The Wiscasset Public Advisory Committee voted Monday for a newly presented type of sidewalk lamp, standing about 11 feet high, including the fixture, combined with overhead lights at the traffic…
News
When Westport Island residents hold their annual town meeting June 23, several new subjects will be on the warrant. In all, the warrant articles seek to raise and appropriate $606,082.79 and carry…
Cathy Orne, genealogist of the Edgecomb Historical Society, will give a presentation at the Edgecomb Town Hall on Thursday, June 28 at 7 p.m.
Orne, who began researching family histories 18…
Lincoln County Democrats
The Lincoln County Democrats invite all interested voters to come to their campaign headquarters on Saturday mornings between 10 and 11 a.m. to talk informally with a local candidate while…
Woolwich voters on Monday passed a two-part question authorizing the select board to negotiate the transfer of the former town landing property off George Wright Road to residents Matt and Amy…
Things are heating up at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church as many volunteers are working on final plans for the 66th annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 30.
Everything from hand-…
Alna resident Pixie Lauer played guitar and helped fellow members of Well Seasoned sing John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” at Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum…
Wiscasset Police Department
Jeff Lange, Wiscasset's police chief since 2016, will retire from Maine law enforcement July 26, his last full-time day as full-time chief. In an email to Town Manager Marian Anderson June 13,…
Obituary
Harriet Whitney (Callard) Cowdery of Boothbay Harbor died June 11, 2018 at home with family by her side.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 23, 1926, Harriet grew up in Newton,…
Obituary
Priscilla (Lewis) Holmes, 89, of Gales Ferry, Connecticut died at home on June 16, 2018.
She was born July 10, 1928 in…
Obituary
James Thompson Welty died in Denver, Colorado comfortably and peacefully with his family in attendance on June 16, 2018.
Jim was born and raised in Winona, Minnesota.
He was married…
Obituary
Alan James Campbell, known as “AJ” to a wide circle of friends, passed away on June 15, 2018 in Boothbay Harbor, fifteen days before his 76th birthday. He was at his workplace when he collapsed,…
Obituary
Sandra A. Nieman, 55, of Boothbay, passed away June 15, 2018 at her home with her loving husband by her side.
Sandy was…
The Boothbay Farmers’ Market will return to Boothbay Town Common on Thursday, June 28. They will set up on the Common from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursdays through Oct. 4. The market on June 21 is…
Dom Henry O’Shea, OSB will be in residence at Our Lady Queen of Peace in Boothbay Harbor for the month of July. Dom Henry will assume pastoral duties for the month and will offer a full-day…
ozone and particle pollution to reach unhealthy levels
AUGUSTA — Ground-level ozone concentrations will be climbing in Maine on Monday, June 18, and are expected to reach unhealthy levels according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection,…
A shucking competition on Saturday, June 16 capped off the three-day Damariscotta Oyster Celebration.
Twelve ranked shuckers from the Northeast states converged in Damariscotta to…
Obituary
Barbara Nowack Carswell Hinckley Winslow Williams died at home June 14, 2018.
She was born on April 27, 1924 in Bar Harbor, Maine to Hazel and Carl Nowack.…
A gathering in memory of Bruce F. Cameron will be held Saturday, June 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Edgecomb Town Hall on Route 27 South in Edgecomb.
Friday night was Weston Green’s first softball game. Mother Kayla set the Randolph 3-month-old facing the diamond at Wiscasset’s Bible Baptist Church as attendees to a community game and cookout…
The first Damariscotta Oyster Celebration continued into the second day with tours of local oyster growers and the Ira C. Darling Center. The day ended with a multi-course dinner featuring…
The Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce met in its new office for this month’s Business After Hours gathering Thursday evening, June 14. The Chamber is sharing space at the Lincoln County Regional…
Obituary
Guy H, Ribble died May 30, 2018.
He was born the son of Guy and Dorothy Ribble on April 18, 1926
Guy attended Tufts University where he earned his engineering degree and he also was…
Obituary
It is with deep sadness we mourn the passing of Montgomery Atwater Woolson, Jr. on Nov. 3, 2017.
The son of Lucina and Montgomery Atwater Woolson Sr. born in Waterbury, Connecticut, he was…
Wiscasset selectmen on June 14 picked Judy Colby as chair again, and Ben Rines Jr. as vice chair.
