On Monday, Aug. 20 at 7:30 p.m., The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid (FOCP) will conclude its 2018 Summer Lecture Series with an evening program entitled, “Kennebec Caper: Bath’s 1775…
News
The Lincoln Home antique car show has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 21 at 6 p.m.
Sip on root beer or orange floats as…
Maine’s First Ship is celebrating the end of a very busy summer with a Full Moon Dinner on Sunday, Aug. 26 at the Bath Freight Shed. This farm-to-table favorite began in the summer of 2013 as a…
Alna voters will decide again if the town will borrow up to $260,000 for the new modular town office. Selectmen signed the warrant Monday morning for a 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22 special town…
Peanut Conner and Tiger Dalton know a good deal when they see it. The Southport married couple are typical yard sale-goers. Each week, they scour local papers for locations where the next great…
The Morris Farm presents its 19th annual Tour de Farms Bicycle tour on Sept 15.
It starts at 7 a.m. and goes until the last rider is in and fed. There are…
Obituary
Marjorie “Marcia” Lorraine Rice, 79, of George Wright Road, Woolwich died peacefully at home Aug. 7, 2018.
She was born in Bath on July 14, 1939, a daughter of Anthony S. and Margaret (…
As his father Thomas McLennan held him up Sunday, Mason McLennan, 2, watched with mouth open while steam billowed from a black train against a gray sky. It was day two of Wiscasset, Waterville…
The Wiscasset Water District celebrated the end of 10 years of capital improvements Aug. 13 with a ceremonial valve-turning manned by Chair of the Board of Trustees Gregg Wood. Other trustees and…
Obituary
Richard Alfred “Rick” Wood died at home under hospice care April 22, 2018 after a brief period of declining health.
Rick was born Oct. 28, 1930 in Ridgewood, New Jersey to the late Flora (…
Obituary
Mark Alan Foye, 61, of Willow Lane, Wiscasset died Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
He was born in Damariscotta on Jan. 19, 1957, a son of Maurice A. and Audrey L…
Are you looking for a new birding spot? Do you have a question about a bird you might have seen on your last visit to the beach? Join us for this month’s KELT Untapped! The Kennebec Estuary Land…
Popham Beach's annual Historic Parade celebrates the arrival of the colonists to the village in 1607. The parade is led by founder George Popham and his second-in-command, Raleigh Gilbert,…
The date is set for “Brewing Democracy: a Night at The Opera House,” part of a series of informal meet-ups across Lincoln County. Democratic candidates for local and statewide offices will gather…
Lincoln County Courts
A Newcastle man who practices law in Damariscotta is out on bail and facing several charges connected with his alleged mishandling of funds from a Bath nonprofit. On Aug. 8, a warrant was issued…
During 2018 The Eldercare Network of Lincoln County will be celebrating 20 years of service to Lincoln County’s older adults. Through special community based programs including an Age Positive…
The week of Aug. 13, Alna property owners will learn the values the town proposes putting on their buildings and land, selectmen said Aug. 8. Owners can meet with John E. O’Donnell &…
The Popham Beach Library annual Fort Popham Concert featuring the Bath Municipal Band, under the direction of Kathy Downing has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 6:30 p.m. The original…
"Climate Change Impacts Assessment and Policy - Where we are Gaining and Losing" is the next “Egghead Evening” topic Monday, Aug. 20, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s…
U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced Friday that staff from her Augusta Constituent Service Center will hold local office hours in Waldoboro, Newcastle, and Boothbay on Thursday, Aug. 16.
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Local candidates invite voters to informal gatherings over coffee on Saturday mornings, 10-11 a.m. at various locations across the county.
On Saturday, Aug. 18, State House candidate, Jason…
The St. Philip's haddock chowder supper scheduled for Monday, Aug. 13, has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, according to an email message to the newspaper from Gretchen Burleigh-…
The 2018 Sri Chinmoy Peace Run strode into its final laps in a four-month trip around the country Thursday, Aug. 9, landing for a sleepover at Chewonki Campground in Wiscasset.
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You are invited to a party on Labor Day that will include heavy hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, a lively band, and a silent auction of many valuable items. In addition, each party goer…
Obituary
Dennis W. Peters, 63, of Boothbay Maine died unexpectedly at his home on Aug. 8, 2018.
