A Lincoln County grand jury indicted Matthew Plummer, 36, of Wiscasset May 15, charging him in connection with an eight-hour police standoff Dec. 14-15, 2018 at his apartment on Heritage Lane…
News
Heading “up to camp” and putting everything back in order after a long winter, like getting your boat ready for a new season, can feel like a chore. Things that worked in the fall may not be in…
Darling Marine Center
Dr. Damian Brady has been promoted to associate professor with tenure. He is a faculty member in the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences and based at the Daring Marine Center in…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce
A month into her job as Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce’s marketing and membership coordinator, Newcastle’s Rebecca Telega was smiling and getting to meet people at Wiscasset Area…
This year’s Edgecomb Eddy School Yard Sale will be held Saturday, May 25 from 8 a.m. to noon.
Those interested in having a table, the cost is $10 and the proceeds go to benefit the 6th…
The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) is pleased to announce that the American Legion and Easterseals Maine will be points of contact for distribution of Veterans’ Emergency Financial…
LincolnHealth Ambulatory Surgery Nurse Ericka Fairfield was recently chosen to receive the prestigious DAISY Award for providing exceptional care. The award was presented May 7 by Bonnie and Mark…
Chief Robert Hasch of the Boothbay Harbor Police Department has released the following information about the standoff which occurred today (May 15) at 31 Oak St.:
“On 5-15-2019 at…
Celebrate spring all weekend with our Community Partner weekend May 18 and 19!
If you are a resident of Wiscasset, Westport Island or Alna, enjoy free admission to the Community Center both…
UPDATE: A standoff at 31 Oak St. came to a head around 1:15 p.m. as Boothbay Harbor officers and Lincoln County deputies safely apprehended Konstantinos Rigas, 31,…
First National Bank recently donated $2,500 to sponsor the 2019 Damariscotta Oyster Celebration.
The second annual Damariscotta Oyster Celebration kicks off on June 13 with chefs from North…
Healthy Lincoln County and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are working together to provide local restaurants, bars, and stores with Responsible Beverage Seller/Server training…
The mast-stepping for the sloop Providence, undergoing renovations at the Wiscasset recreational pier since fall, will wait a little longer due to an unseasonable spring rain. The…
Energy, Technology and Utilities Committee
A public hearing for LD 1646, “An Act To Restore Local Ownership and Control of Maine's Power Delivery Systems” drew hundreds to the Energy, Technology and Utilities Committee hearing room Tuesday…
Alna selectmen
Alna selectmen decided May 8 to ask $130,000 for the former town office and its two acres. The property, next to the new, modular town office on Route 218, will be for sale by owner.
The…
Wiscasset School Committee
The Wiscasset School budget that goes to voters in June was passed at a special town meeting in Wiscasset Middle High School’s gymnasium Tuesday.
Twenty-six voters turned out. Most articles…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Commissioners approved the towns’ tax commitments May 7. The total county budget to be raised by taxation is $10,203,674. That is lower than the general expenditures, because some…
Obituary
Craig Tibbetts, 61, of Raiford, Florida died May 4, 2019 at Haven Hospice in Orange Park, Florida.
He was born Sept. 19, 1957 in Boothbay Harbor, the son of Albion B. and Fern Thayer…
Wiscasset Planning Board
Chewonki Foundation on Monday presented its initial plans to the Wiscasset Planning Board for a girls’ summer camp. If approved, it will have seven camper cabins, two staff cabins, a bathroom, and…
Obituary
Robert “Bob” Frederick Foster, 84, of West Southport, passed away on April 1, 2019.
Born Sept. 25, 1934, Bob was the son of William Sproul Foster and Francis Elizabeth Feltis of Walpole.…
Construction will start on Dollar General's Route 1, Wiscasset store by the end of June, and the store will "certainly" open by Christmas, Chris Nadeau of Concord, New Hampshire-based engineering…
The barn at Morris Farm is once again filling up with a huge selection of heirloom tomatoes, hardy Maine-grown perennials, vegetable and flower seedlings, and herbs for the farm’s annual plant…
Do you wonder about the so-called 'standard' gauge and whether it is really always the right choice when building a railway?
Come to a presentation at the Alna Center Station on Saturday,…
Obituary
Charles J. DiPerri Jr., 77, of Wiscasset, Maine, died May 4, 2019 at home surrounded by family after a long battle with prostate cancer.
