Norman E. Legg, 86, of Bradford Road, Wiscasset died peacefully April 21, 2023, at Miles Memorial in Damariscotta, with his son and daughter by his side.
He…
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Wiscasset selectmen
How to charge vendors at Wiscasset’s town-owned piers? Selectmen decided April 18.
Resident James Kochan took issue with the proposal to…
Wiscasset’s planning board Monday night approved a pharmacy that will serve Wiscasset Family Health at 35 Water St.
According to a letter from Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission’s…
On April 18, Ted Hugger said good-bye to the community he called home for the past decade. Hugger resigned after serving seven years as a selectman. Last year, he sold Cod Cove Inn and searched…
Westport Island officials Monday night said they would like to hear from any townspeople who would like to help with a possible expanded task for the broadband committee: Exploring how to use…
The Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) will be hosting an Emergency Preparedness Fair in Conjunction with CLC YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day at the Central Lincoln County YMCA on Saturday,…
Veggies to Table has kicked off our fifth season of growing and donating organic produce and flowers to those in need of food and joy in the community. We are excited to introduce our 2023 crew.…
Characters of the County
Lynn Gilley Martin is passionate about the process of transition. Whether from chaos to clarity, problem to solution, illness to health, or life to death, Martin is dedicated to…
A graveside service for Bernard G. Koehling III, 64, who died Nov. 15, 2022, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 6 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wiscasset. Arrangements are by Daigle Funeral Home,…
Alna selectmen
Does a board member taking part remotely pay as much attention as those meeting in person? Some fellow Alna residents raised the issue April 20 as selectmen loosened a policy that sprang from the…
With the return of the Fishermen’s Forum in person this year, the Maine State Aquarium was invited to attend, bringing our new mobile touch tank. The Sea Bus was…
Woolwich selectmen on April 20 finalized the warrant for the May 17 annual town meeting. Voters will have a choice of ambulance providers, and consider an article for providing broadband services…
Lincoln County is adding two new police cruisers to its fleet by buying them right off the lot. On April 18, Chief Deputy Rand Maker told commissioners the department is still waiting on delivery…
Obituary
Barbara A. Paquette, 87, of Boothbay Harbor passed away on April 12, 2023.
The daughter of John and Anne (Lydon) Connolly, she was born in Portland, Maine on Nov. 18, 1935. She grew up in…
Track and field
Boothbay/Wiscasset boys’ track and field team participated in a Mountain Valley Conference meet in Lisbon April 18. Kayden Ames was the team’s top performer by winning the discus and finishing…
Track and field
Boothbay/Wiscasset girls’ track and field team competed in the Mountain Valley Conference meet in Lisbon April 18. Rose Campbell was the team’s top performer with a first place in discus, and a…
Obituary
James J. Bruce of Alna, Maine and Largo, Florida, passed away peacefully at Wright’s Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Seminole, Florida, on April 14, 2023 at the age of 79. He was born in…
Interest rates and lower-than-normal inventory led to a single-family existing home sales decline of 16.78 percent in March. According to Maine Listings, 858 homes changed hands last month,…
February brought an end to emergency supplemental benefits created in 2020 for food, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. With this, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments…
Recognizing and answering the challenge of Lincoln County’s housing needs was the subject of the annual meeting of the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC). The Tuesday night, April…
Central Maine Power informed the newspaper this afternoon that it needs to transfer power lines from an old utility pole to a newly installed pole on Union Street near Brady’s restaurant tomorrow…
Spring is in the air, and that means garden time! Organic perennials from Rebel Hill Farm can help create inviting habitat for the natural community on homeowners’ land. Gardeners can come by…
First National Bank has made recent donations totaling $25,000 to organizations fighting food insecurity including 30 food pantries in the bank’s market area. “First National Bank is grateful for…
Suspect held at Wiscasset jail; State Police continue investigation of multiple shootings in Bowdoin and Yarmouth
Update, 3:30 p.m., April 19: In a 3:30 p.m. news release from the Maine Dept. of Public Safety, the identities of the murder victims and those injured by gunshot on I-295 were provided,…
One contest has shaped up in Wiscasset’s town elections. Town Clerk Linda Perry said the following candidates returned nomination papers for the June 13 elections. The papers were due back at the…
The Department of Marine Resources’ Maine Coastal Program (MCP) and the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Municipal Planning Assistance Program (MPAP) are each seeking…
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival announced April 17 that it is expanding its Sea Goddess…
A graveside service will be held for Ronald Herbert Clifford, who passed away on Jan. 17, 2023, at Evergreen Cemetery in Boothbay on Saturday, April 29 at 1 p.m., with Pastor Al Roberts…
Obituary
Our dearest bandana loving, sunglass sporting Cameron George Jones passed away on April 12, 2023, from complications of Guillain-Barre syndrome. He had no intention of leaving this earth so soon.…
Westport Island selectmen
Maine Department of Transportation was set to return Tuesday, April 18 to the Westport Island-Woolwich bridge that…
Obituary
Katharine Kimball (Grant) Martin-Savage, 80, of Wiscasset, passed away peacefully on April 10, 2023.
