The First Congregational Church of Wiscasset invites all to a traditional Christmas Eve service with carols, reading of the birth narrative and the giving of thanks for the gift of Jesus. The…
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Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office
A car versus trailer truck crash injured one driver and snarled traffic on Route 1 in Woolwich near its northern intersection with George Wright Road at about 11:30 a.m. Monday. The tractor-…
Part of a retaining wall at the newly constructed Railroad Avenue parking lot has fallen over and will be replaced in the spring when work resumes on Maine Department of Transportation’s downtown…
Update: The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department released the following information Monday on Saturday's incident:
On Saturday Dec. 15, at about 12:36 a.m., Lincoln County deputies responded…
Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry at St. Philip’s Church in Wiscasset, 12 Hodge St., will be hosting a ‘Grab ’n Go’ pantry on Thursday, Dec. 20, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Possible choices will include…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in November:
Alna: Willard, Billie G. to Shea, Anzia; Keating, Ehlers…
For the second year in a row, Woolwich Historical Society will benefit from Bath Subaru’s “Share the Love” campaign.
Bruce McElman, owner and manager of the family-owned dealership at 116…
The deadline for advertisements and classifieds for the Thursday, Dec. 27 edition will be at noon on Friday, Dec. 21. The deadline for advertisements and classifieds for the Thursday, Jan. 3…
This year’s judges - Brenda Blackman, Rob Wheeler, Edie Deen, John Webster and Gingerbread Chief Justice Kit Sherrill - awarded the following at the 2018 Dough Ball Friday, Dec. 14:
Drum…
Bob Steneck, professor of marine sciences based at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole, traveled to Monaco for the Ocean Solutions Initiative.
…After the tree is decorated, the cookies are baked and all the presents are wrapped, Edgecomb Community Church invites you to come and celebrate the birth of the Christ child at our special…
Alna elects two selectmen next March and both may be new. As nominations opened, the incumbents were undecided about running.
Papers are available at the town office and must be turned in…
Alna’s next town office arrived Friday, at 9:18 and 9:19 a.m. About half a dozen residents watched and some photographed as one half, then the other came south on Route 218 and then backed down…
Obituary
Bertha M. Melnuk, 93, of Wiscasset, most recently of HillHouse in Bath, died Dec. 11, 2018 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
She was born in Farmingdale on…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
New research shows that phytoplankton iron storage strategies may determine which species thrive in changing oceans and impact marine food webs, according to a recent paper in the Proceedings of…
Wiscasset Police Department
Police Sgt. Craig Worster submitted a letter of resignation, dated Dec. 6, to Wiscasset selectmen. Worster was hired as a patrol deputy in 2016 and was promoted to School Resource Officer in…
Obituary
Richard J. Scanlan Jr., 64, of Wiscasset, died peacefully in his home on Dec. 11, 2018 as a result of complications from ALS. His wife and family members were at his side.
Rick was born on…
Hundreds of low and moderate-income Midcoast workers could overlook important federal tax benefits because they simply don’t know about them. Thanks to the Midcoast CA$H’s IRS trained and…
The holidays are not just a time for merry making and celebration, they’re also a time of increased risk for underage drinking and impaired driving. More alcohol is purchased this time of year due…
Medomak Valley Land Trust and Midcoast Conservancy are excited to announce that they will be merging on Jan. 1, 2019. This follows unanimous support from both organizations that was confirmed…
6.7 percent monthly bill increase
In competitive solicitations concluded Dec. 10, the Maine Public Utilities Commission accepted bids and set new prices for standard offer electricity supply for customers of Central Maine Power (…
During Tuesday night's Wiscasset school committee meeting, member Jason Putnam had a question about a policy on the agenda, regarding transgender students. According to the policy, students…
Lincoln County ARC
Bill Ellsworth was 80 when he died in a motor vehicle accident in Nobleboro Dec. 6. He’d recently been ill and had been considering retirement, according to Lt. Rand Maker of the Lincoln County…
On Dec. 4, Wiscasset Middle High School's high school student council traveled to visit the veterans at Togus. This is the fifth year the students have visited. It has become a tradition the…
Stephanie McSherry has a vision for the Merry barn in Edgecomb. And after receiving approval from the town’s planning board Dec. 6, what once was a local dance hall will now be a literacy center…
Obituary
Mary Jane Dodge, 77, of Damariscotta, passed away peacefully Dec. 10, 2018 at the Sussman House in Rockport.
