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,…
News
People are always fascinated with pirate stories, and you don’t have to look far to find one pretty close to home. One concerns the legend of Captain Kidd and the treasure he's said to have buried…
The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper received 14 awards at the 2015 Maine Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest at the MPA's fall conference held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bangor…
Since its inception, business at Watershed Tavern and Boothbay Craft Brewery on Adams Pond Road has been booming. Now, a new national ad campaign is…
Three small-farm operators from the Midcoast region spoke to Lincoln County Democrats on Oct. 14 and said their basic challenge is that food prices are not at a level high enough…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District will hold its annual awards banquet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the North Nobleboro Community Hall on East Pond Road in Nobleboro…
2015 Elections
Woolwich voters will have a choice for selectman when they head to the polls for the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Don Adams is challenging incumbent David King Sr.
The polls are at…
The Lincoln County Fish and Game Association will be hosting a fundraising dinner on Saturday, October 24 at the Waldoboro Masonic Hall on Main Street at 5 p.m. The suggested donation for the…
Andy McEvoy, director of Hidden Valley Nature Center, happily takes possession of a new (slightly used) Polaris Ranger. The Ranger is one of the most heavily used pieces of equipment as McEvoy and…
Obituary
Margaret Lansing Fox Hayes, 101, died peacefully at Ginger Cove Assisted Living, Annapolis, Maryland, on Oct. 11, 2015.
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Coastal Enterprises’ (CEI) founder and Chief Executive Officer Ron Phillips was feeling like the captain of a ship Oct. 15.
“I want to be the last one off,” he said.
On Oct. 15 and 16…
For Timea Hajdu and Edward Eichler, having their second child at the Miles Campus of LincolnHealth was worth a trip halfway around the world.…
2015 Elections
Wiscasset voters will choose between a former selectman and two first-time hopefuls when filling a selectman’s seat on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The candidates on the ballot for former selectman Bill…
A Wiscasset man who was accused of choking a woman has pleaded guilty to felony assault.
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AUGUSTA - As Election Day nears on Nov. 3, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap is reminding all Maine voters of an informational resource…
A quilt raffle to benefit the American Cancer Society will take place on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ames True Value in Wiscasset.
Members of Beta Rho chapter of Beta Sigma…
Wiscasset School Department
The public is invited to a community meet-and-greet with new Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Peg Armstrong on Oct. 29. The event is set for 5:15 p.m. in the WMHS library, ahead of a 6 p.m.…
Obituary
Bertha E. Reed, 89, of Wiscasset, died Oct. 13, 2015, at Coves Edge in Damariscotta.
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On Oct. 9, Maine Coast Stove & Chimney of Wiscasset celebrated its fifth year anniversary. In recognition of the wonderful customers that have made this milestone possible, the company plans…
The Cod Cove Inn in Edgecomb will remain open throughout the winter months, according to innkeeper Ted Hugger.
“In 2014, we experimented keeping the inn open year round. Our first winter…
When Grace Episcopal Church in Bath invited St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Wiscasset to raise funds together for the Episcopal Diocese of Maine’s Camp Bishopswood, Kristen Cowing thought it was…
When lightning or a storm knocks down a tree in the bustling city of Nairobi, sculptor Irene Wanjiru is usually not far behind. She arranges to have the fallen tree — trunk, roots, and all —…
The leaves are turning red and gold, and orange pumpkins line the streets of the Twin Villages, but now is the time to think pink.
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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
A purple display in Wiscasset, and all others like it, often appear in prominent locations in Maine towns at different times of the year.
During October, purple displays are for National…
Fall 2015
Wiscasset Community Center’s guest services manager Bonnie Blagden’s favorite part of the annual scarecrow festival is seeing the people come out for it.
