The Maine State Aquarium will host a Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours on Wednesday, June 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. The event will take place at the Maine…
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There’s a little something for every palate at St. Philip’s Save-Our-Steeple fundraising dinner on June 7 at 5:30 p.m., 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset. Telephone, 207-882…
Obituary
Sally Anne Fletcher Hellens, 90, died May 28, 2014. She was a resident of St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor. She was predeceased by her husband of 58 years, Dr. Robert Linton Hellens.
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WALDOBORO – Waldoboro police reported the following activity, May 13-June 2. Waldoboro officers responded to 162 calls for service in this time period. Below are a few of the highlights…
A golden retriever named Nell, cairn terrier Bonnie, Lab mix Sally, poodle Hannah and stabyhoun Chance all passed their therapy dog testing in Falmouth on June 1.
All five were students of…
A state fire investigator has determined that the June 5 fire that damaged a wood shop at Two Bridges Regional Jail was accidental, Wiscasset Fire Chief T.J. Merry said. No one was hurt in the…
HP Hood, has awarded three Maine high school seniors, Briana Goud of Wiscasset, Trevor Lyford of Lagrange and Kevin Kingsbury of Augusta, with a $5,000 college…
The annual Maine lobster boat racing season race will soon kick off once more in Boothbay Harbor.
On June 14 at 10 a.m…
Wiscasset Selectmen
The Wiscasset Municipal Airport's next 20-year master plan is in a holding pattern, following selectmen's split vote on it June 3.
Concerns about the plan's…
On Cushman Mountain, near the mouth of the Sheepscot River on Chewonki Foundation land in Wiscasset, it's bug versus bug.
The hemlock woolly adelgid is feeding on the starches in twigs of…
Wiscasset Elections 2014
Chelsea Haggett knows what it's like to go through Wiscasset High School.
After all, the 24-year-old Wiscasset native and write-in…
Forty-two Wolverines will enter, 42 alumni will leave.
The time has come yet again for Wiscasset to say good-bye to its high school seniors.
The Wiscasset High School graduation will…
The June 9 meeting and rally in Damariscotta with Democratic candidate for Governor Mike Michaud has been postponed. Lincoln County Democrats announced that…
Obituary
Flora Manchester Gray, 87, of East Neck Road, Nobleboro, died May 27, 2014 at her summer home in East Boothbay.
She…
Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) will be putting all three of its downtown Wiscasset buildings on the market, the nonprofit’s founder and chief executive officer Ronald Phillips said.
The…
Although no candidates took out papers to run for selectmen, Damariscotta voters will still have plenty of articles on which to vote during the annual town meeting.…
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the Whitefield helicopter crash in which a pilot escaped serious injury on May 30, an NTSB investigator said June 2.
The agency has…
In a show of support for the arts in and around the Wiscasset community, the Maine Arts Commission recently awarded a Visibility Grant to support the Wiscasset Art Walk (WAW) which…
A graveside service for Natalie Demeny will be held Sunday, June 8 at 1 p.m. at the Greenlawn Cemetery…
Chanel Stoddard and her family had a life-altering day on December 11, 2013. They learned she had stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma.
They had another one on May 21, after…
Federal investigators planned to be in Whitefield on Saturday, May 31, at the scene of a May 30 helicopter crash in the woods off East River Road, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Detective Ron Rollins…
Out of Context
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…
Wiscasset Town Meeting
Wiscasset schools will have a police officer for the next school year. The decision did not come easily for residents at town meeting on May 31. It took them three votes to settle on…
Central Maine Power is performing tree trimming work in 30 communities in Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties over the coming weeks. The work along utility lines is part of a $20 million annual…
The 2014 North East Region Outstanding Tree Farm award will be going to the same place the…
Local healthcare advocates gathered at McSeagull’s in Boothbay Harbor the night of May 29 to celebrate the state’s decision to require St. Andrews Urgent Care facility to operate 24 hours a day…
Richmond
State troopers and Sagadahoc Sheriff’s deputies responded to a tractor trailer crash on Route 295 at mile marker 43 in Richmond at 10:17 p.m. May 27.
An AJA GO Transportation truck loaded…
Voters in Newcastle will be pushing buttons soon enough.
The annual town meeting will be Tuesday, June 10, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at…
Wiscasset School Committee
When Wiscasset property owners get their next tax bills, they may also get some questions from the school committee.
The panel on May 29 discussed the idea of a questionnaire on school…
Obituary
John A. Bagonzi of Falmouth died May 25, 2014.
John was born on February 11,1957 in Bloomington, Ind., the son of Dr…
A 23-year-old Whitefield woman has been charged with two counts of domestic violence assault and domestic violence criminal threatening after reportedly threatening someone with a pair of scissors…
The move is on: Brunswick’s planning board has given its nod to the project that will allow Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) to move its headquarters there, from the nonprofit’s longtime home in…
Daniel R. Daigneault, president and chief executive officer of the The First, will retire in early 2015. The board of directors has named Tony C. McKim, currently executive vice president and…
At United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s Annual Meeting, a 2014 Community Builder Award was presented to Damariscotta Bank & Trust Company for wide-ranging support of local people and nonprofits.…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested Quinton Smith 35, of Philadelphia, Pa., for Class A aggravated trafficking in schedule drugs (crack cocaine).
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St. Andrews Hospital
In a major win for local advocates, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has determined that the St. Andrews Urgent Care Center in Boothbay Harbor must be operated 24 hours a day,…
Wiscasset School Committee
The Wiscasset School Committee plans to interview candidates for the job of Wiscasset Middle School principal on Thursday, May 29. WMS Principal Linda Bleile is retiring after this school year.…
This summer, share the beauty of your community with a Fresh Air child while enjoying the pure joys of summer in your own backyard! Thousands of volunteer host…
Wiscasset Elections 2014
Wiscasset residents have five candidates to choose from for three seats up for election to the board of selectmen on June 10. None would be newcomers to the board: Two are incumbents; the other…
Fifty of the nation’s top ocean scientists are at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay this week, May…
Wiscasset School Committee
Partners in Education and the Wiscasset School Committee are continuing to talk about the local nonprofit's possible role in helping to create a vision for the town's schools.
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Wiscasset Elections 2014
Michael Dunn Jr. is the only person on the June 10 ballot for a two-year term on the school committee. No one turned in nomination papers for a three-year term that is also open;…
Alna Selectmen
For the first time in several years, a different contractor could be plowing Alna’s roads next winter. Mark Hanley has declined to renew his contract with the town, so selectmen will be putting…
Located in the heart of Woolwich, the Nequasset Dam is a place of history as well as transition.
With an increasing number of visitors and volunteer fish counters coming each year to the dam…
Wiscasset High School
This year marked the 25th annual running of the Bigelow Laboratory Orders of Magnitude program.
One local high school junior was lucky enough to participate alongside 15 of her fellow…
Will Wiscasset voters allow a projected 27 percent hike in property taxes? Or will they take the $1.25 million out that selectmen and the budget committee have offered them?
Town meeting is…
Obituary
Marlene Coady, born June 18, 1935, died peacefully on April 19, 2014.
Marlene was born in Boothbay Harbor and grew up in Spruce Point.
She was predeceased by her mother, Martha Kelley…
Dale Skillin, chaplain of American Legion Post 54 in Wiscasset, meets with Ruth Applin, 97, of Wiscasset, at a Memorial Day service at the town’s memorial wall on May 26. Applin’s late husband…
Maine Real Estate
A slight drop in interest rates and a larger number of available homes has helped Maine homebuyers and sellers alike. According to Maine Listings, sales of single-family existing homes increased 8…
