Monies raised at the upcoming Bands for Books event organized by Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library will help pay for new carpeting and painting in the children’s room and for the purchase of…
News
Join Wiscasset guide Cathy Messmer for a special talk and tour of Castle Tucker focused on food and cooking. The program takes place on Wednesday, Aug. 29 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Find out how young…
Shawna Gatto, acccused in the murder of her fiance’s 4-year-old granddaughter Kendall Chick of Wiscasset, is asking the court to suppress statements she made under questioning after Dec. 10, 2017…
Ryan Morrill, 32, of North Monmouth, a former dance teacher at Midcoast Dance Studio in Newcastle and other area dance studios, has pleaded guilty to one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor. The…
Check out the attachment for Wiscasset school bus routes, courtesy of the Wiscasset Schoool Department.
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate a break-in and theft of cigarettes at T & D Variety after hours the evening of Monday, Aug. 13.
LCSO has provided photos…
Residents’ questions, articles’ wide passages and the moderator’s humor marked Alna's special town meeting Wednesday night that approved borrowing up to $260,000 to replace the town office and…
House of Pizza
The Boothbay Harbor House of Pizza in the Meadow Mall, 185 Townsend Ave., in Boothbay Harbor will host another fingerprinting and identification session for children on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 12:…
Obituary
Guy Robert Horgan succumbed to a virus that affected his heart. He died in his sleep on Aug. 6, 2018. He was 27.
Guy was…
First National Bank and First Advisors are lead sponsors for ElderCare Network’s 20th Anniversary Celebration. The celebration will kick off with guest speaker Michael Fossel, researcher of…
Stephanie Hawke, District 89 state representative, is kicking off her re-election campaign with a public Meet & Greet on Wednesday, Aug. 29 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Board Room, 29 McKown…
Williamsport, Pennsylvania isn’t the only site of a Little League Baseball tournament this month. Boothbay Harbor is hosting the second annual State Little League Challenger Jamboree on Aug. 25…
2018 Wiscasset Middle High School graduate Vanessa Dunn is following the Boston Red Sox more closely now that she's been to Fenway Park. At the famed major league ballpark July 29, Dunn got a $1,…
Labor Day is both the traditional end of the summer vacation season and a day to celebrate the hard working people of America. The Westport Island Democrats invite the community to join them at…
Monday night, Aug. 20, Westport Island selectmen set the commitment for 2018-19. Chairman George Richardson Jr. said based on a current valuation of $223,974,566, the tax rate will be $6.60 per $…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset's new police chief is Larry Hesseltine of Waldoboro. Town Manager Marian Anderson announced the hiring at the Aug. 21 selectmen’s meeting.
Hesseltine has 30 years' law enforcement…
The 1807 Pumpkin House is pumpkin-colored no more.
According to the town’s website, Hartley Wood built the house. Its nickname refers to the squashy color. The house and the house of Wood's…
The Wiscasset Downtown Public Advisory Committee worked Monday on a final report to selectmen, and will meet one more time on it.
The report contained Maine Department of Transportation's…
Obituary
Mary Alice Vannah Fairley died three days after her 102nd birthday on Aug. 17, 2018 at the Gregory Wing of St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.
…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Dental on Tuesday asked Lincoln County commissioners to help it buy the former Wiscasset Dental building at 93 Churchill St.
LCD asked for $100,000, nearly a quarter of the…
Woolwich selectmen
Engineering services for the dike bridge were over $8,000 more than what the Woolwich select board expected. Voters raised $19,000 for the engineering study in 2017. The cost is closer to $27,000…
Dresden selectmen on Monday continued discussions about staffing levels at the town office.
“I have had many complaints about the town office. We have fallen backwards in…
Pemaquid Chapter DAR
Yes, it seems that Martha and George Washington enjoyed Parmesan ice cream as one of the popular flavors of their day. This information was part of a presentation on the history of ice cream in…
Who doesn't love a chance to look around a shiny fire truck, a big dump truck, or a speedy race car? There’s going to be the opportunity to explore those and many other vehicles at Wiscasset…
Time is running out to participate in the Westport Island Comprehensive Plan survey. The survey, which is intended to get the Westport Island community’s opinions and desires for the town’s future…
State Representative Stephanie Hawke is seeking a third term this fall in District 89 which encompasses the towns of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb, Southport, Westport Island and part of…
Westport Islander David Grant, 32, won the 14th Westport Island 10k Shore Run on Sunday with a time of 47 minutes and 14 seconds. The other resident among the 21 entries was Dr. Edward…
Democrats from throughout Lincoln County came together in rousing fashion during the annual Lobster Bake and Family Fun Day, Sunday, Aug. 12, at Waldoboro’s Cider Hill Farm. Eight local and…
The class action lawsuit filed against Central Maine Power July 19 expanded Aug. 15.
