An adequate supply of single-family homes for sale continues to be a challenge for buyers of single-family existing homes across Maine. Maine Listings reports an increase of 9.41 percent in home…
News
Design-build firm Knickerbocker Group is pleased to announce it has…
From the sounds of a saw to the relative quiet of painting with a brush, Wiscasset was abuzz Sept. 21 with outside work.
Wiscasset continues exploring getting its sewer plant the sea wall officials have said could avoid having to move the plant. Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen Sept. 19, he and Olver…
The first drive up flu clinics offered by LincolnHealth are this Saturday (Sept. 23) at both the Family Care Center…
On Sept. 10, at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, a generous community opened their hearts and wallets to raise…
Boston-based author and photographer Susan Mara Bregman will share stories about the history of Route 1 in an online talk at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 28 sponsored by Lincoln County Historical…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District as one opening on its five-member Board of Supervisors. The volunteer board, which is responsible for guiding the District’s business affairs…
Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Aug. 15-31:
Arrests/summonses
Aug. 16, Aimee Harrison, 43, of Phippsburg was arrested for Violation Conditions of Release,…
Laura Chapman led the combined Boothbay Region High School and Wiscasset High School girls team with a first-place win in the cross-country race Sept. 15 at Boothbay Harbor. The “Seawolves”…
Lincoln County Television is proud to offer three new community-focused productions this coming Saturday and Sunday on Spectrum/Tidewater channel 7, LCTV.org, and…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 214 calls for service for the period of Sept. 12 to Sept. 19. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 8,123 calls for service.
Summonses
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Obituary
Richard “Rich” Blouin or “Blue” as many of his friends and family called him, 60, died unexpectedly in Boothbay on Sept. 16, 2023. He was born and raised in Berlin, New Hampshire. The youngest…
Obituary
Helen Jean (Addison) Blakelock died Sept. 12, 2023, at home in Damariscotta Mills.
She was predeceased by her parents, Thomas and Elinor Addison of Belmont, Massachusetts and Damariscotta…
Sunday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m., Wiscasset’s Town Common will be imprinted with paw prints of our beloved pets! In honor of Saint Francis of Assisi’s love for all creatures, we’ll gather to share…
A Lincoln County Community Conversations panel discussion on the Nov. 7 Referendum Ballot Question 3 will take place on Thursday, Oct. 5, at the American Legion Post 42, 527 Main St. (…
When meeting with the public, those drafting Wiscasset’s next comprehensive plan will seek a balance between sharing the committee’s ideas and seeing what attendees have to say.
“I don’t…
For another year, Woolwich’s property tax rate is $15.40 per $1,000 dollars of assessed valuation. The rate has remained unchanged since 2020. The selectboard set the rate Monday afternoon, Sept.…
Sunday, Sept. 17 was a picture perfect day for a Memorial Boat Parade in honor of longtime lobsterman and fisherman Thurlow “Butch” Brewer, who died Dec. 29, 2022.
Forty boats captained by…
On Sept. 23, Veggies to Table, a grow-to-donate farm in Newcastle, is offering a foraging class on the farm given by Rachel Alexandrou. Rachel will share her deep knowledge of wild edibles and how…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee’s next meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 27 at the Water of Life Lutheran Church, 618 US-1, Newcastle. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 6…
Maine Yankee might or might not end up paying Wiscasset as much as the town has decided. Selectmen Sept. 13 passed new property valuations for the ex-nuclear plant. Sept. 14, Maine Yankee’s…
There will be a free public Narcan training class on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 5 p.m. hosted by the Edgecomb Community Church at 15 Cross Point Road in Edgecomb. Knowing how to use Narcan and having…
Katie McShane and Jesse Heasly, a husband and wife duo from Bath, will be providing music at the Edgecomb Community Church’s Sunday Services twice a month for the next six months.
