The Maine Department of Transportation has announced its work plan for the next three years. The plan includes all capital projects and programs, maintenance and operations activities, planning…
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A memorial graveside service for Michael D. Pinkham Sr. of Wiscasset is planned for Wednesday, April 28 at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Dresden at 1 p.m. for all who wish to attend, as well as a…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 14, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 757.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 14, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
“They came and listened to what we had to say. Now we have to wait and see what they decide.” That’s how David King Sr., chairman of the Woolwich select board, summed up a 90-minute meeting with…
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood has issued the following letter addressed to staff, students and families:
“This letter is to inform you that another student has tested…
Wiscasset Ordinance Review Committee
“Well, we missed it, didn’t we?”
Opening the Wiscasset ordinance review committee meeting on Zoom Monday night, Chair Karl Olson was referring to the April 3 fall of hundreds of a building’…
The LincolnHealth vaccine clinic at Boothbay Region YMCA was at its busiest the week of April 4: 1,300 new doses and 891 second doses of Moderna vaccine and 15 doses of Johnson and Johnson single-…
AUGUSTA — On Monday, Senator Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, introduced LD 231, “An Act To Establish Open Primaries,” which would allow unenrolled voters, also known as independents, to vote in either…
NAMI Maine, a statewide nonprofit organization providing education, support, and advocacy for people living with mental illness and their families, is seeking volunteers interested in being…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 13, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Wiscasset has released the names voters will choose from in town elections June 8. For two selectmen’s seats, each with a two-year term,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 13, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 753.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
Wiscasset planning board
Nouria Energy’s car wash in Wiscasset will grow 520 square feet, and Planning Board Chair Karl Olson said he is looking forward to a cup of coffee at Steamed Beans Coffee Emporium downtown. Monday…
Stephanie Noyes McSherry, founder of Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat & Educational Consulting, has been working with residents at The Lincoln Home helping them engage in writing and sharing…
Sheepscot Valley Children’s House (SVCH) in Wiscasset will hold its first ever online May Festival Auction starting April 15 at noon. Bidding will remain open until noon May 15 at…
Obituary
June-Lee Dunton Beane passed away peacefully on April 8, 2021 surrounded by her loving family.
June was born Nov. 29, 1937 to Earle (Junie) and Leona (Lee) Dunton in South Portland, Maine.…
Obituary
Joan M. Legg, 82, of Bradford Road, Wiscasset, died April 9, 2021 at Brentwood Center in Yarmouth, Maine.
She was born in Wiscasset, Maine on March 12, 1939, the daughter of A. Raymond and…
Obituary
Bob Newton, 74, of Boothbay, Maine passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on April 8, 2021.
He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the third of seven children, to Robert and…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 12, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 751.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 12, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
A week after part of the outer wall collapsed, a construction team has been assessing damage to the Wawenock Block, a fixture of Wiscasset’s Main Street for more than a century. No one was injured…
Obituary
Mary Linda Rapelye passed away April 5, 2021 with her brother Gardiner Rapelye Jr. and dear friends Julianna and Will Anderson by her side. She bravely fought a form of cancer. She was 76 years…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 11, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Westport Island
Under a sunny sky for Saturday’s special town meeting, Westport Island voters agreed 79-1 to seek a ConnectME broadband infrastructure grant. Residents stood outside town hall for the vote that…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 10, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Obituary
Mrs. Audrey F. (Furbush) Catassi, 73, of Boothbay passed away unexpectedly on April 4, 2021 at home.
Audrey was born Aug. 26, 1947 in Waterville, daughter of the late Maynard J. Furbush…
The Maine State Ferry Service's newest vessel, Capt. Richard G. Spear, slid down the ways at Washburn & Doughty Shipyard in East Boothbay and into the Damariscotta River Friday morning…
Lincoln County Commissioners approved Tara Doe April 8 as the new 9-1-1 communications director. She replaces Tom Nelson who resigned March 2 after 2.5 years in the job. Doe has worked as an…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 9, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 750.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 9, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Thanks to $700,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 can avoid a “pretty significant” staff cut, Superintendent of Schools Howard Tuttle told the district’s board…
Edgecomb has not had a property revaluation in 17 years, and it doesn’t look there will be one anytime soon. Selectmen discussed the timetable April 6, but their tax assessor isn’t available for…
Obituary
On Monday, March 29, 2021, our father Shawn Pitcher passed away unexpectedly.
Shawn Robert Pitcher was born on April 18, 1970 in Greenwich, Connecticut to Martha and Steve Pitcher. Shawn…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 8, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 748.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 8, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Residency was a heated topic in Alna when the town wrestled with school choice costs and, in 2018, with its school district’s OK, ended the publicly funded private school option for K-8 school…
The Maine Legislature is back to work and enacted a biennial budget last month. State Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, discussed the $8.4 billion biennial budget details on April 6 with the Edgecomb…
Following a thorough investigation by Officer Scott Getchell, Evelyn Underwood, 24, of Bath was charged April 3 with Operating Under the…
Obituary
Tracy Ann (Stockwell) Hickey, 56, of Franklin, Massachusetts died peacefully April 5, 2021 at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston. She was the wife of James F. Hickey for the past 29 years.…
Obituary
Mary E. Cowley, 84, of Wakefield, Rhode Island passed away peacefully on the morning of April 6, 2021 with her family at her side. After a sudden decline, and always a woman of remarkable strength…
For years, hybrid and electric vehicles have been a “green” transportation option. But Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett has found another green purpose for alternative-fueled vehicles – a “…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset Art Walk can hang banners on Main Street railings and, on Middle Street, have bistro tables and possible performances, selectmen decided 4-0 Tuesday night, April 6. Making the requests,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 7, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 7, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 747.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
The Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC) is partnering with the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency (LCEMA) to update the Lincoln County Hazard Mitigation Plan. They are…
Funding from three project partners in the past two weeks brings Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust close to the finish line in their campaign to permanently conserve Chapman Field and Forest, a 32…
Georgetown resident and physician Dr. Nananda Col spoke to a Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) session of over 50 people April 1 on ticks and tick-borne diseases. Col became a member of a group…
Woolwich selectmen
The Woolwich select board on Monday declined Bath Area Food Bank’s request to increase the town’s 2021-22 contributions from $1,000 to $1,500. In the request, food bank officials stated their…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 6, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
