For 30 years, Nancy Van Dyke has been on a mission from God. Van Dyke, 73, has traveled a combined 13 times to Africa and South America to serve the sick and poor. In Africa, she spent time in the…
News
Mary Elizabeth Stacy, 68, of Wiscasset passed away on June 1, 2019 after a brave battle with illness. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 23 at the Westport Community Church…
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
Volunteers and staff from Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust remove the dock each fall and reinstall it in the spring to provide easy access to the preserve by boat. Coastal Rivers co-manages Dodge…
Lincoln County Courts
Jonathan D. Roberts, 45, of Waban, Massachusetts, facing a charge of manslaughter in the death of Kristen McKellar on Aug. 2, 2018, when his boat allegedly hit McKellar as she swam in Damariscotta…
Lincoln County Courts
Konstantinos Rigas, 31, of Boothbay Harbor is scheduled for a competency exam July 2 to determine if he can stand trial.
Rigas faces a long list of charges…
A memorial service for Bertha M. Melnuk who died December 11, 2018 will be held at…
Wiscasset Airport Advisory Committee
Pilots will soon see reminders around Wiscasset Municipal Airport and online, requesting they avoid flying over Chewonki Campground.
The airport advisory committee on June 19 nodded a flyer…
There was a well-attended farewell for the sloop Providence, which sailed under milky blue skies June 19 toward its new home of Alexandria, Virginia.
A 1976 replica vessel of a…
The sixth annual Olde Bristol Days Vintage Car Show is happy to announce that the 2019 show is moving to The Harbor Room restaurant on Route 130 in New Harbor. The show’s traditional location, on-…
Maine Department of Transportation representatives updated Edgecomb selectmen June 17 on planned projects.
Senior project manager Douglas Coombs presented plans for work on Eddy Road,…
A celebration of life for David Ray Hart, who passed away Dec. 5, 2018, will be on Sunday, June 30 from 1-3 p.m. at Dresden Elementary School, 86 Cedar Grove Rd., Dresden…
The 18” x 24” black and white photographs lining the top of the wall entreat you to step back in time … back to the days when four and five-masted schooners were regular visitors to the Boothbay…
A Wiscasset select board reduced by illness and family matters Tuesday voted to avoid the July 4 week and instead meet July 9 and 23. With members Kim Andersson and Ben Rines Jr. absent…
Lincoln County Commissioners
With Lincoln County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mark Bridgham retiring at the end of the month and Sgt. Aaron Beck resigning to join Boothbay Harbor Police Department, deputies Kevin Dennison and Jared Mitkus…
Friends of Wiscasset Village on June 14 floated the possibility of an “Orange Barrel Festival” to celebrate the construction process. They discussed holding it later this summer when most of the…
Energy, Technology and Utilities Committee
A study that will consider the pros and cons of consolidating Central Maine Power and Emera into a single consumer-owned utility has received approval from the Energy, Utilities and Technology…
Obituary
Gail Marie (Grover) Andretta, 58, of Wiscasset, Maine, passed away while surrounded by loved ones after a long fought battle with lung cancer. She passed on June 11 at 10:58 a.m. in Brunswick,…
Gus Pratt's restaurant, the "Alley," now in the hands of Linekin Bay Holdings, will rise again like a phoenix to become Cozy's Dockside, a Southport Island restaurant with a sensational view…
Gov. Janet Mills has signed the single-use plastic bag ban into state law, after the Senate passed the measure last week. The law takes effect April 22, 2020, Earth Day.
The bill’s sponsor…
Woolwich
The Woolwich Select Board on Monday night unanimously approved new rates for the town’s ambulance service. The increase will bring the town more in line with Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements,…
Alna selectmen
If you don’t live in Wiscasset, Alna, or Westport Island, but you pay property taxes there, should you get to take trash to the Wiscasset transfer station? And should summer populations be figured…
Town meeting
Westport Island voters face a $465,000 question at the annual town meeting Saturday, June 22 at Town Hall, 1217 Main Road. The meeting starts at 9 a.m.
According to the warrant at…
Obituary
Suzanne “Suzi” LaPlaca, 60, of Edgecomb and Boothbay Harbor passed away May 21, 2019 with family by her side.
Per her request, there will be no funeral service. Instead there will be a…
Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Charles Lomonte on June 13 praised the state’s handling of a student’s…
A graveside funeral service for Clark Jones of Wiscasset will be held at Greenlawn Cemetery on Saturday, June 22 at 11 a.m. for family and friends.
