News

Twenty-five percent off is a sale so big, some fireworks will be below cost, Big Al's Super Values and Big Al's Fireworks owner Al Cohen said about his stores' early bird sales on everything, from…

Wiscasset selectmen

Two new Wiscasset police officers were sworn in on Nov. 6 with family looking on. Cory Hubert, the new School Resource Officer, and Jonathan Barnes, a new patrol officer, also had a pinning…

2018 elections

According to Natasha Irving’s campaign manager Melissa Sterry, Jonathan Liberman called Irving this morning to congratulate her, and concede the race. At that point, Irving had pulled head with…

Governor

Hayes 31

Mills 377…

Governor

Hayes 24

Mills 407…

Governor

Hayes 9

Mills 45…

Sawyer’s Way Auction Company is pleased to announce auctioneer Jeff Dowdy has joined his wife Jen to become a REALTOR® team with Keller Williams Realty. Jen has served as a licensed REALTOR® since…

Governor

Hayes 27

Mills 268…

Lincoln County Democrats

At nearly 2 a.m. Wednesday, the District 89 race for Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Westport Island, Southport and Edgecomb finally came to an end.

Holly Stover (D-Boothbay) won 2,559-2,477,…

Governor

Hayes 51

Mills 423…

Lincoln County EMA’s Project Lifesaver Program will light up teal on Nov. 8 to raise Alzheimer’s awareness as part of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s (AFA) Light the World in Teal® program…

American Legion Post 54 of Wiscasset will hold a Veterans Day service at 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at the veterans wall at the municipal building at the corner of Routes 1 and 27. The observance is…

Governor

Hayes 23

Mills 267…

Woolwich voting results: 

Selectman:

Adams 629

King 966

Road Commissioner

Shaw 1,593

Governor:

Hayes 116

Mills 758

Moody 856…

Arrowsic voting results

Governor

Hayes 13

Mills 225

Moody 85

State Senator

Donaldson 83

Vitelli 243

Rep. to the Legislature

Hepler…

Westport Island voting results:

Advisory vote on comprehensive planning committee vision statement:

Yes 414

No 53

Governor:

Hayes 26

Mills 241

Alna voting results

Governor

Hayes  25

Mills 271

Moody 167

State Senator

Dow 191

Fortman 274

Rep. to the Legislature

Hanley 170…

Governor

Hayes 44

Mills 742…

Wiscasset voting results:

Local question, to discontinue Wiscasset EMS and use CLC Ambulance:

Yes: 613

No: 1,221

Governor:

Hayes 126

Mills 796

Governor

Hayes 64

Mills 749…

Whitefield voting results

Governor:

Hayes 65

Mills 557

Moody 574

State Senator

Dow 611

Fortman 579

Rep. to the Legislature

Lemelin…

Windsor voting results

Governor:

Hayes 74

Mills 345

Moody 677

State Senator:

Dow 731

Fortman 366

Rep. to the Legislature

Ball 488…

Governor

Hayes 89

Mills 925…

Governor

Hayes 23

Mills 206…

Governor

Hayes 37

Mills 323…

Waldoboro voting results

Governor

Hayes 134

Mills 1030

Moody 1,108

State Senator

Dow 1,333

Fortman 954

Rep. to the Legislature

Governor

Hayes 61

Mills 644…

Governor

Hayes 81

Mills 902…

Pittston voting results

Governor:

Hayes 80

Mills 545

Moody 761

State Senator

Bellows 708

Stone 682

State senator:

Hanley 892

Governor

Hayes 52

Mills 512…

Election results from Lincoln County towns and neighboring communities will be posted on this website after they are sent to the newspaper this evening. Staff reporters and editors will also be…

Alna is pursuing another ConnectME Authority grant. Third Selectman Doug Baston said it could help bring high-speed internet access to Route 218 from Alna General Store to the Wiscasset line.…

Wiscasset Police Department

Wiscasset Police Chief Larry Hesseltine took the opportunity of the regularly scheduled Coffee with a Cop event to introduce his two new officers – School Resource Officer Cory Hubert and patrol…

Obituary

Dennis H. Gordon, 69, of Wiscasset went to heaven to join his wife and son Nov. 5, 2018. He passed peacefully surrounded by family.

Dennis was born in Bath, Maine on May 4, 1949, a son of…

Half an hour after Wiscasset’s polls opened in Wiscasset Community Center’s gymnasium, voting was brisk and steady, according to Town Clerk Linda Perry.

“It would be an estimate, but I…

The week of Oct. 22, over 40 volunteers worked at First Congregational Church in Wiscasset on a project which will save thousands of gallons of heating oil and make dozens of homes around Lincoln…

The Woolwich select board is weighing its emergency shelter options. The town can continue operating its shelter at the municipal building alone or affiliate with the Red Cross.

EMS/EMA…

Local high school sports is synonymous with the Maine Principals’ Association. And the MPA’s Executive Director Dick Durost is a fan just like everybody else. On Nov. 3, Durost attended the Class…

Wiscasset selectmen met in executive session Monday to discuss a personnel issue. When the meeting adjourned at about 6:10 p.m., Chair Judy Colby said no action had been taken.

Mike Hall was among the many funeral service professionals participating in the 100th annual meeting of Selected Independent Funeral Homes at in Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 10-13. Hall is owner of…

Obituary

Jacqualyn Louise Sproul passed away on Oct. 27, 2018 in Melbourne, Florida.

Jackie was born on Aug. 2, 1961 at St. Andrews Hospital to Jim and Chris Sproul. She graduated from Boothbay…

The Frances Perkins Center held a groundbreaking conference honoring the women behind the New Deal in Berkeley, California in October.

“Women were some of the driving forces behind the…

LincolnHealth Director of Emergency and Urgent Care Services Nancy Jackson, RN, MSN, and Great Salt Bay Community School and LincolnHealth Nurse Kerri Lilly, RN, BSN received statewide awards from…

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office arrested Brian Cookson, 53, of Nobleboro Friday morning in Edgecomb on charges relating to the theft of an antique automobile earlier this year in Nobleboro.

Obituary

Minerva Evelyn Townsend Chalaby departed her earthly body on Oct. 14, 2018 while attending worship at Vienna Baptist Church. The daughter of Arthur and Laura Webber Townsend, Minerva was born in a…

The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in October:

Alna: Towers, Danamarie K. to Thurlow, Erin and Rose,…

Alna selectmen

Alna selectmen said Nov. 1, the modular town office they were expecting Nov. 15 is now set to arrive Nov. 30. And project volunteer Ralph Hilton said the roof and some other parts get added on-…

The Stars and Stripes are in good hands at Wiscasset Elementary School. Twice a day, a group of dedicated fifth graders carries on the time-honored tradition of raising and lowering Old Glory…

The Morris Farm will hold its annual Thanksgiving Community Potluck dinner on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 156 Gardiner Road, Wiscasset. The Morris Farm supplies the turkeys, dressing, gravy and a few…

Midcoast Conservancy and the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District will be hosting a gravel roads workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Jefferson Fire…