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The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in November:
Alna: None
Boothbay: Lewis, Peter M. IV and Lewis Peter M. to…
Wiscasset firefighters responded to one fire late Christmas Eve and another very early on Christmas, according to authorities.
The Saturday night one was a possible garage fire but turned…
On Nov. 15 and 16, coastal communities in Lincoln County experienced a “King Tide.” USEPA characterizes a King Tide as “… the highest predicted high…
At a December 15 meeting, the Maine Maritime Museum Board of Trustees approved the acquisition of the historic schooner Mary E, believed to be the oldest…
Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
The Second Congregational Church, UCC in Newcastle is inviting one and all to come and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve, preservice music…
“Mason Station LLC paid the taxes on the former Mason Station, $220,834.50,” Wiscasset Town Manager Marian Anderson reports in an email to news media Thursday afternoon. The 4:29 p.m., Dec. 22…
A missing New Gloucester man called his wife from a Gardiner store and was located by Gardiner police, Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman…
At a Glance is a new feature we will post on our website each week of the photographs and cutlines which make it into print but haven't appeared online during the week. The beginning words of…
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has announced the first round of grants that are part of her signature leadership initiative, …
obituary
Byron B. Nichols, formerly of Augusta and Boothbay Harbor, died in Ft. Myers, Florida on Nov. 4, 2016. He was 96.
Byron was born in Gardiner, Maine in 1920,…
Edgecomb Board of Selectmen
Select Board Chairman Jack Sarmanian is mediating a problem between the Edgecomb fire chief and Wiscasset Ambulance Service director. The selectmen appointed Sarmanian to serve as a mediator…
Wiscasset selectmen voted 3-1 to have their attorney forward a letter to school officials expressing their unease about a recent decision to approve an estimated $1.75 million energy conservation…
Project “HESPER,” an art exhibit planned for the Wiscasset waterfront, won the approval of selectmen Tuesday. Town Planner Ben Averill determined the project did not need approval from the…
Westport Island officials signed a consent agreement Monday evening with Anthony Keefe, settling the disposition of code violations at his Old Woods road property after more than a year of …
Lincoln County Commissioners
At their last meeting of the year, Lincoln County Commissioners approved an additional $86,560 for the Sheriff’s Office to increase spending for the Addiction Resource Center’s Sheriff’s Office-…
Twelve people including two from Wiscasset were arrested on drug-related charges in Augusta Tuesday following a several-month investigation into the sale of crack cocaine and heroin in Augusta and…
obituary
Marilyn Ava Landry, 88, cherished wife, mother and grandmother, died peacefully at Miles Hospital on Dec. 17, 2016 as her loving daughter Lisa sang…
obituary
Thomas Milburn Gopsill VII, 63, of Farmington, beloved husband, father and brother, died in the comfort of his home with his loving wife by his side on Dec. 17, 2016.
Tom spent the last two…
Alna First Selectman David Abbott said a proposal the board heard Dec. 15 was the same one Head Tide Dam Committee members said would be presented, one that replaces an abutment and removes a seam…
obituary
Audrey B. Post, 86, of Camden, age 86, died peacefully in her sleep on Dec. 9, 2016, after a long struggle with illness.
She was born May 9, 1930 and grew up in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania,…
The first meeting of the Advisory Committee for Wiscasset’s Downtown Project included adopting a vision statement, but Monday evening’s discussion wasn’t without moments of disparity.
After…
Rev. Erika Hewitt of the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will lead a candlelit Christmas Eve service for all ages on Saturday, Dec. 24 at 4 p.m. in the Atrium at Skidompha Library. The…
Church of the Nazarene Pastor Wally Staples said donations are down for the Wiscasset church’s annual Christmas toy and food drive, and that the church can use all the help it can get in meeting…
Moving, humbling and inspiring, is how Ed and Cheri Kavanagh of Federal Street in Wiscasset described being among an estimated 44,000 volunteers taking part in the Wreaths Across America project…
After months of planning, preparation and development, all five law enforcement agencies in Lincoln County are ready to launch the Bridges to Treatment Program.…
Obituary
Judith Ann Fox of Topsham died in the early evening of Dec. 15, 2016, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, following a lengthy series of illnesses.
