Other than their names, Wiscasset’s Shin Bone and Big Foot alleys don’t have much to distinguish themselves. They’re on opposite sides of Main Street linking Water and Middle streets. Both are one…
News
U.S. Coast Guard Northeast recovered the bodies of Arnold “Joe” Nickerson IV, 60, of Arundel and sternman Christopher Pinkham, 44, of Boothbay Harbor Jan. 23 about 45 miles southeast of Portland…
Obituary
Stuart Emery Greenleaf, 83, passed away peacefully on Jan. 22, 2020 at his residence with his loving family by his side.
Born in Boothbay on Oct. 12, 1936, to Elaine and Emery Greenleaf.…
Obituary
Lois “Jerry” Day Mason died peacefully at her home on Westport Island, Maine, Jan. 8, 2020.
Born in Boston on May 4, 1919, Jerry was the daughter of Harold and Cecil Scheibe. She grew up in…
Obituary
Constance H.E. Schumann of Wiscasset passed away peacefully on Oct. 19, 2019 at age 78.
She was born in Toledo, Ohio on Jan. 18, 1941, the only child of James and Margaret Effler.
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Obituary
J. Richard Thomas died on Jan. 19, 2020 from complications of heart disease.
He graduated from Gilman School in 1943 and Princeton University in 1947 and served as an officer in the Marine…
UPDATE: In a phone interview Friday, Wiscasset Police Chief Larry Hesseltine named those hurt when the SUV’s they were driving on Route 1 near Paige Avenue collided with one another about 6:40 p.m…
Obituary
Christine Marie “Tina” Ham, 67, passed away peacefully on Jan. 15, 2020 at her home, surrounded by family, after a courageous battle with progressive…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office will begin a new program called RUOK for people who live alone, or for relatives or friends of a loved one who lives alone, with no one checking on them regularly…
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Camden defense attorney Jeremy Pratt filed a brief for the appeal of Shawna Gatto, 45, currently being held at Maine Correctional Center in Windham, with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Jan.…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen on Jan. 21 heard from several residents concerned about conditions on sidewalks and streets. The residents spoke during public comment.
Dan O’Connell voiced concern over…
Dresden selectmen
At Tuesday’s Dresden selectmen’s meeting, First Selectman Trudy Foss gave her notice of resignation from that and from her health officer post, effective Feb. 29. She is moving across the bridge…
In January 2019, Gov. Mills appointed an experienced hand to guide the Maine Department of Labor. She selected Laura Fortman, 65, of Nobleboro to serve as labor commissioner. And it didn’t take…
Woolwich selectmen
Woolwich selectmen on Tuesday, Jan. 21 granted an easement for Wiscasset Water District to have a small meter building a short distance from the Nequasset Park entrance off George Wright Road.…
Incumbent Alna Road Commissioner Jeff Verney and First Selectman Melissa Spinney are seeking re-election. Both turned in nomination papers, as did Douglas Morier, seeking a three-year term …
A walking and cross-country skiing trail, an idea when Alna was getting its new town office, became real this month. It cost the town nothing, First Selectman Melissa Spinney said.
“It’s…
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 191 calls for service for the period of Jan. 14 to Jan. 21. Year to date, LCSO has responded to…
Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 will hold its annual budget meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 23 in the Boothbay Region Elementary School gymnasium. Voters from Southport, Boothbay Harbor,…
Obituary
Edwin Dexter, age 95, passed away peacefully on the evening of Jan. 19, 2020 at his home in Waldoboro.
Edwin was born on October 7, 1924 in West Haven, Connecticut to the late Joseph H.…
Students from Boothbay Region YMCA Y-Arts won a national Freddie G Excellence in Ensemble Work award and earned other recognition at the 2020 Junior Theater Festival Atlanta, which happened Jan.…
Obituary
Doug Bragg, kind, funny, loved by many and often referred to as “Daddy Doug,” was born on April 30, 1947 and passed peacefully Jan. 16…
Obituary
Mary Lee Brown of Boothbay Harbor died Jan. 10, 2020.
Mary Lee was born in Boothbay Harbor to the late Alice and Judge Hurley on a blustery March day (March 26, 1938). She was active in…
Friends of Wiscasset Village on Jan. 17 discussed plans for a grand opening celebration in late June, after the completion of Maine Department of Transportation’s downtown work and after work to…
Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA has recently announced that their CEO, Meagan Hamblett, has been hired as the executive director for the YMCA Alliances of Maine and NH/VT. Hamblett’s last day at…
The Edgecomb Community Church will be holding a fundraising event in the form of a sub sale Sunday, Feb. 2. Church members will be taking orders for this winter event, which will be replacing one…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Director Duane Goud said he isn’t very good at cornhole. But if needed to make even teams for Winterfest’s new tournament Saturday, Feb. 1, he’ll play.
