Marjorie “Madge” Skoglund, of Tequesta, Florida died after a lengthy battle from Frontal Lobe Dementia.
She was predeceased by her parents, Julian and Marjorie Nichols, and brothers, Julian…
News
If you fall through the ice, you should not attempt to climb out immediately. Instead, kick to the surface and get horizontal in the water. Once horizontal, try to slide forward onto the ice. When…
As part of the regular worship service on Sunday, Jan. 14, congregants and invited guests of the Second Congregational Church, UCC in Newcastle participated in a special "Service of…
Edgecomb Eddy School just got a lot more affordable for local taxpayers. The Maine Bond Bank notified town officials this month that a “refunding issue” resulted in a $91,740.49 payment rebate.…
At a special town meeting Jan. 16, Edgecomb voters enacted two moratoriums prohibiting recreational marijuana-related activities and floating structures for a six-month period. Twelve residents…
Shanon Cotta filed nomination paperwork for first selectman in Alna Jan. 17.
Cotta stated in a press release, “Alna is a place of stunning, natural beauty with a unique history and…
U.S. Geological Survey
Area residents reported feeling a brief shaking on Wednesday, Jan. 17, around 7 p.m. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a minor earthquake, a little more than three miles, or five kilometers,…
Obituary
Donald Earl Hirsch died Dec. 27, 2017 in Arcadia, Oklahoma, at the age of 93, after a long…
The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen met Tuesday evening in executive session with the legal counsel of Murray Plumb & Murray; Peter L Murray & John Shumadine. No action was taken.
The…
A Woolwich man hopes the select board will reconsider its decision to forgo removing snow from the town’s two sidewalks. Jim Gabor brought up the sidewalks Tuesday night.
The sidewalks run…
One of Barbara Baston’s least favorite times in nearly 14 years as an Alna education representative was consolidation, when the state called on towns to regionalize their school systems. But…
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 p.m. Snow heavy at times this morning. Plan on difficult travel conditions, including during the…
Westport Island’s Fire Chief Robert Mooney will leave the volunteer fire department Jan. 31.
Mooney provided selectmen with a letter about his intention to leave the department at a mid-…
Lincoln County Commissioners
The federal government has issued a declaration of disaster in the wake of the October windstorm that caused massive power outages, tree downings and other damage to Lincoln County. The…
Lincoln County Courts
Shawna Gatto, 43, of Wiscasset, accused of murdering her fiancee’s 4-year-old granddaughter, Kendall Chick, in December, pleaded not guilty to the charge at her arraignment Jan. 12.
Her…
Obituary
George A. Jones, beloved father and grandfather, died Jan. 14, 2018 after a long and joyful life.
George was born on Jan. 29, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts…
Sherri Fredette, Wiscasset’s treasurer and human resources officer, will retire Feb. 16.
“My husband, Paul, has been retired for years,” she said. “We’re ready to do some retirement things…
Did you know?
The Friends of Wiscasset Library’s Used Book Room is open year round, whenever the library is open. While members of the Friends staff the room several days a week during the…
Coming to the Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene, Sunday, Jan. 21 are the Glory Bound Gospel Singers.
Rick and Retta Kelley, also known as Glory Bound, will be bringing a gospel message…
Lincoln County Republicans will conduct caucus training for upcoming Republican caucuses on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 5:30 p.m. at the Newcastle Community Center, 86 River Road. Light refreshments…
Firefighters from five towns responded to a structure fire at 131 Head Tide Road in Alna Sunday night. No one was hurt and the homeowner should able to stay there once a hole in the outside wall…
On Feb. 8, Maine Maritime Museum in Bath will introduce a new winter educational program series, “On Deck.” The hour-long programs, which will run Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. from…
Woolwich is putting its former landfill and the sun to work. On Jan. 11, the town celebrated the installation of a solar array Revision Energy built. The 80-panel array off Middle Road (Route 127…
It’s last call for Maine photographers planning to enter the Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s 13th annual Maine Photography Show. All entries must be submitted by midnight on Friday, Jan. 26…
It’s time once again for the annual Souper Bowl at the Southport Town Hall, Monday, Jan. 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sponsored by the Southport Memorial Library Aides, the…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 25 emergency calls between Dec. 1 and Dec. 29.
