ROCKLAND — The Rockland City Manager Search Committee met Monday evening, Jan. 5, and offered the position of city manager to Jim Chaousis, who is currently town manager of Boothbay. …

An 83-year-old Bristol woman was hospitalized on Jan. 7 after her 2005 Dodge Ram Dakota SLT collided with a 2012 International Harvester/Navistar Pepsi truck on Route 1 in Edgecomb. Jean McAlice…

More than 200 people from around the world applied for the dream jobs: keepers for the Inn at Cuckolds Lighthouse.

Captain Mark Zinkiewicz, Heather Graham and Captain Ruth Reighley captured…

The office of U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) announced this week that his staff will hold the following constituent outreach hours in the Midcoast area for the month of January:

Brunswick…

In the first match-up since being bounced in the 2013-14 playoffs, Wiscasset and Dirigo boys varsity basketball teams picked up where they left off.

The Maine State Police arrested a Boothbay man and charged him with a felony arrest after he reportedly received stolen property totaling more than $10,000.

It sounds like the title of a bad movie, but Woolwich residents learned at Monday night’s selectmen’s meeting that they may now obtain their burning permits online.

Town Fire Chief Geoffrey…

A memorial service for Herbert King of Boothbay Harbor will be held on Tuesday, January 13 at 11 a.m. at Bay Landing Apartments, Bay Landing Road, Boothbay Harbor. Herbert died on…

A packed agenda greeted Lincoln County Commissioners when they met for their first meeting of 2015.

The first order of…

Sometimes teams show why they are undefeated.

The Dirigo Cougars showed why they are one of Western Class C's top-ranked teams when…

Clamshell Quilters meets monthly to promote the “hobby” of quilting, teach and learn new techniques, share ideas and inspire. Our meetings are held typically the…

Although the striped sea bass population isn't in danger, plans are on the table to keep it that way.

The Maine Department of Marine…

Wiscasset Selectmen’s Vice Chairman Ben Rines Jr. on Tuesday night proposed a ballot question to pursue the closure of Wiscasset Municipal Airport. He withdrew the motion after board members and…

The 2015 annual Haiti Benefit Dinner will be prepared this year by Damariscotta River Grill chef/owners Rick Hirsch and Jean Kerrigan.

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Could new sidewalks and infrastructure be in store for Damariscotta's downtown?

Potentially, given a few caveats.

Two items involving Wiscasset Municipal Airport are on the agenda for Wiscasset selectmen Tuesday night. An agreement that lets Maine Yankee use the town-owned airport in case of an emergency is…

Catherine Moore became the new Register of Probate for Lincoln County on Friday, Jan. 2.

Friends and family members watched as Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap administered the oath…

A two-car motor vehicle accident sent three people to Midcoast Hospital and snarled traffic on Route 1 in Wiscasset on Dec. 31.

Crews from the Wiscasset Fire…

When Lisa Packard heard from a man who wanted to live part-time in her cabin at 91 Dock Road in Alna to be nearer his children, she didn’t know a court order barred anyone from living in it, she…

Jeanette (Reed) Giles, 75, of Boothbay, died Jan. 4, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer.

She was born July 6, 1939, in Boothbay Harbor. She was the…

What better way to start 2015 than by joining others in the Midcoast for an optimistic and entertaining film about climate change that features visionary citizens like “the wind farmer” and “the…

Most of the animals housed at the Lincoln County Animal Shelter find homes within a few months. But sometimes, animals with special needs spend a long time waiting for the right person to come…

Wiscasset’s Scott Long was a finish carpenter, supporting his family for more than two decades, when he had some of his first symptoms of multiple sclerosis. He couldn’t remember how to do a task…

In spring 2014, Underhound Railroad rescued a five-month old hound mix from a high-kill shelter in Georgia.