Charlie was born February 23, 1942, son of Dr.…
Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority decided May 8 to create a committee to look into options for Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) for opioid addiction at the jail.
According to Col.…
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Danielle Ward, 35, of Hope, was sentenced to six years in prison May 6 after changing her plea to guilty in March in connection with a January 2017 crash that claimed the lives of a Woolwich…
Obituary
Donald Frederick Lewis, 72, of Aurora, Colorado passed peacefully at Aurora Medical Center South on May 11, 2019 after a brief illness.
Donald was born in Boothbay Harbor, Maine on March 30…
The Boothbay Farmers’ Market starts its season on Boothbay Town Common on Thursday, May 23. They will set up on the Common from 9 a.m. to noon every Thursday through October 10, except that the…
A very enthusiastic group of approximately 30 Westport Island residents used near perfect weather to make the May 4 clean-up day a great success.
Several truckloads of trash and recyclables…
The Boothbay Register office will be closed on Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day. Please note: the deadline for submissions — including all press releases, ads and columns — for the…
Wiscasset Middle High School students shared their knowledge of D-Day Friday afternoon with six veterans, all members of the Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Post 54 of the American Legion.
D-Day,…
Two big pieces of sailing history, schooners Ernestina-Morrissey and Bowdoin, sit a couple hundred feet apart at Bristol Marine in Boothbay Harbor keeping some of the East Coast’…
As spring comes to coastal Maine, it brings with it the return of alewives to Nequasset Lake in Woolwich and the start of the annual Nequasset Alewife Count. Volunteers are needed from May through…
Patricia M. Hendrickson, 80, of Wiscasset died on March 11, 2019. A graveside service will take place on Saturday, June 1 at 11 a.m. at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wiscasset. A Celebration of Life will…
AUGUSTA – Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap is seeking public input on three proposed designs for the bicentennial commemorative flag, which will be on display statewide through 2020.
The…
UPDATE: Thursday evening, Wiscasset Elementary School Principal Stacy White emailed the Wiscasset Newspaper a response to its questions after her resignation at the end of the school year appeared…
The Wiscasset Community Center held its first Mother Daughter Tea Party to celebrate Mother’s Day on Wednesday, May 8. “It is a party so girls can dress up like princesses,” said Director…
The Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb is honored to announce that, after a lengthy international search, Katy Inman will become Head of School, beginning July 1. This marks an exciting…
Dollar General accepts Wiscasset's rejection of the business's signage request and will use smaller signage that meets town rules, a representative said Wednesday, May 8. She received the sign…
The new documentary film “Love Flows” depicts passion for rivers and fish from people around the globe.
Once upon a time, massive fish migrations were observed every year around the globe.…
Midcoast Humane welcomed 55 cats and kittens from West Virginia through the shelter’s transport and rescue program, Welcome ME Home.
The transport was a…
As the spring weather moves in, we are fast approaching the peak season for migratory bird watching in Maine. Seasonal birds returning to the Boothbay region or traveling further north are…
Obituary
The Main family announces with great sadness the loss of Casey James Main, age 36, of Wiscasset. He died on April 25, 2019.
Casey was born on July 26, 1982 in Damariscotta to James and…
Edgecomb selectmen signed the annual town meeting warrant May 6. Among the 66 articles to be decided May 17-18 are three on marijuana sales, cultivation and testing.
The first portion of…
According to Maine Department of Transportation, the week of May 12 the contractor will remove material and add the gravel base, will work on electrical conduit crossings, fine grade the gravel…
Wiscasset selectmen
The potting shed in the Sunken Garden may have gotten a new lease on life when Dan Sortwell, one of the heirs of the Sortwell properties, said the shed could stay put.
This contradicts deed…
Midcoast Conservancy is offering a Conservation Stewardship course on Saturday, May 25 and Saturday, June 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 pm. Learning to be an effective conservation steward requires…
Wiscasset Middle High School teachers and students will be at the Wiscasset McDonald’s restaurant from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 8. They will be helping raise money for the Travis Roy Foundation…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Megan McLaughlin, hired this year to replace County Planner Bob Faunce, has resigned effective May 17.
According to County Administrator Carrie Kipfer, McLaughlin, whose background is…
Press release
The BRYMCA is proud to announce nationally recognized health and wellness educators and presenters, Bruce and Mindy Mylrea, coming to Boothbay, next week. The couple have been traveling the…
