The number of deaths due to drug overdoses for the first nine months of 2015, as recently released by Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills and the Office of the…
Editorial
Mary’s Musings
Thirty-one of the region’s talented young Y-arts performers will be on their way to Atlanta this weekend to take part in the 11th annual Junior Theater Festival.…
From the Editor
There was only one advantage to being out of work with the flu on Monday; the newspaper paginators left me with only this amount of space for an editorial.
It is just enough space to thank…
Mary’s Musings
After unbelievably beautiful autumn weather, winter finally arrived shortly after Christmas, only a week later than its official calendar date. Here on the Maine…
From the Editor
Through the wonder of technology, I was able to work at home on Tuesday. Getting through my second week with a cold, I didn't want to spread any more germs to my co-workers, managed to get a…
Mary’s Musings
We’re sure Edgecomb selectmen weren’t at all surprised when Maine Department of Transportation state traffic engineer Steve Landry told them on December 21 that…
From the assistant editor
Tying any big change to a calendar date seems arbitrary enough to doom it, but we figured if people can have New Year’s resolutions, why not towns.
Here are some for 2016:
Wiscasset,…
Mary’s Musings
While there are probably a couple of exceptions, most of you have your Christmas shopping all done, and are busy making plans for Christmas Eve, Christmas morning,…
From the assistant editor
For some reason, the fast, fun toboggan ride down the hill of our backyard 40 years ago almost didn't seem worth the substantial trek back up through the snow to do it all again.
That was…
Mary’s Musings
We know many Maine residents make day trips to the Boothbay peninsula in the summer, but in December? Who would believe it? Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens has…
From the editor
Having been involved as a player, fan, coach, fan (again) and reporter at Boothbay vs. Wiscasset boys basketball games since about 1971, it has been interesting to see how the "rivalry" has…
Mary’s Musings
Before you can drive a car by yourself, you need to pass both a written and a road test. To open a restaurant and serve food, you must be licensed and then you’re…
From the assistant editor
We were a little surprised at the “We’ll pass, thanks” reception that the Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission’s members are giving one piece of the new ordinance. They say they don’t want…
From the assistant editor
At last year’s tree-lighting on the Wiscasset common, we noticed that, other than Santa, Frosty and Rudolph, many, maybe even most attendees at the free event were family members of the…
Mary’s Musings
At this point in the campaign for the 2016 Presidential election, it appears that many Americans are, as the saying goes, “fired up.’’ For the first time in at…
Editorial
Sometimes in a brainstormed sea of ideas, one hits all the right notes, and none of the hitches. That seemed to be the case with one the Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce batted around Nov. 10.…
Mary’s Musings
We don’t like driving after dark. It apparently has a lot to do with age, because we’ve talked to a number of fellow senior citizens who share our sentiments. If it…
From the Editor
We're hoping it came from the heart.
On our way to the movies on Saturday, Nov. 7, our older granddaughter, Ella, who is 7, and the rest of us in the car spied a local resident hanging…
Mary’s Musings
TV audiences and the candidates themselves aren’t happy with the GOP presidential debate televised Oct. 28 which was strong on what are being called “gotcha’’…
From the Editor
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We are proud to have been in the forefront of providing information to help victims and offering ways to combat abusers over the past decade…
Mary’s Musings
Being short (5 feet tall) can have lots of disadvantages. You can’t reach things high up in your own cupboard. Items displayed on the top shelf at the grocery store…
From the Editor
The past four seasons of the Boston Red Sox have been quite interesting.
The Bobby Valentine experiment in 2012 made us wish that Terry Francona had been a little harder on a few of his beer…
Editorial
Town meeting or the ballot vote? The question has come up again, this time in Woolwich.
Without taking sides, let’s examine the pros and cons of each, keeping in mind the voting will still…
From the Editor
We always say, "Where did the summer go?"
Well, by the next issue, summer 2015 will be history and we will be one day into fall, according to the calendar.
