Lillian Zachrisson Pease, 84, died peacefully on April 12, 2014 in Brunswick.

Lillian was born in Boston, Mass., on March 7, 1930,…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Alna man after he allegedly went to a house that he was warned not to, repeatedly.

Jon…

Plans for a smaller adult education program than Wiscasset had in Regional School Unit 12 met with opposition April 14.

Course takers, teachers of adult education…

The Maine Coast Book Shop in Damariscotta reopened Friday, April 11, following a major spring update. Owner Susan Porter and her staff have done excellent work…

Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills is warning Mainers to be aware of a phone scam that claims to be from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The caller…

Numerous Maine residents have contacted the Secretary of State’s Office regarding the website, www.drivers-licenses.org/maine. Residents have used this website to…

Beverly Benson Leoni died peacefully on April 12, 2014 at the Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen, N.H.

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When Linda Bleile first began her teaching career at Wiscasset Middle School, she wasn't sure she could finish out the year.

During Christmas break in 1973, Bleile, who was freshly graduated…

Wiscasset selectmen and the budget committee on April 19 will start pouring over a $5.3 million budget draft that asks $213,719 more in taxes than last year.

That would amount…

An anticipated referendum, that could have backed Westport Island out of its possible pullout from Regional School Unit 12, is now off. The Westport Island Withdrawal Committee is no…

Partners in Education (PIE), a nonprofit educational foundation serving the Wiscasset community, has created a committee to organize a strategic planning session…

Democrats moved many important issues forward in the current legislative session. A bill sponsored by Sen. Chris Johnson to expand the use of fresh local foods in…

The Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce is beginning its 2014 Business After Hours events on Thursday, April 24 at Waters Edge Banquet and Function Facility at Sheepscot Harbor…

Due to tree cutting and trimming around the historic Pownalborough Court House and cemetery this past fall, there's a lot do. Come for the whole day…

Like other entrants in the Boston Marathon on April 21, runners with ties to Wiscasset and the Boothbay peninsula have different reasons for taking part: They're honoring a friend's…

The annual Wiscasset High School Alumni banquet will be Saturday, May 31 at the Wiscasset High School Gymnasium. Social time is at 5 p.m. and the…

Wiscasset is making it more convenient for residents to find out what selectmen are talking about at their board meetings. Starting with the board's May 6 meeting, the town office…

Laura Honey of Boothbay, who is starting her 50th year at Fisherman's Wharf Inn in Boothbay Harbor this summer season, is the recipient of the Maine Tourism Association's 2014 Hall of Fame Award,…

Sheepscot Valley Chorus is delighted to announce the winners of our 2014 Student Music Awards, given annually to one student from each of the three local high schools, Boothbay Region High School…

Maine Eastern Railroad (MERR) has confirmed that Friday through Sunday train service from Brunswick to Newcastle, starting July 4, that…

Join the Lincoln County Composting Committee and composting guru, Mark King from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) at Treats in…

Gov. Paul LePage, and his fellow governors all across our nation, are issuing proclamations naming April “Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month.” It's a fitting time to spotlight the…

Allan Howard Teel died peacefully on April 12, 2014 at Miles Hospital in Damariscotta at age 87 of complications from a recent stroke.

Born to Dorothy B.(Sturges) and C.…

It was April 1, but there were no April Fools’ jokes, as the Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) met at the Edgecomb Town Hall to discuss the…

We invite the young and the young at heart to come celebrate the arrival of spring at the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum on Saturday, April…

Jerome Hamilton “Jerry” St. Clair, 86, of Boothbay Harbor, died April 11 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, with family at his side.

Jerry was born January 31, 1928 in Newark, New…

Alna's new loan for a fire truck is helping the town save money on its older loan, for the addition to the fire station.

The Damariscotta Bank & Trust loan for…

A second, new member will be needed for the Wiscasset School Committee in June. Colleen Bennett has decided she will not seek a second term.

Bennett’s announcement April 14 came less than…

President Barack Obama has appointed Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, as commissioner of the Council of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation…

Priscilla “Pat” Ruth Frazer died peacefully at Maine Medical Center on April 10, 2014.

Pat was born on March 9, 1928 in Medford, Mass., to Harold Curtis Wells…

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…

New to recreational boating? Thinking about buying a boat and getting out on the water this summer? Then come to the Boothbay Region YMCA on May 3 where the Wawenock Sail and Power Squadron will…

A public summer shuttle service will begin transporting passengers from the Maine Eastern Railroad in Newcastle to the Boothbay region starting July 4.

What initially started as a Wiscasset…

It was sunny skies for Lincoln Academy's groundbreaking Friday, April 11.

Sen. Susan Collins, who participated in the groundbreaking…

Joseph Pinkham, 27, was arrested Friday, April 11 at his home in Boothbay by…

Kerem Durdag, CEO of Biovation, a young high-tech bioscience company located in Boothbay, will be the guest speaker at the 2014 annual meeting of the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission,…

Looking for something fun to do and "nice to look at" this weekend? Stop into the 2014 Maine Photography Show at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation Gallery at 1 Townsend Avenue beginning on…

A Westport Island official predicted April 10 that most of the town's parents will continue to send their children to Wiscasset schools.

But he couldn't be sure of…

Damariscotta Hardware will be hosting “Ladies’ Day” on Saturday, April 12. What began as a “Ladies’ Night” was so popular, it has evolved over the past couple years…

Westport Island and Alna would pay less to Regional School Unit 12 under the proposed budget the district's board will consider tonight, Thursday, April 10.

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The Boothbay Region YMCA is offering the following free demonstration classes next week.

Monday, April 14: Tony's Dance Fiesta with Tony Garreton, 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.

Tuesday, April 15…

Wiscasset could save about $500,000 over five years by farming out cleaning work at its schools, one company's leaders told the school committee on April 9.

But…

St. Andrews emergency room in Boothbay Harbor has been closed for six months, and its former inpatient wing has been reconstructed for outpatient physical therapy.

In March, the Maine…

A Woolwich woman has a June court date, after being found in and out of consciousness April 6 in a car with her two young children, Brunswick police said.

Kathleen McGreavy, 33, of Woolwich…

When someone in Edgecomb gets a burn permit online, Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter gets a text and an email about it.

Close to half the permits for burns in…

As a teen in Boothbay Harbor in the late 1910s, Deane Keller delivered ice to fellow summer residents, with a horse named Colonel.

Nearly three decades later,…

An Alna man has been charged with a pair of crimes after an April threatening incident.

Robert Fogg, 48, of Alna, was charged with…

In the first of three meetings in little more than 24 hours, the Wiscasset School Committee will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, to hear a cleaning company’s pitch; then the committee picks…

Wiscasset's board of selectmen and the budget committee each make recommendations to voters on money matters, and for this year's budget season, it appears they'll work side by side…

Bates College student Cormac Walsh of Wiscasset delivered a researched-based presentation at this year's Mount David Summit, the college's annual campus-wide celebration of student academic…