“It’s family time, and it’s…
Editorial
We didn't know if it was more fun looking at artists' pumpkins at Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta, or looking at all the people streaming and stopping around them, capturing them with their…
Lincoln County Superior Court
Westport Island and several of its officials are defendants in a court appeal a Colorado couple has brought. Leslie Lilly and husband David Wollins claim that stones the town wants moved are on…
The 2015 Pumpkinfest pie eating contest had strong family ties in the 12 and under and 12 and over contests. The Canny and Rock families had competitors who placed in both competitions.
In…
As has been the policy of this newspaper for several years, we will not be publishing political letters to the editor in the issue before the election.
All political letters must be received…
Mary Ellen Barnes, Lincoln County economic and community development director, informed county commissioners at their regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 6, that her…
2015 Damariscotta Pumpkinfest
When the first Damariscotta Pumpkinfest regatta was held 11 years ago, it was less regatta and more squash-scented mayhem on the river.
Eleven years after founders Buzz Pinkham and Bill…
In the search for more parking spaces, the town of Damariscotta found a likely landing place.
Unfortunately, it is already occupied — by a Dumpster.
The town met with the co-owners of…
Obituary
Bertie C. Keller, 74, of Boothbay Harbor died peacefully on Oct. 11, 2015, with loving family by his side.
Bertie was born Aug. 14, 1941 to Doris (Pinkham) Keller and Albion Keller in…
Obituary
Gavin James Clark, 15, of West Alna Road, Alna died Oct. 10, 2015 at his residence.
He…
Thirteen new and returning vendors have reserved tables at St. Patrick’s Christmas Fair and will sell locally made items on Saturday, Nov. 21 from 9…
Fall Harvest Fair
This year, the lunatics will get a shot at upper management at the asylum.
Or something like that.
The annual Great Salt Bay School Fall Harvest Fair is scheduled this year for…
After more than 60 years of helping folks find their “home sweet home,” Wiscasset real estate agent Roy Farmer is retiring, and this time he really means it.
A reception honoring Farmer…
A lot has been happening behind the scenes at Waldoboro's Waldo Theatre since the doors closed in fall 2014.
The board of directors, led by President Chrys Hearth, has been busy raising…
Sherman’s Books & Stationery Stores has entered into an agreement with Susan and Barnaby Porter…
Video
The annual Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta features pumpkins in many settings — as boats, as art, and as spectacle.
On Sunday, Oct. 11, one of the massive squash was dropped 180 feet…
The 15th annual Senior Appreciation Day sponsored by the Lincoln County TRIAD will be held on Saturday,…
One tell-tale sign that attendance is good at the annual Fall Foliage Festival is that the Boothbay Region Lions Club's fish chowder booth gets sold out on the first day.
And what a first…
Healthy Kids
Childhood sexual abuse is pervasive in our communities. Stories appear regularly in our local papers about arrests made right here in Lincoln County. Statistics report one in three girls and one…
All are invited to attend the upcoming “Farmers’ Feast Dinner and Dance” on Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Arlington Grange in Whitefield.
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Obituary
Dorothy Harold Conner, 83, of Brookline, Mass., formerly of West Boylston, Mass. died peacefully September 25, 2015.
Born January 26, 1932 in Worcester, Mass. to Myrtle S. and Raymond P.…
Fall 2015
A large crowd meant large, repeated cheers going up in the vicinity of Damariscotta’s Elm Street on Sunday morning, Oct. 11 for heat after heat of the Pumpkin Derby.
The third annual event,…
Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine (SASSMM) is excited to announce Yoga for Survivors, a trauma sensitive yoga based support group for female…
Fall 2015
If Joe Hoyt of Edgecomb hadn't broken his leg playing basketball at CLC YMCA in Damariscotta in late September, he thinks he probably would have run in the Y's Zombie Run on Oct. 10.
Instead…
With colder weather coming on, a brisk walk may be a frigid experience for your dog, especially if it is a small breed, such as a chihuahua. The Lincoln County Animal Shelter in Edgecomb may be…
