AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 4, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each day, the Maine CDC updates its …
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We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
‘Ere the bonnie boat was won
As we sailed into the mystic
Hark now, hear…
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Let’s turn the calendar back about 30 years or so when Wiscasset Middle High School was Wiscasset High School. Mid-winter was the time of year when many of us looked forward to Friday night and…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 3, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 359.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 3, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each day, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 2, an additional seven COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 358.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 2, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each day, the Maine CDC updates its …
Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic — whatever term you use — is the story of the year, and perhaps the century, due to its impact on society. Since the beginning of the year, the world has battled…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 1, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 351.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has belatedly updated its list, Jan. 1, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each day, the Maine CDC updates its …
Alna will have at least one new selectman after next spring’s elections. Third Selectman Greg Shute told Wiscasset Newspaper in an email reply Dec. 31, he will not seek re-election. And in a phone…
Mammy’s Bakery owner Jessica Deshiro and staff continue to put smiles on for customers through the COVID-19 pandemic even if the smiles are hidden behind masks. Deshiro said she feels lucky Mammy’…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 31, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 31, an additional 13 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 347.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
Lincoln County Indivisible/LCTV
The impending climate crisis is real. Maine is especially vulnerable. The waters in the Gulf of Maine are warming faster than pretty much anywhere else on earth. Many of our…
“What I liked best and will miss the most will be my co-workers at Wiscasset’s highway department,” said Steve Christiansen following his recent retirement. He has worked under three different…
Bill Maloney and Judith Colby do not know if Wiscasset would save or lose money tuitioning out its high school students. No one knows, they said in phone interviews Wednesday. And if it happened,…
AUGUSTA — Amid an increase in Maine’s COVID-19 positivity rate and a continued high rate of hospitalizations, Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday she will extend the requirement for certain…
The Maine Bicentennial Commission today affirmed that 2021 will feature the commemorative events and programs originally scheduled for 2020 in observance of…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 30, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 30, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 334.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
It’s a new year — time to get started on the events calendar for the Boothbay Register’s award-winning publication “Summertime!”
All groups and organizations with events to be listed should…
For the second year in a row, Edgecomb will hold a referendum-style town meeting vote instead of a traditional in-person setting. In 2020, selectmen first delayed their annual May town meeting,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 29, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 29, an additional seven COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 333.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
After winter break, students could be back in Wiscasset schools more days a week. This fall’s hybrid model – two in-person days a week, the rest remote – might expand to four in-person days a week…
Westport Island First Selectman George Richardson said Monday night, Road Commissioner and G & D Cromwell co-owner Garry Cromwell and Fire Chief Stacey Hutchison talked, as Richardson asked…
number of cases of COVID-19 in Maine is higher than the case numbers reported
AUGUSTA — With a daily influx of test results pouring into the Maine CDC, the state agency has been forced to alter its reporting methods.
“New positive COVID-19 lab reports are being…
Crime continues to decrease in Maine for the eighth consecutive year, dropping -6.6% during 2019, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. The total decline during the past eight years…
Local author Marilyn Beardsley Heise recently launched retail sales of her newly published book “Perilous Pills, Protecting Yourself from Fluoroquinolone Injury” at Sherman’s stores in Boothbay…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 28, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 326.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 28, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 27, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 323.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 27, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 26, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine — sort of.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 25, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 319.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 25, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
Tracking the sleigh: five billion presents already delivered
The U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command, in collaboration with Canadian tracking teams, are on their game at this very moment,…
Member-owned cooperative businesses such as Rising Tide operate by a group of shared principles which include being welcoming to all and showing care for the community. Rising Tide’s donation of…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 24, an additional six COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 317.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 24, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
On Dec. 10, Midcoast Conservancy accepted a donated Conservation Easement on 16 acres owned by Sue Walker and Bob Lightfoot in Whitefield. They named the property the Brook Floater property, in…
Dresden selectmen
Dresden selectmen on Tuesday, Dec. 22 discussed the performance of the town’s snowplowing firm, Seabreeze. According to information Town Administrator Michael Faass provided, there were minor…
Help Yourself Shelf (HYS) food pantry in Wiscasset has been picked as a beneficiary of the Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program for January 2021.
The bag program, launched in April 2014,…
Low for-sale inventory and high demand for Maine’s lifestyle has driven real estate sales and values into double-digit gains. Today, Maine Listings reported that 1,965 single-family existing homes…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry will offer two free webinars for producers interested in selling packaged meat and…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 23, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 23, an additional eight COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 311.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
In its fifth growing season, Twin Villages Foodbank Farm (TVFF) grew, collected, and distributed over 75,000 pounds of fresh food to Lincoln County food pantries and youth programs. Strong support…
The past year will be remembered for several things, most specifically and especially, COVID-19, and perhaps a presidential race like no other. Our staff did the best they could in getting out and…
