WALDOBORO —The body of missing Waldoboro man Steven Reed was found along the banks of the Penobscot River in Searsport on Tuesday, May 8. His remains were transported to the State Medical Examiner…
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Remains found May 8 positively identified as Reed
Dr. Keith Laser, Ed.D, of Bath, Maine was elected superintendent of AOS 98 at the AOS board meeting on May 7. He is currently the superintendent of Regional School Unit No. 67 in Lincoln, Maine…
Woolwich selectmen
The Woolwich select board felt the recent town meeting went very smoothly but could have been better attended. Fewer than 100 voters turned out and approved a $1.6 million budget for fiscal year…
The Alna Planning Board gave unanimous approval Monday to resident Jonathan Villeneuve’s plans for a hard apple cider business.
Villeneuve said the permit was only the…
The next time you head down Route 27 toward Route 1 in Edgecomb and bear north, take note of what a couple is doing to beautify their land opposite Cod Cove Inn.
Ken and Lena True, formerly…
Craftspeople: St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset, will be holding its 66th annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Both inside and outside spaces are…
Wiscasset Public Advisory Downtown Committee
At the Maine Department of Transportation Public Advisory Committee meeting Monday, Project Manager Ernie Martin said Pike Industries was awarded the contract Friday and planned to begin work…
As spring comes to coastal Maine, it brings with it the return of alewives to Nequasset Lake and the start of the annual Nequasset Alewife Count. Volunteers are needed from May through early June…
An educational presentation on ranked choice voting will be held at the Newcastle Fire Station, 86 River Rd., Newastle on Wednesday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. This is a non-partisan presentation on the…
Regular Wiscasset Speedway driver Shawn Austin of Norridgewock said Monday will be a sad day, as services are held for his neighbor, Somerset County Sheriff's Cpl. Eugene Cole.
Austin also…
Update: McCausland announced in an email shortly after 6 p.m. Monday: The missing Litchfield woman was located this afternoon, driving her car in Southwest Harbor. The local police department…
AUGUSTA – As a sign of respect for Somerset County Deputy Sheriff Corporal Eugene Cole who was killed in the line of…
Stewards of the Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta will hold a Mother’s Day Open House and plant sale on Sunday, May 13. The public is invited to check out the plants and enjoy traditional Irish…
Town of Edgecomb
On May 3, Center for Teaching and Learning volunteer Ross Branch wanted to make sure the Edgecomb Planning Board knew exactly who he was. So the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard craftsman displayed the…
United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s annual meeting will be held Tuesday, May 15, from 8 to 10 a.m. at The Daniel, 10 Water Street, Brunswick. All members of the community are invited…
Five Wiscasset residents have filed papers for three seats on the board of selectmen. Each seat has a term of two years, ending in 2020. Nominations closed April 15, Town Clerk Linda Perry said…
The Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission fell short of a quorum May 3 and did not hold its meeting. No requests for certificates of appropriateness were on the agenda.
The commission…
Obituary
Alice Delaney Chichester, 96, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine (formerly of Albany, New York), died peacefully May 1, 2018 with her daughter by her side at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.…
Obituary
Fulton Butler, 81, of Farmington, Maine died May 1, 2018, at Sandy River Center for Healthcare in Farmington with his family by his side.
He was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts on Jan. 24,…
Dresden Selectmen
Dresden’s town election is June 12, and three candidates are running for one selectman's seat, currently held by Chairman Dale Hinote. The other candidates are Historical Society President John…
Obituary
Robert L. Boyd, 91, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine died surrounded by his family on May 1, 2018.
Robert was born in Boothbay Harbor, the son of Robert A. Boyd and Esther M. (Dunton) Boyd. He was…
Building on and renaming the year-old Sheepscot Regional Educational Program would spare Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 from losing about $39,000 in state aid and later, about twice as…
Lincoln County Commissioners
On May 1, Lincoln County Administrator Carrie Kipfer announced no plastics would be collected in the recycling program except plastics #2 and rigid plastics.
Plastics #2 includes bottles…
Wiscasset selectmen heard from their auditor, the firm of William Brewer III, Tuesday night. The firm outlined completed parts. William and Fred Brewer appeared at the selectmen’s request because…
Woolwich’s Rick Tetrev serves as Honor Flight guardian, lobbies for veterans
It was humbling. That is how Wiscasset Municipal Airport Manager and former Naval commander Rick Tetrev of Woolwich on Monday described an Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C. over the weekend…
The pedestrian tunnel near the Tanner Square Memorial in Woolwich is getting a new look that includes a colorful mural Woolwich Central School students will paint.
