Four men have returned nomination papers for two, three-year terms on the Woolwich Board of Selectmen. Voters will make their selection at the Nov. 8 general election.
At least one of the…
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Wiscasset property owners will see their property taxes rise 14.1 percent. Selectmen voted Tuesday night to take $600,000 from the undesignated fund balance to keep the increase from running as…
Wiscasset selectmen voted 4-1 to start the foreclosure process to take possession of the Mason Station LLC property. The decision followed a 20-minute question and answer session with Attorney Ben…
Bernard Patterson was a decorated Vietnam War veteran who got away with $177,000 in a 1971 bank robbery in his hometown of Mars Hill, and then escaped to Europe to…
Obituary
Muriel “Mickey’’ Alice Yereance, 91, of Newcastle, formerly of Boothbay Harbor and Southport, died peacefully Sept. 19, 2016 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, surrounded by her family…
Boothbay Harbor Police arrested two local men for the armed robbery of another man in a Boothbay Harbor hotel in the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 18. Police arrested Jeff Cusumano, 55, of Edgecomb…
St. Andrew’s Design Showhouse and Glimpse of Glidden Street is only a week away. Interior designers and others are painting and arranging rooms in the church’s…
Four citizens from the Boothbay peninsula have been the anchors of the Lincoln County Democratic party for many years.
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Dresden selectmen moved Mon., Sept.19 to help local drought victims by opening the taps to residents whose wells have dried up.
Selectman Dwight Keene told the board he been approached by…
While the lobster stock in Maine remains healthy and continues to grow, managing the future of the $300 million industry requires more than traditional science. In February, the Department of…
Obituary
Robert Noble “Bob” Frazer, 95, died peacefully at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough on Sept. 16, 2016.
Bob was…
On Friday, Sept. 23, the Boothbay Charities Classic is proud to host the 26th annual Lobster Bake and Live Sports Auction. This event will kick off the events of the weekend starting at 4 p.m.…
Elaine Jones received distinguished recognition by the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment with a 2016 Visionary Award in June. The recipients of this annual award are selected for…
Town of Newcastle and Maine Department of Transportation
The Newcastle Board of Selectmen agreed to postpone a meeting on Sherman Marsh in order to have more time to get out notice of the meeting.
The meeting will now take place on Monday, Oct. 3…
A scarecrow contest, Halloween costume contest, and a block dance party with trick-or-treating will add to Wiscasset’s October fun, as the town expands its fall traditions with help from the…
Obituary
Carol E. (Barker) Nadeau, 76, died Sept. 18, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family.
She was born March 22, 1940 in Bucksport, Maine to the late Richard and Julia (Gerrish) Barker…
On Saturday Sept. 17 at about 9:20 p.m., Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies located a birthday party on Main…
Replacement of most of the Wiscasset Community Center’s roof and some of the pool lights will help the building and help people enjoy and be safe in it, Wiscasset Parks and Recreation staff said…
Obituary
Ernestine “Tina” M. Moison, 98, of Bath, formerly of Woolwich, died peacefully Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016 at the Bodwell House in Brunswick with her…
On Saturday, Sept. 19, Navy World War II veteran Ken Bergquist received duplicates of medals he hadn’t seen in more than 50 years.
Bergquist, a native of Boothbay Harbor, signed up for the…
Lincoln County Emergency Management
Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency held an open house for aspiring ham radio operators on Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Communications Center in Wiscasset.
More than two dozen people…
Dresden town officials, the Maine Warden’s Service and the Dresden Sno-Valley Riders snowmobile club were on hand early Sunday, Sept. 18 to clean up an illegal dumpsite off Gilmore Brook Road.…
Tamara Lilly worked renting rooms in Edgecomb for a succession of business owners, until about six years ago. On Thursday night, Sept. 15, she praised the Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce for…
Obituary
Ethel Cecile Stover, 83, of Sand Hill Road, Wiscasset died Sept. 10, 2016. The daughter of Paul J. McCarthy and Helen Pappas Hume, she was born in Hartford, Connectitut moving to…
Rising Tide Community Market recently donated to two local nonprofit organizations through its Co-ops for Community Day program, in which .5 percent of Wednesday sales are allocated to a different…
A Dresden man pulled a 2-year-old boy from the Kennebec River in Augusta Friday night and further aided him until emergency workers arrived, Augusta police said. The child’s condition was not…
Portland Business and Consumer Court
Rebecca Abbott waited Sept. 16 while her small excavator was loaded onto the back of a flatbed truck to be removed from the land she and her husband Derek had owned for more than seven years. They…
The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum at 97 Cross Road in Alna has received a…
Obituary
Ingeborg Katharina Soule (nee Albrecht) died Sept. 15, 2016.