As a lifelong resident of…
Mary’s Musings
For most of us, National Grandparents Day on Sunday came and went with little fanfare. After all, It has been less than 40 years since the first Sunday after Labor…
Mary’s Musings
We’d say school cafeteria staffs nationwide have their work cut out for them in the months ahead, in view of the fact that even more foods are being added to the no…
Editorial
Change doesn't always turn out for the best. And sometimes doing nothing about a problem, such as Wiscasset's summer bottleneck on Route 1, has the saving grace of not making it worse.
But…
“I (have) live(d) in the USA over 20 years and always admired the way Americans treat other foreigners. Perhaps that is why Americans are considered 'the most friendly nation' in the world.”
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Editorial
The removal of the radioactive mess left behind from Maine Yankee when the nuclear plant was decommissioned was among the goals Ben Rines, Jr., chairman of the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen, named…
From the Editor
The businesses and streets of the Boothbay Harbor and Wiscasset regions have been busy since the end of June. For those of us who live here year-round, it may be an…
Mary’s Musings
Wow! The Aug. 6 Fox News Republican primary two-part debate was unlike anything we recall seeing in our lifetime. It was a no-holds-barred approach designed to focus on the 17 candidates’ best (…
From the Editor
After hearing about the rash of deadly accidents in Maine over the weekend, we are reminded of a conversation with a Lincoln County Sheriff's deputy during graduation week. He gave us some good…
From the Editor
It’s like the busiest yard sale you’ve ever been to, with a live auction thrown in for good measure.
The 58th annual Rotary Auction and Flea Market takes place this Saturday morning, Aug. 1…
Mary’s Musings
Polls consistently tell us which states have the most or least unemployment, crime, poverty, wealth, traffic problems, etc. It appears we all like to see how we…
Mary’s Musings
Greece is in financial trouble. So is Puerto Rico. Countless other countries, states and cities, including some close to home, are balancing on the edge. It wouldn’…
From the Editor
December 1987.
When Mary Brewer announced to the newspaper staff that job titles and responsibilities were being changed nearly 30 years ago, I had come a long way in a year. From my…
From the Editor
Our region is normally bustling with happiness as July 4 arrives, as businesses start getting busier, our summer colonies fill up with daily arrivals of family members and friends, and the weather…
From the Editor
"We're losing Tim Sample's column. How about you writing an editorial and we'll ask Joe Gelarden to write a column to replace Sample's?"
"Sure," this editor said without hesitation.
I'…
Mary’s Musings
We live in a world of one-upmanship — trying to outdo one another.
The urge to gain the edge can be very powerful.…
From the Editor-at-Large
Dear Readers,
Any Mainer who has paid attention to the recent…
From the Editor-at-Large
Dear Readers,
It is easy to become a father. That is biology…
Mary’s Musings
While researching some of the most quotable quotes on Memorial Day observances, we came across this powerful 2009 message issued by the Veterans of Foreign Wars communications department, which…
From the Editor-at-Large
Dear Readers,
Not long ago, an East Boothbay woman was in…
Mary’s Musings
Establishing a fair minimum wage is constantly on the minds of political leaders both on the national and state level. Some cities are now trying to adopt a wage…
Mary’s Musings
Gov. Paul LePage considers Maine’s high energy costs a deterrent to attracting new business, and most folks would agree, since they aren’t too happy with their own…
From the Editor-at-Large
Dear Readers,
The first major event of Boothbay’s non-snowplow…
Mary’s Musings
This weekend marks the 42nd year the Boothbay region has hosted a Fishermen’s Festival, which was originally established to pay tribute to Lincoln County’s…
Editor-at-Large
Dear Readers,
The images we saw on our TV sets last week should…
Mary’s Musings
“It looks like we’ve made it.”
“I think we’ve survived.”
“I hope we never see another winter like this one.”
These comments, and others like them, are being heard from friends…
