Handicapped, celebrity and Boothbay area golfers joined together at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club on Saturday, Sept. 26, to raise money for Special Olympics Maine.
Taking to the course…
News
October is just around the corner, the evenings are drawing in, and all over Maine craftspeople and artists are preparing for…
The Lincoln County Animal Shelter has received a Belvedere grant from the Maine Community Foundation in the amount of $10,000.
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Hope Gordon from "Wind Over Wings," was a presenter during a September meeting of the Garden Club of Wiscasset.
The club's October program is "The Wiscasset Gardens of Gertrude and Frances…
BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews from Station Boothbay Harbor, the Coast Guard Cutters Campbell and Ocracoke, and Air Station Cape Cod saved two people from their sunken…
Any guesses who the lone bidder for a 1.5 acre of town-owned property in Boothbay was?
PGC5, LLC’s $275,000 bid was the only one.
PGC5 is located in Boothbay. The corporation also owns…
Lincoln County Superior Court
A New Hampshire woman claims she was at Hotel Pemaquid in New Harbor last July when her boyfriend took a photo of her, then she slipped on a stair tread and became permanently injured.
Anita…
This coming weekend will mark 25 years for the Boothbay Charities Classic. Kicking off the weekend on Friday, Sept. 25, is the lobster bake and silent auction beginning at 4 p.m. and the live…
Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) is once again teaming up with Kenneth Kortemeier of the Bristol Folk School to offer two great woodcraft workshops at HVNC. Beginners and experienced woodworkers…
Wiscasset School Committee
If costs hike for Wiscasset schools next year, School Committee Chairman Steve Smith said he would rather raise the budget than cut it. He would also consider increased spending to benefit…
Maine-OK Enterprises, Inc. has sold the Wiscasset Newspaper's office at 47 Gardiner Road to The First NA.
Expect the same coverage of municipal, school, sports, business, church, human…
The Alna Volunteer Fire Department will be having a ham and ban supper on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Alna Fire Station, 1579 Alna Road, Alna, between 4:30 and 6 p.m.
Cost is $8 for adults and $…
Approximately 175 guests attended the Sept. 20 fundraising event at Marianmade Farm in Wiscasset on a glorious late summer evening, enjoying a fun-…
“Food can make the world bigger. It can change lives.”
Award-winning chef and author Kerry Altiero made this statement in the introduction of his book, “Adventures in Comfort Food.” He…
Several talented ceramic artists from the Midcoast region will be featured in a pottery open house and sale on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. The Watershed sale is…
Women in the Bible, in all their variety, will be the subject of after-Sunday-services classes Sept. 27 and Oct. 4 at St. Giles Episcopal Church in Jefferson.
…
Obituary
Georgia F. Emerson of Boothbay Harbor died Sept. 20, 2015.
She was born April 11, 1932 on Boston Light in Hull, Massachusetts, the first person born on the oldest lighthouse in this country…
The third annual Kehail Point Regatta was held on Saturday, Sept. 5, on the Sheepscot River. Boats from Edgecomb, Westport Island, MacMahan Island and Georgetown, ranging from 12 to 37 feet,…
WMHS Soccer
The Wiscasset Middle High School girls varsity soccer team got a glimpse of its future Wednesday, Sept. 23, at home against Carrabec.
With strong play from sophomores Ari Mills, Sarah Foley…
Clamshell Quilters of Damariscotta will be hosting an evening lecture and an all-day workshop with Adele Scott on Oct. 23 and 24. The location for both events will be the…
Alna’s new property tax rate is down nearly 10 percent from last year, for a difference that will drop a bill on a $100,000 home by $220.
Selectmen set the rate Sept. 23, delivering on their…
Everyone is invited to come celebrate Sheepscot Valley’s narrow-gauge railroading history at the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna on Saturday, Sept. 26.
The…
Fall in Maine
Fall usually beckons the question: Where can I pick my own apples?
The answer is: all over the Midcoast. So pack up the car and take a road trip to the nearest orchard for a day of fun.
…A chair yoga event will be held at St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset at 10 a.m. Sept. 26.