McShane…
Wiscasset school committee
Dresden has again expressed an interest in possibly sending its students to Wiscasset schools. Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools. Kim Andersson told the school committee Tuesday, Sept. 12, she…
On Saturday, Sept. 9, Jen Mitchell Plummer sat with her computer open on the bar at Brady’s. She was frowning at the screen. Her restaurant had opened minutes before and Jen was tracking a…
Obituary
Jill Moore Blake-Correa, 75, of Boothbay Harbor, passed peacefully on Sept. 4, 2023. She was surrounded by her loving family at home in Boothbay Harbor.
Jill was born on Oct. 3, 1947, the…
Update: CMP later reported no outages in Lincoln County.
Original post: Central Maine Power reported 1,229 customers in Lincoln County are without power on Sept. 14 around 12:15 p.m.
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Obituary
Courtney Marie Johnson, 37, beloved wife and mother, passed away on Sept. 3, 2023 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland.
Courtney was born on March 24,1986 in Bath, Maine.…
The Boothbay Cornhole Classic committee announced later today that the event will now be held on Sunday, Sept. 24, same place, same…
Wiscasset Selectmen’s Chair Sarah Whitfield plans to regularly release bulletins that share town governments news and other information. They will also appear at wiscasset.org and on the Wiscasset…
Midcoast Humane announces its new fundraiser, Sips & Sweets, on Saturday, Sept. 23rd at the new Smith Center at Wolfe’s Neck in Freeport with ticketed entry at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Sips…
UPDATE: Town Manager Dennis Simmons announced the following on Tuesday, Sept. 19, before the night’s selectmen’s meeting at 6 p.m. at the town office:
“While entering the recently approved…
Bible Baptist Church (BBC) of Wiscasset welcomed their new pastor, Tom Gapski, on July 2. Officiating at the installation service were Pastor James Gardner, assistant pastor at BBC, and Pastor…
The Edgecomb Community Church will be hosting a Labyrinth Walk Saturday, Sept. 23, in celebration of the Autumn Equinox. All are invited to join us at 7 p.m. at the Labyrinth in the Field behind…
The new school year is about a week old and the Edgecomb School Committee is already working to solve its first crisis. During the Sept. 11 committee meeting, Principal…
Lincoln County Television is welcoming fall with community partnerships that bring friends and neighbors together in person.
The premiere showing of LCTV's…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 214 calls for service for the period of Sept. 5 to Sept. 12. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 7,935 calls for service.
Summonses
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A new well has been drilled for Whippoorwill Hill Mobile Home Park in Wiscasset seven months after it began running dry and a week after its latest deadline by Maine Center for Disease Control and…
Mother-daughter duo Carol Heaberlin and Mindy Jones, of Alna, have talked occasionally about finding a permanent home for their restaurant Y-Knot since first opening the business…
Obituary
Leeroy Wallace, 66, of Chewonki Neck Road, Wiscasset passed away on Aug. 20, 2023 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
He was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica to Lena Maud Fletcher and William…
Sept. 7, the rocks at a walk-in area to Pinkham Pond were called jagged, dangerous, a mistake and not what pond-goers wanted. Alna selectmen and fellow residents talked…
Another Sunrise Lighthouse Photography cruise is in the books and we have the photos to prove it. Weather had been a concern considering the thunderstorms and heavy fog that have been lingering in…
After learning from two local residents that they recently received convincing calls about “free” back and knee braces, it seemed like a good time to point out that scammers are at work in our…
John Hiatt’s sold out Oct. 27 concert at Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House has been indefinitely postponed. All tickets will be refunded beginning next week.
On Sept. 9 the Opera House received…
Supporters of Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) gathered Sunday evening for the organization’s annual Preservation Party, a fundraiser for LCHA’s educational programming and stewardship…
After a three-year COVID-induced hiatus, Pemaquid Oyster Festival returns to celebrate its 20th anniversary this Sept. 24 from noon…
Tiny homes would not be an option as accessory homes, at least not initially, under Wiscasset Selectman Pam Dunning’s ideas for an ordinance. The board on Sept. 5 was discussing what guidance to…
