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Former Wiscasset Selectboard chair Ed Polewarczyk has thrown his hat into the ring for the Republican nomination in House District 47 which includes Alna, Jefferson, Whitefield and Wiscasset.…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services and the Maine Department of Education advised Maine school units and child care providers on Wednesday that effective March 9 universal…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

The Maine Aquaculture Association (MAA) has released the first of its kind…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

The Edgecomb Budget Committee is happy with overall Fiscal Year 23 budget figures proposed by school officials. On Feb. 15, the budget and school committees discussed the proposed $3,093,387…

The contest to name the baby donkey at Morris Farm has been extended “through spring to give…

The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in February:

Alna: Johns, Susan M. to Brassil, Claire; Baston, Douglas C. and Baston,…

Westport Island Democrats are having a special meeting Thursday, March 10, at the Town Hall, 6:…

Maine Department of Transportation is replacing Station 46 Bridge, which carries Route 1 over Back River Creek Marsh and the Rockland…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

Ordinance review committee

“There’s not a science to this, really” for how far a marijuana business should have to be from a school, Wiscasset Ordinance Review Committee Chair Karl Olson told fellow members over Zoom Monday…

Obituary

Erin M. Hallinan, 56, passed away peacefully on Feb. 26, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport.

Erin was born on Nov. 6, 1965 in Boothbay Harbor, the son of Dennis and Mary (Delano)…

Obituary

Carol Ann Diprima Rankin, born April 3, 1961 in Groton, Massachusetts, passed away surrounded by her family on Feb. 18, 2022 at Maine Medical Center in Portland as a result of injuries sustained…

AUGUSTA — With the U.S. CDC announcing Friday it is relaxing its mask guidance for communities where hospitals aren’t under high strain, Governor Janet Mills is calling on the Maine CDC to review…

Every day in Wiscasset, when motorists pass Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission on Route 1, they are also passing the non-profit National Digital Equity Center. Headquartered at LCRPC, the…

Marita Fairfield said she has “always been all about making sure people can use technology.” Now she is doing it as chief operating officer of Wiscasset-based National…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is again offering local residents the opportunity to improve soil and…

Woolwich is seeking bids for more improvements to Nequasset Park that include making its swimming area more Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) friendly. The park which includes a picnic area…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

Obituary

Carolyn A. (Thayer) Bailey, 85, of Brewer, formerly of Wiscasset, passed peacefully Feb. 19, 2022 at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.

She was born in…

LincolnHealth reported 57 new COVID-19 cases from 405 tests for the week of Feb. 14. Tests and positive cases continue on a downward trend from the peak of the pandemic in late December and early…

Absentee ballots for Alna’s March 25 town election will be available from Friday, Feb. 25 through Tuesday, March 22 at the town office, Town Clerk Lisa Arsenault…

Woolwich will post Old Stage, Nequasset and Mountain roads during construction of the new Station 46 Bridge. Road Commissioner Jack Shaw told the selectboard Feb. 22, he’d need their approval…

Obituary

Millicent Ruth Brewer, age 83, of Orlando, Florida, passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 14, 2022.

Millicent was born on Nov. 29, 1938 in New York, New York, the daughter of Millicent (…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

Obituary
William Lowell Stinson, 87, of Wiscasset passed away on Feb. 21, 2022. Lowell was born in Bath, Maine  May 20, 1934 to William L. and Mary (Boudin) Stinson. He lived most of his life…

Maine Department of Transportation’s project of replacing Station 46 Bridge is getting underway in Woolwich. All was quiet Sunday, Feb. 20 at the work site at Route 1 and…

Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg

Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg flies to Edinburgh April 5 where she will receive The Iain Macleòid Young Composer Award during the International Harp Festival, April 8-11, at George Watson’s College.…

Obituary

Mary Lou (Soule) Peaslee, born Nov. 16, 1928, in Damariscotta, was the daughter of Catherine M. (Caton) Soule and Francis S. Soule Sr., of Wiscasset. She passed away on Feb. 17, 2022, at the age…

Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Superintendent of Schools Howard Tuttle released the following letter Sunday, Feb. 20 on a move to optional masking starting Monday, Feb. 28:

“On…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

Obituary

On Valentine’s Day we lost a beautiful soul, Dorothy Elora Wood Janvrin. Dot, as she was widely known, was born at home in Groveland, Massachusetts, the fourth of six children of her loving…

Lincoln County Republicans held their Lincoln Day Dinner at the 1812 Farm in Bristol on Feb. 12. The theme of the event was Lincoln’s speeches. Trish Warren, candidate for House District 48, read…

Like she did growing up, Cindy Collamore has worked her way through Wiscasset’s schools. She is transferring from…

Obituary

Agatha K. DeRepentigny, 86, of Boothbay and Old Orchard Beach died on Feb. 18, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport.

Agatha was born on June 18, 1935, in Biddeford, Maine to Stanley and…

Wiscasset Middle High School graduate Daren Wood is a mechanical engineer at Peregrine Turbine Technologies in Wiscasset. But Saturday, Wood was splitting wood for the firepit that was one of the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

Alna selectmen, other residents and the town’s plowing contractor talked again Feb. 16 about service this winter.

Bruce Hartford has decided to call it a career after 28 years with the U.S. Postal Service. Hartford was the Edgecomb postmaster for 4.5 years. Feb. 16 was his last day as he decided to reduce his…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

KELT

Sea level rise is a reality that will test Maine’s coastal communities and economies. The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is delighted to host Susie Arnold…

Wiscasset selectmen

Wiscasset is closer to a possible money-saving move on power. Titan Energy’s Adam Teff told the board the town has gotten a net energy…

Obituary

James W. Stetson, 75, died Feb. 14, 2022 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.

Jim was born Feb. 25, 1946 in Augusta, Maine…

Commissioners are seeking a 6% recycling services increase from five organizations outside Lincoln County. For several years, Lincoln County Recycling has served Warren, Windsor, Pittston and…

The National Endowment for Arts is using $57.75 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds to support organizations and cultural sectors recovering from the pandemic. The awards are designed to…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

AUGUSTA – The Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee voted on Tuesday to advance a bill by Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, aimed at supporting Maine’s lobster fishing industry following recent…