The Wiscasset School Committee on Tuesday welcomed Dane Dwyer as a fifth grade teacher. And Superintendent Terry Wood said Kenneth Spinney II will start as special education director Oct. 15.…
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Justice Daniel Billings on Sept. 17 denied Wiscasset School Department’s motion to vacate an arbitration award to teachers over…

Chairman Jack Sarmanian informed fellow Edgecomb selectmen Oct. 7, the state has increased the value of property in the town to $230,150,000, a $12 million increase over the previous year’s…

Woolwich’s select board and road commissioner want to do away with a bridge and move George Wright Road’s south intersection as part of a salt marsh restoration project.
They shared their…

In the fourth presentation of the Bicentennial Lecture Series sponsored by Lincoln County Historical Association and Old Fort Western, living historians Mike Dekker and Mark Rohman will describe…
The Westport Island Comprehensive Planning Committee held a second public hearing on the proposed comprehensive plan Oct. 3 at the Town Hall. This hearing was occasioned by the need to…
The deadline for submissions for the Oct. 17 edition is 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 11.
The Boothbay Register office will be…

David R. Emery of Nashville, Tennsesse and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, husband, father, son, brother, sailor, entrepreneur, real-estate developer, and Chairman Emeritus of Healthcare Realty Trust,…
Atlantic Captains Academy will be conducting a course for those interested in obtaining their U.S Coast Guard Captain’s License at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine on Thursday evening Oct…

Carl Asa Russell Jr. died peacefully at home of complications from cancer on Oct. 3, 2019 in Cumberland Foreside, Maine.
He was born on Aug. 18, 1936, the son of Carl Asa Russell and Ruth…

In Wiscasset harbor Saturday morning, the Wiscasset Newspaper found Terry Ashton, 44, of Wiscasset and Boothbay doing what he’s been doing since he was 11: Going fishing for lobster.
He…
The Central Lincoln County YMCA Teen Leaders’ Club raised money at a car wash Sunday for students to attend a Nov. 1-3 regional rally at the YMCA camp at Greenkill, New York. The rally…

“We’re here to survey this room. Dave and I will do our best. Continue to eat and drink, as you please. We’ll try not to be in your way.”
With that deadpan explanation in a room filled with…

The Community Center welcomes author and biographer Fred Kaplan on Monday, Oct. 21 at 1 p.m. Kaplan, of Boothbay, is the author of well known biographies on Abraham Lincoln, Henry James, Mark…

Cheney Insurance and the American Red Cross are hosting a blood drive Tuesday, Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Red Cross Mobile unit will be on site at Cheney Insurance, 277 Main Street,…
Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission on Oct. 3 approved an after the fact change to a certificate of appropriateness at 12 Fore St., where a new parking area was added after the owners…

Paul Alfonso Riemann, a Boothbay resident since 2001, died peacefully in the company of his family on Aug. 31, 2019 at the age of 85.
He was married to Joy Reber Riemann, having recently…

Alna keeps getting offers for solar power. And everyone is getting an offer to welcome all the changes at Head Tide Dam. The dedication is 11 a.m. Halloween, rain or shine, and open to the public…

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s (LCDC) next meeting is Thursday, Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Fire Station, 86 River Rd., Newcastle. This month we’ll meet Jon Treacy…

University of Maine Semester by the Sea students from the Darling Marine Center ran the touch tank Sept. 29 at the Pemaquid Oyster Festival.
The Pemaquid Oyster Company and Schooner Landing…

Paul Cappers, author of “Better at 71” will talk about his book at St. Andrews Village on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m.
In “Better at 71,” Cappers explores…

