Over the years of her teaching career, Nancie Atwell’s students at the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb have received numerous state and national awards for…

Jenna Bickford and Stephanie Jones, eighth grade students at Wiscasset Middle School, were recently named Middle Level Scholar Leaders at a banquet held on May 16 at the Augusta…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Arrests

On May 18, Luis Lassu, 43, of Bristol…

A Lincoln County grand jury has indicted two Wiscasset men on charges they burglarized two local homes in February.

Ronald E. Williams Jr., 41, and…

The Board of Directors of the Maine Children’s Scholarship Fund (MCSF) is very pleased to report that they have received an unsolicited, anonymous bequest of $1,200,000.…

Relief could be on the way for intown Wiscasset's parking woes. Selectmen decided May 21 to pursue turning a tax-acquired property at 25 Middle Street into a parking lot.…

Things are heating up at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 12 Hodge St., as volunteers are working on plans for the 61st Annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 29, from 10 a.m…

Wiscasset

The Bradford-Sortwell Wright Post #54 of the American Legion will observe Memorial Day by laying a wreath at…

The mother of John Burbank, the Jefferson man arrested for an alleged armed…

Edwin “Skip” White, of Edgecomb, was awarded $500,000 in damages on May 20 in Lincoln County Superior Court for serious injuries sustained while working for Groton Construction.…

A proposed $171,126 hike in Dresden’s share of the KIDS RSU 2 school budget for 2013-2014 met dismay from the town's board of selectmen at their regular meeting Monday night.…

The fish ladder restoration project that Woolwich residents and officials at the Bath Water District hope to get off the ground might start this fall, according to District…

Although it was unable to find a purchaser, the Edgecomb Fire Department's erstwhile engine No. 5 will still find a new home.

During the May 20 board…

Mom and Dad,

  It’s very hard to try and enjoy our lives daily, without you being here with us in your usual manner.

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The Reverend Jack Steeves returned to the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset on May 17 as interim minister. Reverend John Potter is on sabbatical leave. Steeves first served…

Several people argued in favor of Westport Island keeping the famed Wright Landing house during a May 16 public hearing at the town hall, but it will be up to the voters on June 28…

A recent unruly discussion over the Alna selectmen's bidding policy led First Selectman David Abbott to seek a policy change – and a gavel.

Abbott…

A couple of pieces of Edgecomb history are slated to go up for bid in June. Thomaston auctioneer Kaja Veilleux bought the documents, each a quarter of a millenium old, at fellow…

The state is calling on Alna to address issues discovered in an inspection of Ben Brook Bridge.

If the town doesn't fix the problems, the bridge risks…

A Boothbay Harbor man was hurt in an accident on Route 1 in Woolwich May 18, a Sagadahoc County sheriff’s deputy said.

Ralph Hall, 39, of West Bath,…

A Jefferson man received what appeared to be a non-life-threatening head injury May 18 when the motorcycle he was operating failed to complete a turn in Whitefield, Lincoln County…

Most art tends to beautify any space.

That is why Sheepscot Harbour Village & Resort in Edgecomb is collaborating with Lincoln Academy art…

The Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District would like to thank everyone who helped make our Spring Plant Sale and Fair at Union…

Unfortunately, the steadily rising number of families in need of food assistance in the Boothbay region is outpacing funds and supplies available to…

Lincoln County Healthcare’s plan to close the emergency room and relinquish St. Andrews’ hospital license means patient beds at St. Andrews Hospital would no longer be licensed.…

As the result of an exceptional gift from local philanthropist Paul G. Coulombe, the Boothbay Railway Village was able to purchase a three-plus acre plot of land directly across from its location…

UPDATE: The country club opening has been delayed until May 25.

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Annetta B. Morton, 94, of Boothbay Harbor, died May 15 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.

She was born on Loud’s Island…

If a rivalry game is supposed to be played close to the vest, then the Boothbay-Wiscasset baseball game on May 15 didn't disappoint.

The Boothbay Region High…

The Lady Seahawks softball team's comeback from an 11-0 deficit after two and a half innings, where they cut the lead to 11-7 after five innings, fell short as they went on to lose to the…

The follow cases were recorded on a Lincoln County Superior Court Closed Case Report dated April 22-May 13:

Scott W. Bennett, 21, Boothbay, Unlawful…

The following cases were reported on a Wiscasset Sixth District Court Closed Case Report dated April 22-May 13:

Jeremy Barron, 32, Waldoboro, Unlawful…

In a work session May 8, the Committee on State and Local Government voted 5-3 that…

The Save St. Andrews Task Force phenomenon ended one chapter and began another last week.

On May 7, the four town task force, which formed last fall…

Three months after the United States Coast Guard wrapped up its hearings, the first…

Just as Odeth Busque was waking to a new day on Mother's Day, an officer from the Wiscasset Police Department called and said her son's restaurant, Thai Golden in Wiscasset, had…

YMCA Project Change is a new program to the Boothbay Region YMCA created especially for elementary age students. Project Change nurtures the development of local and global…

Margret T. (Woods) Furbush, 93, died Monday, May 13, 2013 at the Mid Coast Senior Health Care in Brunswick.

She…

When Tanya Pomerleau was ready to move her upscale consignment boutique out of the space she was renting in Bath, she found just what she was looking for at 510 Bath Road in…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Arrests

On May 9, Joseph A. Gallagher, 57, of…

A memorial service for Natalie Scott, who died January 20, 2013 at St. Andrews Village, will be held at The Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, 1 Eastern Avenue, on Saturday, May 25 at 11 a.…

A graveside service for Eunice Potter will be held at the Alna Cemetery on Friday, May 17 at 11 a.m. A get together will follow at the Huntoon Hill Grange in Wiscasset.

A committal service for Lorene E. Pinkham, who died March 6, 2013, will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 20 at Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath. The entrance is off the Old Brunswick…

George Layng Pew Jr., of Villanova, Pa., and Mouse Island, Boothbay Harbor, died peacefully at his home in Villanova on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, after a long illness. He was 77.…

A Jefferson resident was arrested by Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies after an alleged armed confrontation with a road crew outside his residence on the Goose Hill Road on May 13…

Try to imagine how Dorothy felt when she was swept away from the endless plains of Kansas and transported to the wild and colorful land of Oz. That moment in movie history could be…

Charles Loring Stonemetz died early Sunday morning January 6, 2013 surrounded by his loving family.

The week of May 5-11 is National Correctional Officers Week. Two Bridges Regional Jail celebrated the week with a special luncheon for officers on May 7.

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Seventy-five residents of Edgecomb spent three and a half hours on Saturday, May 11, in lively but civil debate on 58 warrant…

Francis Emmanuel Bellizia Jr., 69, of Boothbay Harbor, died April 24 after a year-long battle with cancer.

He was born in Medford, Mass. on January 7,…