The Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was notified Tuesday by Massachusetts public health authorities that a student in Massachusetts who tested positive for measles visited the…
News
Shalimar Poulin, who teaches art at Wiscasset High School, recently announced to her colleagues and students that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
“The treatment I'm going through…
At the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, things will be a little different in Wiscasset. The primary school students will be located at the middle school, and middle school students in…
Join Tim Dinsmore, local historian and archaeologist, Monday, May 4 from 3 to 4 p.m. to hear about the "Birth of Shipbuilding on the Damariscotta River." …
Two area fathers expressed their thanks April 28, for Wiscasset Middle School’s donations as their children fight illnesses.
Wiscasset Primary School third grader Sienna Giles, 8, daughter…
When it comes to the Twin Villages and the secondary school budget, Newcastle appears to be getting the lower end of the increases.
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Obituary
Clayton U. “Buddy” Grant died peacefully on April 27, 2015 at Miles Memorial Hospital.
He was born Dec. 17, 1927 on…
Wiscasset High School Principal Cheri Towle will make her next year’s budget request to the School Committee on Wednesday, April 29. The meeting in the high school library starts at 6 p.m.
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Wiscasset Ordinance Review Committee
Light industry would bring jobs to Wiscasset without some of the impact heavy industry can have, members of the town’s ordinance review committee said April 27. The committee and Town Planner…
Obituary
A woman who inspired everyone she met with her grace, her joy, her flair, her doll-like style, her huge curiosity, and her unlimited capacity for courage…
The Wizard of Odds and Ends, 45 Head Tide Road, Alna, will hold an open house with food, music, art and more May 9 and 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
There will be affordable artwork by…
Fifty years ago, a small bookstore opened in Damariscotta to answer the needs of year round and seasonal residents as well as ever increasing numbers of tourists.
Under the guidance and…
Just a reminder that the Garden Club of Wiscasset will hold its annual plant sale on May 9 from 8:30 a.m. until noon indoors at the Municipal Building in Wiscasset, located on the corner of Routes…
Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center announces its May 2015 Lunch and Learn Series. The center is located at 521 Main Street…
Softball
It didn't take long for the Wiscasset High School girls varsity softball team to strike on Friday, April 24.
It took about the same…
Wiscasset
When voters hit the polls in Wiscasset on June 9, the future of the town’s ambulance and police services may not be the only non-binding decisions they will face. Residents could be asked outside…
Barbara W. Keyes died Jan. 13, 2015 at the Vicarage by the Sea in Harpswell. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, May 16 at 11 a.m. at the Sheepscot Community Church on The King's…
Wiscasset Middle School
An industrial hygienist is recommending a series of measures to remove mold from Wiscasset Middle School. The April 22 report by Randy Geoffrey of Air Quality Management Services in Lewiston…
Elections 2015
Wiscasset voters will have three choices June 9 for two selectmen’s seats. The three-way race emerged as the only contest when nominations closed at the town clerk’s office at 5 p.m., Monday,…
Wiscasset Spring Sports
There is likely a more conventional way to open a season than a walk-off suicide squeeze.
But that's how Wiscasset High School boys…
Would you like to learn from an expert how to turn a so-so garden into a fertile growing place? You’ll have that opportunity on…
Charlotte Nutt is living in Nepal in Udaypur in the Gaighat region about 200 kilometers east of Kathmandu. The earthquake was very powerful in her area, but the damage was not to the extent that…
Obituary
Robert E. Sutter, 75, of Birch Point Road, Wiscasset, died April 16 at Maine Medical Center.
…The first summer supper of the season will be held at the Edgecomb Congregational Church on Saturday, May 16. Guests start arriving at 4 p.m. for the supper that is…
People from near and far have often said that visiting the 1811 Lincoln County Museum and Old Jail in Wiscasset is like stepping into the past. Its curator, the Lincoln County…
Registration has begun for the Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce education program entitled “Local Access to Healthcare Services: Today’s…
This summer Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson is excited to kick off the Little Dyer Adventure Club for youth ages 8-14. In collaboration with the Maine Winter Sports Center (MWSC)…
PC Construction joined local nonprofit leaders at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath on April 15 to present three Maine-based nonprofits with donations…
The Boothbay Railway Village is gearing up for its 50th season and the museum needs the help of…
Here in Wiscasset, we’re fortunate to have several first rate nature trails to enjoy, all within a five-minute drive of downtown. One of the more…
Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency has begun to review the Lincoln County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan using the guidelines as provided by the Federal Emergency Management…
The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the owner of a Waldoboro auto repair shop is missing following a fire that destroyed his Route 1 business early Friday morning, April 24.
The body of a…
Wiscasset Selectmen
Funding for a school resource officer for the Wiscasset School Department will be on the ballot after all. Voters will…
On Tuesday, April 28, 5-8 p.m., the FARMS Community Kitchen (upstairs over the Rising Tide Market) in Damariscotta will welcome noted local baker Debra Arter, who will share tips and rules of…
As April draws to an end, the FARMS Community Kitchen (upstairs above the Rising Tide Market) in Damariscotta invites the public to find out what’s cooking in the…
Local emergency and fire crews fought a fully involved structure fire on Hunter Road in Dresden on Friday afternoon, April 24.
Dresden Fire Chief Steven Lilly said the house, owned by Janet…
Alna selectmen plan to give a Dock Road property owner until May before the town contacts her again about her unpaid shoreland fine. The board’s April 22 discussion on Lisa Packard’s fine followed…
Jim Torbert, chairman of the Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC), announced at the start of LCDC’s April 13 meeting that the release of “A Better Deal for Maine,” the Democrats’ counter to…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) invites the public to the Bath Community Storm Drain Stenciling Blitz on Sunday, April 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. Teams of 2 to 5 members can register up to the…
Wiscasset Spring Sports
Wiscasset's home opener is happening a little sooner than scheduled.
The boys and girls varsity baseball and softball teams will host…
Lincoln County Commissioners
An email sent to Lincoln County’s legislative delegation on Friday by County Administrator John O’Connell was direct and to-the-point concerning the county jail…
A petition drive has started for Wiscasset voters to be able to decide whether or not to keep the Wiscasset Police Department’s school resource officer, according to resident Janet Smith.
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Union Church of South Bristol is sponsoring a potluck supper to benefit Lincoln County Animal Shelter, on Saturday, April 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Parish Hall/Community Center on…
A stunning, hand-appliqued quilt was donated to the Damariscotta Mills fish ladder restoration project by Damariscotta Mills resident Betty Lu Brydges.
“Wow, it’s one of the most beautiful…
Lincoln County Democrats will host a springtime “get out of the house” public supper and social on Saturday, May 2, from 5 to 7 p.m at Mobius, Route 1 in Damariscotta. The theme of the evening…
The Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum will be holding its annual spring work weekend Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26.
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The Wiscasset Post Office is undergoing construction as a handicapped accessible ramp is installed at the main entrance there.…
Alna Treasurer Aaron Miller resigned and turned in his keys to selectmen on April 22 after the board turned down his request for help learning how to carry out payroll tax payments. The board…
The Margaret Ellis Community Garden, located at the Morris Farm Trust in Wiscasset, is now accepting applications for garden plots for the 2015…
Wiscasset School Department
Chelsea Haggett used to play on Wiscasset Middle School’s playground. Now the Wiscasset School Committee member is helping plan its makeover in the months before the school changes from serving…
