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Wiscasset planning board

Coffee shop coming to Water Street; car wash to grow

Nouria Energy’s car wash in Wiscasset will grow 520 square feet, and Planning Board Chair Karl Olson said he is looking forward to a cup of coffee at Steamed Beans Coffee Emporium downtown. Monday...
Alna selectmen

Past town clerk back as interim

Past Alna town clerk Lisa Arsenault’s hire as interim clerk has avoided a town office shutdown. Third Selectman Charles Culbertson said the board on Monday afternoon named Arsenault to the interim...
Mid-Coast Audubon hosts talk on horseshoe crabs

Mid-Coast Audubon and Camden Public Library will host a free online Zoom presentation on the ecology of horseshoe crabs in the Great Salt Bay on Thursday, April 15 at 6 p.m. To register for the event...
LincolnHealth President Jim Donovan retires

LincolnHealth President and Chief Executive Officer James Donovan retired March 30. Donovan came to LincolnHealth, formerly Lincoln Medical Partners, in 2008 from over 20 years of healthcare...
Westport Island plans April 10 town meeting on broadband funding

Westport Island selectmen Monday night agreed to hold a 9 a.m. Saturday, April 10 town meeting at town hall for voters to consider a local match to a possible ConnectME grant to expand broadband...
ORC hits the bricks

“OK, let’s get measuring!” With that start from Wiscasset Selectman Sarah Whitfield, ordinance review committee members and other masked walkers spent about a half hour in the whipping wind on both...
an enthusiastic and passionate person who can’t say ‘no’ when it comes to plants

Hildy Ellis retires from Knox-Lincoln Soil, Water Conservation District

After 10 years of service as district coordinator promoting conservation and farming in the Midcoast area, Hildy Ellis has retired from the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD...
Maine Department of Marine Resources

Despite market challenges, Maine harvesters earn ninth highest value on record

Augusta – Despite unprecedented market losses, Maine fishermen earned over a half billion dollars for their catch in 2020. Valued at $516,796,614, the ex-vessel value of Maine’s commercially...
51 Lincoln County businesses awarded economic recovery grant aid

MIDCOAST — A total of 51 businesses in Lincoln County received aid money from the second phase of the Maine Economic Recovery Grant Program. The grant program, backed by $200 million in Federal...
Local benefactor offers timber frame course tuition assistance

During a Midcoast Conservancy Timber Frame course at Hidden Valley Nature Center, more than post-and-beam frames are built: partnerships, friendships and new skill sets are regular features of the...
Westport Island eyes vote on its share of possible broadband project

According to the broadband committee and Monday night’s UberConference selectmen’s meeting, Westport Island has about three weeks to agree to chip in with Spectrum and ConnectME Authority on a...
More Wiscasset sidewalk talks

Weather permitting, Wiscasset’s Ordinance Review Committee will be downtown Monday night, March 29 walking the sidewalks and measuring them. The panel is working on a policy for selectmen to consider...
Maine real estate sales up 22.77 percent in February, prices jump 12.91 percent

High demand for single-family existing homes across Maine continues, despite the yearlong COVID-19 pandemic. Maine Listings released new housing statistics today for the month of February 2021, which...
Governor Mills extends State income tax deadline

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday the State of Maine will move the deadline for Maine individual income tax payments from April 15 to May 17, a change aligning Maine with the federal...
Shore and Harbor Planning grants available

The Department of Marine Resources Coastal Program announces the availability of funds for Shore and Harbor Planning grants. Funds are provided through the state's NOAA Coastal Program Grant and the...
Super sale on CDs at Skidompha Book Shop

The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta is holding a special sale on music CDs, from Monday, March 22 through Saturday, April 3. Every CD will be on sale at half price; there’s...