John F. "Jack" Wagstaff, 73, of Boothbay died June 8, 2015.

He was born April 1, 1942 in Boothbay to Charles B. and Ella G. (Farnham) Wagstaff. Jack attended Boothbay Center Grammar School…

Year three of Wings Over Wiscasset has been canceled due to revenues falling short of the event’s costs, according to a Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce official and a press release from the…

The Newcastle town meeting has been moved from the Lincoln Academy gym to the dining commons, due to gym renovations.

The meeting will…

To help you avoid becoming a U.S. Coast Guard statistic, BoatUS Foundation recommends a new version of the familiar KISS principle (Keep it simple, stupid!), with a…

Saturday morning at Westport Island’s 11-mile yard sale, Joy Bancroft of Jefferson said a lamp was her only buy so far that she had needed to get. But it wasn’t her only buy. She found an over-…

With bowling-pin-shaped bodies, big striped beaks, and markings of vivid orange, crisp white, and icy jet black, the Atlantic puffin is adorable and unmistakable.

All Lincoln County Democrats are invited to the June 22 meeting to take part in an open forum discussion about plans and strategies for the 2016 election cycle. It will also be an opportunity to…

An electrical fire that started at an outlet destroyed a mobile home on Wiscasset’s Cronks Lane, off West Alna Road on Saturday, fire officials said.

The cause of the June 13 fire was…

The kinetic sculptures of award-winning artist George Sherwood mesmerize and enchant as they move with each breath of wind. These abstract pieces are inspired by…

Wiscasset is losing its town clerk of six years. Christine Wolfe said Friday that her last day on the job will be June 26.

Leaving for the town clerk’s job in…

Sagadahoc Preservation Inc. (SPI) is presenting its 13th annual House & Garden Tour featuring 12 historic houses and/or gardens in Bath, on…

There will be no repeat champion in the Western Class D.

The Wiscasset High School boys varsity baseball team fell, 3-0, on Wednesday…

The Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s next Business After Hours will be Thursday, June 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. hosted by the 2015 Wings Over Wiscasset (WOW) Veterans Appreciation Day &…

A cookbook sale, featuring 140 books in the late Lynne Crink's collection, will be held on Wednesday, June 24 on the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library lawn during the Windjammer Days celebration.…

If you were to pick one word to describe Jeff Speed it would be dependable. During his 39-year tenure on the Wiscasset Ambulance Service, “Speedy,” as his friends call him, was always there when…

Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry, who heads the Maine Sheriffs Association, briefed the Two Bridges Jail Authority at its meeting on Wednesday about the status…

Olaf William Johnson died peacefully on June 9, 2015 with his loving wife, Judith and family friend, Cheri, by his side. He was born to Charles and Mildred (Gross) Johnson on Nov. 22, 1933. At the…

A Wiscasset man was arrested and charged with felony assault after he allegedly choked a woman who was taking photos while he was sleeping.

Trish McLeod was feeling proud June 11 with daughter Jessica McLeod in cap and gown for graduation night…

A Wiscasset man who was on probation for a previous conviction has pleaded guilty to breaking that probation and was sentenced to six months in jail.

A Wiscasset Fire Department training exercise turned into an actual emergency Wednesday night when a rear wheel sheared off the ladder truck.

On June 10, one of the loose tires bounded to…

The Dresden selectmen and budget review committee agree on all but one of the 53 articles on this Saturday’s town meeting warrant.

The selectmen’s proposed $733,479 municipal budget for 2015…

Schooner Landing, the long-standing restaurant and bar in Damariscotta, opened its summer entertainment season Wednesday afternoon with a "Party on the Pier.”

"We have a evolved away from…

The 53rd Windjammer Days Festival taking place June 21-27 has new events this year: a paddle board race, lighted boat parade and the first ever tug of war…

An Alna woman who was charged with trafficked in scheduled drugs in a school zone has pleaded guilty to a felony charge and will serve six months in jail.

