Edgecomb Eddy Students had a visit from Mad Scientist Jupiter Jo on April 29. The students learned about chemical reactions, how a solid changes to a liquid, and about combustion. Mad Science of…
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WMHS Baseball
The Wolverines were held to just one hit in a 12-1 Mountain Valley Conference varsity baseball loss to visiting Hall-Dale Monday.
Grant Hefler’s base hit in the third inning spoiled what…
The following listing was provided by the Lincoln County Superior and District courts.
Travis Burnham, 31, of Boothbay, was fined $500 for OUI (alcohol), and for failing to notify of a motor…
After eight years of finding names, scheduling and doing hundreds of interviews, making hundreds of phone calls, researching on the Internet, and writing mornings and nights, Sarah Sherman McGrail…
Town of Newcastle
Newcastle has set a deadline of May 15 for applications for a new town administrator and treasurer, after deciding in late March not to renew the contract of current administrator Lynn Maloney,…
The Newcastle Town Office will be closed from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. from May 23 to June 1 to accommodate staff vacations. The last transaction will begin at 12:50 p.m. during that time.
WMHS softball
Jill Whynot clubbed a three-run home run to lead the visiting Hall-Dale Bulldogs to a 20-4 win over Wiscasset Middle High School in Mountain Valley Conference softball action.
It was sunny…
The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from May 2 to May 8, 2016
May 2…
Woolwich town meeting
For the second time in six months, Woolwich voters rejected Pay As You Throw when they convened for Saturday’s annual town meeting.
A petitioned article that would have required residents to…
The Wiscasset School Department and its teachers union have a tentative agreement, Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot confirmed. Neither the union nor the School Committee has voted, Wilmot…
Browsing a row of hostas Saturday at Wiscasset Garden Club’s annual plant sale, Cynthia Spurgin was already carrying around a potted Jacob’s ladder plant. It will look beautiful growing next to…
An Edgecomb man who was a substitute teacher at Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro has been arrested and charged with crimes involving a student at the high school. Lincoln County sheriff’s…
Danariscotta Board of Selectmen
A town meeting brought out a dozen citizens to vote on the Secondary School and Adult Education warrant on May 4 at Damariscotta Town Hall.
The 13 participants unanimously supported all 17…
Lincoln County Historical Association
"Summer with the Past" is a program for children, ages 8, 9 and 10, sponsored by Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) that consists of three week-long sessions providing opportunities for…
A Boothbay Harbor woman was released from a Damariscotta hospital Saturday morning after the car she was driving on Route 27 in Wiscasset rolled over, police said.
She was able to get…
Retired Wiscasset school teacher Deb Olson had been to Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna but never ridden the train. She got to on May 5, as the all-volunteer nonprofit…
Obituary
David P. Riley died peacefully, having been surrounded by his loving family and friends over the past few weeks, on May 2, 2016 at the age of 71…
A Wiscasset fire officer will be at the fire station on Route 1 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. this Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8, to issue burn permits or answer questions, Assistant Fire Chief Nick…
Anne D. “Andy” Burt believes her passion for environment activism comes from her Dutch maiden name, Updike.
Burt premiered her most recent film, “Down to Earth, Climate Justice Stories,” at…
Obituary
Audrey Hummel Anderson died peacefully at Cove's Edge in Damariscotta on January 21, 2016, at the age of 93. Audrey had been a long…
The Boothbay Farmers Market’s season on the Boothbay Town Common, 1 Common Drive, Boothbay will begin Thursday, May 12. Vendors will set up on the Common from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursdays through…
The community is invited to United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s annual meeting on Wednesday May 18 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington Street in Bath. Registration for the…
On April 1, students in the Wiscasset Middle High School biology classes planted seeds of 14 varieties of tomato plants for the annual Morris Farm Community Plant…
Alna has won the $2,000 grant it sought to help plan the town office’s future, selectmen announced May 4.
The Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission awarded the grant, Third Selectman…
Obituary
Shirley Esther Miete died suddenly at Maine Medical Center on April 20, 2016. She was 81.
