Robert "Bob" A. Blackman, 72, died at his home in Edgecomb surrounded by his loving family on Feb. 13, 2023.
Friends are welcome to join the family for a time of…
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Press release
Winterfest is an annual fundraising event for our Cooper DiPerri Scholarship Fund. The Cooper DiPerri Fund provides scholarships for memberships, camps, ASA, youth sports and many other activities…
Members of the Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) elected new officers Jan. 26 during the organization’s monthly meeting.
Those elected to chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer…
With a grant Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing) announced Feb. 10 and a nod Feb. 12 from St. Philip’s Church on space, Portland-based Amistad is prepping to offer a warming shelter with…
Obituary
Harold P. “Hal” Mansfield of Boothbay died Feb. 4, 2023 of natural causes at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough.
He was born on June 28, 1943, to the late Harold P. Mansfield…
Obituary
Clara Dow Wentworth, 95, died Feb. 9, 2023, after being lovingly cared for by her son Sky and wife Michelle at their home in Wiscasset. Clara had lived in her own home until 6…
Damariscotta’s Rising Tide Co-op is both local hippie grocery store and big business, according to General Manager Heather Burt. Sales figures in 2022 total $9,709,000, said Board Chair Ed Ross…
Obituary
On Dec. 9, 2022 James Nicholas Anagnost passed away after a brief illness at the Allendale Senior Living Center in Allendale, New Jersey.
Affectionately…
Obituary
Robert D. “Bob” Latter of Boothbay passed away at the age of 85 after a brief illness.
He was born in Boothbay Harbor on July 4, 1937 to Richard and Mary (Dickerson) Latter. He attended…
Stuart Sherburne passed away at the Sussman House in Rockport on Jan. 24, 2023.
He was born on Nov. 8, 1930 in Concord, New Hampshire to Ronald and Harriet Bancroft Sherburne.
He…
Update: Shortly before noon Tuesday, Feb. 14, Town Manager Dennis Simmons announced the flooring work at the clerk’s office “has been postponed to a…
At the 21st annual father-daughter dance at Wiscasset Community center Friday evening, Feb. 10, the girls got to dress in semi-formal wear, some looking like small,…
Selectmen
Alna First Selectman Ed Pentaleri said he is prepared to ask the board to include on the March town meeting warrant proposed moratoriums on solar farms and mineral extraction, to give the town…
Edgecomb is in the final year of a contract with Central Lincoln County Ambulance. In the past five years, Edgecomb has paid $17,000 annually, but beginning July 1 that will end. On Feb. 7,…
By the end of this month, Clippership Landing Development LLC will submit a certificate of need (CON) application to Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for a 102-bed skilled…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Internal Revenue Service provided details Friday evening clarifying the federal tax status involving special payments made by 21 states in 2022.
The IRS has…
During an emergency meeting, Community School District Superintending Committee members officially heard how administrators planned on handling the elementary school flooding. On Feb. 7, school…
Maine State Aquarium
A recent poll shows that most Americans give up their New Year’s resolutions by early February. The Maine State Aquarium is well on its way towards keeping its resolution to open in 2023. The new…
As news spread Sunday night, Feb. 5 about the elementary school’s flooding, high school Principal Tricia Campbell dreaded making a call to her student leadership about changes to the school…
After two days of assessing and re-assessing water damage from the elementary school flooding the weekend of Feb. 4-5, Community School District trustees heard administrators’ initial plans Feb. 7…
Selectmen
In the recent extreme cold, TextMyGov announced the warming center at Wiscasset Community Center for people and pets. The new texting service is free, and the town would like more signups, Town…
After a lengthy search, Lincoln Academy has a new school resource officer. On Feb. 7, Lincoln County commissioners approved Mark Fortin as a new deputy sheriff. Sheriff Todd Brackett reported…
What will it take for Maine Yankee’s nuclear waste to leave Wiscasset? It will take the federal government meeting the responsibility it took on around 1950 to get, somewhere in the country, high-…
Obituary
James Patrick Lawlor (Jim), 67, of Newcastle, Maine peacefully passed away in the early morning hours of Jan. 28, 2023 in Rockport, Maine.
He was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont, the…
Obituary
Christopher Sebastian Aleman, 37, passed away on Jan. 16, 2023 at Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine.
