Former Alna treasurer Aaron Miller tells selectmen in a new letter, he has made mistakes, but no legal errors. Miller’s Oct. 26 letter also comments on recent statements at selectmen’s meetings;…
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Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce
A chamber of commerce is a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses.…
A Windsor man is in jail after he allegedly violated his probation and contacted a Whitefield woman who has a court order against him.…
Local artist, book illustrator and former art teacher Thomas Block will discuss book illustrating November 4 at the Wiscasset Public Library in Wiscasset -- the…
In celebration of the Edgecomb Thrift Shop's 10-year anniversary of service to our communities this month, everything in stock will be offered at 50 percent off.
It all started in early…
Obituary
Earl D. Dighton, 78, of 9 Cheney Drive, Wiscasset, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 with loving family by his side.
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Damariscotta River Association
The Damariscotta River Association’s newest trail in South Bristol has become “official” in that it has acquired a sign and a small parking area.
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Recently, LincolnHealth Occupational Therapist Megan McCartney referred a patient who was showing signs of cognitive decline to a physician, who diagnosed a problem with her…
The Early Bird saves the cash on Saturday, November 7, from 6 to 9 a.m. , when shops and restaurants throughout the Damariscotta Region open their doors early to…
In 1996, Jim Merchant moved from Iowa, where he was a high school and college basketball coachback to his hometown in Fairhaven, Mass. to care for…
Exploring the Midcoast
Fall is here and with the changing of the seasons come shorter, cooler days and excellent trail hiking featuring bright colors and spectacular scenery in the Boothbay-Wiscasset region.
One…
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The marquee event of Wiscasset Parks and Recreation’s Halloween season, the annual Ghost and Goblins Halloween Parade, was its colorful self on Saturday, Oct. 31.
Children, adults and some…
The Lincoln County Board of REALTORS® is sponsoring an American Red Cross blood drive at Boothbay Region Elementary School on Friday, November 13 from 1 to 6 p.m. The school is locate at 238…
The driver of a northbound car on Route 27 received a concussion Friday afternoon when a Maine Department of Transportation truck struck the car from behind, a Lincoln County sheriff’s official…
Obituary
Alfred Arthur Azzoni died October 23 in Venice, Florida at the age of 89.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years,…
Wiscasset School Committee
A flat Wiscasset school budget would mean staff cuts, School Committee Chairman Steve Smith said Oct. 29.
Under the school department’s latest projections, next year’s costs would top this…
Polls open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at school
Woolwich voters will have a choice for selectman and road commissioner when they head to the polls for the General Election, Tuesday, Nov. 3. They’ll also decide whether to continue with the Pay…
Maine Media Women will hold their monthly meeting at the River Arts Gallery on Route 1 in Damariscotta on Saturday, November 7. The meeting is free and there is…
An invasive plant workshop scheduled for today, Friday Oct. 30 has been canceled.
The Damariscotta River Association was set to host a talk with Nancy Olmstead, Invasive Plant…
On Oct. 29, the eve of his retirement from Wiscasset schools, Roger Whitney’s words of encouragement to a college-bound senior bespoke the support that parents and Whitney’s colleagues have said…
AUGUSTA -- Maine’s firearm deer season begins this Saturday. Even with last year’s long winter, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologists are expecting…
Four Edgecomb Eddy School students have been caught in the act ... of doing a good deed this year. And the school’s staff is recognizing those good deeds by presenting these students with MADE (…
Clamming has been good in Wiscasset this year, very good.
A few years ago, one or one and a half bushels would have been a digger’s likely take from a tide, Wiscasset Shellfish Committee…
Local woman spearheaded two-year fundraising campaign to make it happen
Maine has just received a new powerful tool to combat child pornography and trafficking — a new mobile forensic laboratory for the state’s Computer Crimes Unit, thanks in large part to former…
Edgecomb
Edgecomb selectmen want a public conversation about the future municipal website. The selectmen directed the three-person Website Committee to provide the board with a presentation about the new…
While Damariscotta's big fall event has wrapped up, the town isn't without several spooky events on the calendar.