She was born on April 3, 1943 in Boothbay…
obituary
Mary Alice Latter, 52, of Boothbay died Dec. 16, 2016 at her home on Back River, surrounded by her loving family.
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Kraut's ready.
For years, during the fall, those two words in a tiny newspaper ad hung on the door of the Kraut Haus in Waldoboro. Now the kraut, from Morse’s Sauerkraut, is always ready,…
Join us! LincolnHealth and 5-2-1-0 Let’s Go! Lincoln County, along with local non-profits, schools and others, are supporting the 14th annual Winter Physical Activity Challenge. Last year it was “…
In preparation for the move to its new location, Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta will hold a storewide half-price sale Wednesday, Dec. 21 through Saturday, Dec. 24, its…
Two former selectmen returned nomination papers by Friday’s deadline to get on the ballot for Wiscasset selectman. The Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 special election will fill the vacancy created by the…
An energy project of up to $1.75 million got the Wiscasset School Committee’s unanimous approval Dec. 15. And selectmen’s handling of a Dec. 6 discussion on the project got a strong rebuke from…
Judges Kit Sherrill, Lorie Demers, Lisa Kristoff, Doug Fraher and Trish Monroe selected the following gingerbreads as this year's Top 12 this afternoon, Dec. 16, at the Opera House.
Drum…
Obituary
Judith M. Dunsford, 69, died peacefully, surrounded by her loving husband, Jon, and her sister, Mary on Dec. 14, 2016 at her home after a fight with breast cancer…
Basketballs hit anywhere in the Wiscasset Community Center gym, but one on Tuesday night sheared off a sprinkler head and forced the center’s closure, Parks and Recreation Director Todd Souza said…
If Wiscasset wins as much as $550,000 for cleanup, the 20-percent local match would be a cheap price to make some former Mason Station lots fit for use, an engineer said Dec. 14.
In-kind…
Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene
The Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene will host the Sky Family Celtic Revival for a Christmas program on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 11 a.m.
The Sky Family, from Prince Edward Island, Canada, will use…
At a Glance is a new feature we will post on our website each week of the photographs and cutlines which make it into print but haven't appeared online during the week. The beginning words of…
The Wiscasset School Committee’s decision on a $1.7 million energy project remained on track for Thursday night, Dec. 15, Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot said Monday. The meeting in the…
The plays in the upcoming season at Portland Stage Company share a common thread of ties that bind: love, relationships and family.
Currently on stage: Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”…
For the past ten years, thousands of packages are delivered to the Lincoln County Animal Shelter (LCAS) on Christmas Eve, filled with food, supplements, remedies, toys, medications, beds, litter…
Appearing before the Westport Island board of selectmen Monday, Dec. 12, Dennis Dunbar of the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust gave an update on its efforts to acquire the Squam Creek Preserve.
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Skidompha Public Library
Skidompha Public Library is offering several opportunities in the coming weeks for those interested in family history research. Perhaps you’ve been given a subscription to Ancestry.com…
Many area children came to the Secret Santa Workshop on the lower level of the Wiscasset Library Dec.10 and with the guidance of library volunteers perused and…
Newcastle Board of Selectmen
Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt, Project Manager Deane Van Dusen, and other staff members appeared at a meeting of Sherman Marsh residents and other interested…
A planned closing this week on the sale of the former Wiscasset Primary School building fell through but another potential buyer has made an offer.
“The first buyer has just notified us that…
Working remotely, but not from home — that’s the concept behind a new business in Damariscotta.
One day recently a man was walking…
Wiscasset District and Superior courts
The following closed court cases have been reported by the Lincoln County Clerk. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Clarence Reisen, 32, of…
Ahead of the 2017-18 budget draft, Wiscasset’s budget committee on Dec. 8 reopened some of the panel’s past talking points and touched on some new ones to consider raising in upcoming…
