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…

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…

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…

Local historian Jay Robbins will present "Wiscasset's Jonathan Williamson — Patriot or Loyalist?" in a talk at the Wiscasset Public Library on…

There's a newly renovated Cape style house on Cross Point Road in Edgecomb that makes one want to stop and admire. It is a classic, tastefully appointed house that…

Join a group of other interested volunteers at Maine’s First Ship’s waterfront boatshed on Sunday, Nov. 8, for the second annual Women’s Shipbuilding Day in Bath.…

If Damariscotta wants to fund a new parking lot, it might have to look beyond the lot for funding.

At least, that was the main theme of a workshop between the town selectmen and the Twin…

Gospel singer Allen Frink of Hudson, N.H. will perform at the Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene, Sunday, October 25 at 11 a.m. Allen has sung with several groups,…

The following property transfers were recorded at the Lincoln County Registry of Deeds during August 2015.

Alna: Mackiewicz, Steven T and Mackiewicz, Leslie G to Kristan, Linda J and Kristan…

Departing Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Cheri Towle got a cake and surprise celebration from faculty and staff Oct. 21.

Teacher Melissa Burgess and her students made the cake,…

The Wiscasset registrar’s office will be accepting voter registrations during regular office hours and will hold evening hours on Monday, October 26…

The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) is hosting an invasive plant identification and management class on Friday, October 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. This class will be…

An East Boothbay woman was in jail and facing felony charges after she allegedly took illicit photos of an underage relative and sent them to a man in South Carolina.

Rachel Anderson, 35, of…

Patti Corscaden, LMT, a nationally board certified massage therapist from Newcastle presented at the Southern Maine Oncology Nursing Society's (SMONS) 6th annual conference in Portland on October…

The 15th annual Lincoln County TRIAD Senior Appreciation Day was a success. There were a few rough edges to the day but even those became good…

On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23 and 24 from 5:30-8 p.m., the Boothbay Railway Village will once again be cloaked in mystical moonlight and creepy candlelight for…

For the second time in three years, Joseph Creamer is challenging incumbent Jack Shaw for his job as Woolwich road commissioner. Election Day is on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

The road commissioner is…

Alna selectmen are planning a closed-door meeting with a lawyer over the town’s losses from payroll tax issues. The Nov. 4 executive session with attorney Paul Gibbons will explore ways to recover…

Wiscasset Selectmen will allow the Conservation Committee to spend up to $2,500 for consulting purposes for the Montsweag Dam Preserve.

During Tuesday night’s meeting, Anne Leslie,…

No one was hurt in a nighttime fire that claimed a vacant cape home on West Alna Road in Alna on Oct.21, Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask said.

An electrical malfunction ignited a wall in the back…

The Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association is holding another Stewardship Day at the Trout Brook Preserve in Alna on Friday, Oct. 30, from 1 to 3 p.m. Volunteers will be cutting trees and…

The Rev. Dr. Kenneth A. Dale was recently recognized by the hospice team of Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice for his exemplary work as a hospice…

The Leaf Peeper Road Rally, an annual event of the Mid Maine Sports Car Club, was held on Sunday, Oct. 18, on the Boothbay peninsula. Rally Master Lew Prycl of…

A week-long celebration is planned at The Animal House, filled with activities for pets and their families.

Food sample demonstrations and sales, rescue groups, an animal communicator, a…

The Westport Community Association is once again partnering with the Westport Human Resource Committee to…

Fiona Munro Stockwell, 88, died on Oct. 15, 2015, in Boothbay Harbor.

She was born Nov. 17, 1926 to Henry Hugh Hawkins Munro and Mary Child in Paris, France.

Fiona attended Milton…

From butternut squash bowling and the scarecrow relay race, to the pumpkin pie contest and prizes galore, the second annual Great Pumpkin Hunt at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens promises to be fun…

The Good Shepherd Food Mobile will be in Boothbay Harbor on the following dates: Thursday, Oct. 22 from 10-11:30 a.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 11 from 1-2:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Dec. 16 from 1:30-3 p.m.…

Negotiations to obtain aircraft navigation easements for the municipal airport got the go ahead from Wiscasset Selectmen Tuesday night, Oct. 20. A consulting firm hired by the town will carry out…

Alna residents could be weeks away from their first look at fireworks rules they will weigh at the 2016 town meeting.

“We’re getting close,” Planning Board Chairman Sean Day said Oct. 19…

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has announced that staff from her Augusta Constituent Service Center will hold local office hours on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 3-4 p.m., at the Waldoboro Town Office, located at…

The pros and cons of repealing a pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) refuse program were weighed during a public hearing on the referendum question Monday evening at the Woolwich town office.

Selectmen’…

Woolwich Selectmen agreed to hire an Augusta firm to letter its new ambulance and authorized the purchase of a new extrication tool for the fire department Monday night, Oct. 19.

Selectmen…

In a meeting that saw more people than the annual town meeting, Newcastle residents came out Monday, Oct. 19, to vote on the future of its public works operations.

In the end, the town voted…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued an update Tuesday into its continuing investigation of the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro in the Atlantic Ocean near…

Wiscasset Town Clerk Linda Perry and her former employer, the town of Waldoboro, have settled her appeal out of court.

The town has agreed to pay Perry, town officials confirmed; the…

An ambulance in Washington County is going full-service, thanks to a defibrillator Alna donated after its…

Sherrill Westfall, 80, of Wiscassset died peacefully in her sleep Oct. 18, 2015, at her residence from complications of two strokes which she suffered from three…

The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is dedicated to the protection of the land, water, and wildlife of the Kennebec Estuary region. With ten preserves open year-round dawn until…

The Partridge Cemetery Association will hold its fall meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26, at North Woolwich Methodist Church on River Road. All interested persons welcome.

As Gardiner Road, Wiscasset travelers might have noticed Oct. 14 and 15, a contractor was replacing part of the roof on Morris Farm’s circa 1840 barn. But passersby won’t be seeing some of the new…

Cool winds, changeable skies and families looking to make scarecrows visited the municipal building lawn Saturday for Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department’s Scarecrow Festival.

The Oct…

It's hard to quantify pumpkin destruction, but here goes:

Three cameras, one waterproof housing, two clunkers, one pool, hundreds of people, 180 feet, more than a ton of pumpkins and more…

Our October meeting began with Jon Kosinski, director of government relations and Political Action, explaining about the Maine Education Association initiative,…

Following an alleged fight that reportedly included ripping the mirror from a car door and refusing to cooperate with police officers, a Bristol woman has been charged with several crimes.

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The Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association (SEMA) was among 40 organizations and individuals recently awarded a Distinctive Services Medal or Merit Medal by the…

Bertha H. Jones, 82, died Oct. 17, 2015 at Boothbay Green in Boothbay.

She was a brave and strong woman as she fought her diabetes over the years.

She was born Sept. 12, 1933 to…

The iconic Bluebird Café of Nashville, the venue where Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Josh Turner Kathy Mattea, Taylor Swift and many more got their start,…