You did it! In early August 2021, our board thought we were going to have to close the Boothbay Region Health Center due to a cash flow crunch and a shortfall in donations of $110,000. As we hoped…
News
Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, will hold her regular office hours, Coffee with Chloe, from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday…
Alna planning board
A Route 218 solar project got Alna planning board’s OK Dec. 7 for a business license, and a Portland-based consultant got more to do toward another nod the project needs.
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Obituary
The Rev. Canon Joan Stuart Butler Ford, lifetime visitor to Maine and much loved and highly respected mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and Canon for Communications at St. Paul’s Episcopal…
Obituary
With her husband and daughter at her side, Jean Rosalie Webster passed away peacefully at home on Dec. 9, 2021 from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 82. Jean was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York…
Service notice
Jean R. Webster passed away peacefully on Dec. 9, 2021. A gathering of family and friend will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 14 beginning at 10:30 a.m. with a service of Remembrance to begin at 11:15 a.…
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
A fundraiser luncheon is planned from noon to 2 p.m. Dec. 18 at Wiscasset Community Center, 242 Gardiner Road, to help a Wiscasset couple who lost their home to a fire Dec. 5. Matthew…
Last summer, the labor shortage was so profound, Lincoln County Communications and Sheriff’s Department resorted to advertising vacancies via lawn sign. The communications center is once again…
LincolnHealth reported a record 90 new COVID-19 cases from 636 tests for the week of Nov. 29. The data represents a record positivity rate of 14.2%. Breakthrough cases, those who have been…
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…
Wiscasset selectmen
Essential workers employed from July 1 to Nov. 27 will get one-time stipends of 6.2% of their pay for actual hours worked, Town Manager Dennis Simmons said. So if they made $10,000 for hours…
‘More people are showing up seeking care, and that’s going to continue for a long time’
MaineHealth invited Maine media to a Wednesday morning Zoom news conference to describe a…
Hear ye, hear ye, the following businesses have set their intention to participate in the 2021 Men’s Night shopping event in Boothbay Harbor Dec. 15: Boat House Bistro, Cannery, China By the Sea,…
Christmas came a little early for Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department. Commissioners approved up to $42,000 in unbudgeted equipment expenses. Sheriff Todd Brackett told commissioners Dec. 7, the…
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…
A driving tour of magical light celebrating Maine’s woods and waterways, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ 2021 Gardens Aglow is …
Abden Simmons has announced he will be seeking the Maine Senate District 13 seat. The district includes all towns in Lincoln County, as well as Windsor in Kennebec County and Washington…
LincolnHealth continues to distinguish itself when it comes to patient safety and high quality care.
For the ninth time in 11 years, LincolnHealth was named a Top Rural Hospital by the…
Woolwich selectmen will earmark some of its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) monies to first responders and the town office employees who provided essential services during the outset of the COVID-…
On Nov. 15, Midcoast Conservancy accepted a generous donation of the 51.7 acre Goose River Woodland Preserve in Waldoboro from Luther Black.
Says Black, “This land was given to me for the…
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…
Nov. 3, 12:40 p.m., Route 27 below Eddy Road: Car off road, no injuries. Provided traffic control until car pulled back on roadway.
Nov. 4, 5:13 a.m., Cross Point Road: Medical.
Nov…
We thank you for your support and kind well wishes. We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. We have cleaned and sanitized the office. We are following all CDC guidelines and…
Obituary
Lugracia Sumpter, 92, of Oxbow Lane, Whitefield died Dec. 3, 2021, at her residence.
She was born in Corbin, Kentucky on Aug. 10, 1929, a daughter of Leonard…
Obituary
Stephanie Adele Hicks, beloved daughter of Charles and Diane Hicks, passed away Dec. 5, 2021 at her home in Bath surrounded by friends and family. She had a many years-long struggle with brain…
Lincoln County Republican Committee
Ed Thelander, a retired Navy Seal and candidate for Federal Congressional District CD-1, addressed an energized group of voters at the Montsweag Restaurant on Thursday, Dec. 2. Ed, who lives in…
In accordance to Public Law 103-308 President Joseph Biden issued a proclamation for the American flag to be flown at half-staff on Tuesday, Dec. 7 in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance…
Bishop Robert Deeley has announced two pastor assignments, effective on Jan. 18, 2022.
Fr. Philip A. Tracyhas been appointed pastor of All Saints Parish (St. Charles Borromeo Church in…
Obituary
Thomas A.M. Dekker, 79, peacefully passed away on Nov. 27, 2021.
Tom was a long- time resident of Boothbay Harbor and made a lasting impact on the Boothbay region community as a school bus…
Over and over Dec. 1, Alna selectmen faced more of the same criticism, and some new, for their handling of town business. This time, Second Selectman Linda Kristan also faced past selectman Doug…
Obituary
Alfred Waterlow “Al” Ford, age 87, of Bethesda, Maryland and summer resident of Southport Island, passed away in his Bethesda home on Nov. 26, 2021.
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Woolwich welcomed the Yuletide season with caroling and hosting old Saint Nick at its annual tree lighting ceremony Sunday afternoon. Due to the pandemic this year’s event was held outside rather…
Wiscasset ushered in the Christmas season with Saturday night’s tree lighting on the town common. Close to 200 area residents braved the cold to sing carols and watch the tree light up. Wiscasset…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its COVID-19 vaccination by ZIP code tacker.
With the data update, the Maine CDC continues to urge all individuals in Maine — resident or not — to…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated the estimated COVID-19 vaccination rate of students in each school administrative unit.
With the data release, the Maine CDC continues to urge all…
Obituary
Ruth Elizabeth Robinson 82, formerly of Edgecomb, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on the morning of Nov. 30, 2021
Ruth was born in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, June 14, 1939. Raised…
New England Aqua Ventus met with East Boothbay residents Dec. 2 and 3 over concerns about recent…
Holiday music filled the air, and red and green were the colors of choice Saturday afternoon, Dec. 4 as Wiscasset celebrated Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest. The annual Yuletime event, a…
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…
Wiscasset will find farming out its high school students would not save money, selectmen’s liasion to the Future of Wiscasset Schools Committee, Kim Andersson, predicted Dec. 2.
“I think we…
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…
“Dear Santa … how have you been? Did you have a nice summer? … I have been extra good this year so I have a long list of presents that I want …” So dictated…
As president and co-founder of Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (MLDSE, www.mldse.org), I want to say it's been an…
LincolnHealth reported 79 new cases of COVID-19 from 746 tests for the week of Nov. 15 and 72 new cases from 549 tests for the week of Nov. 22. With a significant dip in tests and modest dip in…
“We’re going to have to do something within this year or we’re not going to have anybody left,” Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen and the budget committee Nov. 30 about…
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…
Inn Along the Way is offering a “Seasonal Conversation Circle” series. The first of three programs, Seasonal Sharing, will be a Zoom event taking place on Sunday, Dec. 12 from 3 to…
Obituary
The Honorable Paul Whitehead Jr., 76, of Westminster-Canterbury in Lynchburg, Virginia, and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, died on Nov. 19, 2021 from complications of Parkinson’s disease.
Paul…