The court has made no decision on the proposed class. Cumberland County Superior Court said a decision…
The Edgecomb Planning Board is looking to change the application process. On Aug. 16, members considered requiring applicants to submit all requests online.
In recent meetings, members…
Voters are invited to join local candidates for informal conversation over coffee on Saturday mornings, 10-11 a.m. at various locations across the county.
This week, State House candidate,…
Wiscasset Middle High School's new assistant principal and athletic director Vicki Decker of Lyman has resigned, School Committee Chairman Michael Dunn confirmed.
In text replies to the…
Two Edgecomb residents should expect a letter in the next couple days from the select board. Selectman Ted Hugger reported he was “almost ready” to send letters to abutting landowners regarding a…
Blasting is complete and Maine Department of Transportation has been working nights again, according to an MDOT email. Pike has excavated all the blasted ledge from the new parking lot, graveled…
In East Boothbay, a group of scientists have devoted their academic and professional careers studying how some of the smallest living organisms makes the biggest impact on the global environment…
Blues lovers turned out to hear the trio Junction 218 in the final installment of the “Alive on the Common” summer concert series Thursday evening.
Junction 218 is made up of Joel Wentz on…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
On Thursday, Aug. 16 at approximately 9:49 a.m., Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported rollover involving a loaded fish bait truck on U.S. Route 1 near Mexicali Blues. The fish…
During the public comment period of the Aug. 14 Wiscasset selectmen’s meeting, Pam Logan referred to a July 22 police case after a road rage incident…
A new set of rules are being compiled for Wiscasset Municipal Airport. The airport advisory committee hopes to have the document completed for Town Manager Marian Anderson's review in September.…
At 10 minutes to 2 Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 14, the world music drums — 20 in all — sat in a circle at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor, their resplendent colors cast against silence.
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On Oct. 15 the Central Lincoln County YMCA (CLC YMCA) and Boothbay Region YMCA (BR YMCA) will begin offering the YMCA’s Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program, designed to help participants with…
The former Wiscasset Primary School building is back on the market about 19 months after it was sold to a group of investors. Tim Millett, a broker with CBRE Boulos’s Portland office, confirmed…
Wiscasset’s Steve Whitfield has worn a tie to work nearly every day of his 42 years in education, first in Wiscasset, then Lewiston.
Last school year, the Martel School principal never wore…
Vicki Decker of Lyman has been hired as Wiscasset Middle High School’s new assistant principal and athletic director.
Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood introduced Decker to the school…
Wally, the Red Sox mascot, is coming to Boothbay Harbor.
The 2018 Maine State Challenger Jamboree, presented by the Maine District 2 Little League, will be held on Boothbay Region High…
Wiscasset selectmen
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is assisting the Wiscasset Police Department with night patrols until the department is staffed adequately. Sheriff’s deputies will patrol from 4 p.m. until 7 a…
Lincoln County Gleaners
On two very hot mornings Aug. 6 and 8, the Lincoln County Gleaners trekked out to Clark Farm in Nobleboro to get food for area food banks, churches, libraries, senior citizen homes and senior…
All interested voters are invited to meet candidates on Thursday, Aug. 23, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Split Rock Distilling, Osprey Point Road and Route One in Newcastle.
There is no charge for the…
Obituary
Bridgett M. Clark passed away Aug. 11, 2018 at Maine Medical Center.
She was born on Aug. 10, 1966 in Reading, California, where she attended local schools.
While living in…
Wiscasset Planning Board
Discussion over the proposed Wood Lane brewery project continued at the Aug. 13 Wiscasset Planning Board meeting, even though the issue was not on the agenda.
Christopher Juntera and his…