A day after giving their approval to both school budgets, Damariscotta voters approved the remainder of the town's budget on Wednesday, June 10.

In a special town meeting that Alna resident Chris Cooper said may have been the shortest one he ever moderated, nine Alna voters on June 10 unanimously adopted a new floodplains ordinance. Alna…

Wiscasset’s new board of selectmen on June 10 moved Ben Rines Jr. up from vice chairman to chairman, and made newly elected Selectman Judy Flanagan the board’s vice chairman. There were no…

For a trial that focused mostly on the difference between a Taser and a stun gun, Nobleboro's Scott Gifford's trial ended with a little charge.

As part of a special Father’s Day edition, Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper readers are encouraged to send in the “lessons learned” or advice from their fathers.

So email news@…

Wesley A. Coates, 77, of Boothbay Harbor died peacefully June 8, 2015 with his loving family by his side.

He was born Sept. 30, 1937 to Mary and Arnold Coates of Lewiston.

Wesley was a…

Noted lecturer and historian Jerry Wiles will give an engaging presentation on Ralph Waldo Emerson at The Lincoln Home, Newcastle on Monday, June 15…

Walk into author Cheryl Blaydon's East Boothbay home and you might notice a few things.

You might notice the paintings done of water scenes and still life, painted by Blaydon herself. You…

All that's left for the Wiscasset High School class of 2015 is a little pomp and circumstance.

The Wiscasset High School graduation is…

Two local nonprofits recently benefited from Rising Tide Community Market’s Co-ops for Community Day donation program, in which 0.5 percent of Wednesday sales are allocated to a different…

Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson is excited to continue collaborating with the Maine Winter Sports Center (MWSC). This summer on June 25-27, Thursday to Saturday, HVNC and MWSC will…

Noah Oppenheim, a graduate student at the University of Maine Darling Center in Walpole, has been awarded a Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship.

The one-year paid…

Acclaimed artist John Whalley will speak about his spiritual journey at the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship service on Sunday, June 14 at 10:30 a.m. He will describe how his faith in…

AUGUSTA — On Wednesday, May 28, the legislature’s most powerful committee — the one that effectively controls the state’s $6 billion budget — was scheduled to meet…

There is a new Dresden selectman.

Challenger Dale Hinote narrowly defeated incumbent Phil Johnston, 61-56, during Tuesday's municipal election.

Treasurer Kim Rzasa fended off two…

After a lengthy series of discussions and letters from its attorney, the Westport Board of Selectmen has issued a final deadline to Albert Greenleaf Jr. to remove…

Woolwich is a community that takes its traditions seriously.

There is the traditional spring run of the alewives, the passing of the Boston Post Cane to the oldest resident, and the…

A Newcastle woman has filed suit against Duck Puddle Campground in Nobleboro claiming she was hurt in an incident with a gate in 2013. The campground’s co-owner is denying that the gate hit the…

In unofficial results from Regional School Unit 12 Superintendent Howie Tuttle early Wednesday, the district’s budget appeared to pass with 62 percent approval.

Although the margin of…

The polls have closed for the Damariscotta and Newcastle secret ballot elections.

As expected, the vote for Damariscotta’s school budgets were close, but in the end the town approved both…

Wiscasset voters on June 9 put Judy Flanagan and William David Cherry into selectmen’s seats and kept Glen Craig and Eugene Stover on the school committee.

In other results released at the…

Would-be rules for using Wiscasset’s town common drew some early concern from the ordinance review committee on June 8.

Committee members expressed their discomfort with some of the wording…

A memorial service for Roscoe E. Rand Jr., who died Nov. 14, 2014, will be held Monday, June 22 at 11 a.m. at the Southport Methodist Church. A reception will follow in the Southport Town Hall.

The Cod Cove Inn in Edgecomb has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award for 2015.

Now in its fifth year, the award celebrates…