She was born on July 6, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. Katharine was…
Do you have any unused, unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs lying around the house or taking up room in your medicine cabinet? If so, this Saturday is your…
Two members of the Lincoln County Search and Rescue team hope their current mission is not their last. Capt. Don Gleason of Dresden and Lt. Dan MacWalters of Damariscotta told…
Obituary
Larry Edward Pinkham, 83, of Boothbay died April 8, 2023 at the Hawthorne House in Freeport.
He was born at home in Boothbay Harbor Nov. 17, 1938, son of Gerald Edward Pinkham and Hazel…
Marcia Richardson, who has dedicated her energies to St. Philip’s Church in Wiscasset, is retiring after 25 years as its Deacon. Richardson, wife, mother of five, and retired substance abuse…
Edgecomb has two new selectmen. During an April 15 special election, Frances Mague and Lyndyn Norgang won respective races with 46 residents casting referendum ballots. Residents also approved one…
Obituary
Gregory Lester Knapp, age 74, of Boothbay Harbor passed away surrounded by the love of his family and friends on April 13, 2023. Greg battled diligently against acute myeloblastic leukemia for the…
Death notice
Cameron Jones of Boothbay passed away on April 12, 2023.
A full obituary will be published when available. Hall’s of Boothbay has care of the arrangements.
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Ahoy Windjammer Days (WJD) fans! The 61st event, to be held June 25 - July 1, is but two months away and those Friends of Windjammer Days have been wicked busy!
FWJD board member Pete…
Salt ’n Spar
“Being bissextile, or Leap-Year, and the Thirty-sixth of Independence of America. Fitted to the Town of BOSTON, but will ſerve for any of the adjourning states. Containing, beſides…
Incredible gardens in four Lincoln County villages will be open to visitors over two days this summer. “The Gardens of Lincoln County,” hosted by Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA),…
Alna’s new general assistance administrator is the man who has done the work as, until recently, a selectman. In January, after deciding not to run to stay on the board, Charles Culbertson told…
The April 26 meeting of the Lincoln County Republican Committee will be held at the Jefferson Fire House, 204 Waldoboro Road, Jefferson. All registered Republicans in Lincoln County are invited to…
Wiscasset school committee
Asked if she has ever been around Wiscasset before she applied for Wiscasset Elementary School’s principal job, Amy Bayha said in an email interview April 13, her first visit was the night after…
LincolnHealth volunteer Sandy Flint loves watching a patient’s eyes light up when he asks: “Would you like to have a visit with Simon the therapy dog today?”
Simon is one of several four-…
Frederick “Fritz” Freudenberger joined the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper staff this week as a full-time reporter, according to editor Kevin Burnham.
Freudenberger’s coverage area…
Obituary
Viola Elaine (Abbott) Hoch, 79, of Waldoboro, passed away peacefully at her home with her family by her side on April 7, 2023.
Viola was born on May 14, 1943, to Merritt Abbott and Helmi…
Obituary
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and dear friend to many, Mary Ann Cottrell, passed away in Dover, New Hampshire on April 7, 2023.
Mary Ann was born Aug. 13, 1931, in…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens aspires for all people to have the opportunity to engage meaningfully with the natural world. Their Gardens for All program is an effort to make the…