The tunnel beneath Route…
Wiscasset planning board
Wiscasset's approval of Clark's Point Development's latest update will help sell more homes at the subdivision, co-owner Scott Lalumiere said Monday night. Minutes earlier, the planning board…
On April 26, the Westport Island comprehensive plan committee agreed to seek $5,000 from the town’s voters.
Meeting secretary Jeff Tarbox reported that Chair Bob Mooney suggested the amount…
LincolnHealth is now offering a non-opioid pain medication, Exparel, after joint replacement surgeries. Exparel reduces and sometimes eliminates the need for opioids to avoid complications and to…
Maine Tourism Association
The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) has released six videos in its 2018 version of the “I Am Maine Tourism” series. There are six 30-second spots each highlighting a different type of tourism job…
The Midcoast Conservancy has two upcoming events that offer volunteers an opportunity to get…
Cathy Orne and Deb Boucher, both of Edgecomb, have been working hard for a year, and not just at their respective livelihoods and hobbies: Boucher is Edgecomb’s tax collector and an accomplished…
Wiscasset Selectmen
An executive session on personnel matters following the open session of the April 24 Wiscasset Select Board meeting was accidentally taped and was briefly online on the town’s YouTube platform,…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission is presenting a workshop about short-term rentals on Tuesday, May 8 at 6 p.m. at the LCRPC’s office in Wiscasset.
The workshop will feature…
The 56th edition Windjammer Days Festival will feature a new look at what previously was called the parade of sail. The festival will run from Sunday, June 24 to Saturday, June 30. This year, on…
Obituary
Frances Gail Hutchings, of Damariscotta and Inverness, Florida, died April 26, 2018 under the tender care of the generous staff at Miles Memorial Hospital and her family.
She was born Dec.…
Alna’s proposed pulling of private schools as an option for the town’s publicly funded, K-8 school choice has survived a Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit subcommittee’s investigation,…
Midcoast Senior College will move to 29 Burbank Ave., Suite 1, Brunswick, Maine this June. The announcement was made by James Wilkes, president, Midcoast Senior College Board of Directors.…
Local residents and businesses are encouraged to plan now for the next shredding event sponsored by the Chapman-Hall House stewardship committee and Bath Savings Bank.
The Maine company,…
Woolwich voters passed a $1.6 million budget in under two hours at their annual town meeting Saturday and went along with the select board’s recommendation to discontinue a one-lane bridge…
Area voters will have a chance to see, hear, and question six of the candidates for Maine governor at a forum May 12 at 2 p.m. at Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta.
Lincoln County…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced Paula Jackson Jones as one of 53 individuals who have been selected to serve on one of six subcommittees of the Tick-Borne Disease…
U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) took to the streets of Newcastle and Damariscotta Friday on a tour to examine economic progress in the Midcoast region.
In visiting local…
Obituary
William Lane Babcock, beloved husband, father, father-in-law and grandfather, died peacefully at the age of 99 on April 25, 2018 at the Clark House in Westwood, Massachusetts with his wife,…
U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) had lunch at Sarah's in Wiscasset Friday with Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission officials, Lincoln County EMA director Casey Stevens, and officials of…
Damariscotta River Association (DRA) is now part of the Maine Phytoplankton Monitoring Program, which serves as a first alert system for the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Shellfish…
Edgecomb selectmen are seeking a creative solution to buying a $247,600 fire truck. On April 24, selectmen hired Bangor law firm Eaton Peabody to advise them on enacting a tax increment financing…
Wiscasset Airport Advisory Committee
If you buy a house next to an airport, you’ve got a house next to an airport, Wiscasset Airport Advisory Committee member Ervin Deck recalled a Massachusetts man saying once about an airport there…
Wiscasset has been awarded two three-year Environmental Protection Agency grants for cleanup work at the former Mason Station plant. The town learned of the grants in an April 25 letter from David…
AUGUSTA - Alleged killer John Williams will make his initial court appearance on Monday, April 30, at 1:30 p.m. at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta, according to the Office of the Maine…
