Wear your best PJs to bed this Friday night, and remember to set your alarm on the bright and early setting (a.k.a. 5 a.m.) because the 36th Early Bird Sale & Pajama Party is this Saturday,…
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Alna selectmen
Alna selectmen agreed Nov. 14 to send the planning board a copy of a draft of a blasting ordinance for the panel to review and make recommendations on by Dec. 15. Chris Cooper, who moderated a…
Press release
The Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel (CAP) on Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Removal convened its annual public meeting Oct. 29. Panel members and attendees heard presentations on the status…
Isabelle “Is” Curtis joined the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper staff this week as a full-…
Wiscasset photographer Bob Bond of 40 Federal Studio was out and about for Saturday's Early Riser in Wiscasset. Enjoy the comments Bond gathered along with the pictures.
"I want to be very, very clear ...," Wiscasset Selectmen's Chair Sarah Whitfield said Nov. 5. The timber harvesting contract the board was nodding that night for Herman-based Gary M. Pomeroy…
Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest heralds the gift-giving season with three days of local shopping and lots of activities for shoppers, families, locals, and visitors to enjoy! In 2024, visit…
Planning board
Monday night, JAR Cannabis Co. owner Joel Pepin told the planning board the Lewiston-based company has been in the industry in Maine more than 10 years, and is proposing an adult use cannabis…
This Santa had a beanie.
That fits, if you know "Big Al" Cohen or saw his commercials over the many years Cohen had Big Al's Super Values, "Route (rhymes with 'out') One, Wiscasset."
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A higher inventory of single-family homes for sale in Maine has started to bring about a more balanced market to the state. According to Maine Listings, 5.39 percent more homes were sold in…
The Mills Administration announced Tuesday, Wiscasset and five other communities will receive technical assistance from the state to support locally determined revitalization projects at current…
The Boothbay Register, Wiscasset Newspaper and Pen Bay Pilot won 35 Maine Press Association individual and staff awards, and the Pilot’s advertising salesperson, Janis Bunting, received the…
Wiscasset selectmen
Mason Station will get a temporary fence and first responders will have access to a key, a developer told Wiscasset selectmen Oct. 15. Yard work is planned this fall, with a goal to take out no…
Thursday, Oct. 10 marked the final day of the 2024 Boothbay Farmer’s Market season. Amid a cool breeze, vendors and patrons enjoyed blue skies and sounds from…
The Wiscasset Selectboard is announcing a tentative settlement in its real estate tax assessment dispute with Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company. Following a full-day mediation session led by…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission
Coastal Maine Regional Broadband and BoomerTECH Adventures are pleased to present “Empowering the Helper Part II.” This free “tech” training addresses the ever-evolving digital world, and is…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce invites our members and partners in our community to join us for Business After Hours, Friday, Oct. 18 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and hosted by Wiscasset Community…
Midcoast Conservancy’s State of the Midcoast Series provides an important opportunity for the organization to engage with local communities about conservation work and discuss ways in…
Alna selectmen
Alna has been so good to her, Deputy Town Clerk Lynette Eastman is almost sad to be retiring.
“Almost,” the former Woolwich and Pittston official repeated, laughing. Eastman, in public…
Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher presented the annual Employee and Manager of the Year Awards during DMR’s recent annual meeting on Burnt Island in Boothbay Harbor.
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The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced Sept. 16 it will hold its first wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Maine. Eight areas will be leased, two of which are around 60 miles from the…
Kelp forests are a foundational feature along Maine's coastline, providing the food, habitat, and clean water needed for a rich…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District has one opening on its five-member Board of Supervisors. The volunteer board, which is responsible for guiding the District’s business affairs…
In the fall of 2022, Tim Dinsmore directed an archeological investigation into the earliest occupation of Damariscotta’s Chapman-Hall homestead and the integrity of artifacts currently on…
Wiscasset Selectmen’s Chair Sarah Whitfield Sept. 3 said Economic Development Director Aaron Chrostowsky’s written statement was true, that Wiscasset, known as Maine’s prettiest…
An hour and a half before Wiscasset selectmen were to hear the latest developments in Johnson Controls’ proposed energy project, something else happened that made it all “moot,” as Chair Sarah…
A three-year study monitoring Midcoast traffic patterns begins this fall with a focus on alleviating Route One congestion. On Sept. 3, Executive Director Emily Rabbe announced Lincoln County…
Press release
Peregrine Turbine Technologies announced Tuesday, Sept. 3, recently retired Rear Admiral Larry LeGree has joined the leadership team at Peregrine Turbine Technologies of Wiscasset. LeGree will…
Calling all Sheepscot River enthusiasts! Midcoast Conservancy is hosting their second annual State of the Sheepscot event on Sept. 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Whitefield Elementary School Gym…
Wiscasset selectmen
Two legal issues will keep Johnson Controls’ proposed energy project off Wiscasset’s Nov. 5 ballot, according to Town Manager Dennis Simmons’ report released ahead of selectmen’s meeting Sept. 3,…
While kelp often dominates the algae conversation, the world of microalgae holds untapped potential, with innovations spanning pharmaceuticals to biomaterials. As part of our…
Are you a local librarian, community or non-profit volunteer, or tech-savvy in general? Do you like helping neighbors solve computer or phone issues? Coming up in September is “Empowering The…
Midcoast Literacy, a non-profit that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all ages, is holding two training sessions for new volunteer tutors this fall: one for volunteers who want to work…
From a bird blind on Seal Island, I watched as puffins zoomed in from the sea with a rainbow of fish drooping from their beaks.
They carried copper and golden juvenile haddock, redfish and…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is hosting a series of gatherings to close out the summer season and support the work of the land trust across the estuary. Join KELT staff, Board, and…
AUGUSTA (August 22, 2024)—Sales of single-family home sales in Maine remain healthy and in-demand, though the number of units-for-sale remains low. Maine Listings reported 1,482 homes changed…
Press release
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has received $7 million to build the Maine Algal Research…
Maine Food & Beverage Education Center (MFBEC) is excited to announce its first-ever Maine Night Market, taking place on Aug. 31, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Maine Tasting Center campus in…
Chicken wire, sticks, and dried hydrangeas, put to an artful purpose, are the tools of the trade for dried floral designer Maria Salcines. During Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday…
Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons on Wednesday, Aug. 14 won Maine Town, City & County Management Association (MTCMA)’s Leadership Award. In a surprise that town officials…
Maine Connectivity Authority’s board on Friday approved two grant awards through the…
outdoor field day event for all beekeepers in Maine
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Beekeepers Association (MSBA) will be holding the first annual Bee Fest at Viles Arboretum, Sunday, Sept. 8, located at 153 Hospital St., Augusta. This special event is…
Press release
MobileNuclear Energy (MNE) and Wiscasset’s Peregrine Turbine Technologies’ Nuclear Energy System (PTT NES) subsidiary announced Monday their intent to collaborate on the integration of PTT NES’…
The next Ocean on Tap event, ‘Another World: A Travelogue of the Galapagos Islands,’ will take place…
As a result of the March 2024 agreement by the National Association of Realtors to settle one of several class action lawsuits brought against them and a variety of large national real estate…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust's (KELT) most popular summertime event is coming up on Monday, Aug. 12 from 10 a.m. to noon at…
The future of our town is in your hands! Wiscasset is embarking on a journey to shape its future through comprehensive planning. We would appreciate your input so that we can better understand…
