The town of Woolwich will be holding its 24th annual Yule Sing and Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Nequasset Meeting House across from the Town Hall on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m.
All are welcome…
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Newcastle Board of Selectmen
At the Nov. 28 Newcastle Board of Selectmen meeting, it was decided to begin a program to salt heavily traveled roads. Main Street through the village, Academy Hill Road, which is particularly…
On Monday, Nov. 28, Westport Island selectmen met with Code Enforcement Officer Gary Richardson to review a draft legal document on violations at the Anthony Keefe property on Old Woods road.
…The Central Lincoln County YMCA’s 36th annual Holiday Bazaar was, once again, a great success. Held on Saturday, Nov. 19, this popular event…
Now though the holiday season, CLC YMCA is collecting bottles to raise money for the community phase of the Capital Campaign.
To help, simply bring your cans…
The pretty yellow carriage house that sits on a ridge overlooking the Sheepscot River in Boothbay Harbor, started as just that — a carriage house — with an apartment.…
Mickey and Crystal (Everett) Jones recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at a gathering at the Bible Baptist Church in Wiscasset hosted by their children. The Joneses were married in…
Wiscasset Planning Board
No Wiscasset residents turned out Monday night to ask about, or comment on, the proposed update to the Clark’s Point subdivision. But in the minutes before the planning board took a set of…
Obituary
Harold D. Abbott, Sr., 85, of South Bristol, died peacefully at The Sussman House in Rockport on Nov. 25, 2016.
He…
The Maine Tourism Association has launched a new campaign highlighting Maine’s largest industry and the positive impact a strong…
Obituary
Russell William Powis died quietly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Nov. 17, 2016, while preparing for a ride. He loved to go on rides…
Big shout-out to Jack Shaw and Son Construction and Selectman Jason Shaw for coming out with their bucket truck and helping us install our new flashing lights for our Route One signs. This new…
It’s impossible to make it as a mother living on low wages
Joanne R., 38 years old — “and pushing 60,” she said — has worked since she was 11…
Melanie “Nana” Cook wiped away tears Saturday as granddaughter Charlotte Dakin, 6 months, and Dakin’s mother Sasha Gieseman stepped down from the Lincoln Theater stage. Mother and daughter had…
Wiscasset School Department
For a second year, parents, school staff and the community at large can weigh in on the next Wiscasset school budget, via an online survey Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot is running.
…The annual Wiscasset tree-lighting ceremony will be held Saturday, Dec. 3 at 4:30 p.m. on the town common. Chorus members from grades five through 12 will lead a sing-a-long of familiar holiday…
A special election will be held in Wiscasset, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 to fill the vacancy left on the board of selectmen following the resignation of Judy Flanagan.
On Tuesday night, Nov. 22…
Wiscasset Waterfront Committee
The Wiscasset Waterfront Committee considered a fee for commercial boats to tie up at the recreational float from mid-October through Dec. 1. The commercial vessels tie up at the recreational dock…
West Bath District Court
Mark Westrum pleaded not guilty through his attorney to a charge of OUI (alcohol) prior to his scheduled arraignment on Tuesday, Nov. 22. He did not appear in person.
Westrum, who is…
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…
Woolwich has set aside Thursday evening, Dec. 8, for residents to honor their longtime selectman and former town administrator Lloyd Coombs. Selectmen’s Chairman David King Sr. said the hearing…
Alna selectmen
Alna moved closer Monday night to determining the future of its town office. Selectmen signed a $2,000 deal with a design firm to look at what it would take to keep the town office in the cape on…
As families push back from the Thanksgiving table this month, others in the Midcoast will begin designing and baking their entries for Boothbay Harbor’s magical Gingerbread…
When Tyler Hodgdon set out in his lobster boat, At Last, on Halloween, he never expected to haul a trap and find a pumpkin-colored lobster in it.
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This year, the annual Wiscasset High School Turkey Aid became the first ever Wiscasset Middle High School Turkey Thyme, in an effort to involve all students and staff in the annual Thanksgiving…
The tradition of hanging the greens, rooted in ancient civilizations, once celebrated the winter solstice. As those cultures converted to Christianity, the tradition of hanging greens to decorate…
Obituary
Ronald S. Miller Sr., 69, of Waldoboro, died peacefully at home with family by his side on Nov. 19, 2016.
