Despite the negativity in national ads, refreshingly civil discourse dominated the Boothbay region's Great State Debate, where four local candidates for Maine legislature spoke on…

The first publication of this notice is October 18, 2012

To all persons interested in any of the estates listed below:

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As a younger man, Lincoln County Commissioner Sheridan Bond went into the woods hunting for deer. Now in his fifties, the deer have found him – twice. He…

County commissioners are opposing the LePage administration's proposed changes to Maine's system that helps the unemployed get jobs and companies find employees.

Maine's four Local Workforce…

Mitt, an extremely skittish male cat, has been missing since September 10. He was last seen running across the lawn of the house on the left side of the Coastal Veterinary Clinic…

Paul Roberts, 38 Higbee Lane, shoreland thinning and dead tree removal.

Robert Cerra, 2 Mud Flat Alley, removal of three trees.

Union workers and retirees met recently with two guest speakers, Lincoln County Democratic candidates Chris Johnson for State Senate and Joel Pitcher for State House, to discuss…

Average retail gasoline prices in Maine have fallen 2.5 cents per gallon , averaging $3.93 per gallon. This compares with the national average that has increased 0.6 cents per gallon to $3.80 per…

The Downeaster train will carry passengers from Brunswick to Boston beginning on Nov. 1 with two daily round-trips, but some Midcoast Maine residents hope more rides are in store further down the…

Data collected from the consultants hired by the Route 1 Master Plan steering committee will add to existing Department of Transportation data to help build a strong understanding…

The Dresden Board of Selectmen expressed concern over a report from the KIDS Regional School Unit (RSU) 2 superintendent’s office that the town has a $128,000 shortfall in its balance due for the…

A Wiscasset resident has filed a complaint with the town clerk and the selectmen regarding ballot questions 1 and 2 on the town of Wiscasset’s special election ballot.

James “Jim” McGuiggan died peacefully in his sleep early Thursday morning at The Hill House in Bath. He made his residence there for the past year. Jim was born in Bath, the son of John and…

Westport Island selectmen awarded the East Shore Road shimming, a type of paving, bid to E A. Reynolds, of Georgetown at a cost of $22,375. Although the town advertised for the…

Wiscasset selectmen held an emergency meeting Thursday, evening, October 4 to sign the warrant for the Regional School Unit proposed cost sharing formula change.…

Since the changes planned for St. Andrews Hospital were announced, Lincoln County Healthcare has been working internally to resolve the issues associated with implementing those…

Cynthia Dill has driven through Wiscasset more than a dozen times in her U.S. Senate campaign, and she's been caught in the same Route 1 bottleneck that motorists here endure every…

Adan Jose Patricio Guzman, 38, died unexpectedly on September 14, 2012 in Norman, Okla.

He was born on January 7, 1973 in Worcester, Mass., and was…

Mother Nature may have been waving her fists over all the dumping at the Wiscasset Raceway over the years, but she must have taken a minute to cross her fingers, too. Results are…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On October 2, Sgt. Jason Nein was dispatched to a burglary/theft to a…

Lewis A. Woodworth, 83, of Dresden died on Saturday, Sept. 22 at his home in Dresden after a long battle with prostate cancer.

Lewis was born in Saskatchewan, Canada on May 31, 1929. He…

The town of Alna had to pay its workers compensation insurer $210 for submitting a wage report late, town officials said. Given the town's prior penalties from the Internal Revenue…

Edgecomb firefighters burned down an abandoned building at 112 Atlantic Highway on Saturday, Oct. 6. The controlled burn started around 10 a.m., drawing roughly half the department's crew out for…

With little less than a month remaining until Maine and the country go to vote for the next leader of the United States, an important milestone has been reached at a local level.

In a way,…

It's been clear sailing so far for developer Tony Casella and his proposed office building in Edgecomb. However, members of the town's planning board have made it clear their…

William Harrison of Charleston, Mass., pleaded not guilty October 3 to attacking a Maine State Trooper accused of sex crimes against Harrison's young relative. Justice Andrew…

A Bath man has admitted he assaulted four guards at Two Bridges Regional Jail last May,…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On September 30, Sgt. Brendan Kane, while on patrol, came upon some…

Elsie Palmer, daughter of Edgar F. and Edna T. Miller, died at age 84 on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in Sudbury, Mass., surrounded by her family.

Elsie was born…

Voicing concerns that Maine ratepayers would invest too much and Statoil too little in that company's proposed offshore pilot wind park, Maine Public Utilities Commissioners Thomas Welch and Mark…

After concerns were raised about a 36-year-old Bristol man, a Damariscotta school was put on lock down Wednesday morning.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received calls at 9:35 a.m.…

Invasive plants growing on top of a sealed landfill in Woolwich need to be eliminated to keep waste from seeping out. Woolwich Solid Waste Committee chairman Fred Kahrl told selectmen he needed…

Former Jefferson resident James Davis narrowly escaped elimination from the reality…

Ben Martens, Maine Coast Fishermen's Association Executive Director, said fishermen have adhered and adapted to a lot in the last decade.

They have had to face more and more stringent catch…

A fish ladder restoration project in Woolwich has had researchers interested in protecting safe passage for alewives in Nequasset Brook embark on a land ownership mystery.

Woolwich selectmen…

Anyone walking into the Wiscasset meeting room in the next few days will see something that will turn their heads. In support of October being National Breast Cancer Awareness…

Over the last several weeks, the hospital task force has transformed an angry crowd into a hard-working machine. They’ve raised funds, formed work groups, hired a lawyer and dug…

On June 12, Wiscasset voters said yes to accept the Montsweag Brook 22 acres of land and dam from Central Maine Power Company with $100,000 for its maintenance. On November 6, the…

In another step toward what former Governor Angus King called the biggest industrial…

Wiscasset District Court recorded the following in its Closed Case Report for Sept. 17-Oct. 2:

John M. Anderson, 27, Bristol, Operating Under the Influence, fined $500, license suspended 90…

Woolwich residents serving on the committee for a potential addition to the town office will pay an architect to help develop a plan they can present to voters. During their October 1 meeting,…

The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper offices will be closed on Monday, Oct. 8 for Columbus Day.…

One of the biggest gripes people at this end of Regional School Unit 12 have is paying more for their students than the northern towns do. In fact, the district calculates all…

The new owner of the former bagel shop on Edgecomb's Route 1 plans to tear it down and build an office to rent condominiums. It's the first in a series of projects Tony Casella of…

Donald T. Black of Edgecomb died September 30.

During his career, Donald worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Md. After retiring, he and Verna moved to…

Maine could get off oil in a matter of half a decade, according to Angus King. The longtime advocate of alternative energy said the technology that could ease Maine’s oil dependence is here, now…

Lincoln County Superior Court recorded the following in its Closed Case Report for Sept. 17-Oct. 2:

 Ariza Sumer Nadia Ali, 30, Camden, five counts of…

A pair of veterans' memorial benches will remain on the lawn of the Alna Meetinghouse. Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask has dropped…

Reducing Route 1 traffic congestion and improving pedestrian safety in Wiscasset are high priorities for the Maine Department of Transportation, according to Gerry Audibert from…

Jessica Carroll, 24, of Jefferson, escaped serious injuries after her car flipped over on Route 218 in Wiscasset just after 8 a.m. Monday morning, Oct. 1.

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