Woolwich has announced its selectboard will attend the celebration of life for Lloyd Coombs Jr., which is at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10 at Bath Country Club, 387 Whiskeag Road, Bath.
Coombs,…
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Organist Joel Pierce played a collection of traditional hymns and selections in remembrance of 9/11 Saturday afternoon at Wiscasset’s First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. The…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is excited to announce our autumn fundraiser — native wildflower seeds. October is the perfect month to sow wildflower seeds for spring growth.…
Wiscasset selectmen decided Sept. 5 to talk again Sept. 19 about the Wawenock building repair project downtown. Town Manager Dennis Simmons told the board, town counsel has drafted a letter to the…
Sarah Hubert has returned to Wiscasset Middle High School as the new vice principal and athletic director. Her hiring was finalized just in time for the start of the school year. Earlier in the…
The Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting two Boothbay Region High School alumni during the annual banquet on Oct. 21 at the Rockland Elks Lodge. The two inductees are David Gaw (Class of…
Bath Savings celebrated employee accomplishments and named 20 staff members “All Stars” at the annual employee celebration held on Sept. 6 at Sebasco Harbor Resort. During the event, President…
For those who attend Damariscotta’s esteemed…
Obituary
Michele René “Shelly” Goodkowsky, 65, died Sept. 4, 2023, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick after a seven and a half year long battle with metastatic breast cancer.
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Because the proposed changes to one of Wiscasset’s new cannabis ordinances are…
A Graveside Service will be held for Daren Graves of Boothbay Harbor, who passed away on June 1, 2023, on Friday, Sept. 22 at 9 a.m. at the Maine Veterans Cemetery, 163 Mount Vernon Road, Augusta…
Aug. 2: 10:39 p.m., Route 27, two vehicle accident. Car on side. CLCA handled patient care, EFD controlled traffic, assisted with removal of car, cleared debris. Both vehicles towed.
Aug.…
In conjunction with Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce, First National Bank will be hosting a Business After Hours and 35th Branch Anniversary celebration on Thursday, Sept. 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. at…
Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in August:
Alna: Epstein, Seymour to Shorey, Brandon J. and Shorey, Brianna M; Heffron,…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 296 calls for service for the period of Aug. 29 to Sept. 5. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 7,721 calls for service.
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Frances Baldwin Tarrio, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, died Aug. 31, 2023 at the age of 92.
She was born in Cranston, Rhode Island, and grew up in Norwich,…
The Labor Day tradition “Bands for Books,” the end of summer celebration held to raise funds for Wiscasset Public Library, continued Sept. 4. Monday evening’s event sponsored by Friends of the…
First Congregational Church of Wiscasset was founded 250 years ago on Aug. 6, 1773. As part of the 250th celebration, the church has offered weekly historical snippets about the church. The…
If Alna removes the rocks placed last spring at Pinkham Pond and subsoil gets into the pond, “according to (Maine Department of Environmental Protection), you will have a problem,” roads committee…
Renovations at Wiscasset’s two schools this summer have included new roofing at the middle high school and prep work for an elevator at the elementary school. Together the improvements will cost…
Two new members will enter the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame on Oct. 14. James McCarthy and Ken Waltz have been selected by the MPA’s Hall of Fame Committee and will be inducted during the…
About 65 people marched up Main Street Thursday, Aug. 31 in Wiscasset in remembrance of loved ones lost to overdoses.
