A storm at October’s end tore trees and groups of trees from the ground, taking in some cases large pieces of earth with them, at David and Cindy Seigars’ home on Alna’s Cross Road. The windstorm knocked out power for as long as a week in parts of Lincoln County and cost towns thousands of dollars in cleanup. File photo Moulinette owner Margot Sullivan’s German shepherd Mulligan joins several of Cheryl “Shep” Rust’s other friends in an an April 30 thank you-sendoff to Rust as she closed Le Garage, ending a 40-year run. File photo Maine Department of Transportation Project Manager Ernie Martin, left, hands out papers for a June 23 walk of downtown, where the state has planned work to aid traffic flow and pedestrian safety. File photo Cindy Collamore holds Wiscasset’s proclamation that named Sept. 30 Red’s Day. In 2017, the Gagnon family celebrated 40 years owning the famous stand at the corner of Main and Water streets. File photo The former Wiscasset Primary School, hours before the town sold it for $505,000 Jan. 30 to JSJ Holdings LLC, a group of investors including Westport Island’s Jon Williams. The Gardiner Road property would likely be converted to housing, the town’s real estate agent Sherri Dunbar of Tim Dunham Realty said at the time. File photo Judy Flanagan, a former Wiscasset select board member and current member of the budget committee, protests outside the town office after a majority vote of selectmen to pursue a suit against the Maine Department of Transportation over parts of the downtown project. Shortly after the suit’s filing, the town and state were working toward a resolution and the state was waiting on removing the Haggett building on Water Street. File photo At an April 15 celebration of Ruth Applin’s 100th birthday, State Rep.Jeff Hanley, R - Pittston, gives Applin an American flag he flew over the State House in her honor. In her left hand is Wiscasset’s replica Boston Post Cane she got for being the town’s oldest resident. Applin died at home Aug. 25. File photo Wiscasset mother and teacher Kim Andersson addresses the Wiscasset School Commttee Oct.. 16. She and other attendees questioned a planned regional special education program at Wiscasset Middle High School. File photo Wiscasset Elementary School’s incoming principal Stacy White, left, talks with school nurse Lynn Pelletier at a May 24 meet-and greet for White. She started July 1. Mona Schlein retired as principal at the close of the 2016-17 school year. File photo Sherri Dunbar, left, looks on June 25 as Katharine Martin-Savage prepares to sign a petition for a revote on Wiscasset’s planning budget voters rejected June 13. A special town meeting restored the budget; in November, another petition-led vote applied the money toward offsetting taxes instead. File photo Remains of a 1984 mobile home following an early morning fire on Lowelltown Road in Wiscasset Nov. 5. A smoke alarm woke Wendy Yeaton and she escaped on her own. File photo On Oct. 27, the Wolverine girls soccer team boards a bus for Greenville for its playoff game in Greenville with the Lakers..From left are Lindsey Gordon, Vanessa Dunn, Arie Mills, Samantha Lakin, Ellie Pratt, Gwen Webber, Kayla Cossette, Cara Viele, Natalie Potter, Lily Souza and Chrissy Easter. Wiscasset lost the Class D South semi-final, 1-0, and finished the season 9-7. File photo