New tax credits could help many small businesses cut health insurance costs.
Numerous business owners in Wiscasset and surrounding towns said they had not heard of the new federal program.…
News
Sen. Chris Johnson (D-Lincoln County) will host two community forums on the changes to Maine law enacted during the recent legislative session.
The first will be at the Waldoboro Fire…
The Waldoboro Parent Café Team was honored with United Way of Mid Coast Maine's Community Builder Award at United Way's Annual Meeting.
The team, organized by United Way partner agency…
Strawberries are ripening in the fields, soon to be transformed into the luscious shortcakes piled high with real whipped cream, chocolate dipped berries, jam and ice cream cones that have come to…
Westport Island
Westport Island selectmen wasted no time in notifying the Department of Education Commissioner and the district school board chairman that the town voted to proceed with the withdrawal process.…
Wiscasset Senior Center
The Senior Center and town voting is over and the results are in.
First, at the Wiscasset Senior Center, Pat Barnes, Carl Hewitt and Dale Wenners were elected to the Board of Trustees. Ralph…
Woolwich Selectmen
Woolwich EMS will hire a grant writer to help them pursue funding for a new ambulance.
At their June 18 meeting, the Woolwich Board of Selectmen approved the department using $995 from their…
Dresden Elections
Only 35 Dresden voters attended the town's shortest regular town meeting in memory June 16. Meeting at Pownalborough Hall, residents wrapped up the session in 1 hour, 20 minutes, and passed all…
Edgecomb Selectmen
Edgecomb Development should once again be receiving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District money from the town of Edgecomb, according to the company's president, Roger Bintliff.
In…
The Two Bridges Regional Jail has seven new correctional officers following graduation ceremonies at the facility May 17.
The new officers are Tom Chryplewicz, Jonathan Lackee, Eric Bryan,…
A Woolwich man accused of illegally harvesting trees was found not guilty by a Sagadahoc County Superior Court jury on May 16 after two full days of deliberation.
Chuck Schooley, 40, of…
The Wiscasset Selectmen gave special recognition to the Musical Wonder House and to the Danilo Konvalinka collection of mechanical music treasures at their June 5 meeting.
Paulo Carvalho…
When she’s out kayaking alone, Dee Cooper-Rooney can yell out anything she wants. She lets out the anger from two abusive relationships.
She lost three full-term babies to her first husband’…
A Massachussetts man is charged with several crimes following a June 3 crash that sent a Damariscotta woman to the hospital.
Jean Paul Doiron, 20, of Chelmsford, Mass., was summonsed for…
Westport Island Selectmen
The Westport Island Board of Selectmen spent much of their meeting Monday evening going over the 43 articles on the town warrant. Town meeting will be Saturday, June 16, at 9 a.m.…
The Wiscasset Lions Club held their final meeting for the 2011-2012 seasons June 6 at Ship’s Chow Hall, with the installation of the new officers for the ensuing year, along with…
Woolwich Selectmen
A fire truck on its way to a brush fire rolled over on their lawn, pinning the driver inside. A station wagon smashed the landowners’ mailbox and stopped 15 feet from their house. A 75-year-old…
Despite all the bad news facing Maine’s seafood industry, the silver lining will be industry-led initiatives to sustain it, said Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Pat…
Sentencing has been set for later this month for fired Maine State Trooper Gregory Vrooman. In April, a Lincoln County jury convicted the 46-year-old Nobleboro man of a dozen charges, including…
STATE OF MAINE
LINCOLN, SS.
PROBATE COURT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS &OTHERS
18-A MRSA § 3-801…
Notice is hereby given that in ac-cordance with the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered July 28, 2010 in the action entitled Citibank, N.A. as trustee for the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors…
Please take notice that Donald and Virginia R. Kroitzsh, 5052 Route 100, Plymouth, VT 05056, (802) 332-6477, are intending to file a Natural Resources Protection Act permit application with the…
STATE OF MAINE
Lincoln, SS.
