Celebrating 60 years of service to community

The first meeting of the Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library was held on Jan. 27, 1966. Starting with just 12 members, the Friends are now more than 50 members strong. Following the goals in their mission statement, the Friends have assisted with and/or funded…

The harvest house overlooks the Sheepscot River. File photo

Wiscasset planning board

‘Really excited’: Clark’s Pointers interested in next steps for subdivision

Clark's Point Subdivision residents could be closer to getting more neighbors. Design consultant Karl Olson of Karl Olson & Associates in Wiscasset represented Titan Funding Feb. 9 in a pre-application talk with the planning board. The agenda said it would be…

Quiet craftsman: Tony Goulette’s 36-year journey at Wiscasset School Department

Tony Goulette first walked through the doors of Wiscasset School Department in 1990. Tired of traveling construction jobs and working in the bitter Maine cold, he was looking for something different, a position with good benefits for his family, and an opportunity…

The bohemian waxwing is the boisterous and more colorful out-of-town cousin of the usually more common cedar waxwing. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wells

A Bird's Tale

Watch for Waxwings

It was winter of 1996. The David Cup and McIlroy Award birding competitions were in full swing in the Ithaca, New York, area where Cornell University and its famous Lab of Ornithology are located. We were in the midst of it all, along with our birders colleagues…

MPA tournament quarterfinal match

Carrabec sends Wiscasset home, 61-51

Senior guard Colton Scheve scored 32 points and the fourth-seeded Carrabec Cobras held off a late Wiscasset Wolverine run to advance to the Class D South semifinals with a 61-51 quarterfinal win at Augusta Civic Center Saturday afternoon, Feb. 14. Scheve was the…

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I was a weekend mail carrier

This winter has been more…
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Some of those we lost in 2025

Let’s pause and look back on 2025,…
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Reintroducing ‘Then and Now’

Years ago, Wiscasset…
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Staff's Best Photos of 2025

Staff photographer Steve Edwards spent a morning and an afternoon on the water during the 2025 Boothbay Harbor Tuna Challenge and captured this and many other great shots. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

Boothbay Lights Boat Parade and Fireworks

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This week at the Lincoln Theater

The 2026 Oscar nominated Short Films begin screening at the Lincoln Theater Friday, Feb. 20 - Wednesday, Feb. 25. Image courtesy of the venue

"The Choral" - (R; 1 hour, 53 minutes) - 1916. The Choral Society in Yorkshire has…

This week at the Harbor Theater

"The Choral" - (R; 1 hour, 53 minutes) - Set in 1916, "The Choral" unfolds in Ramsden…

A beloved Sondheim musical returns to the big screen

"Merrily We Roll Along," screening Feb. 26 at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theater. Courtesy of the venue

Few musicals have traveled a more surprising path than Stephen Sondheim’s “…

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: 3 arrests

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 230 calls for service for the period…

Wiscasset school committee

Proposed independent probe a no go in school department matter

Wiscasset's school committee declined Monday night to hire an independent investigator to…

Wiscasset’s Brycson Grover makes school committee

Three residents offered to fill the seat Victoria Hugo-Vidal left on Wiscasset's…

Wiscasset school committee

Panel gets school budget draft

A budget draft Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson…

Letter to the editor

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Dear Editor:

Before Trump, the US was in trouble. Like the Titanic, we were taking on water and…

Driver’s ed needs jump start

Since Raye Leonard took over as education director at Boothbay-Wiscasset…

From the Maine Senate

Keeping Lincoln County informed with a SNAP town hall

On Jan. 12, Rep. Holly Stover and I held a SNAP Town Hall at the Harbor Theater.…

Lincoln County Democrats to caucus Feb. 28

Democrats in Lincoln County will gather for a biennial caucus on Saturday, Feb. 28 to begin…

Press release

Newcastle/Damariscotta rally for ICE accountability, Epstein transparency and voting rights

Protestors on the Newcastle/Damariscotta bridge on Feb. 14. Courtesy of Nigel Calder

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Troop 213 holds winter Court of Awards

Pictured from left are Pheonix P., Spencer C., James R., Matthew R., Thomas R., Jeffrey M., Henry R., Christopher C., Blake H., Dylan L., Nevan P., Owen P., Elijah S., Hudson H. and Nolan P. Courtesy photo

On Thursday, Feb. 12, Troop 213 gathered at the Damariscotta American Legion for its triannual…

Business After Hours at Islebrook Village March 3

Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce invites our members and others who might have…

Wiscasset school committee seeks to fill seat

Wiscasset School Committee has an immediate vacancy to be filled until Tuesday, June 9…

Back by popular demand!

