Jesica Waller, Noah Oppenheim and Skylar Bayer, graduate students at the Darling Maine Center (DMC), have received awards and recognition from the University of Maine. All three students are in…
News
The state has authority to remove the 6,000-pound weight limit on Wiscasset’s Federal Street, and would like to, but doesn’t want to force the change, a Maine Department of Transportation official…
Crews have started a paving project along Route 1 in Woolwich from the Bath Bridge over the Kennebec River to the railroad overpass near the Taste of Maine restaurant as well as along the Arrowsic…
The film "American Meat" first looks at the feedlots and confinement operations of our current industrial meat production system, as seen through the eyes of the…
Wiscasset Selectmen
Proponents of keeping Wiscasset Ambulance Service got three boosts on May 5. A contractor’s bid options ranged from $178,000 to $403,000 a year; Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter and other speakers…
At the Alna Selectmen’s special meeting on April 29, Lisa Packard came in to discuss ways to provide in-kind work for the town in lieu of part of her shoreland zone violation fine. The selectmen…
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Wiscasset is pausing its efforts to save its steeple as members determine if they need to focus on preserving programs instead, a leading member said…
Obituary
Alta B. Greenleaf, 94, of Trevett, died May 5, 2015 at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor, after a brief illness.
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Westport Island selectmen were given an overview of the history committee’s strategic plan at their meeting on Monday, April 27.
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The start to a very busy baseball week got off on the right foot for the Wiscasset High School baseball team.
The Wolverines (2-2)…
A Boothbay man on probation for multiple felonies was arrested and charged with aggravated trafficking after being arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and…
Dresden Fire Association will meet on Wednesday, May 6 at 7 p.m. in Pownalborough Hall for the monthly business meeting.
Dresden Fire Department members meet every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in…
Obituary
Marcia Janet Ross, 89, of Alna, died May 3, 2015 at the Hill House in Bath.
Born on July 4, 1925 in Nashua, New Hampshire, she was the daughter of Frank and Ida Angell.
Marcia…
The voters have spoken.
Both Wiscasset High School seniors Kayla Gordon and Maeve Carlson will move forward to the next step of the Hood Sportsmanship Scholarship…
Throughout the year, Lincoln County Historical Association is celebrating the 260th anniversary of the Chapman-Hall House, which stands at the head of Main Street…
A fifth “What’s Cooking, Doc?” class organized by LincolnHealth will be offered on…
A pair of surveys will soon be returning to Damariscotta.
The Damariscotta board of selectmen will host its first meeting of the month…
Obituary
Harry Ifill Lauer III died April 26, 2015 at his home in Camden.
During Harry’s long battle with cancer, his courage and kindness were a remarkable inspiration for all with whom he came in…
A committal service for Deanna H. Mansir, who died Jan. 26, 2015, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 at Pine Grove Cemetery in Dresden.
Arrangements are by…
Thanks to a donation from the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency, the Wiscasset Fire Department has a portable piece of medical equipment that could help restart a heart. The automatic…
United Way of Mid Coast Maine is hosting a Community Diaper Drive to celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
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Spring is the time of year to start thinking about a safe boating season.
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Dr. Nananda Col is an internist who lives in Georgetown, Maine. She is a staunch believer in the Empowered Patient movement. As a physician and a…
A committal service for Chester R. Crocker, 92, who died March 8, 2015, will be held at noon on Saturday, May 16, at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wiscasset with military honors.
Arrangements are by…
Wiscasset Public Library
The Wiscasset Public Library welcomed the month of May by getting back outside for story hour. After reading “In The Woods: Who’s Been Here?” by Lindsay Barrett George, the group stepped outside…
Obituary
Simone Steeves Gilbert died at home in Gorham on April 27, 2015.
She was born in Jackman on March 1, 1922, the oldest…
An Edgecomb man is being honored for his contributions to the Kennebec Valley. Le Club Calumet will honor Richard O’Connor on May 9 for his decades of community service. Le Club Calumet named O’…
The Edgecomb Historical Society is searching for a place to house relics from a 19th century blacksmith shop. Two years ago, the society was notified that an intact blacksmith shop was found on an…
Gordon Campbell, president of the Wiscasset All Sports Boosters Club, wants to see red.
Red banners, that is.
…You may or may not have noticed the explosion of sound recently in the woods by your house. Within the past few weeks there have been sounds not heard in Maine since late last summer. They are the…
Spring turkey season starts on Monday, May 4 throughout the state, and for the first time in modern history, hunters will be able to turkey hunt in northern Maine.…
What choices do I have? Who should I talk to? Who would coordinate my care? Can I stay home? Will my pain be managed? Who will listen to me? Does…
Edgecomb Eddy Guidance Teacher Haley Bezon introduced her alter-ego to the local school committee on April 27. Bezon, who has taught at the school since late February, introduced Ms. Bezon Potato…
Located on the scenic Maine coast, Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site is one of New England’s earliest European settlements, rivaling Jamestown, Virginia. The site originally…
Former member Mike Smith told the Edgecomb School Committee the sparsely attended April 27 budget hearing showed that the public must think they’re doing a good job. Smith and two other residents…
Obituary
Arthur W. Rand died unexpectedly at his home on Southport on April 4, 2015.
He was born in Albany, New York on Jan. 17, 1955 to Freeman and Ellen (Banks) Rand.
Art was a Vietnam…
Several Freemasons from around Lincoln County gathered at Bristol Lodge to award a $2,000 grant to the Eldercare Network of Lincoln County. It was one of 24 winning 501(c)(3) tax-exempt…
A Nobleboro man who allegedly choked a woman has been arrested on felony assault charges.
Herbert “Joe” Sund III of Parsonfield and…
James Simmons, a 40-year-old lobsterman from Friendship who had all of his commercial fishing licenses suspended in February for two years by the Department of…
The Boothbay Region High School girls tennis team claimed its first victory of the season in Wiscasset, beating the Wolverines 3-…
A memorial service for Allan D. Roscoe, who died Feb. 5, 2015, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 at St. Columba's Episcopal Church, Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor.
Maine Maritime Museum
On May 7 at 6:30 p.m., join Ian Fowler, Acting Director of Osher Map Library Smith Center for Cartographic Education, at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath as he…
Woolwich residents weighed in on a pay-per-bag proposal for non-recyclable trash at an informational hearing Wednesday night. The final say will come at the forthcoming May 13 town…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Winter is over and spring is here — don’t be caught without your plants!
The Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District Spring Plant Sale, Backyard Conservation Sale & Garden…
Lincoln County Democrats plan to celebrate the end of a long, cold winter with good food, good friends and good conversation at a spring celebration from…
The passing of the Boston Post Cane is a somewhat bittersweet tradition. On one hand it’s exciting to recognize the town’s new ol…
Coastal Studies for Girls
In a yellow circa 1850 farmhouse on the coast of Maine, the country’s only residential semester science school for girls is bucking a national trend, in a remarkable way.
In 2006, a…
The town of Alna on April 28 received Lisa Packard’s $500 payment for the cash portion of her shoreland fine, Town Clerk Amy Warner said April 29. Packard plans to talk with Alna selectmen to find…
Hair Express in Walpole invites current and future clients for a day of pampering to benefit the Maine Chapter of the March of Dimes on Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m…
