Maine Yankee might or might not end up paying Wiscasset as much as the town has decided. Selectmen Sept. 13 passed new property valuations for the ex-nuclear plant. Sept. 14, Maine Yankee’s…
Commerce
After a three-year COVID-induced hiatus, Pemaquid Oyster Festival returns to celebrate its 20th anniversary this Sept. 24 from noon…
Wiscasset selectmen decided Sept. 5 to talk again Sept. 19 about the Wawenock building repair project downtown. Town Manager Dennis Simmons told the board, town counsel has drafted a letter to the…
Because the proposed changes to one of Wiscasset’s new cannabis ordinances are…
AUGUSTA (August 22, 2023)—Single-family existing homes remain in high demand across the state of Maine. Realtors reported a 7.34 percent increase in prices in July 2023 compared to July 2022,…
Born and raised in the Midcoast, Jessica Simmons knows what makes Maine a great place to call home. Growing up in East Boothbay, Jessica spent a few years living out of state before inevitably…
Wiscasset Newspaper heard Saturday that a truck struck Red’s Eats deck early that morning. Deb Gagnon, co-owner of the famous business at the corner of Wiscasset’s Water Street and…
Saturday morning, Wiscasset’s Jan Flowers said she and husband Larry had just seen “things we never get to see from the road ... Beautiful, lot of pines, we saw the backs of houses that we’ve…
Marge Kilkelly and the crew from Dragonfly Cove Farm took top honors in the “Battle of the Boards” in Wiscasset Saturday evening, Aug, 19. The inaugural event was hosted by Maine Tasting Center…
After parts of Wiscasset’s months-old medical cannibas licensing ordinance did not make it into the final version, Town Manager Dennis Simmons said Aug. 16, “As it stands right now medical…
For years, if you entertained at home, you probably assembled some type of tray with an assortment of crackers, cheese, meats and accompaniments to serve your guests. I don’t recall the term “…
Everyone involved in vacation rentals in Maine is invited to attend this the 6th VRPOMe (Vacation Rental Professionals of Maine, Inc) Conference at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport. “Our industry…
Update: As it said it would in the original article below, Wawenock has gotten back to Wiscasset Newspaper with a timeframe for the repairs that have kept scaffolding in front of the Main Street,…
The Wiscasset planning board on Monday, Aug. 14 is set for a pre-submission meeting with Christian Elie toward a site plan review relating to an “addition of (a) medical cannabis store and…
Wiscasset selectmen
Passenger rail is returning to Wiscasset with weekend trips planned soon, a Damariscotta man told Wiscasset selectmen Aug. 1. The “Coastliner” Brunswick-Rockland rail line is an “informed…
Press release
Maine Department of Transportation has begun on-site construction on the project to replace the Frank J. Wood Bridge. The bridge carries Route 201 over the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and…
Alna selectmen July 27 put another 180 days on mining and solar moratoriums town meeting voters passed earlier this year. Selectmen said the reasons for the temporary bans remain and the planning…
Lincoln Theater is pleased to present the final conversation in this summer’s Talking Aquaculture in Maine series. Presented in partnership with the Island Institute…
The second Wiscasset Art Walk of the summer went on as planned Thursday, July 27. A thunderstorm arrived as predicted at 5 p.m. but quickly passed and the sun returned. “It just goes to prove the…
Patti Brown, a successful real estate broker with Newcastle Realty for more than six years, was named the 2023 Realtor of the Year by the Lincoln County Council of the Mountains to Shore Board of…
Yankee Magazine has named the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop “The Best Maine Used Bookstore.”
The designation appears in the Best of New England section of the magazine’s May/June issue. In…
The first “Battle of the Boards,” a charcuterie challenge, is coming to Wiscasset Saturday, Aug. 19.
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Maine Tasting Center will host…
The availability of single-family existing homes for sale across the state of Maine remains tighter than normal, however…
Lincoln County commissioners
Two southern Maine renewable energy developers think Mason Station in Wiscasset is a great location for their next project. Ryan Gahagan of Treadwood, LLC of Portland and Aaron Svedlow of North…
Last July, Coastal Boatworks & Storage in Newcastle was sold to Mid-Coast Properties. Jim and Liz Duffy of Boothbay Harbor own Mid-Coast Properties which includes Boothbay Self-Storage,…
Beginning Sunday, July 23, all CDs at Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop will be on sale for $1 apiece, or 5 for $4. The sale will run through Monday, Aug. 7.
