When are boulders, logs and other debris a public nuisance? When they’re in a public right-of-way, according to a new lawsuit the town of Westport Island has filed against Albert Greenleaf Jr. and…

Wiscasset selectmen on Aug. 18 gave Town Manager Marian Anderson the go-ahead to negotiate Lincoln County Healthcare’s six-month lease of 10 to 12 classrooms at the former primary school. The…

However hard it may be to think fall with temperatures hovering in the 80s, at least one autumn rite has come: The Wiscasset Middle High School fall sports season has started.

The Wolverines…

Members of the regional jail authority recognized Captain James Bailey for 10 years of continuous service at Two Bridges Regional Jail during their Wednesday, Aug.…

Woolwich’s pay-per-bag program will start in September, but could be finished by Election Day. A petition is circulating to reconsider the town’s membership in the program in an up-or-down vote.…

Come out and celebrate the first anniversary of the new Marr’s Ridge Trail on the Hunt’s Meadow Road in North Whitefield on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

The trail was the first…

A hot and humid evening welcomed race fans and drivers to Maine's fastest oval for a full card of action Saturday night. The "dog days" of August are when top…

A graveside service for Harold M. Dow, who died on Nov. 14, 2014, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wiscasset with military honors.

Arrangements are by…

Cut loose! It's time to finally break out the swim trunks and pool noodles.

Below is a list of places to beat the heat while enjoying Maine this summer…

Jane Stevenson Blakemore died peacefully on Aug. 12, 2015.

She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to John and Jean (…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a blue Subaru that collided with a Boothbay Region Ambulance Service ambulance on Monday afternoon, Aug. 17. The blue Subaru reportedly…

A Wiscasset woman who allegedly threw a beer bottle and bloodied a family member's face has been arrested and charged with a pair of crimes.

Sarah Morse, 31, of Wiscasset was arrested Monday…

Wiscasset Ambulance Service’s roster is growing at the same time as some existing members’ roles are changing.

The developments follow an outside review of the department and residents’ June…

State Sen. Chris Johnson of Somerville will hold his monthly office hours on Saturday, Aug. 22, at three locations around the region: Waldoboro Public Library in Waldoboro from 9 to 10 a.m.; Maine…

Join art instructor Kathi Nordone at Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center on Aug. 28 from 1:30 until 3:30 p.m. for an introductory drawing and sketching…

Lance Michael Tlumac Sr., 57, of Wiscasset, died peacefully in the presence of his wife and two sons on Aug. 9.

Born in…

Carolyn Lane Swett Russell Dolbear, 81, of Round Pond died Aug. 14, 2015.

Born at Knickerbocker Hospital, New York City, on Nov. 22, 1933, Carolyn's birthday…

UPDATE: Paul Simpson, 84, has died as a result of injuries that occurred in the four-vehicle crash on Aug. 13.

According to Sagadahoc Country Sheriff Joel Merry, “the accident remains under…

The Set for Success community school supply event extraordinaire at…

Staff, board members and the general public were on hand on Wednesday, Aug.12, for the official opening of the Cross River Preserve. Long-time preserve advocate Joan Rittall cut the branch/ribbon…

An 81-year-old man who was on bail conditions after allegedly driving 90 miles per hour in Damariscotta was rearrested after he allegedly broke his bail conditions and made threats.

Joseph…

Learning that you or a loved one has a health condition that will never go away, such as arthritis, high blood pressure, cancer, weight issues, depression, heart disease or diabetes can be scary.…

Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt decided Aug. 14 to keep the 6,000-pound weight limit on Wiscasset’s Federal Street, an MDOT spokesman and Town Manager Marian…

Alna’s Head Tide Dam Committee viewed a contractor’s familiarity with the Sheepscot River as a plus that would help the firm draw up the committee’s ideas to show residents.

