Certain bird species come and go in our neighborhood. This includes mockingbirds—northern mockingbirds to be exact, since there are another 13 species of mockingbird found south of the U.S. We…
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Joe's Journal
In the 1880s, Gilbert and Sullivan wrote a comic opera set in a fictional Japanese town where the Mikado was the boss.
“My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time, to make the…
Two Spoons: On Eating in Midcoast Maine
Back in the eighties I was in a book club for a hot minute. It didn’t stick. There were too many rules. First, we were expected to read a book — a major obstacle. And, really, weren’t we just…
Hello Islanders, lots to report as town election and town meeting time heats up along with the weather (finally)!
Municipal Election & RSU #12 Budget Referendum is Tuesday, June 10…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The Wiscasset Select Board has set the date for the Open Town Meeting on the Wiscasset School Budget for April 29. The Wiscasset School Committee, by a vote of 3 to 2, (it…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I have a worldwide reputation as a designer of recreational boat electrical systems. I work with a local company in Woolwich to supply equipment for these projects. I am…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Here in Wiscasset we know our public school is our most important institution. Educating our children is a great responsibility and…
Garden Club of Wiscasset will hold its next meeting on May 1 in Fellowship Hall of First Congregational Church, 28 High St., Wiscasset. There is…
The next public supper will be May 7. The menu will consist of split pea soup, salad, cornbread, shepherd’s pie, and upside-down pineapple cake. The cost is $10 for members and $12 for non-members…
A Bird's Tale
Certain birds are kind of magical. They exhibit qualities that command extra attention. Cranes are in that category. Across the world, each of the fifteen crane species occupies a special…
From the editor
The National Day Calendar has the month of April being National Month of Hope. Hope comes in many forms, personally and reaching outwardly to those needing verbal encouragement, instruction, gifts…
From the assistant editor
Wiscasset, like a lot of other towns, doesn't have the numbers of students in its school buildings it once did. Not even close. And last week, for the "peace and usefulness of the schools," in the…
Joe's Journal
Last week, we had two days of snow and occasional periods of rain. This gave the daffs and tulips lots of muddy garden gunk to push through. Despite the chilly temperatures that kept my duff…
The next public supper will be May 7. The menu will consist of split pea soup, salad, cornbread, shepherd’s pie, and upside-down pineapple cake.
The…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I am thankful to the people of Alna, many of whom voted for me in the recent election. I believe I am a relative unknown, having moved to Alna 2 1/2 years ago after retiring…
Two Spoons: On Eating in Midcoast Maine
Long ago. In her father’s library at the house in Bremen, Anina pulls a book from the shelf. Of all of the books in a room stacked floor to ceiling with them, she finds “Back to Eden,” a…
A Bird's Tale
Late in the day on Saturday, we took a ride down to look for birds at some favorite spots along the coast in Freeport. Parking by the narrow bridge at Wolfe’s Neck Farm, we scanned the bay,…
From the assistant editor
In and near Wiscasset in March were at least five good things, so let's get to them before April gets any older. This installment marks the end of the first quarter of our year-long commitment to…
Joe's Journal
Dear Readers,
As you may know, I have been out of the loop since mid-March.
For some strange reason, much of that time was spent at Maine Medical Center in Portland where the skilled…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
We are on the cusp of a massive reset in the course of our nation. After decades of watching our manufacturing and jobs going overseas,…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
To my fellow Edgecomb residents:
I am excited to announce my…
The next public supper will be Wednesday, April 16. The menu will include tomato soup, salad, cheese bread, baked ham, scalloped potatoes, roasted root vegetables and chocolate velvet pie.
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A Bird's Tale
The early bird may get the worms, but they may also get an unexpected dump of snow that makes the worms hard to find. Although the snow has been relatively light (at least closer to the coast…
From the editor
These past couple of weeks I have had to deal with the retirement of a longtime local columnist, the ever steady, hard-working and knowledgeable Southport columnist Leigh Sherrill. She has moved…
From the assistant editor
Watch for a catch-up in the coming week(s) on our latest five good things that happened in or near Wiscasset. There were plenty, as you may have read on our pages and at wiscassetnewspaper.com,…
Joe's Journal
The cell phone on the table buzzed and, stupidly, I picked it up. Of course, it was herself, Ms.Pigette, and her ever-changing and sometimes interesting collection of insults.
Where have…
Cribbage results for Tuesday, March 18 with 23 players were: First, Ron Bodge, 842. Second: Roger Downs, 832. Third: Bob Gilman, 827. High hand: Roger Downs, 22. Low score: Mary Ellen Anderson,…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Year after year, the Edgecomb school board creates large surpluses by under budgeting revenue and over budgeting expenses. The most obvious example is the underbudgeting of…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I want to echo Tom Perkins remarks about dialogue with Wiscasset about education for Boothbay/Boothbay Harbor students. The quality in terms of breadth and depth of…
Dear Editor:
We have a reality star as president. He cares not about the facts but only about the spectacle. Several times he has been quoted recently as saying “This will make good TV.”…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Town meeting as the customary construct of local governance has a revered history across the state of Maine. By 1652, Plymouth Colony requested townsmen settled in Maine (a…
Fraud reached unprecedented levels in 2024, with a staggering $12.5 billion lost, a shocking increase of 25% over 2023. The number of reports remained stable from 2023 to 2024, but the percentage…
Community of Hope
Domestic abuse is a complex public health issue requiring a coordinated community response. A microcosm of the larger community, the work environment can also be a place where survivors who might…
A Bird's Tale
Some of you may remember that we have written fondly in the past about what we call a "pop-up pond" that appears after rain in a…
From the editor
Yes, Mother Nature, we get it. You like to humor us at the end of March by dumping snow, ice, sleet and rain – making sure we have a wonderful mud season – as a reminder that spring comes slowly…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The last Edgecomb Education Department audit, dated June 30, 2022, showed a surplus in the school’s general fund of $669,331. Since then, the underbudgeting of expected tuition…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Officials from Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor should be applauded for reaching out to Wiscasset to discuss the future of education in our area.…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Over 150 years ago, a relative of mine was arrested for voting in the 1872 presidential election. She argued that citizens who pay taxes should have the…