The 716 Candles Project was a weeklong series of events throughout…
Obituary
Erica Lynn Emerson, 38, passed away Aug. 28, 2023, at Mass General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Erica was born July 11, 1985, in Boothbay Harbor to Bruce Carver and Linda Reed Carver…
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Alice Christine Minto, born Dec. 10, 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio to Marjorie Lillian (Kuhl) Leach and Kent Winston Leach, died Aug. 13, 2023. Marjorie was a piano teacher and Kent was a college…
The unique character of a community is seen by how it solves its most daunting problems. In the Boothbay region, there’s no more challenging problem than that of hunger. One quarter of all…
Anyone interested in learning more about the health of the Sheepscot River and what Midcoast Conservancy is doing to protect it is invited to join Sheepscot River Manager Melissa Cote and other…
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Perryman Keith Maynard, 66, of Southlake, Texas, devoted husband and father, died peacefully on Dec. 5, 2022 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family when…
Lincoln County Television is celebrating the official end of summer 2023 with two “All New All Local” shows, the first Medomak Valley varsity football live stream, and a weekend marathon of…
MusicFest at Newagen Inn, featuring the Mallett Brothers, has been postponed until Thursday evening, Aug. 31 due to the forecast of rain on Wednesday. Same time (6 p.m.) and situations.
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 264 calls for service for the period of Aug. 22 to Aug. 29. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 7,425 calls for service.
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John Michael Jarrett, age 70, of Boothbay Harbor, passed away peacefully on Aug. 16, 2023. Known by friends as Michael or Mike, he was born on April 13, 1953, to parents John and Anne (Hicks)…
Healthy Lincoln County and the 716 Candles Project are excited to announce that Governor Janet Mills has graciously accepted our invitation to speak at the upcoming International…
Wiscasset planning board
With no public comment received in Monday night’s hearing and a lone typo found, Wiscasset’s planning board sent proposed changes to two cannabis ordinances onto selectmen.
In the four-…
United Way of Mid Coast Maine is inviting the Midcoast community to join them to kickoff their annual fundraising campaign on Sept. 13 and 14. The events will bring the community together to…
The sun has come and gone and come again, and, despite all the rain, the Veggies to Table grow-to-donate farm is in full swing! Carrots, cucumbers, celery, chard, kale, tomatoes, eggplants,…
The deadline for editorial and advertising submissions for the Sept. 7 edition is Friday, Sept. 1 at 4 p.m. The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper staff will be observing Labor Day on Monday,…
AUGUSTA (August 22, 2023)—Single-family existing homes remain in high demand across the state of Maine. Realtors reported a 7.34 percent increase in prices in July 2023 compared to July 2022,…
Despite Alna Second Selectman Steve Graham’s urging otherwise Aug. 24, First Selectman Ed Pentaleri blamed the code…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is hosting a series of gatherings to close out the summer season and support the work of the land trust across the estuary. Join KELT staff, Board, and…
Born and raised in the Midcoast, Jessica Simmons knows what makes Maine a great place to call home. Growing up in East Boothbay, Jessica spent a few years living out of state before inevitably…
Wiscasset Newspaper heard Saturday that a truck struck Red’s Eats deck early that morning. Deb Gagnon, co-owner of the famous business at the corner of Wiscasset’s Water Street and…
Saturday morning, Wiscasset’s Jan Flowers said she and husband Larry had just seen “things we never get to see from the road ... Beautiful, lot of pines, we saw the backs of houses that we’ve…
We are right around the corner from Labor Day and so is the 9th annual Bands for Books hosted by The Friends of Wiscasset Library. The fundraiser is on Monday, Sept. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. at…
One of the highlights of “Preservation Party,” Lincoln County Historical Association’s (LCHA) annual fundraiser dinner, is the auction of cakes by the delightful veteran auctioneer, Kaja Veilleux…
The Westport Island Democrats are again hosting their traditional Labor Day picnic, Monday, Sept. 4, th…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) will host its annual Harvest Dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1, at Jefferson’s Le Barn event center, the restored gambrel-roofed…
More than $100,000 has been distributed from Finding Our Voices to bring safety, freedom, and comfort to Maine women and children survivors of domestic abuse through the group’s Get Out Stay Out…
Healthy Lincoln County’s (HLC) 716 Candles project, with events timed near and on International Overdose Awareness Day, comes to…
Salt ’n Spar
Parishioners of Wiscasset’s First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, are celebrating their 250th anniversary. If you haven’t done so already mark Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 9 and 10…