“We saved him on his very last day,” the organization’s director Renee Coombs of…

The Maine Department of Marine Resources is asking smelt fishermen and anyone else interested in rebuilding this fishery to help the state take an…

St. Giles' Episcopal Church in Jefferson is hosting a free supper for Midcoast residents Saturday, January 10 at 5 p.m. — the second in a wintertime…

Clear those walkways Sunday, before the snow and other precipitation on them harden overnight, meteorologist Chris Legro of the National Weather Service’s Gray office advised. The storm that…

Join Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson on Sunday, Jan. 11, 4-6 p.m. for “Made in Maine: 100-Plus Years of Craftsmanship in Skiing.” The presentation is another in the series of…

Wiscasset firefighters responded to a report of a chimney fire at a home on Makijen Drive, off Foye Road, Saturday afternoon, Wiscasset Fire Chief T. J. Merry said.

No flames were visible…

On Sunday, Jan. 11, Whitefield resident Sheila Knowles, a collector of antique dolls and sewing equipment, will give a demonstration of antique sewing machines at the Bath Antique Show and Sale.…

Food or diapers.

The Kidz Closet's James Locke and Lisa Smith have heard of some families having to make the choice between the two, and…

The Animal House, with locations in Damariscotta and Westbrook, donated over $3,000 in products on behalf of their customers during the 12 Woofs of Christmas event, to the Lincoln County Animal…

Saturday will be fine for getting around. Then Saturday night, things get messy. Snow should arrive in Lincoln County by about 9 p.m. Jan. 3, said meteorologist Stacie Hanes of the National…

The duties that Sue Varney carried out for many years as Wiscasset’s assessors’ agent will not necessarily go to one person. In a post on the town website at www.wiscasset.org on Dec. 31,…

Historian and local attorney Chip Griffin will describe the legacy of the fiercely independent Scots Irish people, who were among the first settlers…

Alna First Selectman David Abbott and officials with two nonprofits agree on two points regarding Head Tide Dam: If left untouched, eventually nature will dismantle it; and until then, the only…

MaineHousing will provide training for the annual point-in-time count of homeless people in Lincoln County during the Lincoln County Community Resources January meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, from…

Lincoln County Democrats will have a full agenda for their meeting on Jan. 20.

One of…

Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center in Damariscotta will host its weekly Lunch and Learn program on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 11:15 a.m.

Following the luncheon Jane Margesson,…

The Edgecomb planning board wants selectmen to take action against what it perceives as an illegal subdivision.

The planning board presented information to selectmen and town attorney Bill…

The service at the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Sunday, Jan. 4 will include a reflection by Mimi Moore on the "Joys and Sorrows" in her life. A…

As people know, the winter is a hard time for many groups within a community. Our Arts and Humanities class at Boothbay Region High School decided to do a benefit…

As the basketball season nears the half-way mark, both girls and boys Wiscasset teams would qualify for the Western Class C playoffs if the season ended on New Year’s…

Edgecomb Selectmen are considering taking more legal action against a Route 27 property owner who is in violation of a consent agreement that stated he would clean up debris on his Edgecomb…

Debate Monday evening by the Westport Selectmen followed the reading of a written request from Chief Robert Mooney to transfer funds to the volunteer fire department’s checking account from other…

WARREN, WISCASSET and NEWCASTLE — A three-month investigation of illegal distribution and possession of prescription drugs from Massachusetts into Lincoln and Knox counties resulted this week in…

White Gift Sunday, which will be celebrated at First Congregational Church, UCC Wiscasset, on Jan. 4, 2015, has been a part of Christian churches’ celebrations for over…

Cynthia Ann Brown Manner, 82, died Dec. 29, 2014 at her home in Boothbay Harbor.

Born…

William Reynolds Weare II, of Boothbay, beloved husband and father, died Dec. 28, 2014 at the Veterans Hospital with family members at his side.

Bill was born Feb. 9, 1943 the son of William…

Online registration is open for the 2015 Indoor Insanity 5k event scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 at Colby College in Waterville. 

Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities are…