LincolnHealth’s Cove’s Edge, which offers skilled rehabilitation and long-term care services, has been recognized as a 2019 Silver – Achievement in Quality Award recipient by the American Health…
News
In May, a project to provide lobstermen with safer lifejackets landed in the Boothbay region. And in July, the Lifejackets for Lobstermen vans returned to Maine, with four August stops planned on…
Sales of single-family existing homes in Maine eased 7.18 percent comparing June 2019 to June 2018, according to Maine Listings. Values, however, increased 5.09 percent over that same time period…
The Lincoln Home is hosting its fourth annual Lobster and More! event Saturday, Aug. 17, at 4 p.m. Dine on delicious Maine lobsters, mouth-watering barbecue chicken, and Maine blueberry desserts…
“That’s going to be cool,” Alton King IV, 13, said about the basketball hoop in the lot of the old Alna town office. Meeting with the Wiscasset Newspaper Friday, he and brothers Elijah, 14,…
Dresden selectmen
Alna Third Selectman Greg Shute met with Dresden Selectmen on Tuesday to see if the two towns might collaborate on trash disposal.
“We want the best possible deal for the citizens of the…
Alna selectmen will seek a different date with their Dresden counterparts to talk trash disposal, according to Alna First Selectman Melissa Spinney. Alna Second Selectman Doug Baston couldn’t come…
On July 16, Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway received a special delivery: two railway cars as part of an exciting partnership with Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum of…
Wiscasset selectmen
The Wiscasset select board will hold a special town meeting to address approximately $11,502 in 2018-19 budget overdrafts rather then cover the overdrafts from $19,636 left in contingency.
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Join us for “National Night Out,” an event that celebrates neighborhood safety and community partnerships with our police department. This event on the town office lawn from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30…
Supporting documents for Tuesday night’s meeting of the Wiscassset Select Board included monthly and year-end summaries from department heads to Town Manager John O’Connell.
EMS Director…
Beer and shades of yesteryear were part of the main event Saturday, July 21 as Boothbay Railway Village hosted Rails, Tails and Ales and the 55th annual Antique Auto Show.
Turnout was a bit…
Obituary
On July 17, 2019, veteran and long-time Boothbay Harbor resident Lee Stout Harris III passed away at the age of 86.
Lee (“Stouty”) was born on Jan. 26, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to…
The wandering spotlight will be lighting up Damariscotta as it moves from Lincoln Theater to the streets around it as movie fans begin arriving for the first MidCoast Film Festival. The excitement…
Before Head Tide Dam gets a new viewing platform that gives the fish more room to get through, workers at the Head Tide Road, Alna site need a place to work in the Sheepscot River.
They…
The Westport Island History Committee met over the weekend, braving the heat and humidity to further plan the History Day open house at Westport Island’s historic Town Hall from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday…
State still looking
Update: The U.S.Coast Guard reported over Twitter Tuesday night, crews have suspended the active search, “pending further developments.” And Wednesday afternoon, Maine Department of Marine…
A good speaker knows his subject. A great speaker turns information into experience, presenting it so memorably it stays with the listener.
On Wednesday, July 17, Pulitzer Prize-winning…
Press release
The Northeast Lumber Manufacturers Association (NeLMA) announced in July that it has given Hammond Lumber Company four awards for outstanding safety performance during 2018 at Hammond’s sawmill…
Lobstermen gathered on the Stonington Commercial Fish Pier to draw greater attention to the issues facing the survival of their industry and the livelihoods of coastal Maine communities.
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Organizers for the first ever “Set for Success” event in Wiscasset held a bake sale fundraiser at Ames True Value Supply on Saturday, July 20.
The Wiscasset “Set for Success” event…
Edgecomb selectmen opened the only bid on Monday evening, July 15 for Engine #4.
Peter Gagnon of Wiscasset submitted the sealed bid of $5,555.55. Selectmen approved the sale. It was…
For the month of August, First National Bank’s Waldoboro, Boothbay and Wiscasset locations are collecting pet food and supplies to support Midcoast Humane.
Midcoast Humane is a non-profit…
First Congregational Church of Wiscasset
On Saturday, July 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Wiscasset Common will come alive with First Congregational Church’s Summerfest. Music by a ragtime band and the Clarinotes will fill the air.…
New stop will be at Circle K
Concord Coach Lines’ service to Wiscasset resumes this Wednesday, July 24, according to a Concord statement Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Chair Jean Beattie shared Saturday…
Summer 2019
“Humidity and me are not friends.”
