According to a recent AARP survey, more than 2/3 of U.S. consumers will purchase a gift card for someone this holiday season. While these gifts are easy to give and popular to get…
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Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services
On Tuesday, Dec. 15, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) and their community partners will hold a Stand Down for homeless veterans in need of assistance. The Stand Down will be held at…
A local basketball milestone was recently brought to light 46 years after it happened.
Laurel “Laurie” Reed, Boothbay Region High School class of 1974, was an outstanding basketball player…
Maine Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Nirav Shah announced Dec. 7 the CDC has launched an investigation into East Boothbay shipyard Washburn & Doughty for a COVID-19 outbreak.
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Obituary
Christine King died on Dec. 2, 2020 at her home in Wiscasset, Maine.
Born on June 19, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts, she was a 1983 graduate of Marblehead High School and received a degree…
Damariscotta’s historic Lincoln Theater is preparing for a change in leadership. At their most recent board meeting, the Lincoln Theater Board of Directors voted to approve an executive…
Wiscasset Police Department reported on its Facebook page Friday, that, just before 7 a.m. two Wiscasset residents were arrested and charged with armed robbery related to the Nov…
This holiday season may have lights, lots and lots of them, twinkling and sparkling in Woolwich. Voting will soon begin to decide which resident did the best job decorating their home for the Yule…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 11, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 250.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 11, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
Alna planning board
After a 3-2 planning board vote on Zoom Thursday night, Dec. 10, if he gets any other agencies’ permits he needs, Alna’s Jeff Spinney can roll a mat down to the…
Obituary
Edwin P. “Ted” Creaser Jr. passed away on Nov. 29, 2020 after a long battle with cancer.
He is survived by his loving family; wife Marge, children Dennis, Peter and Carol,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 10, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
Rebuilding Together-Lincoln County (RT-LC) has initiated a Ramps-for-All program to assist Lincoln County residents who, because of permanent handicap or temporary disability, require ramp access…
For a Mainer, meeting future First Lady Rosalynn Carter was like …
Alna planning board
Alna planning board chairman Jim Amaral said the panel will deliberate tonight on Jeff Spinney’s ramp and earthwork…
Knox-Lincoln, Kennebec and Waldo Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) field offices in Belfast and Augusta, will…
Wiscasset School Department
Wiscasset Middle High School Head Custodian Jeff Speed will retire Feb. 28 after 46 years with Wiscasset schools, and Speed was celebrated with a surprise during Tuesday’s, Dec. 8, school…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 9, an additional seven COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 246.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 9, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
Most doctors fresh out of medical residency don’t have the pleasure of seeing doctors they know well on the first day of work. Valerie Smith, MD, a primary care and women’s health physician at…
The Leapfrog Group has named four MaineHealth hospitals – LincolnHealth, Pen Bay Medical Center, Waldo County General Hospital and Stephens Memorial Hospital – as Top Rural Hospitals 2020.…
The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), with support from Governor Janet Mills, is launching a branding and promotion initiative to…
According to Westport Island selectmen’s UberConference call Monday night, the salt and sand shed door is fixed, possibly for about $375, and a hole discovered on the town office building will be…
On Dec. 5, Edgecomb School Committee member Dawn Murray received all 16 votes in a special election to fill Jack Sarmanian’s vacated term as a selectman. Prior to the Dec. 7 school committee…
The book world rarely sees a new book with such an unusual history as “Chickens, Gin, and a Maine Friendship: The Correspondence of E. B. White and Edmund Ware Smith,” published by Down East Books…
Obituary
Carl R. Pearson Jr., 78, of Main Road, Westport Island and Florida died Dec. 3, 2020 at Miles Memorial Hospital.
He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts a son of Carl R. and Kathleen (…
You wake up one morning and just feel off. Your throat is a bit scratchy, you are feeling stuffed up, you have got post-nasal drip, feel warmer than usual and your body feels like it has been hit…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 8, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 8, an additional 12 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 239.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
With nine in 10 U.S. adults online these days for work, finances, shopping or entertainment, criminals have many opportunities to steal money or sensitive personal information. When you factor in…
The select board gave Woolwich EMS the go ahead to get a $17,000 LUCAS mechanical CPR unit for the ambulance department, but the purchase will need voter approval next spring. EMS Director Brian…
Make your appointment to give blood, platelets or plasma with the Red Cross by downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or…
Tis the season for holiday cheer. Unfortunately, this year has brought less cheer to many in our area. Thanks, however, to generous donations from the likes of the BIW giving contest, Wiscasset…
As of 1 p.m. Monday, the number of power outages in Lincoln County has been reduced to just under 1,000 customers after Saturday’s and Sunday’s rain and snow storm knocked out power to over 19,000…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 7, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
In November 2011, a bald eagle’s nest in Edgecomb resulted in Maine Department of Transportation canceling a proposed bypass route to end traffic congestion along U.S. Route 1. In 2020, the…
Obituary
Patricia Lois Flynt Waldman was born in Augusta, Maine on Jan. 19, 1938 to Horton and Barbara (Burr) Flynt. Her life spanned just beyond eight decades and she packed every one full.
She…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 6, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 5, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 227.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 5, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest 2020
Jim Crowley and Terry Heller made downtown Wiscasset feel a bit more like Christmas Friday afternoon, Dec. 4 by leading a holiday sing-along near the corner of Main and Middle streets. The…
Obituary
April Ellen Reed Danielson, 78, of Boothbay Harbor died on Nov 26, 2020 at Chase Point Assisted Living.
Born on Oct. 14, 1942 to parents Barbara Granger Reed and Carlton Reed of Boothbay…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Friday she will extend the requirement for certain businesses statewide to close by 9 p.m. through Sunday, January 3, 2021.
The extension is aimed…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) Commissioner Amanda Beal announced Friday a commitment of $2 million in federal…
Wiscasset’s tree lighting was already going to be different this year, without Santa and with masked residents caroling along the common instead of school chorus members elbow to elbow on the…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 4, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 224.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 4, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
The new policy is effective Friday, Dec. 4 and reduces visitors on units and in waiting areas
PORTLAND, Maine – In support of a safe care environment for both patients and care…