“I’ve…
Wiscasset Police Department Chief Larry Hesseltine warned the public about a phishing scam that affects local churches.
In November and January, several parishioners from Wiscasset’s First…
Obituary
Dorothy Gray, 89, of Hallowell and formerly of Farmingdale, died Jan. 14, 2020 at the Augusta Health and Rehabilitation Center in Augusta.
She was born in Rumford, Maine on April 1, 1930,…
Obituary
Michael P. Gamache 64, of Lisbon Falls passed away peacefully on Jan. 14, 2020 at Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice House in Auburn.
Born in Lewiston Jan. 15, 1955 to Clarence Leo…
The essential roles that microbes play in deep-sea ecosystems are at risk from the potential environmental impacts of mining, a…
LincolnHealth was pleased to present Waldoboro resident Kathryn Genthner, RN, with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. This award was created in 1999 to recognize those who go above and…
Healthy Lincoln County
Lincoln County Gleaners, just completing their third season, kicked off 2020 at Goranson’s Farm in Dresden Jan. 11 when they collected several boxes of root vegetables from cold storage.
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On Friday, Jan. 3, following a decade of planning and fundraising, the Frances Perkins Center successfully purchased the Frances Perkins Homestead to preserve this National Historic Landmark as an…
In a special town meeting Wednesday evening, Jan. 15 at Pownalborough Hall, Dresden residents voted 27-7 to take $50,000 from surplus to buy 540 Gardiner Road. Marilyn Baker’s property is next…
A unique educational opportunity launches on Jan. 24, when a Maine teacher sets sail for the Southern Ocean as part of a Bigelow…
Alna’s nomination papers for the March town elections are due back by Monday, Jan. 20, Town Clerk Liz Brown said. The town office will be open…
The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) is pleased to announce Sarah Sherman, a native of Midcoast Maine, has…
The food pantry Alna started at its new town office last year has gone from an upstairs closet and upright refrigerator-freezer First Selectman Melissa Spinney and husband Jeff donated, to now…
Wiscasset School Committee
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood said Jan. 14, Maine Education Assessment results for students with disabilities in Wiscasset helped bring the schools up from tier three to tier one…
Boothbay Region Land Trust
At a Boothbay Region Land Trust/Indivisible Boothbay event Friday morning at Southport Town Hall, Dr. Jeff Wells described a dire situation he said climate change has put Maine birds in,…
Corey “Bo Bo” Tibbetts was feelin’ the love at the Break-A-Leg Send Off Party at Brady’s Restaurant Jan. 12. He leaves Thursday, Jan.16 for Nashville to audition Jan. 18 in the open call for “The…
A recent Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 board decision to outsource work formerly done by finance manager Kathleen Pearce created a change in process for Edgecomb, town officials…
Obituary
Toni Hinds, 71, of Washington, Maine, formerly of Wiscasset, died Jan. 10, 2020 at the Washington Manor.
She was born at Gardiner General Hospital on Nov. 15, 1948, a daughter of Cecil and…
Press release
Representative Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, announced her campaign for Senate District 13 on Jan. 13, 2020. Maxmin will challenge Senate Republican Minority Leader Dana Dow. The campaign will…
Obituary
Deborah Holmes Beam, 58, of Edgecomb, Maine passed away peacefully on Jan. 10, 2020, in the loving hands of her family at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine. Her passing comes after a long and…
Wiscasset Planning Board
The Barnhouse Grill, the proposed restaurant and bar in the former Simpson’s Fish Market at 690 Bath Road, Wiscasset, received the planning board’s final approval Jan. 13. In a public hearing, co-…
Obituary
Michael Flanakin Eastwood passed away Jan. 11, 2020 after a long battle with Parkinson ’s disease.
Mike was born on July 2, 1941 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Roy and Mary Grace Flanakin.…
For Jack and Beth McKenna it looks like retirement is going to be busy. The recently retired marine geologist and still working educator have set up a nonprofit introducing kids to the marine…
A longtime Augusta collision center manager who summers on a boat in Boothbay Harbor has bought Pro Body Works in Wiscasset from the Westport Island man who had it its first 37 years. “He will do…