'Pride & Prejudice': Courtship, chaos and comebacks

Eleanor Busby and Nick Azzaretti. Courtesy of River Company

Join River Company on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. in Skidompha's Porter Meeting…

Midcoast Senior College announces spring term courses

Midcoast Senior College (MSC) is pleased to announce its Spring Term II…

AARP scam alert: Helpline Alert: Government impostors rampant

The AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline (877-908-3360) has seen a rise in…

Midcoast District 9 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings

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DAMARISCOTTA - Happy Destiny Group…

Alna’s March election is all incumbents

All incumbents will be on Alna's March ballot, and they are the only ones, Town Clerk Lisa…

UMA announces fall 2025 president’s and dean’s lists

University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Provost Joseph Szakas announces the …

CTL student is the Telling Room’s Lincoln County winner in writing

The Telling Room has named Center for Teaching and Learning sixth-grade…

‘Antiques Roadshow’ at Botanical Gardens to air Feb. 16 and 23 on MPBN

An "Antiques Roadshow" scene from June 18, 2025 at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. File photo

The “Antiques Roadshow”…

January home sales ease, prices rise 0.65 percent

AUGUSTA (February 12, 2026)— Although the Maine winter season brought out…

Tides

Tuesday, 02/17
4:40 AM	Low	0.45`
11:07 AM	High	10.30`
5:11 PM	Low	-0.43`
11:37 PM	High	9.51`

Wednesday, 02/18
5:20 AM	Low	0.05`
11:45 AM	High	10.46`
5:47 PM	Low	-0.63`

Marine Forecast
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Tides

Tuesday, 02/17
4:28 AM	Low	0.43`
10:45 AM	High	9.71`
4:59 PM	Low	-0.41`
11:15 PM	High	8.96`

Wednesday, 02/18
5:08 AM	Low	0.05`
11:23 AM	High	9.85`
5:35 PM	Low	-0.59`
11:50 PM	High	9.34`

Marine Forecast
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Rockland Tides

Tuesday, 02/17
4:26 AM	Low	0.98`
10:38 AM	High	10.70`
4:59 PM	Low	-0.04`
11:10 PM	High	9.80`

Wednesday, 02/18
5:06 AM	Low	0.61`
11:15 AM	High	10.87`
5:36 PM	Low	-0.21`
11:44 PM	High	10.18`

Marine Forecast
Data courtesy of NOAA

Belfast Tides

Tuesday, 02/17
4:24 AM	Low	0.58`
10:37 AM	High	11.17`
4:52 PM	Low	-0.36`
11:03 PM	High	10.43`

Wednesday, 02/18
5:02 AM	Low	0.18`
11:15 AM	High	11.36`
5:28 PM	Low	-0.55`
11:39 PM	High	10.84`

Marine Forecast
Data courtesy of NOAA

Main Street Shop

Blue Café Book Release and Performance featuring Peter Gallway and his book, "Hardtail Strat - Guitars, Heroin, Songs, and Stories"

Camden Opera House

Sunday Breakfast at Brady's

Brady’s

Evergreen Home Performance named top insulation rebate contractor in Maine

Evergreen Home Performance

Brady's to host all day Super Bowl Event and open for the BIG GAME!

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Buy a bouquet & help Meals on Wheels serve a meal!

MCH Making Community Happen

Winter Supper Series at Southport General Store

Southport General Store & Barn

Baby Back Ribs & All You Can Eat Haddock Thursday open 11-5

Brady’s

We're Still Here!! open 6 days a week... and Community Lunch Monday

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Blue Café Book Release and Performance featuring Peter Gallway and his book, "Hardtail Strat - Guitars, Heroin, Songs, and Stories"

Camden Opera House

Sunday Breakfast at Brady's

Brady’s

Evergreen Home Performance named top insulation rebate contractor in Maine

Evergreen Home Performance

Brady's to host all day Super Bowl Event and open for the BIG GAME!

Brady’s

Buy a bouquet & help Meals on Wheels serve a meal!

MCH Making Community Happen

Winter Supper Series at Southport General Store

Southport General Store & Barn

Baby Back Ribs & All You Can Eat Haddock Thursday open 11-5

Brady’s

We're Still Here!! open 6 days a week... and Community Lunch Monday

Brady’s

Upcoming Events

Alzheimers Disease Support Group - In Person

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - 03:00 pm to4:00 pm

WSC public supper

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 04:30 pm to7:30 pm

Boothbay Harbor Ocean On Tap

Thursday, February 19, 2026 - 06:00 pm

Southport General Store Winter Supper Series: Baked Bean & Book Swap

Friday, February 20, 2026 - 04:00 pm to6:00 pm

Cary Grant Film Series: His Girl Friday

Friday, February 20, 2026 - 07:00 pm to9:00 pm

Walter Parks with Ada Dyer Feb. 20

Friday, February 20, 2026 - 07:30 pm

Walter Parks Trio & The Unlawful Assembly featuring Ada Dyer

Friday, February 20, 2026 - 07:30 pm

'Pride & Prejudice': Courtship, chaos and comebacks

Sunday, February 22, 2026 - 03:00 pm to5:00 pm

Sonic Alchemy: Submerged

Sunday, February 22, 2026 - 04:00 pm to6:00 pm

Community Lunch at Brady's

Monday, November 3, 0025 - 11:30 am to1:00 pm

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Blue Café performance by transatlantic folk duo Hildaland

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