The public is invited to attend the Member Gathering and Annual Meeting of the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) on April 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. Join land trust…

More than 20 lobstermen members of the Maine Lobstering Union from up and down the coast lobbied in Augusta on March 27 in support of two bonds that will help…

The director of Regional School Unit 12's adult education program in Wiscasset has started an online petition aimed at getting Wiscasset's school committee to continue the program as…

Sometimes, cold weather isn't a bad thing.

For one: It keeps carriers of Lyme disease at bay.

But,…

If you expect someone who hangs out with dead people to be morbid and dour, you haven’t met Lori Wright Vining.

Vining, secretary/treasurer for the Laurel Grove Cemetery Association in…

Would you like to serve the town of Dresden as an elected official? Nomination papers are available in Dresden for the following offices:

• Third Selectman, Assessor and…

Wiscasset's school budget is getting smaller as it moves closer to a town vote.

The once $10 million budget draft is down to $7 million-plus, Interim Superintendent…

We were talking with one of our next-door neighbors recently, on one of the recent nine degree “spring” mornings, when he expressed his surprise that…

For those hoping the Wednesday, March 26 snowstorm would push the area's snowfall totals above last year's were out of luck.

For those…

While the state legislature works to correct deficiencies in a new state cemetery law (see…

Skidompha Public Library's acclaimed "Chats with Champions" series welcomes Chewonki’s Director for Traveling Natural History Programs Keith Crowley on Tuesday,…

Dresden Fire Association monthly business meeting will be on Wednesday, April 2 at 7 p.m. in Pownalborough Hall.

Dresden Fire Department members will have…

Feed Our Scholars, a childhood hunger initiative based at St. Philip’s Church in Wiscasset, is throwing a big party from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 at 12 Hodge Street —…

At a March 24 meeting, Dresden selectmen voted to postpone making decisions about two town-appointed positions, code enforcement officer and animal…

In 2013, the Maine state legislature passed LD 274, which made towns responsible for…

Tonight, the Wiscasset School Committee is set to review a letter from Westport Island about a possible upcoming dialogue.

As part of Westport Island’s work toward…

Dear Readers,

I don't know about you, but I am a bit fed up with a trio of recent TV news…

After meeting with Boothbay selectmen on January 26, Edgecomb selectmen have decided to forgo Boothbay's offer to combine the code enforcement services for the two…

There are five towns, 20 miles and a lot of activity along the Route 1 corridor from Wiscasset to Waldoboro, Lincoln County Planner Bob Faunce said.

As a newspaper reporter, Aaron Miller spent years chronicling town governments' work. These days, the Alna man gets to see it all from the inside.

In neighboring…

Arlene Isabel Wilson, 95, a former teacher, artist and a curriculum supervisor in the State Department of Education in Rhode Island, died March 14…

Newcastle has tried it. Damariscotta, too. Now Wiscasset may try voting with hand-held keypads at town meeting on May 31.

The voting method could address one of the…

In early April at Boothbay Region Adult Ed you can explore the free tools that Google offers, how to make creative greeting cards using…

A 29-year-old Boothbay man driving a 2001 GMC Sierra pickup truck rolled his vehicle at the intersection of Route 27 and Parsons Point Road in Edgecomb on March 24, knocking out power to the…

A man was sent to Miles Memorial Hospital March 24 after falling 12 feet and landing on a pneumatic nail gun.

The unidentified man was…

March is almost over, and it's still too cold to spend a lot of quality time outside, unless you're doing something active to stay warm, but most of the snow has…

The Better Business Bureau of Eastern Massachusetts has issued the following warning about an email scam: Watch out for fake emails informing you that you are being summoned for a court appearance…

John Lodge Gillespie, 81, died peacefully March 19, 2014 at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor.

He was born June 9,…

Many of us are ready for spring to show its milder side. But in Woolwich, few may be more pleased when the snow disappears than the Woolwich Rough Riders.

The all-…

Alna is buying a new fire truck for nearly $300,000. Voters made the decision after a sometimes heated debate at the annual town meeting March 22.

They also nixed a…

Members of the Lincoln County Ecumenical Committee for Haiti (LCECH) visited Gros Morne, Haiti, at the end of February to deliver the proceeds of the Haiti Benefit…

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…

Across the street from a stream of traffic on busy Route 1 in Damariscotta sits a giant blue warehouse. Taped on the windows are two big signs that read: “Boatbuilders Wanted”

On March 19…

An Edgecomb man involved in a 2013 rollover has been charged by the Lincoln County Grand Jury for operating under the influence.

Drew…

Donald E. Goldstone of Washington, D.C. and Boothbay died on March 1, 2014 in Washington, D.C.

Born in Baltimore,…

When one big company merges with another big company, it’s usually great for shareholders and top executives, but not so good for consumers. That’s why I think the proposed merger of two of the…

The Damariscotta River Association has a full plate, Executive Director Steven Hufnagel told the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen on March 19.

Alna voters head to the polls today for town elections that feature no contests. First Selectman David Abbott, Road Commissioner Jeff Verney and Regional School Unit 12 board member Ralph Hilton…

Maine’s real estate market continues on a positive track — buyers remain generally undeterred by the winter elements. According to Maine Listings, 646 homes changed…

Brian Fanslau loves his work. And now he has a new toy that will make it a little easier — and a lot more fun.

When the town of…

“Catatonk Blues,” filmed on Monhegan Island, in Rockland and in Augusta last fall, is “rounding second and heading for home,” according to director-writer-producer Bob Mrazek. He expects a final…

It's always a good time at the Wiscasset Community Center's senior center when Ellie Tracy plays piano and fellow members of the center sing along. But the music had added meaning on…

The White House selected Teens To Trails Founder Carol Leone as a "Champion of Change: Engaging the Next Generation of Conservation Leaders" for her efforts to engage communities and youth in…

Otis E. Burt, 77, of Oak Bluffs, Mass., died February 19, 2014 after a period of declining health.

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As Hidden Valley Nature Center undertakes an effort to expand its infrastructure, the community support has been impressive. HVNC is raising funds to build two new buildings that will serve as…

Before discussion was opened to the public, Damariscotta Town Manager Matt Lutkus made a few things clear about a proposed homeless shelter.

The 2014 elver fishing season will begin Sunday, April 6, 2014 at noon. Originally scheduled to begin on March 22, 2014, the season opening has been delayed due to…

Just when Wiscasset's interim superintendent of schools Wayne Dorr found more than $300,000 in savings to offer the school committee, new information drove the budget draft part of…

Carole Lee Magnusson died peacefully on February 23, 2014, with her family by her side, after a battle with brain cancer.

Born August 28, 1939, Carole was a native of Cleveland, Ohio where…

The long, cold winter hasn’t just been tough on humans, it’s been hard on Maine’s roads, too.

“It’s frost heave season,” Woolwich Road Commissioner Jack Shaw told the Board of Selectmen on…