On Dec. 1, first responders answered an emergency call at the intersection of Eddy Road and Route 27…
Midcoast Conservancy is a renter no more on the land of Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson. With private and public funds raised over one year, the Edgecomb-based conservancy has bought the…
Obituary
Dr. Bruce Cameron died Friday, Jan. 5, at St. Andrews Village’s Gregory Wing with his wife Joanna by his side. He was 83 years of age.
Bruce was born in 1934 to Louis and Dorothy Cameron in…
Edgecomb
The search is on for a new Alternative Organizational Structure 98 superintendent and Edgecomb school officials want community input in the process. The Edgecomb School Committee discussed how…
Wiscasset Selectmen
On Tuesday night, Wiscasset selectmen approved a $25 permit for off-street wintertime parking in municipal lots. The permit is aimed mostly at downtown apartment dwellers who do not have off-…
Nequasset Lake’s development as a regional water source is among topics of this winter’s Town History Lecture Series hosted by Patten Free Library inBath and co-sponsored by Bath Historical…
Wiscasset’s schools are seeing students impacted by family members’ opiates abuse, Special Services Director Carrie Kern said Tuesday night. Kern told the school committee, the impact ranges…
Dresden selectmen
Dresden selectmen on Monday night looked over Administrative Assistant Michael Henderson’s draft on town closures during times of severe weather.
The draft states if Dresden Elementary…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Wiscasset woman with sex offenses involving minors. After an investigation stemming from a child abuse referral from the Maine Department of…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
In a short meeting Jan. 9, Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett informed commissioners he decided to terminate Deputy Kenneth Hatch III’s employment Jan. 3.
The action came following…
As Lincoln County prepared for the Jan. 4 bomb cyclone of weather, Casey Stevens, Lincoln County EMA director, sent local towns news that President Trump had just signed FEMA-4354.
This “…
Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency
The Jan. 4 snowstorm, together with the brutally cold weather before and after it, could have been a lot worse, Deputy Director Melissa Temple said in an interview Monday.
“I think that the…
Obituary
Edward R. “Ted” Kern of Cumberland, Maine died peacefully on Jan. 8, 2018, in the loving company of his family, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Through all the adversity that…
Obituary
Audrey A. Kelly, 90, of St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor, died on Jan, 5, 2018 while under hospice care at the village with her loving husband, Bob and her twin daughters, Jan and Joy, by her…
Senator Dana Dow (R-Lincoln) has introduced LD 1739, “Resolve, Authorizing the Lease of the Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site,” to provide the Friends of Colonial Pemaquid…
U.S. Coast Guard
A 66-foot vessel sank off Birch Point in Wiscasset during the Jan. 4 snowstorm. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the ship was scheduled to be salvaged by owner Chris Morrison on Jan. 8.
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This Monday, Jan. 15, join fellow Inn Along the Way supporters for lunch or dinner at the Harbor Room, located at 2477 Bristol Road in New Harbor. As part of its “Make…
Alna selectmen
Alna’s Ralph Hilton on Jan. 3 filed his petition that proposes cutting private schools as an option in new residents’ publicly funded school choice. Selectmen plan to put the question on the March…
Wiscasset Public Library will host the next Town Talk on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m.
This winter session will include looking at copies of Charlie Knight’s journals/diaries. Knight, a Main…
The Wiscasset Republican Committee will be meeting Tuesday, Jan. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lincoln County Communications Center. This meeting is for the election of officers…
Chelsea Lane, Woolwich’s new town clerk, greets everyone who enters the town office with a bright smile and friendly hello. Selectmen recently announced the hiring of the Georgetown native.
…
Lincoln County Courts
A Lincoln County grand jury on Jan. 3 indicted Shawna Gatto, 43, of Wiscasset, in a charge of depraved indifference murder in the killing of Kendall Chick, 4, also of Wiscasset. Chick had been…
Obituary
Patricia E. “Patty” Grant, 77, of Edgecomb, died at her home on the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2018 surrounded by her loving family.
Born Dec. 7, 1940 in North Conway, New Hampshire, she was the…
Obituary
Edward Smith Gilfillan III died after a brief illness on Dec. 14, 2017. Ed lived in Harpswell, Maine and is survived by his wife of 53 years, Katherine (Kathie).
Ed was born on June 1, 1941…
The Jan. 4 snowstorm filled Wiscasset and other Midcoast towns with more to shovel and otherwise move from doorsteps, walkways and roads.
In other spots in the towns, nature ran its course…
