Volunteer water quality monitors are needed to help us learn about our important coastal waters in Phippsburg and Georgetown. The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is partnering with the Town of…

Volunteer water quality monitors are needed to help us learn about our important coastal waters in Phippsburg and Georgetown. The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is partnering with the town of…

Visitors from Uganda spoke at the Midcoast Friends meeting in Damariscotta recently. Pictured with Patty Seybold of Boothbay, left, is Jacqueline Akello, of the African Rural…

A memorial service for Frederick J. McIntyre, who died October 27, 2013, will be held on Saturday, June 7 at 2 p.m. at the Wilson Chapel, Ocean Point, East Boothbay. A permanent Web…

With the Damariscotta board of selectmen agreeing to a plan to purchase five new turnout suits for the fire department, the question turned to the old gear.

Wiscasset Primary School’s top administrators are getting new, key jobs with the Wiscasset School Department as the town exits Regional School Unit 12. Assistant Principal Mona Schlein is moving…

Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills is warning Maine businesses to be aware of a phone scam that claims to be from the Maine Office of Tourism.

The callers claim to be selling advertising…

Memorial Day is a time to honor those who serve and remember those who have. Unfortunately, it has also become an opportunity for scammers to target those who are serving or have served…

New crosswalks and sidewalks near the intersection of routes 1 and 27 will make Wiscasset more walkable, state and local officials said. But plans for traffic lights there are raising…

American Legion Post 54 in Wiscasset will hold a Memorial Day service at the memorial wall on the Wiscasset municipal building lawn. The service begins at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 26.

Post…

The Lincoln County Animal Shelter Board of Directors acknowledges that the…

With the harsh winter finally behind us, scooter enthusiasts have been polishing their bikes, checking the oil, and donning their riding gear for another fun summer. With all the excitement and…

Residents at Dresden’s June 14 town meeting will vote on a possible change in ambulance service that came up during the May 19…

Emil Kenneth Matel, 86, of Stuart, Fla., and Damariscotta, died peacefully on April 25, 2014.

For the past two years, Ken was…

At Mac’s Place in downtown Wiscasset, business has started to pick back up after a long, slow winter for the cafe, owner Karen McDorr said.

On May 16, as the veil continued to lift on…

Phyllis “Nana” Mae Cook, 94, of Livermore Falls, died May 18, 2014 at Rumford Community Home in Rumford.

She was born October 21, 1919 in Livermore Falls, to Linton and Maisey (Nichols)…

Wiscasset Selectmen's Chairman Ed Polewarczyk opposes taking $1.25 million in reserve money to soften a tax hike this year. It opens the door to doing it again, he said.

A proposed police officer in Wiscasset's schools is drawing a positive reception so far from the town's school committee.

“I'm completely committed,” committee member Eugene…

At town meeting, Woolwich voters rejected a warrant article that would have provided financial assistance for private cemetery associations. The proposed $6,660 cemetery stipend was intended to…

A hearing is set for May 29 in Westport Island, about the referendum that could stop the town’s possible pullout of Regional School Unit 12. The hearing at the old town hall, 1217 Main Road,…

After a pursuit through the woods by detectives and a K-9, Koda, Lincoln County Sheriff Office arrested Jeffrey Luce, 36, of Whitefield on Tuesday, May 20.

This arrest stemmed from an…

A gathering of remembrance for Elizabeth S. Goodrich will be held on Saturday, June 7 at 11 a.m., as Elizabeth is laid to rest at the Edgecomb Cemetery.

Elizabeth died March 14, 2014.

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The Wiscasset Yacht Club is as much about the people as the boats, according to its members.

“The people are great. That's the root of all happiness when you belong to an…

Wiscasset selectmen on May 20 are set to finalize their budget offer that goes to town meeting voters on May 31. The meeting warrant they sign will have their recommendations and those of the…

Wiscasset High School has its next principal.

The school committee on May 19 unanimously voted to hire Cheri Towle of Newcastle.

The vote in the high school library followed the…

Nancy C. Davis, of Canton, Mass., died May 17, 2014 in Brigham and Womens Hospital after a brief illness. She was 80 years old.

Nancy was a member of the chorus at the…

Sherman Zwicker left the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, in Boothbay Harbor, on May 18 for a new home at Pier 25 in New York City. The schooner's new…

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…

An assessing error will cost Edgecomb taxpayers approximately two dollars per $1,000 of assessed value in the coming year.

During the…

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works officially opened its new Trades Learning Center May 15 during a visit by Gov. Paul R. LePage. …

The Wiscasset School Committee has set a May 19, closed-door session to meet with a Wiscasset High School principal candidate who has the support of the search team, according to Interim…

Wiscasset’s shellfish program should fund itself, members of the town’s budget committee maintained on May 15. The committee voted 6-0 to recommend voters approve $2,700 for this year’s shellfish…

Since 1971, Gimbel & Sons Country Store in Boothbay Harbor has been a go-to place for tourists and townies alike.

Mark and Dianne…

When word reached residents of Sheepscot Village and the town of Newcastle that the Maine Department of Transportation didn’t have enough information to reopen…

Daniel R. Daigneault, president and chief executive officer of The First, N.A., is pleased to announce that the bank will be celebrating its 150th anniversary as a nationally-chartered bank on May…

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has charged a Lincoln County couple with selling heroin.

Nicholas Buscanera, 21, of Westport Island and Stephanie Little, 28, of Edgecomb have been charged…

Sixteen high school students from across Maine will begin a weeklong residential program at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay on …

Fresh flowers, garden gloves, pots and more are the order of the day May 17 in Newcastle.

At 155 Sheepscot Road, Joanne Gilmartin’s new design landscape and flower business is holding a…

The architectural firm that created Bigelow Laboratory’s $31.8-million phase 1 campus in East Boothbay was recently recognized for its work.

WBRC Architects Engineers received a…

Woolwich Central School has kept its C grade from the state for another year.

Student test results led to the C, the most common grade the Maine Department of Education handed out. A note…

Wiscasset’s school committee on May 15 agreed to hire the district the town is leaving, Regional School Unit 12, for its payroll and other business tasks.

The vote in the Wiscasset High…

Earlier this year 25 Mainers had their bodies tested for the presence of seven different phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates), a group of hormone-disrupting chemicals that are widely used in consumer…

Over 100 law enforcement officers and allied professionals from Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo Counties recently came together to attend domestic violence and risk assessment training sessions…

The state has given Wiscasset High School a C grade, the same as last year.

A memorial service for Kenneth M. Rendall Jr., who died January 18, 2014, will be held at…

The state’s letter grade for Wiscasset Middle School has dropped from last year’s C to a D, based on student test results. The grade dropped because the school fell short in one area, the level of…

Saturday, May 10 was a beautiful spring evening at Wiscasset Speedway. Feature racing started just as the bright lights of Wiscasset lit up the track. On the…

Wiscasset voters on May 14 passed the school committee’s $9.4 million, pre-Kindergarten through grade 12 budget offer intact, to go on to next month’s vote at the polls. Meeting-goers at Wiscasset…

There is only one day left to apply for the 2014 Maine Moose Hunt Lottery.

Online applications must be completed by 11:59 p.m. on May 14. You can apply online now at…

Wiscasset Primary School received word on May 14 that its state report card based on test results has dropped to a D, from last year’s B.

“I’m baffled,” Principal Pat Watts said in a…