He was born on Oct. 11, 1985 in Augusta, Georgia to Sebastian E. Aleman…
Obituary
David Emerson Ridgway, 70 of Woolwich, Maine passed away on Feb. 3, 2023 with his family close by. Per David’s wishes, the family has chosen to have a private service.
David was born on Nov…
Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in January:
Alna: Albee, Carol S. and Daigle, Carol A. to Vogel, Alisha Albee; Hanning,…
Wiscasset selectmen
From a decades-long member of one committee to a newer resident who has served since shortly after her arrival in town, several Wiscasset committee members have applied for new terms. Selectmen…
A gathering to celebrate the life of Kernan Cross, and to honor his memory, will take place on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Lincoln Theater in downtown Damariscotta.
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In 1993, Damariscotta River Association, now a part of Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, acquired the 71-acre property in South Bristol known as Plummer Point Preserve. Thirty years…
Maine Emergency Management Agency has announced the following warming centers in Lincoln County during the extremely cold temperatures expected on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3 and 4.
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Maine will experience a level of extreme cold temperatures that only occurs about once every decade. The National Weather Service (NWS) Offices in Gray and Caribou report wind chills are expected…
Midcoast Conservancy has been the grateful recipient of several conservation easements in the past few months. Whether direct easement donations or pre-sale easement procurement, these conserved…
Heather Leslie, professor of marine science and director of the Darling Marine Center at the University of Maine, has been named a 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)…
In recognition of the heart health of its customers and associates and in conjunction with American Heart Month, Hannaford Supermarkets has announced that all 185 stores throughout New England and…
This week’s (Feb. 2 issue) print issue has an incorrect headline on the page 1 lead story regarding the delay in the referendum vote on the school construction project. According to Superintendent…
Preparing and planning ahead for weather events is good practice, especially for extreme weather.
We have dangerously cold temperatures forecasted for Friday and Saturday. Combined with…
The Friends of Wiscasset Public Library are running a $5 Hot Chocolate Fundraiser for the month of February. Each beautifully wrapped mug contains hot chocolate packets and recipe ideas.
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Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced the final wording of two referendum questions on Monday.
The wording of the citizens’ initiative question entitled “An Act To Create the Pine…
Press release
Retired attorney and Alna resident Steven Graham is running for second selectman. The election will be held in March.
Until his retirement, Graham practiced law for almost 50 years,…
Obituary
Kernan Cross, a long-time Midcoast businessman and fixture in several community performing arts groups, passed away Jan. 13, 2023 in Brunswick. A native of central New York, he resided in Boothbay…
Obituary
Fred E. Bergquist passed away Jan. 29, 2023, at the of age 86.
He was born May 12, 1936. He graduated from Boothbay Harbor High School in 1954 and the University of Maine with a…
Update: WCC has reopened this morning, Tuesday, Jan. 31 after staff cleaned the building with a hospital-grade disinfectant late into Monday night, Operations Manager Robert MacDonald confirmed in…
Obituary
Robert Hall Baird Sr. passed away and went to be with the Lord on Dec. 31, 2022. With family by his side at LincolnHealth Hospital in Damariscotta, Maine after a brief illness at the age of 96…
Two of Alna’s three selectboard seats will be on the ballot in March and neither incumbent is running. In separate email responses to questions, Third Selectman Charles Culbertson and Second…
Obituary
Steven Smith, 73, of "East by God" Peru, Maine passed away on Jan. 17, 2023 at home with his family by his side.
Born on March 13, 1949, to Lloyd and Joanne Smith, Steve graduated from…
Update: Phil Di Vece, who was coaching the boys middle school basketball team after the coaching changes listed below, is no longer coaching, and Bryan James, the assistant high school boys…
Alna selectmen want public feedback before they change fees for permits and services. The fees, last changed in 2017 or 2018, have been falling short of the town’s costs to fulfill the requests,…
Obituary
Verna Slater died on Nov. 7, 2022 in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
She was born July 21, 1928 in Fredericton, New Brunswick to William and Vella Clark and moved to Rhode Island in 1943 where…
Press release
Coreysha “Rey” Stone, an educator, artist, and flower farmer, is running for third selectperson in Alna. Town elections will take place in March.
Stone currently serves…
