Gospel singer Allen Frink of Hudson, New Hampshire, will be at the Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene, Sunday, Aug. 23, at 11 a.m.
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News
The good news for Newcastle's cemetery fund is that it earned approximately $7,700 in 2014. The bad news is it lost all but approximately $100 a year later.
Auditor Vernice Boyce spoke with…
Central Maine Power Co. is urging its customers to be wary of door-to-door energy sales people who may be misrepresenting themselves as CMP employees. The utility is asking the Maine Public…
Join Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) and noted mushroom enthusiast David Spahr for an “Introduction to Mushroom Foraging” workshop at HVNC in Jefferson on Saturday, September 19, 9 a.m. to 1 p.…
The Edgecomb Board of Selectmen has received two inquires about an alleged double payment of impact fees.
In 2005, the Edgecomb Development, LLC paid $129,200 in impact fees for all future…
Scam Alert
The Boothbay Harbor Police Department warns residents to be aware of another scam making its way around the peninsula.
Scammers are calling local businesses and residences and asking for…
Martha Ruth (Sutter) Hyler was surprised but pleased by all the attention she received this past Saturday when dozens of family members and friends gathered to celebrate her 90th birthday.
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The work that a lab is lining up for Peregrine Turbine Technologies (PTT) stands to bring in about $15 million to the Wiscasset firm, co-founder David Stapp said. But Stapp, of Bremen, said that…
The prime rib dinner last Wednesday evening was excellent. Bob MacDonald helped out our chef Nita Greenleaf in the preparation and slicing of the prime rib. There was a good crowd of around 50…
Wiscasset Selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen on Aug. 18 gave Town Manager Marian Anderson the go-ahead to negotiate Lincoln County Healthcare’s six-month lease of 10 to 12 classrooms at the former primary school. The…
Lincoln County Superior Court
When are boulders, logs and other debris a public nuisance? When they’re in a public right-of-way, according to a new lawsuit the town of Westport Island has filed against Albert Greenleaf Jr. and…
Wiscasset Fall Sports
However hard it may be to think fall with temperatures hovering in the 80s, at least one autumn rite has come: The Wiscasset Middle High School fall sports season has started.
The Wolverines…
Members of the regional jail authority recognized Captain James Bailey for 10 years of continuous service at Two Bridges Regional Jail during their Wednesday, Aug.…
Woolwich’s pay-per-bag program will start in September, but could be finished by Election Day. A petition is circulating to reconsider the town’s membership in the program in an up-or-down vote.…
Come out and celebrate the first anniversary of the new Marr’s Ridge Trail on the Hunt’s Meadow Road in North Whitefield on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
The trail was the first…
A hot and humid evening welcomed race fans and drivers to Maine's fastest oval for a full card of action Saturday night. The "dog days" of August are when top…
A graveside service for Harold M. Dow, who died on Nov. 14, 2014, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wiscasset with military honors.
Arrangements are by…
Family-Friendly
Cut loose! It's time to finally break out the swim trunks and pool noodles.
Below is a list of places to beat the heat while enjoying Maine this summer…
Obituary
Jane Stevenson Blakemore died peacefully on Aug. 12, 2015.
She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to John and Jean (…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a blue Subaru that collided with a Boothbay Region Ambulance Service ambulance on Monday afternoon, Aug. 17. The blue Subaru reportedly…
A Wiscasset woman who allegedly threw a beer bottle and bloodied a family member's face has been arrested and charged with a pair of crimes.
Sarah Morse, 31, of Wiscasset was arrested Monday…
Wiscasset Ambulance Service’s roster is growing at the same time as some existing members’ roles are changing.
The developments follow an outside review of the department and residents’ June…
State Sen. Chris Johnson of Somerville will hold his monthly office hours on Saturday, Aug. 22, at three locations around the region: Waldoboro Public Library in Waldoboro from 9 to 10 a.m.; Maine…
Join art instructor Kathi Nordone at Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center on Aug. 28 from 1:30 until 3:30 p.m. for an introductory drawing and sketching…
Obituary
Lance Michael Tlumac Sr., 57, of Wiscasset, died peacefully in the presence of his wife and two sons on Aug. 9.