The Boothbay YMCA and the CLC YMCA have teamed up with the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens to present a moving production of “Alice in Wonderland.” Audiences will follow the Alice as she chases…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Director Lisa Thompson has submitted her letter of resignation, dated Sept. 30, which was announced at Tuesday’s selectmen’s meeting. According to the letter, her…
Dresden selectmen voted Tuesday to join Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department through the Community Partnership Program.
The membership will qualify Dresden residents for…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Director Lisa Thompson is resigning effective Oct. 19. Town Manager John O’Connell said Tuesday night, Thompson has taken a job in North Yarmouth near her home.…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in September:
Alna: Ayers, Kenneth W. Tr. and Ayers Family Trust to Edmonston, Robert…
CodeRED, a text-based program to alert Lincoln County residents to emergencies and other critical alerts, is now live, Emergency Management Agency Director Casey Stevens told commissioners…

The Boothbay Region YMCA recently received a wonderful gift of six indoor cycling bikes for our healthy living program from the Boothbay Harbor Country Club. They are top of the line LifeFitness…
The following are closed cases for the Lincoln County Courts, for September. All information was provided by the Clerk of Court. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges…

Wiscasset Middle High School’s homecoming had fireworks and strong attendance, according to technology coordinator and student council advisor Deb Pooler. “We had the largest turnout for the…

Team members at the Lincoln Medical Partners Family Medicine Wiscasset office and their patients have been reaping the benefits of its new raised-bed gardens.
This marks the first year for…
The Edgecomb Community Church will be holding a fundraising event in the form of a sub sale Saturday, Oct. 19. Church members will be taking orders for this fall event, which will be replacing one…

New Hope For Women’s (NHFW) annual Glow Purple Campaign lights up Oct. 1 through 31 in observation of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Why hang a strand or two of purple lights or light…

Although Edgecomb has plenty of fishing areas, the best place to find fish Oct. 12 will be its fire station at 473 Boothbay Road.
That’s when the members of the fire department auxiliary…
Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library Second Hand Prose Used Book Room will hold their second annual half price sale on all adult books Fri., Oct. 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sat., Oct. 19, 10 a.m…

Thomas Finley Newcomb, M.D. died in hospice Sept. 23, 2019 at the Duke Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, North Carolina.
Thomas was born June 22, 1927 in Buffalo and grew-up in Pittsburgh…

The Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor will hold a hurricane relief fund dinner on Monday, Oct. 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The island of Abaco and surrounding Cays in the northern…

Until a February day her senior year at Wiscasset Middle High School, Lindsey Gordon had only been on commercial flights and her great-grandfather Al Rainville’s helicopter he used to land on her…

On a bright red leash that set off her black Scottie coat, Tom Cramer’s and husband Ron Sanchez’s Maggie stood by her seated owners at a blessing of the animals-themed Sunday morning service of…

Roger Rene Lajoie, 73, of Boothbay Harbor, died Sept. 25, 2019, at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick, surrounded by his family.
Born in Lewiston on April 26, 1946, he was the son of Charles E…

Michael Sapanara can keep a secret.
For other riders, Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum’s fall festival Saturday, Sept. 28 was a beautiful day to pick a pumpkin, bob for…
The Schooner Bowdoin, flagship for Maine Maritime Academy, made a two-day visit to Boothbay Harbor…

Shanon W. Cotta of Alna, Maine was recently promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel at Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ), Maine Army National Guard. Cotta is assigned as the garrison commander at…
Boothbay Harbor is one of few ports the Nao Santa María has graced since its voyage in the Great Lakes. When the replica ship landed at Pier 1 the afternoon of Sept. 24, dozens…

Maine roots run deep with Susan Peterson and when her corporate position afforded her the ability to work virtually from anywhere in the country, beautiful mid-coast Maine was a simple choice.…

The art of Wiscasset Middle High School students was featured Thursday night, Sept. 26 at the final Wiscasset Art Walk of the year. The students’ work was displayed alongside a colorful community…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Yesterday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s (D-Maine) bill, …
October is National Cyber Security Month and there are three keys to staying safe online: Own it, Secure it, and Protect it. The “it” is your digital profile – the personal things about yourself…