Kim Andersson was the only addition to the board, taking the seat of departing board member…
No bottles of champagne were broken over the bows, but a small cannon was fired as the first boat hit the water when Woolwich Central School and Maine Maritime Museum of Bath celebrated their 10th…
Woolwich celebrated Flag Day, Thursday, June 14 by dedicating its newly painted pedestrian tunnel to longtime resident and community volunteer Robert Meade.
Meade was unable to attend the…
Friends of the Wiscasset Library
Bands for Books, the annual fundraising event of the Friends of the Wiscasset Library, will be celebrating its fifth year this fall.
The event, a combination cocktail party, dance, and…
David B. Soule Jr. and William W. Logan, partners in the firm of Soule, Soule & Logan, are pleased to announce that Jeffrey S. LaCourse is now associated with the firm.
Attorney…
Tickets - $30/advance and $35 on tour day - for the Boothbay Region Garden Club’s Home and Garden Tour, “The Sea Around Us” on Friday, July 20 are available at the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber…
Wiscasset School Committee
Outgoing Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot on June 12 received the school committee’s appreciation and a local gift to help her remember Wiscasset.
Wilmot opened a bag from…
Voters passed every article on the Wiscasset budget warrant June 12
Question 1, the school budget article, passed 560-329. Question 2 on revenue…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust invites birders of all abilities to join KELT and Maine Audubon Staff for a walk at KELT’s Sewall Woods Preserve on Saturday, June 16 at 8 a.m. to learn about these…
Wiscasset Town Manager Marian Anderson released the following statement via email Wednesday afternoon:
"It is always difficult to announce the resignation of a trusted, valued member of the…
A memorial service for Beth G. Conant, who died Dec. 26, 2017 in Boothbay Harbor, will be held Saturday, June 23 at 1 p.m. at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor.
Boothbay Railway Village
The Artisan Days program at the Boothbay Railway Village is getting a big boost this season because of grants from the Davis Family Foundation and the Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund of the…
UPDATE: With all of Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12’s towns now reporting, the district has passed all three questions: the budget, with 68 percent going yes, a capital improvements bond…
Dresden Selectmen
A number of firefighters and local residents came to the June 11 DreAden selectmen’s meeting to voice their concerns over the tensions between the department and the select board.
“Changes…
In Dresden Tuesday night, Trudy Foss, with 238 votes, defeated incumbent First Selectman Dale Hinote, who got 53, and candidate John Ottum, who had 195.
Voters in Wiscasset have kept Ben Rines Jr. and Judy Colby on the select board and added Kim Andersson. It was a five-way race for three seats.
In results at Wiscasset Community Center…
Obituary
Isabelle Levin Manahan, a beloved freshman at Lincoln Academy, passed away last Friday afternoon in a car accident.
She's survived by her parents, Bryan Manahan and…
The Wiscasset School Committee has named Terry Wood the next superintendent of schools, succeeding Heather Wilmot, and Susan Prince the new special services director, succeeding Carrie Kern. Wood…
Obituary
William Alan Cumming passed away at his home in Wiscasset surrounded by family on June 9, 2018.
He was born on July 14, 1934 in Presque Isle, Maine to John Anson and Emilie (Elliott)…
The Westport Island selectmen's meeting on Monday, June 11, was the setting for a surprise celebration for newly retired fire chief Robert “Bob” Mooney.
Believing he needed to attend the…
Obituary
Phyllis J. Van Siclen, 86, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, formerly of St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor, died peacefully at home May 29, 2018.
Phyllis was born to Carl and Mildred (…
When answering to the question, “How did your VHS teacher or site coordinator impact your online learning experience,” Wiscasset Middle High School senior Corey Campbell responded so…
Free entry for all Maine residents to state parks and historic sites. All vehicles bearing Maine license plates will be allowed free entry from 9 a.m. until closing.
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A candlelight vigil for Isabelle Manahan, 15, of Newcastle, was held at Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta around sundown June 11. More than 200 people attended. Many were fellow students at…
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Now through Wednesday, June 20 Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ latest online-only sale, “The Curious Collector,” will satisfy yearnings to acquire rare and unusual vintage…