Born in…
Obituary
Carolyn Lane Swett Russell Dolbear, 81, of Round Pond died Aug. 14, 2015.
Born at Knickerbocker Hospital, New York City, on Nov. 22, 1933, Carolyn's birthday…
UPDATE: Paul Simpson, 84, has died as a result of injuries that occurred in the four-vehicle crash on Aug. 13.
According to Sagadahoc Country Sheriff Joel Merry, “the accident remains under…
Video
Staff, board members and the general public were on hand on Wednesday, Aug.12, for the official opening of the Cross River Preserve. Long-time preserve advocate Joan Rittall cut the branch/ribbon…
An 81-year-old man who was on bail conditions after allegedly driving 90 miles per hour in Damariscotta was rearrested after he allegedly broke his bail conditions and made threats.
Joseph…
Learning that you or a loved one has a health condition that will never go away, such as arthritis, high blood pressure, cancer, weight issues, depression, heart disease or diabetes can be scary.…
Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt decided Aug. 14 to keep the 6,000-pound weight limit on Wiscasset’s Federal Street, an MDOT spokesman and Town Manager Marian…
Head Tide Dam Committee
Alna’s Head Tide Dam Committee viewed a contractor’s familiarity with the Sheepscot River as a plus that would help the firm draw up the committee’s ideas to show residents.
But Alna…
Alna Selectmen
New values for Central Maine Power’s land in Alna have added to the tax windfall the town is projecting from increased values for CMP’s equipment. As a result of all the recommendations from…
A man who was court-ordered to refrain from contacting an alleged victim from an earlier crime, not possess alcohol, and not return to a home in Whitefield was arrested after he allegedly went to…
A fundraising supper will be held at the Edgecomb Congregational Church on Saturday, Aug. 15 to benefit the Eldercare Network of Lincoln County.
Sponsored by the Mission Outreach Committee…
There will be a musical celebration of life for Dominic Garvey at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29 at The…
Sagadahoc County
A pair of men were arrested Wednesday in Bath after they allegedly fought and made threats with a baseball bat and a pair of knives.
Robert McKenney, 43, of Woolwich and Logan Sewall, 30, of…
Let’s return to Wiscasset of the 1940s and go time traveling with Blinn LeBourdais.
LeBourdais will turn 76 in September but stays busy working three days a week as part of the Wiscasset…
A Turner man has been arrested after he allegedly choked a woman in a Boothbay Harbor motel.
Stephen Entrott, 44, of Turner was arrested in Boothbay Harbor after he allegedly assaulted a…
The Maine Department of Motor Vehicles’ Sept. 10 visit to Wiscasset will mark the agency’s last time having a mobile unit in Maine’s prettiest village. The town has received word that the DMV is…
Lincoln County Democrats are looking forward to again holding their annual lobster bake on the beautiful waterfront property in Walpole of Linda and Dirk Brunner. This is always a highlight of the…
It’s the first, and likely won’t be the last member-owned solar farm in Maine. The Edgecomb Community Solar Farm Association began providing electricity to the grid on July 31 and held a ceremony…
Wiscasset School Committee
A course on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's) or drones is a go for this fall at Wiscasset Middle High School. The Wiscasset School Committee on Aug. 12 agreed to let Principal Cheri…
Prospective candidates for an open seat on the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen have until Sept. 21 to turn in nomination papers. Papers became available Monday, Aug. 10, Town Clerk Linda Perry said…
Sheltered overnight on an island
Jackson Day, the missing kayaker that prompted a Coast Guard search, has been located, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
He was paddling back to Swans Island this morning from a night on a…
Hunter Giroux, 6, of Wiscasset was measuring distances on paper Aug. 6 in “Brownie” feet. The four-inch units take their name from an elf-like character helping the Wiscasset School Department’s…
In 2013 Bigelow Laboratory and the University of Mississippi formed a five-year Strategic Inter-Institutional Partnership Agreement for collaborative research and commercialization initiatives.…
The Great War, or World War I was thought to be the war to end all wars, instead it was the birthplace of 20th century conflict and the stepping stone for the emergence of the United States as a…