Damariscotta will look the part for the upcoming Halloween weekend, with the…
In New Jersey, where I grew up, Halloween is still remembered as the place the Martians invaded.
The invasion from the Red Planet never happened of course. It was all a hoax that took place…
Woolwich clock fix includes a balancing act
What if you could control the hands of time? Gaius Hennin can, and sometimes does, but only when it’s necessary.
Hennin…
Thanks, but no thanks was the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen’s response to a real estate deal offered by a local private school. The Deck House School offered to sell a .75 acre parcel to the town.…
In November and December, Andrea Lani will be offering two great opportunities at Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) to show participants how keen observation,…
“Everyone in this room is here for a love of animals and a genuine, heartfelt passion to make this work,” said Joe Montisano, executive director of Coastal Humane Society and now, the Lincoln…
On October 25, the proceeds of Summerfest, an annual fair held by the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset, were distributed to 22 area charities during the…
Over 45 people who care about fuel assistance and meeting the needs of people at risk during the winter gathered at United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s annual Heating and Supplemental Assistance…
The Wiscasset Middle High School's Fall Sports Recognition Night has been postponed until Thursday, November 5.
The Lincoln Home invites the public to join Laurie McBurnie on Monday, November 2 from 3 to 4 p.m. to learn more about the history of the cemeteries in Nobleboro…
Obituary
Marion A. (Rauskolb) Lester of Reading, Mass. and Southport died Oct. 26, 2015.
Marion was supreme treasurer emeriti…
Chef Matt Ginn of EVO was crowned Maine Lobster Chef of the Year before a sold-out crowd and a panel of judges at the signature event of Harvest on the Harbor, Maine’s premier food and wine…
Obituary
Paul Pearce, recently of Boothbay Harbor, died October 25, 2015 in the company of his wife and two of his three daughters.
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Amy Warner wasn’t looking to be town clerk when she stopped into the Alna town office in May 2008. The bookkeeper and longtime Great Impasta (Brunswick) waitress was there to register her car.…
Friendship is part of Wiscasset sorority Beta Sigma Phi’s motto. It’s also behind a yearly fundraiser that Beta Rho, one of the charitable group’s Wiscasset chapters, does for the American Cancer…
At the end of October, Westport Island will say goodbye to its current tax collector when Susan Partelow moves to Ecuador. At the same time, the island will also…
A Rockland man who asked his friend's girlfriend to wash his truck in the nude has pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual touching after a groping incident at a local campground this…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
A Westport Island man who was in jail for allegedly violating his probation and conditions of release has allegedly broken those conditions…
The Darling Marine Center in Walpole is pleased to welcome Dr. Jeremy Rich, the newest faculty member of the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences.
Rich…
Wiscasset School Committee
When Roger Whitney was a child playing trombone in an American Legion band in Augusta with his father, he knew even then that he wanted to teach music. He always knew.
At 63, the Alna man…
Healthy Lincoln County has received a grant for $125,000 per year for up to five years to prevent youth substance abuse in Lincoln County communities. This is one of 697 Drug-Free…
Gordon and Lynne Kontrath were recording the Patriots-Jets game Sunday afternoon to avoid missing the end, in case it came when Maine Eastern Railroad’s Brunswick-Rockland excursion was making its…
Married United Way of Mid Coast Maine co-chairpersons Lennie Burke and Bob Beaumont announced that United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s Campaign so far has raised $1,147,618 or 60 percent of its $1,900…
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
An outstanding selection of fine art and antiques has been harvested from homes throughout Maine and New England for Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ fall sale on Nov. 14 and 15. The auction…
Fall 2015
With 5,000 eggs behind Wiscasset Community Center Friday night, they couldn’t all be golden. Most were orange and black, and holding goodies for the approximately 100 children who found them in…
