Symbolism was at the forefront on June 16 for Edgecomb Eddy School's sixth grade graduation.

Kindergarteners and first graders gave the graduates owl pillows to…

The Damariscotta town meeting was Wednesday, June 11. Almost 60 voters were on hand at the Lincoln Theater to discuss and pass the 45 articles.

The Belgrade man injured in a June 8, motorcycle-motor vehicle crash in Alna has been released from Central Maine Medical Center, a spokeswoman for the Lewiston hospital said June 16.

Carl…

Geoffrey J. Herrmann, 76, died peacefully on June 9, 2014 at his home in Boothbay.

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A memorial service for Douglas E. Abbott, who died May 3, 2014, will be held Sunday, June 22 at 1 p.m. at the Taste of Maine restaurant in Woolwich. In lieu of flowers, the family requests…

Depending on the room, Wiscasset Middle School on June 13 was a coffeehouse with song and poetry, or a wax museum of ancient Greek gods and goddesses. Other rooms offered a look into World War II…

Naomi Bonang doesn't know when the woodworking program at Two Bridges Regional Jail will restart after a fire damaged the building that houses it; but it will, she said.

Bonang…

A pair of landslides in Alna brought down a large embankment and blocked Donna Wallace’s driveway on June 15. Local contractor and Alna Road Commissioner Jeff Verney was working Sunday afternoon…

Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) was named Best Remote Winter Retreat in this year’s poll of Down East Magazine readers’ favorites. Thousands of Down East readers voted February through April…

Wiscasset and Regional School Unit 12 are off to a good, new start together as the district prepares to take on the school department's business duties, officials for the town and district said.…

Walter Richard "Richie" Main died peacefully in his home on June 7, 2014 with his partner, Sally Guild, by his side.

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If there was one positive thing to be taken from the sinking of the Bounty in 2012…

ROCKPORT — Steve Hand is not a man who gets tired, but last month he was wiped out. He made a visit to the third floor of the Knox Mill in Camden in mid-May, and when it came time to leave, he…

John “Jack” “Saint” Edgar St. John, 77, died peacefully June 8, 2014 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick with his wife by his side.

Born in New York on January 12, 1937, he was the son of the…

The Maine lobster roll has made the final round of Congressional Quarterly Roll Call’s Taste of America contest, and the polls are currently open for Americans to…

Mabel (Knapp) McAfee, 94, a longtime resident of the Gardiner Road, Wiscasset died June 7, 2014.

She was born on June…

A Celebration of Life Service for Frank A. Donnell, who died in Sebring, Florida on April 18, will be held at the First Congregational Church in Wiscasset on…

The Wiscasset School Committee's chairman-elect wants the panel to have a proposed school consolidation plan ready to show residents in October. The committee could then get the public's input and…

Dresden voters will decide whether to accept a total $704,725 in proposed appropriations for its 2014-2015 budget at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 14 at Pownalborough Hall.

Ruth E. Gay, 69, of High Street, Bath died June 10, 2014 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.

She was born in Bath on…

Approximately 250 ballots were cast in Damariscotta, and most of those went to support the school budget.

The Great Salt Bay school…

Regional School Unit 12 voters on June 10 passed the district’s next budget. It received 65 percent approval, according to Superintendent Howie Tuttle’s June 11 email of unofficial results from…

Maine Eastern Railroad is looking to make Wiscasset its excursion hub, with new, short round trips to Newcastle and Bath, company officials said.

The Wiscasset…

The pilot in a May 30 helicopter crash in Whitefield cited a fuel issue to both police and his employer, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation…

 In a 72-59 vote at the polls on June 10, Westport Island residents decided to stop pursuing a possible withdrawal from Regional School Unit 12.

Town Clerk Gaye Wagner provided the results…

The Wiscasset school budget passed 300-287, an election official said at the Wiscasset Community Center on June 10.

“Thirteen is a lucky number,” School Committee Chairman Glen Craig said. “…

A motorcyclist injured in a head-on crash in Alna on June 8 was listed in ‘good’ condition on June 10 at Central Maine Medical Center, a spokesman for the Lewiston hospital said.

Carl Cooke…

A former Coastal Enterprises, Inc. employee has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $300,000 from the company over a four-year span.

A graveside service for Elaine Wyman and…

Jeanne E. Benson of Wollaston, Mass., died March 27, 2014 at the age of 101 years and some months.  

She was a frequent visitor to the Boothbay…

Paul K. Hodgdon, 64, of Las Vegas Nev. and formerly of Wiscasset died peacefully with his family by his side, on …

Susan M. Simeone of East Boothbay died June 3, 2014 at Hospice House of Androscoggin following a courageous fight against life-defeating cancer.

Born June 19, 1961 in Arlington, Mass., Susan…

Colman Joseph “Coley” Connelly, 73, a 30-year resident of Boothbay Harbor, died on June 5, 2014.

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Before the open portion of the annual town meeting, the Damariscotta board of selectmen will meet one last time as a group on June 11.

One could sense the 2014 election was heating up by the atmosphere at the Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) meeting held June 3 in Edgecomb. At the state level,…

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison following a Maine Drug Enforcement Agency bust in Whitefield.

LaQuinn Evans…

A Belgrade man received a life-threatening head injury on June 8 when the motorcycle he was riding on Alna’s Route 218 collided head-on with another vehicle, authorities said.

Carl Cooke, 55…

Marguerite Louise (Arnold) “Betty” Dupree of Cambridge, Mass., and Squirrel Island, died peacefully at home in Cambridge on May 27, 2014, surrounded by…

With much fanfare, a vuvuzela and a song, the Wiscasset High School Class of 2014 said goodbye and hello during the Thursday June 6 graduation.

A memorial service for Todd Williams, who died October 3, 2013, will be held on Sunday, June 22,…

Each week, we compile our favorite quotes from our reporters’ stories, interviews and elsewhere and publish them here. We call it “Out of Context.”

To delve further into the stories, simply…

Voting on the school budget, state primary and seats on the board of selectmen, school and budget committees and water district will all take place Tuesday, June 10, at the Wiscasset Community…

Dr. Meredith White, a postdoctoral researcher at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, has been named to the study commission recently established by the Maine legislature…

The Lincoln County Historical Association will conduct a symposium this month about the creation and use textiles hundreds of years ago in Maine.

Titled “Keeping Warm in 18th Century Maine…

In World War II, Chester Crocker of Wiscasset served in the Pacific Theater. On June 3, 1945, a Japanese kamikaze plane struck the Navy ship he was serving on, the USS Allegan.

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Colman J. Connelly, 74, of Boothbay Harbor died on June 5, 2014. A time of visitation will be held on Sunday, June 8 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Simmons, Harrington & Hall, 975 Wiscasset Road,…

An Albion man has been convicted of two crimes after striking a Wiscasset man with his car and threatening a mother and daughter.

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Don’t miss local Boothbay region galleries special events and exhibits today, Friday, August 1.

It’s all part of the season-long art walk series.

Learn more about the art walk…

Whoever Alna selectmen get to plow the town’s roads next winter, board members plan to do their best to make sure the contractor is up to the job.

The board has been satisfied the last…