Dennis was the son of Fidele (Phil) Peters and wife Janet Pinkham Peters, born on Dec. 8, 1954. He…
Wiscasset Police Department
Patrol Officer James Fisher of the Wiscasset Police Department has resigned, effective Aug. 10, to accept a job at the Brunswick Police Department.
With his departure, Sgt. Craig Worster…
Wiscasset School Department's finance director Shelley Schmal will announce her retirement at the Aug. 14 school committee meeting. Schmal said she is retiring after 33 years in education, and she…
The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) is pleased to announce Sarah Sherman of Southport has joined the Bureau as the director of strategic partnerships.
Sherman comes to MBVS after…
On Wednesday, Aug. 22 from 6 to 7 p.m., Maine Maritime Museum in Bath is excited to welcome author Maxwell Taylor Kennedy for a talk and book signing of his latest work, “Sea Change: A Man, A Boat…
The Frances Perkins Center will honor a former top official from the Department of Labor and an industrial relations professor from MIT at its 10th annual Garden Party later this month.
“We…
On Thursday, Aug. 16 at 10 a.m., Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions program will welcome writer, columnist, biographer, and educator Patricia O’Toole. “Chats” are held in the…
The Twin Villages Business Forum returns to Lincoln County Friday, Sept. 28. The day-long event will take place in the newly renovated Central Lincoln County YMCA in Damariscotta…
A Wiscasset Ambulance Service ambulance took a Wiscasset firefighter to a Brunswick hospital Wednesday night, Aug. 8 with a thumb injury he got during hydrant training at Maine Yankee, Fire Chief…
Obituary
Marilyn P. Tibbetts, 86, died Aug. 8, 2018 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.
She was born Jan. 3, 1932 in Boothbay Harbor to Luther Pinkham and Laura Gilpatrick Pinkham. Marilyn…
Obituary
David Rollin Coosard, 83, of Rockland went home to be with the Lord, Aug. 7, 2018.
David was born in Taymouth Township, Michigan on January 13, 1935, the son of Everard and Amy (Quackenbush…
Obituary
The most interesting man in the world has gone to meet his maker. John Buck, 76, passed away Aug. 7, 2018 at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. He was a teacher, a shopkeeper and an…
It was 1955 and the movie “Carousel” was in the midst of filming. Lots of local residents were working as extras and the music and story by Rogers and Hammerstein were unfolding against the…
Kansan Daniel Palen and his family have been familiar faces in Wiscasset for decades, around their involvement with Chewonki Foundation, he said.
Sunday, Aug. 5 found him on the waterfront…
Funding is being sought to replace Woolwich’s dike bridge on George Wright Road. On Monday evening, Eric Calderwood of Richmond-based Calderwood Engineering estimated replacing the bridge would…
The National Night Out, a 35-year-old national picnic joining families, town officials, and first responders, had its first rollout in Wiscasset Aug. 7.
Unfortunately, the weather had…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Commissioners denied Joseph Westrich’s employment appeal Aug. 7, after an executive session which included Westrich and legal counsel for the county.
Because reporters were…
Lincoln County EMA
A group of young people volunteering for FEMA Corps are working at Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency to plan emergency pods.
Group leader Alexandra Tontisakis said Maine’s greatest…
Death notice
John Buck of Boothbay Harbor passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, Aug. 7, 2018 at St. Andrews Village.
There will be a celebration of life on Monday, Aug. 13 at 11 a.m.…
The Maine Department of Transportation has tweaked a proposal for improving U.S. Route 1 and Route 27 traffic flow. Last year, the department submitted a conceptual plan called a “Florida-T” for…
Six months after going online, Woolwich’s solar array is on track to reach its estimated yearly generating capacity. As of July 30, the system has produced 17,500 kilowatt hours (kWhrs) of solar…
Dresden Selectman Dwight Keene called Monday for a public meeting on apparent understaffing at the town office.
“The people appear to be overworked. They cannot do the…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce its next Business After Hours Event hosted by Downeast Medicinals, LLC.
The Business After Hours…
Bricks, bits of pottery, timber piling and a chimney base were among the remains unearthed by the recent excavation of Railroad Avenue in Wiscasset during the installation of a water main.
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