She was born in Windsor, Maine on May 31, 1934 to Edmond and Edith (Blodgett) Joslyn and spent the…
Dawn Blake of Newcastle departed from the Portland Jetport on May 5 to join additional Maine Red Cross volunteers as they assist those Texans recovering from the…
All checked out OK on May 5 at Page Avenue Village in Wiscasset after fire and rescue crews responded to make sure there was no carbon monoxide problem, Wiscasset Fire Chief T.J. Merry said. A man…
In cooperation with Brittany Morgan Bardo of Alna, Newcastle Square Realty Associates is pleased to introduce the availability of expert home staging services to…
Steak au poivre was a common and popular menu item back in the ’70s and ’80s. For some reason it has lost its popularity, and I’m here to say BRING. IT. BACK.
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Looking for new ways to incorporate superfoods into your diet? Join Chef Tanja Kunz for Seasonal Food Preparation and learn a variety of nutritious and delicious…
Obituary
Verna Mae Luke died quietly May 4, 2016 at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor.
Born in the lee of Spruce Mountain…
Advocating for children’s health and safety has always been part of Pediatrician Dr. Steven Feder’s practice.
This spring, he will receive national…
Wicasset Police Department
Jeff Lange, currently interim police chief in Paris, Maine, will begin his tenure as Wiscasset Police Chief on May 23.
“I’ve always loved the coast,” Lange said. “I’ve vacationed on the…
In response to a storm of protest, Maine Department of Transportation officials agreed to repave the full width of the Route 1 road shoulders in Woolwich.
Selectman David King Sr. notified…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a single-vehicle rollover on Route One, north of the Damariscotta-Newcastle bridge, resulting in a fatality.
This story will be updated as more…
Wiscasset selectmen hope they can fill a bus with residents interested in attending a meeting hosted by the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy. The meeting will address the issue of…
Edgecomb Eddy students were rewarded for their physical activity during an April 27 medal ceremony held in the school. Redy Let’s Go, Healthy Lincoln County’s mascot, awarded gold and silver…
Fourteen Edgecomb Eddy School students took their shot at wiping out heart disease. The students participated in the annual Hoops for Heart fundraiser sponsored by the American Heart Association.…
Town of Wiscasset
Wiscasset’s town ballot is lacking a full compliment of candidates. Write-in votes will be needed to decide vacancies on the board of selectmen, and school and budget committees.
Voting for…
Lincoln County Superior Court
William Curran, 43, of Whitefield, was sentenced to multiple charges of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor under 12 and Possession of Sexually Explicit Material of a Minor Under 12 at Lincoln County…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Sheriff Todd Brackett asked the Lincoln County Commissioners for permission to apply for a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant to fund a new position within the Sheriff’s Office.…
Wiscasset District Court
Brant Perkins, 56, of Boothbay Harbor, was sentenced on Friday, April 29, after pleading guilty under an Alford plea to charges including Sexual Abuse of a Minor, two counts of Tampering with a…
Dresden firefighters are requesting a six-percent increase in the department’s annual allotment to address what Fire Chief Steve Lilly said is the need to buy new and more expensive turnout gear…
Work on new sidewalks and traffic lights at routes 1 and 27 in Wiscasset is going well overall, but a delay in one key piece means the lights won’t go on until the latter part of July, project…
Wiscasset School Committee
Wiscasset School Department had budgeted for the school resource officer, but school officials said selectmen’s decision to offer voters it on the municipal side of the budget again this year…
Wiscasset’s Historic Preservation Commission had a tepid view of the Maine Department of Transportation’s plans for improving downtown. Option 2, which would eliminate all Main Street parking by…
Wiscasset Town Manager Marian Anderson expressed hope April 29 that a civilian driver’s insurer will cover all the costs to replace and outfit a town police cruiser totaled in an April 14 crash.…
We welcome the public to join us Wednesday, May 11, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., to view the movie, “Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter.”
Memory loss touches most all of us…
Historian Jerry Wiles will share the life story of noted author Nelle Harper Lee (1926-2016), author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and best known by her…
There will be a small gathering for friends and family of Gloria Lorraine (Brewer) Larkin of Woolwich, who died Febuary 9, 2016, on…
