoln  County Clerk of Courts. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.

On March 27, as Wiscasset's budget committee and the selectmen continued their work, funding of $20,000 for the comprehensive plan project was made its own article. The money would fund a…

Lincoln County Courts

A man who authorities said was under the influence of multiple drugs when he caused a fatal crash in Dresden in June 2017 has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Fire Marshal investigators say the fire that destroyed a sawmill at the N.C. Hunt Lumber Company in Jefferson late Friday night was accidental.

Lumber yard workers had completed repairs to…

Four set fires burned a two-story cape to the ground on Wiscasset's West Alna Road Saturday morning. But this was no crime: Wiscasset, Alna and Dresden firefighters worked the fire as training.…

HALLOWELL – The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) is proud to announce that this year’s inductees into the Association’s Hall of Fame are Ed Palmer of Sable Oaks and Tom Palmer of…

Friends, business associates and neighbors are remembering Roy Farmer. Farmer who lived nearly his entire life in Wiscasset died peacefully at his Middle Street home Tuesday, March 26.  He was 91…

On Wednesday, March 27, Lincoln Home hosted an event to welcome over 10 new employees and thank all the employees for hours of early mornings and late nights of extra coverage. Two home care…

Does your small business need money for marketing? New Ventures Maine's marketing mini-grant/Pitch program strengthens access to markets for entrepreneurs by supporting the development of…

AUGUSTA - Major General Douglas A. Farnham, the adjutant general of the state of Maine, presented his State of the National Guard Address to the Joint Session of the 129th Maine Legislature on…

AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development and Maine Office of Tourism announced Wednesday that Maine’s 2019 Governor’s Conference on Tourism will be held in Augusta on…

A second meeting to discuss Woolwich ambulance service proposals drew a larger turnout at Woolwich Central School Wednesday evening, March 27. At the May 4 annual town meeting, voters will choose…

The sailing program for students in grades six through 12 has begun for the season in Boothbay Harbor. Director Chris Liberti teaches STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education at…

A new series of workshops titled, “Our Voice, Our Legislature,” begins on Monday, April 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Newcastle Fire Station, 86 River Road. The public is invited to…

Event submissions for the 2019 award-winning Summertime Guide will be accepted until Friday, March 29. Yes, that’s this week. No exceptions due to print schedule.

Keep in mind the events…

When Alna sells its old town office, most of the money will go toward the bond payments for the new one. Also Saturday, the town set rules on false alarms and put off work on Cross Road.

The Wiscasset School Department is in “good shape” financially but school officials need to resolve a dispute with the select board over $1.1 million, auditor Ron Smith of RHR Smith & Company…

Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood set out to keep the local share of Wiscasset's 2019-2020 school budget under $6 million. She just made it, as it stands now: Voters would be asked to raise $5,…

Two first-term Democratic female legislators discussed their bills and early impressions of the 129th legislative session March 21 in Newcastle, but Gov. Janet Mills’ support of Central Maine…

Wiscasset Budget Committee

The Wiscasset budget workshop process was set to wind up on Wednesday, March 27, with all major departments already examined.

Last week, the budget committee and selectmen examined the…

Edgecomb selectmen

State Rep. Holly Stover joined Edgecomb selectmen March 25 in response to an invitation from the town’s officials.

Chairman Jack Sarmanian explained, the hope was to start a dialogue…

Looking to get a book or to give one for others to enjoy? A year-round small library, North End Free Library, is now set up near the road at 7 Shaw Road, Westport Island.

It has books of…

Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission

On March 21, the Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission approved a certificate of appropriateness for a property Dion West owns at 5 Evergreen St. The COA had been tabled so West could bring…

Obituary

Althea Marion Fitch-Cromwell of Westport Island passed away peacefully at home on the morning of March 19, 2019 after a brief illness, just 10 days prior to her 82nd birthday. She was surrounded…

First National Bank recently presented Good Shepherd Food Bank with a check for $17,500.

Since 2016, as part of a three year capital campaign, First National Bank’s donations have…