She was born in Neustadt a.d. Weinstrasse, Germany on Oct. 27, 1927 to Heinrich and Paula Albrecht. She grew up amid the turmoil…
MaineDOT is advising drivers of changes in traffic patterns on Commercial Street and Vine Street in Bath Friday through Tuesday, September 16-20.
The changes are required due to construction…
The following students graduated from Bates College at the school's 150th commencement ceremony on May 29.
Wendy Goldman, daughter of Richard Marc Goldman and Linda S. Hermans, M.D. of…
Rogers Hardware in Bath will be holding their annual Community Day on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help support Make-A-Wish Maine. All proceeds from the sale of raffle tickets,…
Wiscasset Fire Chief T.J. Merry said the petition seeking a town vote on firefighters washing their personal vehicles at the fire station was turned in at the town office Thursday morning, Sept.…
The Edgecomb selectmen have no interest owning the Edgecomb Baptist Church or the adjacent cemetery. Tindal & Callahan real estate agent Emilie Hawke inquired during the Sept. 13 board meeting…
Maine Department of Transportation officials will review plans for Route 1 traffic improvements at Old Bath Road and Route 144 exits in Wiscasset at an informational hearing 6 p.m., Wednesday,…
Lincoln County Recovery Collaborative
Sen. Chris Johnson (D-Somerville) announced that the first ‘Angel’ training to assist people suffering from addiction will be held on Monday, Sept. 19 at the Damaricotta Town Hall from 5:30 - 8:30…
After a summer hiatus, the monthly conversation series for family and friends of those with dementia resumes on Thursday, Sept. 15, 4-5:30 p.m. Our speakers and resources are presented in an…
Obituary
Howard Singer, 90, of Houston, Texas and a longtime summer resident of Spruce Point, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, died Sept. 10, 2016.
He was born May 15, 1926 in Larchmont, New York.
A…
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William Sumner Stiles, 92, died peacefully at The Kaplan Family Hospice House, in Danvers, Massachusetts in the early morning hours of Sept.12.…
How many pairs of sneakers does it take to walk the perimeter of the continental U.S.? Eight so far, about 10,400 miles and two years into it, but Leroy Bailey of Virginia Beach, Virginia,…
Wiscasset Ambulance Service is holding a child safety inspection and education clinic on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Bring the child, the seat and its owner’s manual and the vehicle…
On Monday, Sept. 12, Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos (I-Friendship) appealed to Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap to reconsider the legislator’s request that Dunlap ask the Maine Judicial Supreme…
Join Lincoln County EMA at 34 Bath Road in Wiscasset on Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for an event with the Lincoln County HAM Team, featuring demonstrations, Q & A, and information on…
The response has been extremely positive to a petition for a town vote on whether or not to let Wiscasset firefighters wash their personal vehicles at the fire station, Fire Chief T.J. Merry said…
Wiscasset selectmen voted 4-1 Monday to put off setting the next property tax rate until Sept. 20. Selectman Jeff Slack cast the lone dissenting vote.
After Chairman Judy Colby called the…
Emily Robinson has taught children, adults or both on three continents. Now she’s teaching fourth graders at Wiscasset Elementary School, sharing her love of learning with them, along with her…
Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education invites you to their Boothbay Harbor Lyme meeting on Thursday, Sept. 15 at The Community Center in the mall in Boothbay Harbor from 6-8 p.m.
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One of Wiscasset’s ambulances was traveling through Brunswick on a run to Boston Friday night when a metal object struck it in two places, Wiscasset EMS Director Toby Martin said Monday.
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Neil and Lisa Page were inside their home at 122 Clark Drive in Wiscasset late Sunday morning when lightning flashed right behind the house. The next flash was even closer.
“Then I went, ‘…
Federal dollars are no longer in play for Maine Department of Transportation’s plans for Wiscasset’s downtown, according to an email a federal staff member has sent a member of the Wiscasset…