Mary Jane was born Aug. 8, 1941 in Damariscotta, the daughter of Merrill H.…
Midcoast Humane will host its annual Home for the Holidays special adoption event on Dec. 15 and 16 at the shelter’s Brunswick Campus at 30 Range Road. The adoption event will feature over four…
LincolnHealth
This holiday season, LincolnHealth wishes to remind community members of the difference they can make year round by becoming a volunteer.
“LincolnHealth volunteers bring joy and help ease…
Obituary
Ezra Caleb Poore, 34, passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 30, 2018, in Merritt Island, Florida.
He was born in Damariscotta, Maine to Ernest Poore and Laurie Williams (Poore) Slingland on Sept…
Inside the barn of Nickels-Sortwell House Saturday, Melissa Hunniwell told Natalie Dunbar and her grandmother Sherri Dunbar of Wiscasset, the 8-year-old was right: A fortune cookie starts as a…
Many people resort to desperate measures to control their weight and the way they eat—expensive diets, surgery, medications, excessive exercise, purging, abuse of laxatives, and extreme food…
On Saturday night, when the temperature outside was well below freezing and still falling, the temperature inside the Water’s Edge banquet facility was getting hot. That is because the first-ever…
Obituary
David R. Hart, 79, of Gardiner Road, Dresden Dec. 5, 2018 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
He was born in Concord, Massachusetts on June 14, 1939, a son…
On Dec. 7 at Wiscasset Community Center, many people got into the holiday spirit by decorating gingerbread houses.
Parks and Recreation Director Lisa Thompson began planning for the…
Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest kicked off Dec. 6 with festivities on the Main Street Pier. Bundled up against the cold, families, carolers, and even the man in the red suit himself kept warm…
Edgecomb businesses and residents can soon take a survey that may affect the town’s future broadband coverage, resident Janet Blevins told selectmen Dec. 3. Blevins is on the town’s website…
It is with heavy hearts that deputies from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a traffic collision that occurred Thursday, Dec. 6 on Route 1 in Nobleboro that claimed the life of…
Friends of Elise Roberts are invited to a special memorial in her honor on Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Boothbay Harbor Rotary clubhouse between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Monica Churchill, a close…
New research shows that mussels readily take in microplastic pollution fibers from the ocean but quickly flush most of them out again, according to a study by researchers from…
Healthy Lincoln County and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are working together to provide local restaurants, bars, and stores with Responsible Beverage Server training this December.
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Take the journey from the far away land of India all the way to the rocky coast of Maine at the world premiere of “Mumbai to Maine,” coming to the Harbor Theater Tuesday, Dec. 11. The evening…
Lincoln County Commissioners
The Deeds office announced Tuesday, it has done more digital conversion for deeds from 1761 to 1898. View the documents at https://www.…
Sarah Joyce and daughter Corinne, 8, of Wiscasset checked out the handknit items fellow Wiscasset resident Joan Reed was selling in the Wiscasset Community Center gym Saturday.
Asked about…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen on Tuesday accepted with regret the resignation of Wendy Williams, who had served as interim Emergency Management Services director during a period that involved the departure…
The Woolwich select board got an idea Monday night what it might cost to get the town its own ambulance service.
Fire Chief Mike Demers and EMS director Brian Carlton reviewed their…
Wednesday, Dec. 5 has been designated as a National Day of Mourning to honor former Pres. George H. W. Bush. As such, all federal offices will be closed - there will not be mail service that…
Maine Department of Transportation
UPDATE: The Maine Department of Transportation said Wednesday, Dec. 5 that the south side of Route 1 in the downtown area will not be closed to parking this winter.
Maine Department of…
When Cabins in the Woods opened last fall in Augusta, there were 21 fewer homeless veterans in Maine. And when the Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor decided to provide those veterans with items…
Lincoln County kids will be thrilled this holiday season as Hodgdon Yachts has wrapped up its…
