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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Oct. 1, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

Obituary

D. Scott McCullough passed away after a courageous battle at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Scott, as he was more commonly referred to, was born on June 27, 1949…

The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) is pleased to announce the release of the first-ever, in-depth study of dental care for Maine veterans. The report, Oral Health Access for Maine’s…

Since 2004, Dana Dow has served five terms in the Maine Legislature. He was elected four times to the senate and served one term in the house. But his last term was significantly different than…

In her first legislative term, Democrat Chloe Maxmin of Nobleboro saw four of her bills including her Green New Deal legislation enacted. The Green New Deal was the most prominent new law. All…

A Wiscasset man was arrested on multiple charges early Thursday, Oct. 1 and taken to Two Bridges Regional Jail after allegedly coming “extremely close to running over a flagger” working in the…

Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Superintendent of Schools Howard Tuttle issued the following letter Wednesday, Sept. 30 at SVRSU.org, the website of…

The Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary is encouraging new members to join its organization, which has a primary mission to provide financial and volunteer support to Mid Coast Hospital.

Each…

The Maine Historic Preservation Commission is working on the next edition of the statewide preservation plan and is inviting the public to participate by attending one of a series of online…

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Municipal Building, 11 Howard Street, Boothbay Harbor, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
 
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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 30, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 141.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 30, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

Alna announced in a town email Tuesday afternoon, the 6 p.m. Oct. 6 special town meeting will be held in the fire station bay. “To attend this meeting, we are practicing social distancing with…
Wiscasset Planning Board

In its first in-person meeting since the pandemic began, the Wiscasset Planning Board on Monday approved the Wiscasset Solar 1, LLC project for a community solar facility off Jones Road. The board…

AUGUSTA — Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announced Monday, Sept. 28 the launch of a new elections feature for the state allowing voters casting absentee ballots this November to track the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 29, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

Westport Island’s property tax rate is rising from last year’s $7.46 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation to $8.10, according to information First Selectman George Richardson provided in…

Midcoast Conservancy’s Senior Watershed Restoration Manager Shri Verrill said it rained when it wasn’t supposed to Monday, and she noted one other surprise as a Topsham firm addressed…
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

The American Cancer Society is inviting neighbors across central Maine to celebrate breast cancer survivors and those facing the disease. While social distancing will prevent Making Strides…

Obituary

Barbara Helen (Stahl) Sullivan, 96, passed away peacefully on Sept. 17, 2020 at her home in Damariscotta, Maine. She was blessed to have her family with her. She was preceded in her death by her…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 28, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

Spanning the Sheepscot River from Edgecomb to Wiscasset, Donald E. Davey Bridge takes motorists, cyclists and pedestrians north and southbound along Route 1. Walking it for an hour-plus Sept. 26,…

The residents of Westport Island and the general public are invited to a meet and greet party for Stephanie Hawke, Republican candidate for Maine District 89, on Westport Island hosted by her…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 27, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

LincolnHealth

In the fall of 2019, the Coulombe Center for Health Improvement helped convene organizations and individuals who are experts in issues affecting our seniors for the first Changing Aging event,…

Scammers are opportunists who take advantage of whatever is in the news or being chatted about on social media. It’s common around this time of year to receive phone calls from political pollsters…

The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust invites the public to learn about the efforts to restore the American chestnut. Join Tom Klak, for a live webinar on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. to discuss seven…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 26, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

Residents gathered downtown with LED lights to enjoy the season’s last Walk Around Wiscasset on Thursday night, Sept. 24. The monthly events were an occasion for friends and neighbors to safely…

Anyone who’s ever been to Cabbage Island for one of those world famous lobster bakes these past 30 years has met the Moore family, including matriarch Bennie Alice. This is a very special year for…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 25, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

United Way of Mid Coast Maine is pleased to introduce the loaned executives for the 2020 Campaign — Cindy Tucci of L.L. Bean, Ryan Berard of Hannaford and Nina Bergendoff of FHC, Inc.

A graveside service for Nancy DeCosta will be held at Evergreen Cemetery, Barters Island Road, Boothbay, on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 11 a.m. Social distancing and masks are required and limited to 100…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 24, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

Obituary

David P. Hodgdon, 88, of Birch Point Road, Wiscasset, died Sept. 21, 2020 at his residence.

He was born in Bath on May 28, 1932, a son of Lewis P. and Anna…

On Monday, Oct. 5 from 10 to 11:15a.m., join Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D., for his lecture on the outlook for the U.S. and Maine economies in 2021. This Zoom lecture is sponsored by Coastal Senior…

On Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, DAV celebrates its centennial anniversary and marks 100 years of service and support for America’s injured and ill veterans and their families.

Since the time of…

LincolnHealth has partnered with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Good Shepherd Food Bank to offer two Drive-Thru Farm Stands in Lincoln County next week, where anyone can pick…

Obituary

Richard “Rick” Warren Thorpe was born on July 25, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts and passed away peacefully on Sept. 17, 2020 at the Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland.

Rick…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills and Commissioner of Health and Human Services Jeanne Lambrew announced Tuesday anyone in Maine can now get tested for COVID-19 without the need for a separate order…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Monday her Administration will launch a second phase of the Maine Economic Recovery Grant Program beginning Wednesday, September 23.

Phase 2 will…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills dedicated Wednesday an additional $164 million in CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to support school systems as they continue to implement health and safety…

Wiscasset property taxes will go up for some and, with the homestead exemption figured in, down for others following a select board decision Tuesday evening, Sept. 22.  Tax bills will be in the…

Gardens Aglow 2020

For Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, the show will go on this year. Recently, the Gardens announced that, after careful planning, research, communication with state and town officials, and in …

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 23, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

Lincoln Medical Partners will be holding drive-through flu clinics every weekend in October. The clinic is open to anyone over age 7 – you do not have to be a Lincoln Medical Partners’ patient to…

The annual Damariscotta Mills Alewife Festival was canceled due to COVID-19, but the quilt raffle was not. At the Alewife Festival Quilt Raffle drawing on Labor Day, Christine Ruffley was the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 22, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…