PROBATE COURT
WISCASSET, ME
The first publication of this notice is June 21, 2012.
To all persons interested in any of the…
Wiscasset Elections
Wiscasset residents voted June 12 to take the first step towards possible withdrawal from their school district, RSU 12.
With 397 voters in favor and 293 opposed, the town will now create a…
George and Kristen Mugnai were happy to hear that Alna will receive $122,042 to expand high-speed Internet access.
Their home is among 81 expected to get access as a result of a grant from…
Alna Selectmen
A prospective Alna dumping ordinance remains in the planning stages while selectmen determine if it would do any good.
"I want something with teeth in it," Third Selectman David Reingardt…
Westport Elections
Although Westport Island voters approved their school district's budget, they voted overwhelmingly in favor of exploring withdrawal from the district.
The RSU 12 budget passed with 114 votes…
Wiscasset High School 2012 Valedictorian Emma Gorwin urged her classmates to "Take the road less traveled, and that will make all the difference."
"When opportunity presents itself, seize it…
The Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 budget passed in every town except Somerville with a two vote differential in the June 12 budget referendum.
"We're very pleased with this budget…
Voters in the towns of Arrowsic, Bath, Phippsburg, West Bath and Woolwich approved the Regional School Unit 1 budget in the June 12 budget validation referendum. Total votes cast: 2167.
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Wiscasset voters re-elected Selectmen Judith Colby, and Ed Polewarczyk to serve another two years on the board , and elected Jefferspn Slack as selectmen, who defeated incumbent David Nichols.…
Wiscasset Police
Two Wiscasset teens were arrested June 12 in connection with the bombing of two mailboxes in April.
Cory Hodgdon, 18, of Wiscasset, and a 17-year-old juvenile also…
The ConnectME Authority voted June 7 to award Alna all the money the town asked for, to expand high-speed net access to 81 homes on Cross, West Alna and Lothrop Roads, practically all the ones…
Alna
A grand jury has indicted two Alna residents and a New Hampshire man on charges connected to the April 5 mugging of Boothbay artist Kathleen Billis in Portland, a spokeswoman for the Cumberland…
About two hundred voters approved a $26 million education budget for Regional School Unit 1 during a district budget meeting at Bath Middle School Tuesday night. While some proposals…
On June 1 Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline responded to a report of a man found unconscious and not breathing at the Schooner Inn on Bath Road in Wiscasset at about 7:15 a.m.
…
Wiscasset's Briana Goud slides safely into third in Wednesday's game with Winthrop.
The Lady Wolverines finished their regular softball season with a record of 7-9 which has earned them a…
Who would you vote for in Wiscasset?
Candidates for the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen, Budget Committee, Water District Board of Trustees and Regional School Unit 12 Board of Directors discussed important issues at a forum held at the…
The views of Westport residents Thursday night could be good news for proponents of the town creating a committee to explore withdrawing from Regional School Unit 12.
Most people who spoke…
Missing Person
It’s not unusual in a small town like Dresden to see young people walking along the road after school. Maybe they’re headed home or going to meet a friend. So, as 12-year-old Micah…
St. Andrews
While the battle over healthcare is being argued on the national stage, another healthcare battle is being waged in small towns across this country. That is the struggle to…
Hywind Maine
At two meetings last weekend, local fishermen expressed concerns about offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Maine. These considerations centered on lost fishing grounds, disruption of…
Hywind Maine
A lot of public concern and interest is being generated over the potential for offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Maine. While demonstration projects are being planned in state and…
Hywind Maine
Representatives from Statoil, an international energy company headquartered in Norway, came to Boothbay last Wednesday to meet with State Representative Bruce MacDonald about a proposed pilot…
A Bird’s Tale
The past few weeks we have been noticing in our neighborhood, a crow with no tail. It’s an odd sight when you see it overhead. Your brain tries in…