But Alna…

New values for Central Maine Power’s land in Alna have added to the tax windfall the town is projecting from increased values for CMP’s equipment. As a result of all the recommendations from…

A man who was court-ordered to refrain from contacting an alleged victim from an earlier crime, not possess alcohol, and not return to a home in Whitefield was arrested after he allegedly went to…

A fundraising supper will be held at the Edgecomb Congregational Church on Saturday, Aug. 15 to benefit the Eldercare Network of Lincoln County. 

Sponsored by the Mission Outreach Committee…

There will be a musical celebration of life for Dominic Garvey at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29 at The…

Frederick J. Hughes died Aug. 14, 2015. He was born…

A pair of men were arrested Wednesday in Bath after they allegedly fought and made threats with a baseball bat and a pair of knives.

Robert McKenney, 43, of Woolwich and Logan Sewall, 30, of…

Let’s return to Wiscasset of the 1940s and go time traveling with Blinn LeBourdais.

LeBourdais will turn 76 in September but stays busy working three days a week as part of the Wiscasset…

A Turner man has been arrested after he allegedly choked a woman in a Boothbay Harbor motel.

Stephen Entrott, 44, of Turner was arrested in Boothbay Harbor after he allegedly assaulted a…

The Maine Department of Motor Vehicles’ Sept. 10 visit to Wiscasset will mark the agency’s last time having a mobile unit in Maine’s prettiest village. The town has received word that the DMV is…

Lincoln County Democrats are looking forward to again holding their annual lobster bake on the beautiful waterfront property in Walpole of Linda and Dirk Brunner. This is always a highlight of the…

It’s the first, and likely won’t be the last member-owned solar farm in Maine. The Edgecomb Community Solar Farm Association began providing electricity to the grid on July 31 and held a ceremony…

A course on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's) or drones is a go for this fall at Wiscasset Middle High School. The Wiscasset School Committee on Aug. 12 agreed to let Principal Cheri…

Prospective candidates for an open seat on the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen have until Sept. 21 to turn in nomination papers. Papers became available Monday, Aug. 10, Town Clerk Linda Perry said…

Jackson Day, the missing kayaker that prompted a Coast Guard search, has been located, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

He was paddling back to Swans Island this morning from a night on a…

Hunter Giroux, 6, of Wiscasset was measuring distances on paper Aug. 6 in “Brownie” feet. The four-inch units take their name from an elf-like character helping the Wiscasset School Department’s…

In 2013 Bigelow Laboratory and the University of Mississippi formed a five-year Strategic Inter-Institutional Partnership Agreement for collaborative research and commercialization initiatives.…

The Great War, or World War I was thought to be the war to end all wars, instead it was the birthplace of 20th century conflict and the stepping stone for the emergence of the United States as a…

At a special meeting at the town office on Aug. 10, the Woolwich Board of Selectmen appointed a search committee to assist in the hiring of a new fire chief.

Selectman Jason Shaw will serve…

Planners from Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties hope to offer tourists a look at interior towns by establishing a byway that would include Dresden.

Lincoln County Planner Bob Faunce told…

The Olde Bristol Days 2nd annual Vintage Car Show organizers announced that all types of vehicles are participating in this year’s show on Aug. 15, including rare and unusual cars and trucks not…

After almost a month, Newcastle and Damariscotta have an agreement to end an agreement.

The Newcastle board of selectmen voted Monday, Aug. 10, to sign an extension that will dissolve the…

Any town’s selectmen’s meeting might start with the pledge of allegiance, a directive to silence cell phones, or both. In Wiscasset, since Ben Rines Jr. became chairman in June and the town began…

For anyone looking for something a little out of the ordinary to do while visiting Boothbay Harbor, Cabbage Island Clambakes is a destination that defies the mundane.…

When Kathy Devonshire was growing up in the 1950s and 1960s and would ask for a train set, she was told that trains weren’t for girls.

On Aug. 9, the retired high school librarian joined…

Coastal Senior College's Challenge of Change discussion group will host the author of “The Dandelion Insurrection,” a protest novel about making change through non-violent action,…

Wiscasset’s first Community Solar Farm will be built as soon as nine families, businesses, or a combination of both join together as investors.

Morris Farm, the planned site of the solar…