Les Fossel sees Jon Luoma’s new watercolor aerial scene of Alna Meetinghouse as iconic to the town, just like the meetinghouse is, Fossel said. “So the people of Alna should be able to see it,” he…
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Wiscasset ordinance review committee
In about two weeks, a draft marijuana ordinance could be ready to send Wiscasset selectmen for a first look.
“It’s not a finished product, but it could be,” Ordinance Review Committee Vice…
The Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat is thrilled and grateful to receive a donation from First National Bank. One of the most important things we can do to support our community is to provide…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
Press release
The Alna General Store is slated to change hands this summer. After five years of ownership, Ken and Jane Solorzano are welcoming a new partnership to…
A graveside service will be held for Evelyn Hyson, who passed away on April 6, 2022. Her service will be held at the Lewis Cemetery, Kimballtown Road, in Trevett (Barters Island)…
Democratic primary candidates for Maine Senate District 13 (SD13) will participate in a forum hosted by the Lincoln County Democratic Committee on Tuesday, April 26 at 6 p.m. at Great…
Obituary
Susan Stevens Gelarden, 80, a wife, mother, grandmother, and faithful friend who said she escaped Maine as a teenager and spent years trying to return, died April 24 following a long grueling…
Boothbay
The fire at Christine Sproul's house, 40 Sproul Lane, Boothbay on Friday afternoon, April 22, reignited early Saturday morning and destroyed the house. Firefighters were able to save the nearby…
On April 14, the members of Lincoln Lodge #3 in Wiscasset were proud to present a check of $1,500 to Erin Bean, chief of Wiscasset Ambulance Service, to help it buy new automated electronic…
Healthy Lincoln County
On Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office along with the police departments of Boothbay Harbor, Damariscotta, Waldoboro, and Wiscasset will host the semi-…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
The region’s fire departments responded to a fire at the Sproul residence at 40 Sproul Lane off Barters Island Road at about 3:50 p.m. Friday.
The resident was reportedly able to get out of…
Obituary
Kenneth P. Chaney, 102, passed away on April 18, 2022, at the Maine Veterans’ Homes in Augusta, where he had been cared for since September 2016. Born on Nov. 15, 1919, in Bath, Maine,…
Wiscasset selectmen
Hours after Wiscasset selectmen got proposed changes to Maine Art Gallery’s would-be 20-year lease of the former Wiscasset Academy, the board put off voting on it. Some members said they needed…
Work on Alna’s Cross Road has started. Ditching and grading began April 20, First Selectman Ed Pentaleri said that night. Plans called for a new culvert to arrive April 21 at the Golden Ridge Road…
Along with twice monthly suppers, Wiscasset Senior Center at the community center is now offering lunches on the first and third Thursdays of the month. Menus appear on Wiscasset Parks and…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
The coronavirus pandemic changed the world in many ways. Traditional public gatherings were one casualty. On May 13, Edgecomb selectmen will renew a recent tradition of inviting sixth graders to…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
Obituary
Elizabeth H. Morgner, 94, of Phipps Point Road, Woolwich died April 18, 2022, at Winship Green in Bath.
She was born in Garfield, New Jersey…
Local residents and businesses are encouraged to plan now for the May 20 Shredding on Site event sponsored by the Chapman-Hall House stewardship committee and Bath Savings Bank.
Now that…
A year-long survey of Lincoln County “hot spots” for high automobile accidents and crime has identified Boothbay as one of three highly impacted areas. Retired Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Mark…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
This service was postponed April 20 and the family will announce when it will be scheduled. A celebration of life service for Mary Lee Abbott will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 22 at Hall…
Wiscasset’s June 14 town election will have contested races for the select board and school committee. No nomination papers were taken out for budget committee.
Turning in nomination papers…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit’s would-be 2022-23 budget is lighter than in February, and is onto its next step: The district budget meeting, where residents vote on cost centers, is at 6:…
Obituary
Mary Lee Abbott passed away at the Sussman House on April 16, 2022 at the age 80. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents Freeman Hodgdon and Hazel Hayden on January 20, 1942.
Lee…
Announcement
The southern intersection of George Wright Road and Route 1, in Woolwich, will be closed to all traffic starting April 28 at 8 a.m. and will continue…
On April 18, 1775, the Battle of Lexington and Concord became known as the “Shot Heard Around the World” and ignited the American Revolutionary War; 247 years later, Maine and Massachusetts…
Obituary
Judy Carolyn (Williams) Richardson, 79, of Caldwell, Texas, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend, passed away April 13, 2022.
Judy was born in Caldwell on Jan. 30, 1943, to…
Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat representing Maine’s 1st District, will deliver the keynote address at the Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s (LCDC) biennial Frances Perkins Award Celebration…
Sheepscot Valley Chorus
Sheepscot Valley Chorus is delighted to announce the winners of our 2022 Student Music Awards are Evan Strong from Wiscasset High School and Emerson Harris from Boothbay Region High School, and…
A memorial service in memory of Shirley Campbell, who passed away on Nov. 15, 2021, will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 2, at Barters Island Baptist Church, 475 Barters Island Road in Trevett. …
Hundreds of kids gathered under an overcast sky, eagerly waiting for the Wiscasset Easter Egg Hunt to start on April 16. “This is the 23rd year we’ve held the Easter egg hunt; 2020 was the only…
Coastal Rivers is seeking volunteers for two annual citizen science initiatives. One involves monitoring water quality in the Damariscotta River estuary, while the other collects data on horseshoe…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
School committee
Spending is eyed to be up for 2022-23 at Wiscasset School Department, but taxpayers’ education tab is not. Finance Manager Cathy Coffey told the school committee April 14, to keep the local…
Update from Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: At 8:30 a.m., the Lincoln County 911 Center received a call for a crash involving a school bus striking a tree on the East Side Road in the town of…
Most years, the Edgecomb select board and school committee totally agree on town meeting warrant articles on local education; 2022 isn’t one of them. The two agree on total education spending for…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
Obituary
"Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time." –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"To the…
Finding Our Voices, the grassroots nonprofit organization marshaling survivor voices to break the silence of domestic abuse, has been awarded $10,000 by the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation.
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Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset’s June ballot will have no White’s Island questions. Selectmen’s Chair Sarah Whitfeld announced April 12, at a budget meeting and ahead of it on Facebook,…
Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen April 12, he is “pressing really hard” about Old Ferry Road’s importance, as he seeks help from Maine’s Congressional delegation for a stream…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
Shore Hills Campground will provide shuttle service to and from Brady's, 25 Union Street, Boothbay Harbor on Friday, April 15, for the Celebration of Life for Eddie Tibbetts. The Congregational…
On March 10, Burke’s Island Farm welcomed six new friends – all donkeys – who needed rehabilitation toward finding a second purpose in life. The project is called “Charlie and Friends Second…
The Maine Art Gallery is happy to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the Davis Family Foundation for restorative work on the 1807 “Old Academy Building” at 15 Warren St. in Wiscasset…
This spring, Bath Savings is celebrating its 170th anniversary. Incorporated by the Maine legislature on April 19, 1852, Bath Savings is proud to still be a Maine-based mutual organization,…
