There’s still time to sign up for three classes to be offered by the Maine Art Gallery in June. Classes in Wood Assemblage and Appreciating Nature Photography are open to adults and youths over…
Life
We are all capable of creativity, and when we create space for it in our lives we are rewarded with vibrancy, connection, joy, and resource. Creativity, Community, and Curiosity is the mission of…
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…
This month's Celebrate CTL! Auction was a big success! Faculty, caregivers, and community members enjoyed an exciting evening connecting as a community and raising funds for the Center for…
It’s mid-May on Sprucehead Island, and Bob Baines and crew are wrapping up their 2023 kelp harvest. Baines farms four acres near the Lower Gangway Ledge, 13,000 feet of line for a haul of about 50…
Lincoln County Historical Association presents an online talk by author Amy Truesdell on Thursday, May 25 at 5:30 p.m. Truesdell will discuss her new book, “From Binghamton to the Battlefield: The…
Wiscasset Elementary School kindergarten, first, second and third grade students participated in their friendship-themed spring concert called “Be A Friend!” on May 11. Students were excited to…
Join Hearty Roots and Glidden Point Oyster Farms for the 2nd annual Paddle for a Purpose charity event on Saturday, June 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Paddle the Damariscotta River, or…
Wiscasset residents Kari McArdle and Ryan Parrish, and Cassandra Williams of Boothbay, were named to the winter 2023 (January to May) president’s list at Southern New Hampshire University in…
St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset, invites craftspeople to join with the likes of basket weavers, hand stenciled items, or wood turned…
You may periodically be asked when checking in at your primary care practice if you have something known as an advance directive. If the answer is currently ‘no,’ LincolnHealth has scheduled…
The Osher Map Library has selected Lucie Hollan from the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) to be one of the final Top Twelve in their annual Illustrated Mapmaking Contest. Students…
This event has been postponed due to a family emergency. It will be rescheduled.
“Just superb,” Wiscasset’s Julie Olsen said.
“A perfect day for planting,” Bath’s Margaret Leitch Copeland said.
“Could not be better,” with the breeze and without bugs, Wiscasset’…
The recent flooding that washed out some area roads also piled inches of dirt and gravel onto an Old Bath Road, Wiscasset family’s driveway. Wednesday morning, May 10, public works took the…
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit #36, Boothbay is supporting a national platform to reduce the rate of veteran suicide by sponsoring a Walkathon in Boothbay Harbor on June 3.…
Early morning is Jonathan Tindal’s favorite time of day. The Boothbay man, a broker with Tindal & Callahan Real Estate in Boothbay Harbor, can achieve a good work flow then, when his phone…
Summers in Maine are magical. The air is warm, flowers are blooming, grills are sizzling. We move our entire lives outdoors. We take to our gardens, our yards, our patios. And then, there they are…
AUGUSTA — With the end of the federal public health emergencies related to the COVID-19 pandemic today, May 11, the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper is taking a look…
While Maine typically receives sufficient annual precipitation, the critical time for vegetable production often coincides with…
Scientists, conservationists, and gardening experts are encouraging us to treat our gardens, as part of the surrounding natural landscape. They want our gardens to nurture and sustain that…
Door knockers have been around since ancient Greece, according to the late history and archaeology scholar Dr. Sterling Dow. According to his research, Athenians attached slaves’ chains to a bar…
Bees are keystone organisms, meaning stability in an ecological community significantly depends on the services they provide that environment. Pollination, their primary ecosystem service, is in…
Coastal Rivers is seeking volunteers for three on-going community science initiatives focused on water quality, plus one new program collecting data on rockweed. Coastal Rivers provides technical…
Talking Food in Maine is back with an exciting guest, Chef Christian Hayes! Hayes is a seventh generation Mainer, Food Network’s Chopped…
The Garden Club of Wiscasset is holding its annual plant sale this Saturday at the Wiscasset Municipal Building located at the corner of Routes 1 and 27 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. It is an outdoor…
Edgecomb Eddy School
We are pleased to open Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten registration for the 2023/2024 school year.
The Edgecomb Eddy School is an outstanding elementary school that consistently…
Garden Club of Wiscasset is holding its annual plant sale this Saturday at the Wiscasset Municipal Building at the corner of Routes 1 and 27 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. It is an…
The tulips and daffodils are in full bloom and Veggies to Table, a not-for-profit, organic, grow-to-donate vegetable and flower farm, has been selected as a beneficiary of the Damriscotta…
Fishing Partnership Support Services is working with the Maine Lobstermen’s Association to hold free Safety at Sea Trainings for commercial lobstermen and fishermen in two Maine locations;…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
To keep up with Maine's evolving COVID-19 response, Maine CDC is…
Wiscasset school committee
Wiscasset’s school committee is proposing a $10,308,529, 2023-24 budget, which is up $976,458 from 2022-23. Documents provided estimate a less than $100 tax increase on a $150,000 home…
Talking Food in Maine is back with an exciting guest, Chef Christian Hayes! Hayes is a seventh generation Mainer, Food Network’s Chopped…
The annual Wiscasset High School Alumni Banquet will be Saturday June 3. at the Wiscasset High School Gymnasium. Social time will start at 5 p.m. followed by dinner and the program at 6 p.m.…
In November, Mainers will have the opportunity to approve a ballot measure that would create the Pine Tree Power Company, a nonprofit, consumer-owned utility.
On Sunday, May 21, at 1 p.m…
As the weather slowly warms up, thoughts of spring cleaning may be accompanied by renovation plans. However, most residential construction requires a building permit…
Healthy Lincoln County has named Larissa Hannan as its new executive director, effective May 8. Hannan succeeds Kelsey Robinson who served as…
On Wednesday, July 19, the Southport United Methodist Church’s Women (UMW) will be hosting a Made in Maine craft fair in conjunction with their popular annual “Lobster Roll Lunch To Go”and cookie…
Have you wondered what happens at the Merry Barn? Perhaps you think our Summer Adventures are only for kids who love writing and reading. While we do have many campers who are passionate about…
Boaters and shore-side residents along the New England coast have been reporting distress flare sightings for generations. Everyone takes a distress flare sighting seriously even when sometimes…
Cameron Daly of Wiscasset was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Daly was initiated at…
Veggies to Table, a local non-profit vegetable and flower farm in Newcastle, was prominently profiled in the most recent issue of Decor Maine. The long feature article focused on many facets of…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will host a panel discussion on May 13 with six Wabanaki leaders as they discuss a growing movement to center Indigenous knowledge and leadership in conservation…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
To keep up with Maine's evolving COVID-19 response, Maine CDC is…
Kacie Orff started as a CNA at The Lincoln Home, advancing to our Community Life Director, and now to her current position as Community Outreach and Experience Director.
She loved being…
A dozen Mainers recently gathered at the Damariscotta home of Peter Bruun to honor their children lost to overdose and discuss how to open up public conversation on this devastating topic.
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Be it a labor of love or the know-how that has been passed down over generations, it takes an accomplished group of shipwrights and boat builders with a unique set of skills to restore the wooden…
Press release
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 will get $92,698 a year for five years as part of a $9 million investment in several programs around the state, Maine Department of Education (DOE)…
