Stacey Souza has served Wiscasset’s schools 13 years. She still will, but fewer hours a week after she went to school for a longtime interest, real estate. Living all over New England and moving…
News
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) will meet online on Thursday, June 17 at 7 p.m. with a focus on celebrating and supporting Pride Month.
The guest speaker…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen on June 1 passed a policy letting merchants seek annual licenses from the town clerk for sidewalk space and letting other applicants seek selectmen’s OK. In any conflicts for…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 840.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine…
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…
When we think about scammers, we often think of “stranger danger” stemming from overseas criminal enterprises bombarding our phones and emails with fraudulent offers. The sad reality for older…
“I’m totally surprised that this should happen,” Westport Island Second Selectman Gerald Bodmer said Monday night. His fellow town officials had just surprised the 12-year board member with the…
Obituary
Margaret L. Russell, 88, passed away on the morning of June 6, 2021 at Chase Point in Damariscotta with family and the loving staff by her side.
Born in Newcastle on Feb. 8, 1933, she…
Edgecomb Community Church, UCC, invites you to three special events happening this month at The Labyrinth in the Field, located next to the church building. All the events will be guided by Pastor…
Garden Club of Wiscasset (GCW) held its annual luncheon and business meeting June 3 in the beautiful terrace area of Montsweag Farm Restaurant. Members were able to enjoy one another’s company in…
Wiscasset School Department has announced, “Due to temperatures in the school buildings, Wiscasset schools will be dismissed at noon today. Thank you for your understanding.”
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…
Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop
Cookbooks are on sale at half price as of Thursday morning, June 10, at Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta.
Rosie Bensen, co-manager of the shop, said, “Our shop has…
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…
There is a new dawn in Edgecomb. First-year Selectman Dawn Murray was elected chairman of the board June 2 by a 2-0 vote. She succeeds Mike Smith who has served as chairman since Jack Sarmanian’s…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 839.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine…
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…
In a new study, University of Maine researchers found that culture helps humans adapt to their environment and overcome challenges better and faster than genetics.
After conducting an…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a new blog that shares timely, research-based food and nutrition content in an easy-to-digest format.
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In February 2020, Alex and Maria Nikolic bought Harborage Inn in Boothbay Harbor and looked forward to a robust tourist season. In March, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and curtailed any hopes they had…
There will be graveside service for Irma Heaberlin on Monday, June 14 at 2 p.m.. at Evergreen Cemetery, Barters Island Road, Boothbay.
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…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 838.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine…
The Tall Ships Festival in Boothbay Harbor June 25-27 is happening through a partnership between Friends of Windjammer Days and Tall Ships of America.
It had been scheduled for 2020 by Mark…
With businesses in the Boothbay region and beyond looking to hire, an in-person hiring fair is being organized locally for noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 15 at Sherman Field, Boothbay Region High…
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…
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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional 10 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 837.
Seven of the deaths occurred between May 2 and May…
The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Disabled Veterans’ Controlled Moose Hunt lottery.
Seven Mainers were selected for the…
Obituary
Robert G. Skillin, 86, of Scarborough, reached the end of his life on May 21, 2021. He was the husband of Janet M. (Boomhour) Skillin.
He was born June 24, 1934, in…
Pemaquid Chapter’s monthly in-person meeting is at noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8 at American Legion Hall, Industrial Park Drive, Boothbay. Bring a snack or bag lunch.
Pemaquid Chapter,…
Obituary
Susan J. McKown, 80 years old of Thomaston, passed away surrounded by family in her home, May 25, 2021. She was the wife of George McKown of Thomaston…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 827.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
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…
Wiscasset voters take up a proposed $6,116,034 municipal budget Tuesday, June 8. The sum is $249,575 higher than the 2020-21 budget, Town Manager Dennis Simmons said in a May 28 email response to…
Prosecutorial District VI District Attorney Natasha Irving asked Lincoln County Commissioners Tuesday to reverse a legal secretary job description that changed this spring. Irving told…
Obituary
Donna L. Mellecker, 74, of Lewiston died May 28, 2021, at St. Mary’s d’Youville Pavilion in Lewiston.
She was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Nov. 14, 1946, a daughter of James and…
Maine native and University of Maine alumna Christina Cash has been named assistant director for outreach and communication at the Lobster Institute at UMaine, effective May 17.
…
Obituary
Linda Jones passed away peacefully on May 30, 2021 at her home in Boothbay Harbor at the age of 83. Linda spent summers on Capitol Island from childhood until she and her deceased husband Bob…
Obituary
Gail Dodge Marzluff passed away on May 28, 2021 in Hillsborough, North Carolina at age 75.
Gail Charlotte Dodge was born in East Boothbay, Maine on Sept. 8,…
Obituary
Priscilla Knowlton Tavenner, 84, of Boothbay, passed away peacefully in her home on the morning of May 29, 2021 surrounded by her loving husband Thomas and family.
Priscilla was born on Feb…
The word “boat” can apply generically to watercraft from less than 12 feet in length to more than 1200 feet in length and displacements from a under a hundred pounds to a hundred thousand tons or…
Westport Island selectmen
It was unknown by how much, since voters still have the town budget to decide piece by piece June 19 and the school budget June 8, but as proposed, Westport Island’s property tax rate should drop…
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…
Air Force veteran Sophia Inman was the keynote speaker at Woolwich’s Memorial Day service at North Woolwich Methodist Church Monday evening. The annual ecumenical service included Day’s Ferry…
Press release
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is requesting help locating a missing girl. Brittney Wilson, 16, of Somerville was last seen on the evening of May…
Obituary
Mary Evelyn Friant was reunited with her best friend and husband, Howard L. Friant, on May 23, 2021, one week shy of her 92nd birthday.
Mary Evelyn was born on May 29,1929 in Newark,…
A small group of bystanders withstood soggy conditions to attend Memorial Day services at Pownalorough Courthouse in Dresden May 31.
"This is the 67th year that we have held ceremonies here…
Wesley Winters feels guilty sometimes for not getting into the Army. “I went in for the draft (in 1961), went in for a physical over in Portland and they didn’t take me because I had asthma.
…
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…
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…
