After weeks of debate, a petition and a public forum, Westport residents said “yes” to allocating $50,000 toward preserving the 144-acre parcel of their island at Squam Creek, according to the…
News
Mainers are known for having an appetite for foods that others of a more refined pallet might call eccentric. In springtime these culinary delights include smoked alewives, fiddle heads, dandelion…
Edgecomb students have a new place to find a friend on the playground. A “Buddy Bench” was donated to the school by three students who wanted to make the playground a more inviting place for…
The public is invited to The Lincoln Home as Dick Chase shares the history of the area known as Damariscotta Mills on Monday, June 20, from 3 to 4 p.m. Known by…
Celebration marks eighth year at Nequasset Park
Woolwich Central School and Maine Maritime Museum of Bath celebrated their Discovery Boatbuilding Program with the eighth annual graduation launching on Monday morning, June 13.
Mothers,…
Three historic sites under the stewardship of the Lincoln County Historical Association are now open for the season. Volunteer docents are on hand to tell the human…
Dresden Elections
Challenger Dwight Keene outpolled one-term incumbent Gerald Lilly 149 to 138 on Tuesday, June 14 to gain a three-year term as Dresden’s second selectman.
Keene, 65, has said he wants to keep…
The Lincoln County Democrats are excited to invite you to join us at our new 2016 campaign headquarters grand opening! This will be a…
More changes in state rules may closely follow the ones Wiscasset is now looking at fitting into its shoreland zoning, Town Planner Ben Averill said. The changes the state made in 2015 are the…
How wonderful is this? Freedom Fellowship, in conjunction with the Woolwich/Wiscasset Baptist Church, and supported by Shaw’s, had a stuff-the-truck event at Wiscasset Shaw’s on…
The verdict is in: Wiscasset voters chose Option 2 of the Maine Department of Transportation’s downtown traffic proposals at Tuesday’s election.
Option 2, the proposal recommended by MDOT…
Democratic and Republican Primaries
With all precincts now reporting, the primary race for District 53, between Democratic Allison Hepler of Woolwich and Will Neilson of Arrowsic is very close, but Neilson appears to have won the…
Republican Primary
Abden Simmons of Waldoboro has clinched the Republican nomination for District 91, which includes Waldoboro, Friendship, Union, and Washington.
For much of the evening, the vote was close,…
Roberta (Robin) Mayer of Damariscotta, has prevailed in her bid to run as the Republican candidate for House District 90. With all seven precincts reporting, Mayer had 237 votes, while her…
Wiscasset has a school resource officer for another year and will upgrade its ambulance service to ensure 24/7 coverage as a result of Tuesday’s voting. In other results, the school budget, hiking…
Wiscasset residents have gone with Maine Department of Transportation’s downtown option number two. The vote ran 90 for Option 1, which would remove some of Main Street’s parking; 426 for Option…
Incumbents won all three seats up for election to the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen Tuesday. In unofficial results at the polls, current board chairman Ben Rines Jr. received 493 votes; Selectman…
Summer 2016: It’s a sunny afternoon in Boothbay Harbor or Wiscasset or Bath, a perfect day for an outing on the boat with the family. Approaching…
Wiscasset’s Cory Rines has won $500,000 with a ticket he bought at Lil Mart, the Maine Lottery announced on Facebook and in a press release. The Route 1 store got a $5,000 bonus for selling the…
Next to the Wiscasset Community Center driveway Tuesday morning, Showcase Antiques co-owner Ted Talbert and Wiscasset Bay Gallery employee Quincy Brimstein stood by, Talbert with notecards reading…
Dresden Selectmen
Dresden Town Clerk Patricia Theriault was on the hot seat at the Monday, June 13 selectmen’s meeting after she apparently failed to post notice warrants for the Tuesday, June 14 elections within…
Obituary
William G. Waters died in his Dresden home on May 5, 2016.
He was born in Blakley, Georgia, the son of Eleanor Smith Waters and Robert O. Waters. Bill…
Join us at Midcoast Conservancy for Wiscasset Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours Thursday, June 23, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at our new office at 36 Water Street in Wiscasset.