Music lovers will have hundreds…
A building formerly used for a car dealership on Route One in Woolwich will soon be turning out building materials made from recycled plastic. Ben Davis told the selectboard Wednesday, July 5 he…
Born and raised in the MidCoast region, Alicia Long has strong ties to the local community. A graduate of Lincoln Academy,…
Jodie Roquemore enjoys people. That is a good thing, because on June 27, the owner of Jodie’s Cafe and Bakery on Route One, Wiscasset bought the longtime Sarah’s Cafe property on Water Street.…
Buyers seeking to purchase single-family existing homes in Maine continue to encounter fewer properties for sale. According to Maine Listings, prices for those homes sold increased 6.57 percent in…
Wiscasset selectmen
The phone started ringing the day after Wiscasset voters passed marijuana ordinances June 13, Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen June 20. He was readying applications and people were…
Summer is only days away and the Wiscasset Art Walk, on the last Thursday of the summer months, welcomes area residents and visitors from away to enjoy art, music and performance, indoors and out…
Over 150 people joined Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce to mark Wiscasset Community Center’s 25th anniversary. The June 15 celebration had the feeling of a family reunion as friends gathered in…
Living in an old East Boothbay chapel, still with its pews, stage and stained glass windows in the early 1980s when the family was renovating it, Sarah Heald rented space at a West Boothbay Harbor…
It has been about a year since the van der Veen family of Philadelphia took over Carousel Marina and Whale’s Tale Pub after the retirement of former owner Jack…
Press release
A stunning new spa opens at the award-winning Boothbay Harbor Country Club. The…
Footbridge traffic this summer is in for a real treat. A new shop will serve coffee and morning pastries beginning at 7 a.m. and ice cream and other sweet delights as late as 10 p.m. Harbor Treats…
Wiscasset planning board
Wiscasset’s Louis Cataldo asked the planning board May 22 if he could have a small flea market outside his Wicked Good Treasures business, over the Wiscasset line from Montsweag Flea Market in…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce is preparing to party Thursday night, June 15, and welcomes the public to join in – grownups only, as there is a cash bar – for its annual meeting, with an extra…
Skidompha Book Shop
Children’s books and movies are on sale at half-price from June 1 through June 14 at the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta.
All genres of books are included, with…
For June, Damariscotta Hannaford has picked Wiscasset’s Help Yourself Shelf (HYS) at St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., to receive a $1 donation from the sale of every $2.50 Fight…
First National Bank recently announced it has made donations totaling $2,800 to 14 emergency medical service organizations in the bank’s market area in response to National EMS Week.
In…
Wiscasset selectmen
Two years ago, Susan Murray moved to Wiscasset from Pennsylvania. Tuesday night, May 16, she stepped up to the microphone at the selectmen’s…
John and Sara Berkeley have completed a two- and half-year renovation of Boothbay Playhouse and hosted an open house Saturday, May 20, to showcase their venue and trusted service partners. Knowing…
During a recent membership meeting, the Lincoln County Council of the Mountains to Shore Board of REALTORS proudly donated a total of $5,190 to the following local nonprofit organizations, …
The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) held its 101st annual meeting on May 16, 2023, at Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, where lobsters were on the agenda and the menu.
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Hodgdon Yacht Services is pleased to announce the launch of Boothbay Boat Rental. The boat rental…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce is requesting our community members join us in the 25th anniversary of Wiscasset Community Center, Thursday, June 15 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at WCC, 242…
Boothbay’s breweries reflect the peninsula’s intense support of local businesses. Made with Adams Pond water, local grains and talented brewers, the beers are deeply imbued with a sense of place…
Alna selectmen
Alna selectmen on May 4 went with the low bidder for the next three years of plowing. Besides the savings, the board cited the job the contractor, Whitefield’s Mike Jewett, did in the 2022-23…