A memorial service for Walter H. “Scotty” Scott of Boothbay Harbor, who died April 22, will be held on Saturday, June 29 at 2 p.m. at the Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church, with a reception to…
Boothbay Region Health Center has added Jennie McNeil, FNP to its roster of medical providers. McNeil specializes in treatment for tick-borne disease.
The Rockland native has been seeing…
The 34th annual Charles Begin Memorial Lobster Boat Races were held in Boothbay Harbor Saturday, June 15. Here are some scenes. Results will be published later.
Forty Dresden residents took less than an hour for the annual town meeting Saturday, passing all major fiscal items without objection.
Selectman Allan Moeller Sr. explained an $85,000…
At the 70-year mark, Alna Volunteer Fire Department is doing as well as others in Maine, Fire Chief Mike Trask said.
And like the others, Alna's could use more members, he said.
…
Obituary
Dorothy M. Patton of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, passed away on June 11, 2019.
She was born to Arthur and Virginia (Moore) Blake on Sept. 12, 1930. She attended local schools and graduated from…
Obituary
Frances L. Bredeau, 82, of Boothbay Harbor passed away peacefully on June 11, 2019, atSt. Andre ws Village, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
Frances was the eldest child of Sereno and Frances Brown…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) invites the general public to purchase “A Treat For Two” raffle tickets for a chance to win a Maine excursion and Farm-to-Table meal, to be hosted…
Gary and Joan Spurgat of Edgecomb, Maine, celebrated their golden anniversary and fifty wonderful years together this month. They were united in marriage at the Harvey Memorial Church in Point…
Obituary
Donna L. Lewis, 69, of Boothbay Harbor, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and friends on June 12, 2019.
Donna was born in Damariscotta on May 2, 1950 daughter of Dana F. Davis…
Margaret Hamilton will always be remembered as one of the most frightening witches of all time in the 1939 classic, "The Wizard of Oz." At the annual meeting of the Southport Historical Society…
Wiscasset Town Clerk Linda Perry on June 13 swore in selectmen Jefferson Slack and Katharine Martin-Savage. In a board meeting that followed, Judy Colby and Ben Rines Jr. were the lone…
Alna moved two steps closer June 12 to a possible project with Tidewater Telecom to aid broadband access and internet speed: The two applied on deadline for a ConnectME Authority grant; and voters…
The town of Wiscasset’s July 4th Parade committee has adopted “Yankee Doodle Dandy” as this year’s theme. Want some fun? Google “Yankee Doodle Dandy” original lyrics and see what pops up. Turns…
Alna selectmen
Vandals spray-painted and smashed up the inside of Alna’s former town office, leaving it such a mess it needs cleanup and repainting over profane words and images before the town can try to sell…
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following statement Wednesday, June 12:
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has confirmed a case of…
Wiscasset Middle High School educational technician III Stephan Puff said he hasn't rocked a mullet since maybe elementary school at Children’s School of Arts and Science in Edgecomb. That changed…
Woolwich
The Woolwich Select Board asked EMS Director Brian Carlton on Tuesday night to take monies needed to equip a second ambulance from his 2019-2020 budget. Monies from the town’s contingency…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s (LCDC) monthly meeting is an opportunity to meet members, participate in discussion, hear from political candidates and other speakers with expertise,…
Wiscasset School Committee
Four employees celebrated their retirement before the June 11 Wiscasset school committee meeting. Donna Barnes, art teacher, is retiring after 45 years; Cindy Rines, kitchen and nutrition employee…
Dresden Elections
Gerald Lilly outpolled incumbent Dresden second selectman Dwight Keene 103-76 in elections Tuesday, June 11.
Lilly held the seat from 2013 to 2016 but was defeated by Keene by 11 votes in…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in May:
Alna: Fairservice, Carolyn A., P R, and Jewett, Louise D. Est. to Fairservice…
Katharine Martin-Savage will return to the Wiscasset select board, joined by former selectman Jeff Slack.
Martin-Savage’s vote count was 320; Slack’s, 261 votes, and Kim Dolce’s…
Katharine Martin-Savage and Jefferson Slack were elected to Wiscasset’s board of selectmen Tuesday. Martin-Savage garnered 320 votes, Slack 261, and Kim Dolce, 195.