Midcoast…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a threat posted on the internet that references “Jefferson High School in Maine.” The generic threat was not specific as to what school it was…
Wawenock Sail and Power Squadron has partnered with the Sea Tow Foundation to promote the Designated Skipper Program for boaters. The goal of this…
Wiscasset School Department
When Heather Wilmot was a Wiscasset superintendent of schools candidate touring the facilities, she noticed the lighting in a school library. “It was very, very dim, low-hung, and the lights, I…
The Boothbay Railway Village has received a 2016 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. The Certificate of Excellence accounts for the quality, quantity and recency of reviews submitted by…
Obituary
Arthur B. Slater, 90, of Boothbay Harbor died June 10, 2016, with his loving family at his side.
Arthur grew up the oldest of four children. In 1944, after finishing his first year of…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Two local students were chosen to participate in the Keller BLOOM program for microflora and fauna at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
The students, Brooke…
Through an attorney, Nancie Atwell, founder of the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge in connection with an incident at Reny’s.
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Tracy Penniman and her friend and helper, Bonnie Nielsen, were at the Boothbay Farmers Market on June 9, weathering the unseasonably cold wind, and the blasts coming…
Obituary
Marie R. Callnan died peacefully at the Gregory Wing of St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor on June 6, 2016.
She was born in Houlton, Maine in August of 1931.
Marie was the eldest…
Healthy Lincoln County is sponsoring eleven (11) local summer meal sites this year for the Summer Food Service Program. Most sites will begin offering breakfast and…
The annual National Honor Society induction ceremony was conducted at Wiscasset Middle High School on May 24. Six students were inducted into the local NHS chapter, having been selected on their…
Whether you like your shelter rounded or with right angles, Midcoast Conservancy has a course for you! From June 24-26, a Yurt building course will give participants an opportunity to learn about…
On June 7, the staff of Wiscasset Middle High School presented the following awards:
Three Quarters of Honor Roll Grade…
For 10 years, Jon Duke has been overseeing town government in the small rural town of Hope. Come July 5, however, he will be at a new desk in downtown Newcastle, the village that sits right across…
At Wiscasset's community playground Friday night, Wiscasset Elementary School fourth grader Katelyn Lahaye had chocolate ice cream with sprinkles and whipped cream. “And chocolate syrup,” the 9-…
The Morris Farm Store will hold an open house on Saturday, June 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come meet some of our vendors and taste the locally made products. Farm staff will be grilling burgers…
Edgecomb Eddy student Takoda Dionne was the top reader in the school’s Bikes for Books contest this year by reading 77 books. He was rewarded for his hard work on June 8 with a brand new Huffy…
Join Michael Cheney and Leah Sprague at the Lincoln Home on Monday, June 13, from 3 to 4 p.m. to learn about the first female member of a president’s cabinet and…
An Edgecomb man is branching out his forestry management operation. Erik Carlson, a licensed forester and certified logging professional for more than two decades, is busy setting up his new wood…
Wiscasset School Committee
A pair of executive, or closed-door, sessions are on tap along with other business for the Wiscasset School Committee on Wednesday, June 15.
The committee will meet at 7 p.m. in the…
Wiscasset School Department
Wiscasset teachers have approved their first labor contract since the town left Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12, officials for the union and the department confirmed June 9.
The…
The Second Congregational Church, UCC in Newcastle will celebrate the gift of music during the worship service on June 12 at 10 a.m. This is a Sunday when the liturgy, congregational song, and…
Boothbay Railway Village
Larry Stevenson knows outboard motors. He told the history of the Champion, Scott-Atwater, and McCulloch outboards as the first of a six-part summer lecture series at Boothbay Railway Village on…
The Schooner Harvey Gamage returns to the waters of her birth.
Freshly arrived from the balmy Cuban climate, and with many educational programs in the…
Ready to have a great summer but could use some exciting plans? Let the Wiscasset Public Library Children’s Room provide you with fun for everyone and prizes, too! Join this year’s Summer Reading…
Edgecomb School Committee
With only a few days remaining in the 2015-16 fiscal year, the Edgecomb school budget is likely to finish in the black. AOS 98 Superintendent Eileen King reported during the June 6 Edgecomb School…
