Alna had no contests on the ballot for town seats Friday, but more than two dozen write-in votes for Leslie Fossel had incumbent First Selectman Melissa Spinney keeping her seat by 20 votes. The…
News
Scarborough, ME—Hannaford Supermarkets announced today its commitment to donate $250,000 to support area foodbanks that are experiencing increasing and unprecedented demand during the widening of…
Users of the Wiscasset Transfer Station are no longer being asked to separate recyclables from their trash. “Until further notice everything can go into one bag,” said Bob Wolfe, the transfer…
The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to Maine small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the…
Damariscotta and Boothbay Harbor: In response to the latest medical guidance to reduce community spread of COVID-19 in Maine, LincolnHealth has expanded its restriction to visitors on the Miles…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 20, of presumptive positive and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine. Today, there are 44 cases confirmed, 12 presumptive positive…
PORTLAND, Maine – In response to the increased risk of community spread of COVID-19 in Maine, Maine Medical Center (MMC) is limiting visitors to pediatric patients and patients with other special…
Reminds Mainers of what not to flush
Properly functioning sewer systems are extremely important for the protection of public health and to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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CLYNK is a redemption company born out of community. You rely on us to get you back your deposits, and our hardworking employees value your business as it gives them dependable income and basic…
Obituary
Sharon M. Simpson, 74, of Birch Point Road, Wiscasset, died March 17, 2020.
Sharon’s journey home to God and to be with her husband ended after battling a long illness while passing at home…
Rev. Josh Fitterling won’t be all alone in First Congregational Church of Wiscasset when Sunday service gets recorded due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Music minister Linda Adams and a partial choir…
In light of the uncertainty around the Covid-19 crisis, the selectboard of the town of Edgecomb has postponed the town’s annual meeting and election scheduled for May 16. Both will be rescheduled…
Scarborough, Maine —Hannaford Supermarkets announced effective Tuesday, March 24 that its stores will offer dedicated shopping hours for people age 60 and…
Until further notice, the Woolwich Municipal building is closed to the public. The selectboard made the decision Wednesday afternoon, March 18 as a COVID-19 precaution.
Town Administrator…
Emergencies have a way of bringing out the best and worst in people and for those who tend toward the latter, Maine has a price-gouging law to protect consumers.
Under Title 10, MRSA,…
The Maine Delegation wrote to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly today, urging them to take action to protect the health of shipyard employees during the COVID-19…
EMS Director Dennis Simmons got the go ahead from the Wiscasset selectboard March 17 to begin contract negotiations with Dresden for renewing ambulance services. The board met for the first time…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills today pressed the Federal government to provide more Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and testing supplies to the State of Maine, she said, in…
Shaw’s Supermarket will be making two hours available for senior citizens and at-risk community members to do their shopping on select days.
“To help ensure that the most at-risk members…
Help Yourself Shelf at St. Philip’s Church will run from 4:30 to 5:30 each Thursday set up as grab 'n go: Attendees will come to the hall door, check in, and we will put a box of…
Dresden selectmen on March 17 approved a five-point protocol to limit public exposure to COVID-19. The meeting was closed to the public except for the press.
Effective through the end of…
A racoon killed in Woolwich earlier this week by a Sagadahoc Sheriff’s deputy has tested positive for rabies. The Woolwich town office received confirmation from Maine’s Health and Environmental…
Obituary
Jennifer “Jenny” Dalton Long, 55, of Wiscasset passed away suddenly on March 15, 2020.
She was born in Damariscotta on March 31, 1964, daughter of Stanley P. and Delia A. Dalton. She…
PORTLAND---With attention to the guidance from the Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and upon consideration of the size of the usual congregations, Bishop Robert P. Deeley is…
On Monday, Feb. 24, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) received the 2020 Abraham Lincoln Pillar of Excellence Award for Innovative State Programs from the U.S. Department of Veterans…
The memorial service for John Grundy for 10 a.m. Saturday at the St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Wiscasset has been canceled due to the ongoing concern for the well-being of the community at this…
Days of mulling, consulting and planning for Alna’s uncontested elections this Friday and the annual town meeting Saturday have led to a plan for munchies-free voting with other…
The American Red Cross now faces a severe blood shortage due to an unprecedented number of blood drive cancellations in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Healthy individuals are needed now to…
Days into Maine’s state of emergency, social distancing and other novel terms have emerged. Seeing as they’re here for the foreseeable future, Boothbay Register is…
At Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Services, the families we serve are always our top priority. During confusing and concerning times such as the current COVID-19 event, we want to share our plans…
LincolnHealth is suspending elective medical procedures and postponing non-urgent, routine office visits to reduce community spread of coronavirus and redirect its most scarce and important…
Dresden selectmen plan to adopt a coronavirus protocol at their Tuesday, March 17 meeting. Town Administrator Michael Henderson said the town office will…
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Alna this week has gone from possibly moving the Saturday, March 21 town meeting to the fire station bay, to looking instead to a possible special town…
many services can be done online
AUGUSTA — Effective Tuesday, March 17, all Bureau of Motor Vehicles' offices will be closed to the public until further notice to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Maine, according to a…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is taking immediate steps, according to a news release, to ensure access to critical services and benefits for Maine people while…
The River Arts Center Community Drum Circle, held on the second Saturday of each month, is being permanently cancelled.
The River Arts Center's gallery will be moving to downtown…
UPDATE: At noon Tuesday, March 17, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s daily update showed the Lincoln County man’s test results changed from presumptive positive to confirmed,…
Portland, Maine – The nine local health organizations within MaineHealth are suspending elective medical procedures and postponing non-urgent office visits to its practices in response to the…
The Maine Arts Commission, acting for the Maine Bicentennial Commission, informed the town of Westport Island last week that the Westport Island History Committee had been successful in their…
Wiscasset School Department announced plans Monday to provide meals for all students during the shutdown. See Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood’s letter here on how it will work.
Covid-19 concerns caused the Woolwich selectboard to move the April 29 annual town meeting to late May. The board also announced Monday night a precautionary measures at the town office to…
Effective today, March 16, the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper office at 97 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor will be closed to the public until further notice due to the coronavirus outbreak…
Effective Tuesday, March 17, amid what we know to be unprecedented and uncertain times and in the interest of public health, the Boothbay Region YMCA is suspending on-site operations until April 1…
Wiscasset shared this “notice to employees” with local media Monday afternoon. It also contains helpful information for the public on access and operations in light of the global concern of…
Obituary
Edna Nora Soule, 73, of Zephyrhills, Florida, formerly of Wiscasset died Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at Gulfside Hospice in Zephyrhills.
She was born in Sanford on Nov. 2, 1946, a daughter of…
“Big Al” Cohen said Saturday, the only panic buying he has seen remotely close to what the coronavirus has caused was the 1970s gas shortage. “This, to me, is that, multiplied” because it isn’t…
Westport Island selectmen
Westport Island selectmen voted Monday to close the town office to all foot traffic for two weeks, effective immediately. With the decision, they join other area towns adapting their operations…
Obituary
Tom Iampietro, a teacher by avocation and a life-long scholar of the sea, passed away on March 4, 2020 from sudden congestive heart failure. He was 67, and had just moved to Wiscasset in June to…