He was born May 29, 1947 in Rockland, Maine to Conrad and Lilla (Johnson) Miller.…
Obituary
John Hart Fish of Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts died unexpectedly at home on Nov. 16, 2016. He was 24 years of age.
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he was the son of Margaret B.…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
On Saturday, Nov. 19, an accident occurred on Route One in Edgecomb involving Alison M. Cook, 21, of East Boothbay, and Randy L. Lester, 61, of Boothbay, authorities said. Cook was making a…
Wiscasset selectmen will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22 at the municipal building, to take up plans for a special election following last week’s resignation of Selectman Judy Flanagan, and…
Death Notice
Bruce J. McColl, 61, of Wiscasset, died peacefully on Nov. 21, 2016.
Friends and family will gather at his home on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 11 a.m. to celebrate his life.
Lincoln County District and Superior courts
These are the closed cases reported by the County Clerk for the period between Nov. 1 and Nov. 11. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Michael…
State Senator Chris Johnson, D - Somerville, held his final series of office hours on Saturday, Nov. 19, after losing the election to Dana Dow, R - Waldoboro, on Nov. 8.
Johnson said that…
Wiscasset School Committee
Clover Apczynski, 5, knows what to say about mistakes in Becky Hallowell’s kindergarten class at Wiscasset Elementary School.
“Oh, bummer. Maybe next time,” Apczynski said when Hallowell…
Hundreds of shoppers, from the peninsula and beyond showed up in the pre-dawn hours for the 2016 Early Bird Sale in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday Nov. 19. Many were first-time shoppers in the harbor…
The Edgecomb Planning Board approved permits for a California man to construct a back lot driveway and a Damariscotta oyster farm to build a pier at its River Road location.
The board voted…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
Allison Pederson had never seen a cell phone amplifier before. On Saturday, she was holding one made of maple and mahogany. A Two Bridges Regional Jail inmate made it in the wood shop that is part…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens' Gardens Aglow opened to a wide-eyed, appreciative crowd of hundreds Thursday, Nov. 17 at its special preview event, before the…
Bowdoin International Music Festival
The Bowdoin International Music Festival has announced the appointment of Daniel Nitsch as executive director. Nitsch joined the Festival staff in 2015 as director of admissions and operations. He…
Rewriting the federal farm bill always brings political fights, but the next bill could be better for Maine farmers thanks to America’s increasing appetite for organic and locally grown goods, U.S…
Now that demolition work on the old viaduct is being wrapped up, contractors are beginning to build the new Bath Viaduct. MaineDOT wants drivers to know what to expect and is advising all to plan…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
Two Bridges Regional Jail will be having its annual craft fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the jail Nov. 19. All items are inmate made: furniture, toys, games and novelty items - something for…
Being new makes the Wiscasset School Department a risk for banks to fund the department’s energy upgrades, so the lease-purchase deal will need to run 15 years, not 20, according to the firm…
Damariscotta Board of Selectmen
At the special town meeting on Nov. 16, at the beginning of the regular Board of Selectmen’s meeting, Damariscotta residents passed all seven issues. Most were technical changes, but three…
St. Patrick Church in Newcastle is assisting the town’s ecumenical food pantry in providing Thanksgiving baskets for over 230 families in Lincoln…
Alna selectmen’s regular meeting has been cancelled for Wednesday night and will be rescheduled, Town Clerk Lisa Arsenault announced in an email. The board did not yet have a date confirmed but…
Selectmen on Tuesday approved Wiscasset EMS Director Toby Martin’s request to hire an additional staff member. By a 4-1 vote, Selectman Jeff Slack dissenting, the board approved taking $30,000…
The Animal House in Damariscotta will be hosting a "Girl's Night Out" on Sunday, Nov. 20 from 4 to 6 p.m. to support Team Garron in raising money for the Maine Chapter of the March of Dimes.
…The Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary holiday bazaar and wreath sale is scheduled for Dec. 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mid Coast Hospital Café and Conference Rooms, 123 Medical Center Drive in Brunswick…
At a Glance is a new feature we will post on our website each week of the photographs and cutlines which are scheduled to make it into print but haven't appeared online during the week. The…