A sweat bead ran down Wiscasset Transfer Station Superintendent Ron Lear’s right temple Saturday morning as the station opened for a day the…
Due to the extreme heat this weekend, there will be a cooling station open at the Woolwich Town Office on Saturday and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Obituary
Shirley Irene Marden passed away on July 17, 2019, at the age of 91.
Born on Dec. 12, 1927, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Edna (Burns) Marshall of West Forks and Bertrand Marshall of…
Lincoln County Historical Association
Lincoln County Historical Association again offers Summer with the Past, a week-long…
Seafood and pepper jelly were among the offerings at the Boothbay Farmers Market on Thursday, July 18.
Tom and Tracy Penneman of Pemaquid Lobster and Seafood of New Harbor have been market…
Due to the high temperatures forecast for this weekend, the Alna EMA director will be opening a Cooling Shelter at the Alna Fire Station on Saturday from noon until 4 p.m.
Alna residents…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen plan a site walk at Maine Art Gallery on Warren Street at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 23, according to an agenda released Wednesday. The board’s regular session follows at 6 p.m.…
Obituary
Lincoln Morse Furber, 87, died July 16, 2019 at his home on Southport Island, Maine.
He was born Sept. 28, 1931, in Quincy, Massachusetts and grew up in neighboring Milton, attending Milton…
Wiscasset resident Rev. Gregory Foster has recently received an appointment as pastor of the Waldoboro United Methodist Church where he has been serving as an interim pastor since last September…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with The Land Institute, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), and Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture…
Lincoln County Commissioners
The Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency has developed and signed a memorandum of understanding with Newcastle landowner Matthew Weaver for the use of his Hunt Hill Road property.…
A lovely Frozen festival is planned for Aug. 3 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Damariscotta Baptist Church. At this stage we have word that Queen Elsa, Princess Anna and another princess are going to…
Alna selectmen
Alna will likely stay with Wiscasset on waste this year and look at possibly cheaper options, Alna First Selectman Melissa Spinney said.
"It looks like we will be signing (the…
Karl’s Kids will host a dance party as its first Lincoln County fundraiser on Friday, July 26 at the Lakeside Barn in Duck Puddle Campground in Nobleboro. Local dance instructor, Steve Hand, will…
Boothbay Railway Village
During the 55th anniversary of Antique Auto Days on July 20 and 21, drivers, their passengers and all visitors to The Village will have close-up views of over one hundred visiting classic, vintage…
Obituary
Christine June Gudroe, 94, of Topsham, Maine, formerly of Old Bath Road, Wiscasset, Maine, passed away July 15, 2019 with her family at her side.
She was born in Sheepscot, Maine on June 6…
The annual Rotary Auction is fast approaching and there are some exciting improvements this year. There will be a new set up which will create a midway, allowing better access to all the tents…
Maine lobstermen have found an ally in their battle against new federal regulations designed to protect the endangered Atlantic right whale. Maine Gov. Janet Mills called a National Oceanic and…
Obituary
Marie Borroff, distinguished scholar, poet, translator and teacher of English literature, and one of the pioneering women at Yale University, died at her Branford, Connecticut, home on July…
Woolwich is looking for volunteers to draft a marijuana ordinance for voters to consider. The select board agreed to form the five-member committee following a workshop with the planning board…
Mm—mmm: tasty treats await one and all at Ames Supply on Saturday, July 20, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., where Feed Our Scholars (FOS) is holding its…
The summer season at Lincoln County Historical Association’s Chapman-Hall House got a great kickoff with a Father's Day demonstration of traditional blacksmithing methods by Jeff Miller that…
Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission
On July 11, the Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission approved a sign for a new business at 52 Water St., but three other certificates of appropriateness were tabled when the owner or a…
The Homeward Bound Hospice Choir arrived at Apifera Farm in Bremen and presented the farm animals with a special concert. Apifera Farm is a non-profit organization with a mission of sheltering and…
Plans are underway for the sixth annual Bands for Books. It’s held in September to raise money for Wiscasset Public Library. Friends of the Library is organizing the event for Sept. 2, Labor Day,…
