AUGUSTA— The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it is taking action following the deaths of four young children in Maine over the past month.
The Department…
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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
The Head Tide Church in Alna will be open during July and August on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. The Head Tide Church Committee warmly welcomes everyone to stop by. Volunteers will be on…
Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association
Maine students have been able to eat and cook locally caught seafood because of Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association’s (MCFA) program, Fishermen Feedings Mainers. MCFA, a nonprofit whose…
A Southport woman was treated at the scene and later transported to Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta following a rollover on Route 27 in Boothbay around 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
According…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
Interested in advocating for the best interests of a Maine child? The Maine Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program is holding its August training for volunteer advocates on August 24-27…
Alna selectmen
Former Alna town clerk Lisa Arsenault is back in the job. Selectmen announced the hire over Zoom June 23.
Clerk Sheila McCarty resigned in February. Second Selectman Linda Kristan said,…
The Boothbay Harbor Police Department would like to return an engagement or wedding ring to the rightful owner. The ring was found off Pear Street at the end of May.
Chief Bob Hasch said…
AUGUSTA - 504 Mainers died from drug overdoses in 2020, according to the annual report released by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). The OAG…
Lincoln County HIstorical Association
The 1811 Lincoln County Museum & Old Jail in Wiscasset opens on July 3 for tours of the granite Jail and Jailer’s House plus a special exhibit of mounted and framed photos of Lincoln County at…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
Dresden selectmen
Dresden Town Administrator Michael Faass told selectmen Tuesday night, June 22, Maine Department of Transportation plans to repair or replace Middle Bridge. The bridge carries Route 197 over the…
Sales of single-family existing homes in Maine continue a double-digit increase trend. Statistics released June 22 by the Maine Association of Realtors show 1,1613 homes changed hands across the…
Alna is set to name its next town clerk Wednesday and take possible first steps toward updating the town’s building rules. An “accessory apartments” item on selectmen’s agenda, released June 18,…
Wiscasset School Committee on June 15 recognized new retirees Carolyn Orne, Jeffrey Speed, Nancy Wyman, Cheryl Campbell, Pam Freeman and Ralph Keyes. Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood said some…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
Maggie Weiss from Bristol, Maine submitted the winning T-shirt design for this year’s Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta. This year’s festival will be Oct. 8-11. Her design was selected from…
Last year, Tanner Davis’ bicycle popped a tire and the bearings went. Last week, the Westport Island boy, 7, got a new Huffy bike Doug Davis said is just the right size for his son.
“I love…
A graveside service will be held with military honors for Carl J.L Bruening on Tuesday, July 27 at 1 p.m. at the Maine Veterans Cemetery, 153 Mount Vernon Road, Augusta. Section B.
A Celebration of Life service for Priscilla K. Tavenner, who died May 29, will be held Sunday, July 18 at 2 p.m. at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor.
Obituary
Diana Eames Esterly, 79, formerly of Southport, passed away from ongoing heart complications at her home in Bayard, New Mexico, on May 18, 2021.
Born on Jan. 25, 1942, at Miles Hospital in…
On Monday, June 21, Hon. Chris Johnson started as Deputy Secretary of State for Information Services, Chief Information Officer for the Maine Department of Secretary of State.
Johnson, a…
On June 20, Vlad D. Palli, 23, of Richmond was arrested and charged with operating under the influence, operating…
Three of four arrests made by Boothbay Harbor Police Department between May 17 and June 16 were for operating under the influence.
On May 21, officer…
The 2021 Charles Begin Boothbay Harbor Lobster Boat Races were held Saturday, June 19 after skies cleared. Here, professional photographer Michael Leonard captures the action from West Boothbay…
Healthy Lincoln County has named Kelsey Robinson as its new executive director, effective July 1, 2021. Robinson succeeds Kate…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
The Edgecomb Community Church will be holding a fundraising event in the form of a sub sandwich sale Friday, July 9. Church members will be taking orders for this summer event,…
Where in Wiscasset will Sea Bags set up to sell its well-known bags made of sails? Selectmen and Town Manager Dennis Simmons were not sure June 15, when the board approved Sea Bags’ latest…
Two requests have Wiscasset officials looking to town rules and records and, in one case, the morals of the matter.
June 15, Maine Art Gallery proposed Wiscasset provide a 20-year lease and…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is reminding retail stores, restaurants, and shoppers that the statewide ban on single-use plastic carry-out bags will go into effect…
The Edgecomb School Committee welcomed Dr. Christina Boursaw as Edgecomb Eddy School principal earlier this month. She replaces Ira Michaud who served four years. Boursaw begins her two-year…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
Maine’s First Ship and the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust are pleased to welcome Mike Dekker, author and historian, to take lecture attendees on a journey to understand the historic, economic,…
Longtime resident and second selectman Gerald “Jerry” Bodmer was honored at Saturday’s Westport Island town meeting. The town report was dedicated to Bodmer and First Selectman George Richardson…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
Midcoast Conservancy and co-sponsor Strong-Hancock Funeral Home will host an online panel discussion of Green Burial and Conservation Cemeteries on Thursday, June 24 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Green…
Lincoln County commissioners want a legal opinion before deciding on a request made by the local district attorney. On June 1, Prosecutorial District VI District Attorney Natasha Irving asked…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
“That was awesome. It’s amazing what thrills you can feel at 72. Almost 73,” Cheryl “Shep” Rust said exiting Wiscasset Speedway’s pace car that took her and other Wiscasset Area Chamber of…
Boothbay summer residents John and Leslie Malone donated an historic $25 million to Maine Medical Center’s NEXT 150 Campaign June 15. The donation brings the campaign to $135 million, within…
Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for June 1-15:
Summonses…
It’s a new beginning for Edgecomb education. On June 7, Heather Sinclair became the new Edgecomb School Committee chairman. Newly elected member Arthur Garey became vice chairman. The board is…
Carrie Kinne, executive director of the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) for the past 13 years, departed the Bath-based land conservation organization at the end of May. She will begin a new…
Wiscasset Police Chief Larry Hesseltine said the department’s budget passed more easily June 8 than it has since he has been chief, even with an additional officer in it due to a rise in calls and…
There’s going be a whole lot of wake on the water this Saturday, June 19 when lobster boats up and down the coast arrive, revved up and ready to race, in the 2021 Charles Begin Memorial Lobster…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with…
...which is actually in Wiscasset, not Bath
WISCASSET—Ironically, Wiscasset’s first brewery is named after the nearby town 10 minutes away, but there’s a story for that. On Route 1, opposite from the Shaw’s Supermarket, Bath Ale Works, co-…
