A graveside service for Adney M. Peck Jr., who passed away on July 9, 2020, will be held at the Dunbar Cemetery in Nobleboro on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 10 a.m. Everyone is welcome,…
News
Obituary
Joanne Demers (née Haagen-Smit) died peacefully on Sept. 11, 2020 at her cottage in East Boothbay at the age of 67.
Joanne was born on Nov. 1, 1952 in Pasadena, California to Arie and Maria…
Press release
In September of 2019, journalist Reid Wilson of The Hill named Maine’s Lincoln County one of the “10 countries across the country that will determine…
Scammers are always looking to capture people’s personal information, and Social Security numbers are highly valuable. Because of that, scammers often impersonate the Social Security…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 14, 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…
The beach at Head Tide Dam will get more cobble and gravel to replace material lost to high flows of the Sheepscot River after the site’s 2019 makeover, Alna’s planning board heard via Zoom Sept.…
A week after Liz Brown’s last day as Alna’s town clerk, selectmen Sept. 9 hired a Palermo woman for…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 13, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 136.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 13, 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…
The impacts of predator loss and climate change are combining to devastate living reefs that have defined Alaskan kelp forests for centuries, according to new research published in Science.
…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 12, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 135.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 12, 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…
A Boothbay native and 1996 Fauquir High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided-missile destroyer, USS Halsey.
Chief Warrant Officer William C. Jones is…
Board member Mike Smith summed up the sentiments of the Edgecomb select board’s unanimous approval of a school committee request for a special town meeting stating, “With asterisks and caveats I…
Area fire departments, businesses and homeowners reminded passers-by Sept. 11 should be a day to be remembered by putting out displays, lowering flags to half mast and posting signs. Patriot Day…
A time for brief visits for Martha A. Stetson will occur on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 1 to 1:45 p.m. at Hall Funeral Home and Tribute Center, 975 Wiscasset Rd, Boothbay, ME, followed by a private…
Town of Edgecomb
Edgecomb voters will have another chance to vote on the 2020-21 school budget. On Aug. 29, residents rejected four of 19 school budget articles on the referendum town meeting warrant. Defeated…
A 20-year resident thanked Edgecomb selectmen Sept. 8 for their support during the Aug. 29 school budget vote. Selectmen recommended a “no” vote on four school warrant articles and residents…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 11, 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…
In a pair of 5-0 votes at an emergency meeting Thursday night, Sept. 10, selectmen kept Wiscasset Community Center open with $9,000 for payroll, from selectmen’s $30,000 in contingency funds, and…
Press release
Update: Town Manager Dennis Simmons said Thursday afternoon, WCC already had patrons, including children, in it when Parks and Recreation’s closure due to a Sept. 8 town meeting ballot error was…
The American Red Cross needs people of all races and ethnicities to give blood to help ensure a blood supply as diverse as the patients who depend on it. All blood types are needed to ensure that…
Obituary
Kathleen “Kathy” (Alexander) Cray, 64, of Wiscasset, went home to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sept. 8, 2020 at her residence.
She was born…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 10, 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…
Wiscasset School Committee
Wiscasset will tweak its busing, lunch and recess times as it sees how long the safety steps are taking for each, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Terry Wood told the school committee Tuesday night,…
Via UberConference Tuesday night, Westport Island selectmen approved a bid from Scott Griffin for the North End Road contract. The town has approved use of up to $37,000 for the project. The cost…
The Wiscasset select board picked Pam Dunning as its new chairman Wednesday evening, Sept. 9 at Wiscasset Community Center. The board also set aside Oct. 6 to hold a special town meeting.
…
Obituary
Forbes Woodhull Kelley Jr. passed away peacefully at his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, on Sept. 1, 2020.
Skip, as he was known to his friends and family, was the son of Col. Forbes W.…
In elections Tuesday, Sept. 8, Wiscasset kept Selectman Kim Andersson with 227 votes, brought back Pam Dunning to the board with 233 votes and, with 221 votes, picked former school committee…
After one of the most unusual summers in Maine State Music Theatre's (MSMT) history, and with the help of their patrons, donors, sponsors, and advertisers, the…
Orono, Maine — Maine Sea Grant College Program staff and University of Maine scientists will advance a multimillion-dollar NOAA…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 9, 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…
Maine Historical Society (MHS) is relaunching its Bicentennial public programming with a new virtual series, MAINE AT 200, beginning September 2020 through March 2021. The series will feature live…
Two weeks after Woolwich voters approved marijuana ordinances, the planning board received its first preliminary application for a cannabis cultivation business. The select board reviewed the…
With a back-to-school shuffle like none before, students and their families should be extra vigilant on their health, said Lincoln Medical Partners pediatrician Dr. Melissa Keeport. Attention to…
Press release
The Maine Department of Marine Resources has received approximately $100,000 from the 2020 National Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative to improve research into a key indicator of the lobster…
LincolnHealth
Lincoln Medical Partners Primary Care has announced upcoming flu vaccination clinics at all four of its primary care practices.
The schedule through September is:
Boothbay…
Obituary
Robert (Bob) Walter Stuart, 87, of Hingham, Massachusetts died unexpectedly on Aug. 29, 2020 with his beloved wife, Dorothy, by his side.
His was a life of boundless energy and numerous…
Obituary
Hilda F. Traina was born in Chatham, Massachusetts to Henry and Florence Eldredge on June 5, 1921. She moved to the Lincoln Home in Newcastle, Maine two years ago to be close to her son and family…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 8, 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
Jean Turner, 97, died July 21, 2020 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.
Born and raised on a farm in Osceola, Iowa, she graduated from Osceola High School and continued her education…
Obituary
Ashley Elizabeth Johnson entered this world prematurely with her twin sister on March 2, 1984 in Orlando, Florida.
While growing up the family moved a lot and Ashley lived in Christmas,…
In Boothbay Harbor Sunday, Sept. 6, Trump supporters decorated their boats with banners and flags and paraded through the outer and inner harbor.
…
As schools and colleges around the country resume this fall with new health and safety precautions, one of the adaptations institutions are wrestling with is how to serve meals. Most schools…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 7, 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…
Pulling the rope to ring the bell at First Congregational Church of Wiscasset is an effort, Brad Adler said. But the Wiscasset man, who has been a member with wife Emily over a decade and whose…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 6, 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 and Alna’s school district, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit, had a “very successful” start to school, Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle said.
“Students attended…
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Greater Portland area, gathered online (due to pandemic restrictions), to sustain a new area Stake President (spiritual local…
Town of Edgecomb
During a special Sept. 3 workshop, Edgecomb’s school committee and selectmen moved closer together on education spending, but remained far apart on what each believes is best for local taxpayers.…
