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…
News
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…
Kaler’s Crab and Lobster House will be reopening for 2021, owners Sam and Maddie Kaler announced unofficially at the end of March. After making the hard decision to close for a year due to the…
Westport Island officials Monday night announced the following details of the 9 a.m. Saturday, April 10 special town meeting set for the town hall…
Alna selectmen
Past Alna town clerk Lisa Arsenault’s hire as interim clerk has avoided a town office shutdown. Third Selectman Charles Culbertson said the board on Monday afternoon named Arsenault to the interim…
State Rep. Jeffery P. Hanley (R - Pittston) is pleased to announce the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) Work Plan for 2021, 2022 and 2023 is available. The estimated value of work in the…
LincolnHealth is pleased to announce the availability of free transportation for those in Lincoln County who have scheduled appointments at the COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic in Boothbay but have no…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 5, 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 5, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 746.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
March 26, 2001 in Edgecomb, Carol Daigneault’s northbound SUV was turning from Route 1 onto Route 27 when the car hit black ice and tipped onto its side, smashing Daigneault’s arm through the…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 4, 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…
No injuries were reported after part of the Wawenock block collapsed Saturday afternoon showering hundreds of bricks onto the Main Street, Wiscasset sidewalk in front of the historic building.…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 3, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 745.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 3, 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…
March 29, members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Pemaquid Chapter tapped Wiscasset Police Chief Larry Hesseltine to raise the Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Flag at the Wiscasset…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 2, 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 2, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 744.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday all Maine residents age 16 and older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine beginning Wednesday, April 7.
The acceleration of Maine’s…
Obituary
Mary A. (Steen) Lewis of Gardiner passed away in Augusta on March 26, 2021 while surrounded by her family.
Mary was born in Bridgton, Maine in 1946 to her…
Obituary
Jeremy F. “Jerry” Grenier Jr., 81, of Litchfield, passed away on March 21, 2021, from complications relating to pneumonia, following a long battle with cancer.
Jerry was born on May 15,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 1, 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…
In a split vote March 30, Alna’s appeals board decided David Buczkowski – who voted in appeals involving Jeff Spinney’s shoreland project – was not “a full member of the board.” Then, the board…
Edgecomb school committee members voted unanimously March 30 to support new warrant items involving the proposed 2021-2022 budget. The amendments on additional local funds and language on…
ROCKLAND — For the second year in a row, the Maine Lobster Festival will not be held because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival’s board of directors announced.
“The Maine Lobster…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, March 31, an additional five COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 743.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 31, 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 selectmen
Wiscasset has one less, six-digit bill to pay. Tuesday night, selectmen were set to consider asking voters in June to, if needed, tap capital reserve for the town’s share of…
Alna First Selectman Melissa Spinney announced Tuesday night, March 30, she was leaving that office and all her town duties Friday, April 2. Her resignation letter to selectmen…
Alna First Selectman Melissa Spinney announced the following in a town email Tuesday, March 30:
“Chris Cooper made his last trip to the food bank yesterday. He has resigned as pantry helper…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, March 30, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 738.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 30, 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…
Salt ’n Spar
Let’s celebrate the waning days of “Women's History Month” to recognize a few Wiscasset ladies for making our community a better place to raise children and call home sweet home.
One that…
Westport Island selectmen Monday night agreed to hold a 9 a.m. Saturday, April 10 town meeting at town hall for voters to consider a local match to a possible ConnectME grant to expand broadband…
LincolnHealth President and Chief Executive Officer James Donovan retired March 30. Donovan came to LincolnHealth, formerly Lincoln Medical Partners, in 2008 from over 20 years of healthcare…
“OK, let’s get measuring!”
With that start from Wiscasset Selectman Sarah Whitfield, ordinance review committee members and other masked walkers spent about a half hour in the whipping wind…
Obituary
Patricia Anne Conley, 85, of Boothbay, passed away on the evening of March 23, 2021 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland.
Pat was a devout Christian who lived her faith. She was born on…
Obituary
Karyl Bannister Conant passed away peacefully on March 18, 2021.
She grew up in Boston, where she later graduated from MassArt with a degree in illustration. Her career as a graphic artist…
Two weeks after a Wiscasset Middle High School staff member tested positive for COVID-19, a WMHS student has received a “probable positive” test result, according to announcements at the school…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 29, 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…
In a special March 25 emergency joint meeting with school officials, Edgecomb selectmen approved two additional warrant questions for the May town meeting referendum election. Selectmen met with…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 28, 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…
In results out Saturday night, Alna picked Linda Kristan over Kyle Levasseur 183-131 for second selectman and Charles Culbertson over Christopher Cooper 174-144 for third selectman. Both seats…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, March 27, an additional five COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 736.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 27, 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…
Banking has changed quite a bit thanks to the internet. But many people still prefer the brick and mortar experience when dealing with their money. However, just because you’re not depositing…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 26, 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…
