Edna Miriam Bradford Lord, 105, of Norway, Maine died on January 29, 2013.

She was born on August 31, 1907 in Rangeley to Harry and Ethel Bradford.…

Nathan Howard and Nathan Panarese, juniors at Wiscasset High School, were chosen as delegates to the 2013 Dirigo Boys' State program, which will be held at the Thomas College in…

Westport Island could be putting its house at the town-owned Wright property up for sale if voters set a plan in motion June 28.

The proposal stems…

Nancy F. Boardman, 71, died peacefully at her home in East Boothbay on Thursday, April 25, 2013, surrounded by her loving family.

She was born on…

Officials from local law enforcement, towns and the county joined a discussion in Damariscotta April 25 about how such a county-wide animal control service system could work, if at…

Wiscasset voters will have three candidates to choose from for two selectmen's seats June 11. Election nominations closed April 29, with at least one person running for every seat…

Woolwich selectmen discovered they may not be able to use a $318,922 “rainy day fund” toward a town office addition. They discussed the matter and the layout for a potential town…

Sagadahoc and Lincoln County officials spoke before the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee April 29 in support of a law to have the state Board of Corrections make…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Traffic complaints

Citizens and visitors of…

Three peninsula residents say they went to Portland in January to watch the Boothbay Country Club be auctioned off, but were turned away.

The Boothbay…

As Wiscasset considers going pay-as-you-throw at the transfer station, two other towns that take their trash to Wiscasset are awaiting word on how the change would impact them.…

Sheepscot Valley school district officials are faced with the choice of saving jobs and cutting back a $2 million increase in next year's budget, but they heard impassioned…

David Marcus said he knew he lived in a close-knit community. But when he sought donations to help him with…

Gertrude Mae Lewis Tibbetts died peacefully Thursday morning, April 25, 2013, at her home surrounded by her loving family.

She was born August 14,…

A group of Wiscasset and Lincoln County officials inspected Mason Station April 24, Wiscasset Town Manager Laurie Smith confirmed.

The town had a…

Wiscasset High School is ready for an important review it faces beginning May 5,  Principal Deb Taylor said.

The New England Association of Schools and…

Alzuma “Zumie” Marie Lux, died April 23, 2013 at her daughter Marie Cooper’s home in Edgecomb.

She was born on July 19, 1926 in Bird City, Kan., to the…

Ulrike “Ulli” Vachon-Frisch of Orrs Island died December 11, 2012. A celebration of life will be held in her honor, on Sunday, May 5, 2013 from noon to 4…

Charles W. Cottrell died in Boothbay Harbor on April 18, 2013 after a long illness.

Charles was born in Mentor, Ohio to Charles W. and Dorothy…

The following cases were reported a Wiscasset Sixth District Court closed case report dated April 1-22:

Brian V. Aherne Jr., 35, Boothbay Harbor,…

Muriel Elaine Trask, 86, of Birch Point Road in Wiscasset, died on Monday, April 22, 2013, surrounded by family, at her daughter’s home in Brunswick.

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Traffic on Route 1 stopped just in front of the Donald Davey Bridge in Edgecomb the afternoon of April 24 due to a two-car fender-bender.

Neither driver was…

Capital improvement funds for needs like a new fire tanker faces Dresden, something the Board of Selectmen may have to deal with in the coming weeks.

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Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Reminder to all residents: All studded snow tires must be removed from vehicles by May 1, 2013.…

Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission's Second Annual Meeting, to be held Monday, April 29 from 5-7 p.m. at Bigelow Labs, will feature groundbreaking research and innovative…

There will be a non-binding referendum on the ballots in the towns of Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor and during the Edgecomb Town Meeting asking "Do you support maintaining the…

Bright yellow machines outnumber golf carts at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club as workers level the new driving range, sod tees, redo bunkers, enlarge the putting green and…

A proposed zoning change in Wiscasset would help Castle Tucker return to its roots.

A century ago on the property along the Sheepscot River, the Tucker…

Woolwich voters will be confronted with a lower budget, but will also be asked to spend more money for a town office addition and Emergency Medical Services during the annual town…

The Maine Department of Transportation will be resurfacing the Donald E. Davey Bridge that spans the Sheepscot River between Wiscasset and Edgecomb starting on Friday, April 26.…

The signing of the June 11 town meeting warrant was the board's only action in a brief meeting April 22. Selectmen had planned to sign the warrant a week earlier, but put it off to give the budget…

The following cases appeared on a Lincoln County Superior Court Closed Case Report dated April 1-22:

Patrick Roy Alexander Jr., 34, Bowdoinham, Theft…

Wiscasset claims Mason Station may be the scene of an illegal junkyard and possibly at least one unsafe building.

The town used more than 100…

Debt, staff contracts, emergency repairs and ensuring access to education were core topics of discussion among withdrawal committee members during a meeting in Wiscasset on April…

Joyce Elizabeth Adams Murray, 85, died comfortably at the Gregory Wing in Boothbay Harbor, April 22, 2013, after battling Alzheimer's disease for the past eight years.

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds recorded the following land transfers March 25-April 12:

ALNA – Ellen Kaplan Maxfield, Ellen Kaplan-Maxfield, Tom…

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Arlene V.  Reed will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 18 at the Damariscotta Baptist Church. The church is at 4 Bristol Road, Damariscotta. The Rev.…

Gov. Paul LePage is calling for the state of Maine to join the people of the city of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in a moment of silence this afternoon, April 22, to mark one…

If Wiscasset voters do as the budget committee recommends in June, they will reject $312,884 in capital improvements and block ambulance service to Woolwich.

With the closing of its emergency room in October 2013, St. Andrews Hospital was expected to lose its hospital license and its critical access subsidy under Medicare.  Today, April…

William D. Wallace of Naples, Fla., and Boothbay Harbor died Sunday April 7, 2013.

He was born September 30, 1922, in Saginaw, Mich., the son of…

A graveside service to celebrate the life of Melba Cunningham, who died March 14, 2013 in Boothbay Harbor, will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, May 4 at Evergreen Cemetery, Barter’s…

Paul F. McLaughlin, 87, of Readfield, died Wednesday April 17 at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta.

He was born in Augusta, November 16, 1925 the…

A Portland man driving on Rabbit Path Road in Alna April 18 received minor injuries after he apparently failed to see a stop sign, Lincoln County Sheriff's Maj. Ken Mason said.…

A Damariscotta woman pleaded guilty April 18 to assaulting her young daughter and endangering the child's welfare.

In a deal with the District Attorney…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On April 10, Deputy Chad Gilbert responded to a report of the theft of a logging tool in the Dresden area…

The hardest part about being a 911 dispatcher is not knowing the outcome, says Melissa McKusic of the Lincoln County Communications Center in Wiscasset. She and fellow dispatcher…

Wiscasset selectmen's choice to lump several proposed capital improvements into a single item for voters June 11 is drawing criticism from the town's budget committee.

At the annual town meeting in May, Woolwich residents will be asked to approve a new ordinance that regulates temporary businesses. Proposed by the Woolwich Planning Board, the…

The Wiscasset Public Library may have to get by with less town funding than it asked for this year.

Library representatives asked Wiscasset selectmen…