As part of the…
Tom Hoepner worked two summers as a cook at Red’s Eats, started his civilian police career at Wiscasset Police Department, and is the father of a Wiscasset High School graduate.
Now the New…
Obituary
Kitty (Kalia) Lee Breskin, 66, was an engineer, gifted musician, teacher, mentor, triathlete (avid runner, swimmer, cyclist), sailor, sea kayaker, sail maker, seamstress, gardener, political…
The nationwide search for a new executive director at the Maine Municipal Association ended with the appointment of a well-known executive who works very close to home.
Stephen W. Gove, who…
Woolwich EMS has a new ambulance. Julia Gillespie, acting EMS director, finalized the $27,000 purchase with Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue.
Gillespie, along with Danny Munsey and his wife…
With fall almost officially upon the region, the time for homecoming is near.
Wiscasset Middle High School will host its homecoming activities this weekend with a pair of games, a dance, and…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) has launched a holiday food drive this fall to provide foodstuffs to county food pantries for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, Lincoln County…
A slight drop in Woolwich’s tax rate means most homeowners will see a reduction in this year’s property taxes.
Tax bills will be in the mail by the end of the week.
Lynette Eastman,…
The Edgecomb Planning Board wants further examination of a Merry Island Road plot prior to ruling as to whether or not it’s located in a resource protection zone.
The board required Maine…
A celebration of life for Kitty (Kalia Lee) Breskin will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Congregational Church…
On Saturday, Sept. 26, Historic New England will participate in the 10th annual Smithsonian Museum Day Live! with free house tours at Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House in Wiscasset for…
The Lincoln Home
After a summer hiatus, The Lincoln Home's monthly conversation series for family and friends of those with dementia resumes from 4…
Dresden Comprehensive Planning Committee Chairman Dave Probert told selectmen on Monday, Sept. 21, that the comprehensive plan approved by voters at the June 13 town meeting may not meet muster by…
Photo
Store aisles are not the only place where Halloween is on view several weeks before trick-or-treat time.
Travelers of Route 144 in Wiscasset on Sept. 19 were treated to the sight of a lawn…
When the acclaimed PBS series “American Experience” tells the story of Rachel Carson, famed author and naturalist, locations on Southport will be prominently featured.
42nd Parallel Films…
The Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel (CAP) is seeking the strength and safety of numbers: strength, in the form of a bigger voice by reaching out to similar panels around New England; and…
Elections 2015
Three candidates will be on the Wiscasset ballot for a selectman’s seat Nov. 3. Nominations closed Sept. 21.
Town Clerk Linda Perry said Judith Colby, Roland Abbott and David Flynn were the…
The Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Macrobiota (NCMA) at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is developing a program to train the next generation of scientists and…
Foreign Automobiles of all marques and models take center stage at the Owls Head Transportation Museum’s Foreign Auto Festival, Saturday, Sept. 26, and Sunday, Sept. 27.
The museum’s annual…
Wiscasset Middle High School Student Council members and other volunteers could have been a lot of other places on a sunny fall Saturday. But, on Sept. 19, they came to school, and in many cases,…
Hank Lunn will give a public talk at The Lincoln Home in Newcastle on how German prisoners of war in Maine transformed from foe to friend. The talk will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept…
An employee at Mad Hatters Smoke Shop in Wiscasset has been arrested and charged with indecent conduct, according to a press release from Wiscasset Police Department.
Michael Hoffman, 39, of…
Obituary
Linda Harrington Young, 65, died July 9, 2015.
She was born on November 15, 1949 in Port Jefferson, New York, to…
Obituary
Gardiner-Jean Eugenie Simonyi Tibbetts died on Sept. 2, 2015, at the Maine General Medical Center in Augusta, a few weeks before her 95th birthday.
She was born in Manhattan, New York City,…
The second week of Story Hour at the Wiscasset Public Library had a fantastic turnout.
Nearly 35 people, ranging from a 4-week-old up to a couple of grandmothers, gathered on pillows and…
Betsy Spekke, a preservation specialist, and Tammy Marks, director of Archive Services and Records Management, Maine State Archives, spoke to the Lincoln-Sagadahoc County Clerks' Association about…
