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Town of Edgecomb
The Edgecomb Budget Committee is recommending $144,609 or 3.88 percent more municipal spending for fiscal year 2016-17. The five-person committee completed work on April 4 by proposing a $3,871,…
The annual Wiscasset High School Alumni Banquet will be Saturday, May 28 at the Wiscasset Middle High School Gymnasium.…
Wiscasset School Department
Members of the union that represents 53 support staff at the Wiscasset School Department have voted in favor of a new contract, Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot confirmed.
The School…
Obituary
Keith A. Berry, 84, of Reading, Massachusetts, formerly of East Kingston, New Hampshire, Boothbay Harbor, Maine and North Reading, Massachusetts, died April 7, 2016 at the Lahey Hospital and…
Obituary
Eldora Mae Brewer, 87, died peacefully on April 7, 2016, at the Gregory Wing, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
She was born on June 9, 1928 to Clarence Poore and Ida (Hutchins) Poore of Boothbay.…
The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from April 4 to April 10.
April 4
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Obituary
Cynthia Colby Dodge, 69, of Westport Island died peacefully on April 6, 2016 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
Cyndy…
Obituary
Carleton Sylvester Simmons Jr. (“Junior”) of Waldoboro died April 6, 2016 in Bangor.
He was born September 20, 1939 in Washington, Maine to Carleton and Grace (Forrest) Simmons Sr.
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A fire that tore through a home on Damariscotta’s Lessner Lane near Biscay Pond is considered accidental, according to Chief John Roberts of the Damariscotta Fire…
A vote at Alna’s town meeting last month was so close, selectmen have settled on a new, two-pronged approach to exploring the future of the town office. Instead of a major focus on the costs and…
The public is invited to The Morris Farm to meet your local food suppliers and sign up for a CSA/CSF Share. Tastings, food, beverages and music on…
Welcome to the Alewife Run and The Fish Ladder Restoration Festival in Damariscotta Mills! Whether you’re a fan of the alewife migration, a supporter of the Fish Ladder Restoration or just want to…
The CLC YMCA in Damariscotta, in partnership with North Atlantic Gymnastics Academy, will offer a gymnastics camp this summer the week of August 1-5 from 9 a.m. to noon at the CLC YMCA. The fee…
The American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront has released the names of the first several artists scheduled to appear at the 15th annual three-day…
Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce
The Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the final of their four education programs being presented this spring. “…
Dr. Heather Leslie, director of the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, will be the featured speaker at the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission’s…
Wiscasset Police Department
Monday, March 28
Officer Benjamin Kolko responded to a call about a domestic disturbance on Beechnut Road. Both parties were issued a warning for…
Obituary
Thomas MacElman, 41, of Federal Street, Wiscasset died April 6, 2016 at his residence.
He was born in Brunswick on…
The strong storm of wind and rain the night of April 7 brought Wiscasset a high surf that left seagrass and some seaweed on the parking lot near the recreational pier and Wiscasset Yacht Club,…
The state’s ideas for downtown Wiscasset are mostly poor ones, Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission member Susan Blagden said April 7. She and fellow members exchanged views and concerns as…
Looking for a sign of spring? Join us at The Lincoln Home, Monday, April 11, from 3 to 4 pm. John Weinrich, a representative of the Maine Audubon Society, will…
Midcoast Conservancey
Midcoast Conservancy will host a wild apple pruning workshop, Monday, April 11 from 2 to 4 p.m. (April 18 is the rain date) at…
The following property transfers were recorded at the Lincoln County Registry of Deeds in February.
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William “Barney” Balch finds no contradiction in his lifelong attachment to science and music.
“They both involve research,” Balch said from his office at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean…
The Midcoast Hospitality Group, LLC. will host The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center on Tuesday, April 26 at the Coastal Maine…
Hyde School, a national leader in character education and leadership development for teens is hosting an Open House on Tuesday, April 19, on its Bath campus for all interested families and friends…
Many people know they should plan for their senior years, but they have no idea where to begin. …
The Miles Memorial Hospital League Art Committee is delighted to accept a significant gift to its hospital art collection. Damariscotta artist Bertil Whyman, and his wife Amelia,…
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time when we come together to identify, promote and discuss the prevention of child abuse before it begins…
Doll collector Sheila Knowles of Whitefield will be the featured dealer at the Bath Antique Show and Sale on Sunday, April 10.
Sheila was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and moved to…
Lincoln County would probably not charge Alna extra to enforce fireworks rules, Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett told planning board members and selectmen April 6.
“You guys pay your…
Governor Paul R. LePage has announced he will hold his next town hall Thursday, April 14 in Newcastle where he will deliver remarks about moving Maine forward and answer questions from residents…
Obituary
Elizabeth Chicoine Eldridge, 93, formerly of Newark, Delaware, died peacefully at her home in Boothbay on April 6, 2016.
At her bedside were her children, Phoebe A. Eldridge of Newark,…
Edgecomb Eddy School
Edgecomb officials are investigating a mysterious spike into Edgecomb Eddy School’s electrical and heating fuel consumption.
The school’s year-to-date kilowatt per hour usage was 161,760 in…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office was directing Biscay Road traffic away from Lessner Lane in Damariscotta at midday Thursday as fire crews from multiple towns worked at the scene of a structure…
No one was hurt in an overnight house fire at 307 Hollwood Boulevard in Whitefield, Whitefield Fire Chief Scott Higgins said early Thursday morning.
Owner Tina Golden and all other occupants…
On Eating and Loving Food
Can anyone resist whipped cream? I can’t. I once asked my mother for a whipped cream pie instead of a birthday cake. A pie shell filled with whipped cream.
I grew up during a time before…
Midcoast Conservancy is delighted to have Brianna Smith on staff as the crew leader for its summer Youth Conservation Corps. She brings a wealth of…
On Sunday, May 1, the Opus One Big Band will be performing at Wiscasset Middle High School at 5 p.m.
The Opus One Big…
A Wiscasset man plans to run 31 miles to raise money and awareness for Parkinson's disease.
Hunter de Garmo, 36, began running seven years ago to fight drug and alcohol addiction. Now he…
With the Maine craft beer craze in full frenzy and showing no signs of slowing down, Southport resident Mike Barker has launched a hop-growing operation in Alna in hopes of providing local brewers…
Proposed ordinance changes allowing non-residents to serve on Wiscasset’s waterfront and airport committees will be left to voters to decide.
Although selectmen weren’t able to reach…
Wiscasset selectmen reaffirmed a decision to grant a property tax abatement Tuesday night.
Acting on the advice of their assessor Ellery Bane, the board unanimously agreed to stick by its…
Westport Island’s Dick Tucker joined Wiscasset Community Center’s FitCLASS Challenge to help make it enjoyable for his wife Pat Smith to take it. She had knee surgery in December.
But in a…
The public is invited to attend the Annual Meeting and Membership Celebration of the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) on Thursday, April 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. Join…
On Tuesday, March 29, parents, students and the Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department celebrated Muriel Corwin, gymnastics instructor and leader of the Flip,…
After moving out of their shop in Damariscotta in November, Cara and Michael Gaffney have relocated. They took over the new retail space on the street level of 8 Wharf Street, Boothbay Harbor in…
Wiscasset selectmen and a budget committee member on Monday voiced support to keep funding a contingency account, following one selectman’s suggestion to zero-fund it. The current proposal,…
