Anyone interested in learning more about the health of Damariscotta Lake and what Midcoast Conservancy is doing to protect it is invited to join Damariscotta Lake Watershed Manager Patricia Nease…
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The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust's (KELT) most popular summertime event is coming up on Tuesday, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to noon at…
In 2020, a swimmer was killed by a white shark off Harpswell Cove. The encounter was unusual — Maine’s first fatal shark attack — but the media was abuzz. As white shark sightings have increased…
At Blake’s Boatyard, the term “family business” could not be more fitting. For 70 years, it has been owned by members of the Blake family, starting with Fred Blake in 1951 through to current…
Yankee Magazine has named the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop “The Best Maine Used Bookstore.”
The designation appears in the Best of New England section of the magazine’s May/June issue.…
It’s the height of summer here in Maine and the sun has finally arrived. The incessant rain has been a challenge, but nature has prevailed. Veggies to Table is about to harvest their garlic and…
Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper
I started writing as a news contributor for the Register in July 2014, and my first assignments were covering the county commissioners, Westport Island and Woolwich selectmen meetings. Over the…
The first “Battle of the Boards,” a charcuterie challenge, is coming to Wiscasset Saturday, Aug. 19.
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Maine Tasting Center will host…
The availability of single-family existing homes for sale across the state of Maine remains tighter than normal, however…
A front row seat to the world's first restored Atlantic Puffin colony awaits on …
Maine’s First Ship announces the first of two Full Moon Dinners for 2023. The first dinner, on the night of the Sturgeon Moon, Tuesday, Aug. 1, features Chef Mollie Jellison of Long Reach Kitchen…
Lincoln County commissioners
Two southern Maine renewable energy developers think Mason Station in Wiscasset is a great location for their next project. Ryan Gahagan of Treadwood, LLC of Portland and Aaron Svedlow of North…
Last July, Coastal Boatworks & Storage in Newcastle was sold to Mid-Coast Properties. Jim and Liz Duffy of Boothbay Harbor own Mid-Coast Properties which includes Boothbay Self-Storage,…
Beginning Sunday, July 23, all CDs at Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop will be on sale for $1 apiece, or 5 for $4. The sale will run through Monday, Aug. 7.
Music lovers will have hundreds…
34th Maine Open Farm Day
Join Cape Newagen Alpaca Farm on Sunday, July 23 for the 34th Maine Open Farm Day to celebrate agriculture in the state of Maine!
The event is free to the public. They require registration…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
This May, the R/V Bowditch set sail on its maiden voyage, providing 16 Maine high school students with hands-on research experience as part of Bigelow Laboratory’s Keller BLOOM program. A…
What’s your next challenge?
If you’ve been boating for a while and just going out for an afternoon driving around isn’t as much fun as it once was, you may need a new challenge that will…
A building formerly used for a car dealership on Route One in Woolwich will soon be turning out building materials made from recycled plastic. Ben Davis told the selectboard Wednesday, July 5 he…
Born and raised in the MidCoast region, Alicia Long has strong ties to the local community. A graduate of Lincoln Academy,…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will soon open its doors for its annual Café Sci series of free science talks. People can join in person or virtually for the talks, which take place at 5 p.m…
Jodie Roquemore enjoys people. That is a good thing, because on June 27, the owner of Jodie’s Cafe and Bakery on Route One, Wiscasset bought the longtime Sarah’s Cafe property on Water Street.…
The Contented Sole, a local seafood restaurant with panoramic ocean views and outdoor dining directly on historic Pemaquid Harbor, is sponsoring a summer fundraiser for Veggies to Table. The…
Buyers seeking to purchase single-family existing homes in Maine continue to encounter fewer properties for sale. According to Maine Listings, prices for those homes sold increased 6.57 percent in…
Wiscasset selectmen
The phone started ringing the day after Wiscasset voters passed marijuana ordinances June 13, Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen June 20. He was readying applications and people were…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District and Maine DEP are co-sponsoring a four and a half-hour classroom and field event hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust on Thursday, July…
Summer is only days away and the Wiscasset Art Walk, on the last Thursday of the summer months, welcomes area residents and visitors from away to enjoy art, music and performance, indoors and out…
In a major victory for Maine’s lobster industry, a federal appeals court on Saturday, June 17 has ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to go back to the drawing board and re-work…
Over 150 people joined Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce to mark Wiscasset Community Center’s 25th anniversary. The June 15 celebration had the feeling of a family reunion as friends gathered in…
Jill Harlow, who joined the organization in May, will serve as the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association’s first director of strategic initiatives. This new position reflects the MCFA…
On June 28 from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will host a Community Climate Conversation at the Denny Conservation and Education Center at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta.…
Living in an old East Boothbay chapel, still with its pews, stage and stained glass windows in the early 1980s when the family was renovating it, Sarah Heald rented space at a West Boothbay Harbor…
The 2023 Boothbay Sea and Science Center BSSC) summer program opens June 19 at its new home on Linekin Bay. BSSC provides a safe, fun, friendly, and dynamic hands-on learning experience that…
Fun fact - Maine is currently the largest producer of kelp in the United States, with farms located along our entire coastline. So why don’t we know more about it? Lincoln Theater is pleased to…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences announced a $30 million expansion to its East Boothbay laboratory today…
It has been about a year since the van der Veen family of Philadelphia took over Carousel Marina and Whale’s Tale Pub after the retirement of former owner Jack…
Graduates of Coastal Rivers’ Midcoast Stewards program will soon be directing their interest and enthusiasm for the natural world and conservation to volunteer efforts in the Midcoast area.
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Press release
A stunning new spa opens at the award-winning Boothbay Harbor Country Club. The…
Footbridge traffic this summer is in for a real treat. A new shop will serve coffee and morning pastries beginning at 7 a.m. and ice cream and other sweet delights as late as 10 p.m. Harbor Treats…
This stunning home on Pratts Island in Southport will present you with an exquisite mix of architecture, interior design and sweeping views. Your first glance will be through magnificent, curved…
All the items on your boat the CG Auxiliary checks are the same items the active-duty Coast Guard or Marine Patrol will check if you’re stopped and boarded; if any item is missing, expired, worn…
Here on the Midcoast of Maine it’s just about time to plant the dahlias. They can be planted as soon as the soil fluffy and ready to be worked and, of course, when danger of frost has passed.…
Wiscasset planning board
Wiscasset’s Louis Cataldo asked the planning board May 22 if he could have a small flea market outside his Wicked Good Treasures business, over the Wiscasset line from Montsweag Flea Market in…
The 61st annual Windjammer Days will take place Sunday, June 25 through Saturday, July 1, 2023. This year the Friends of Windjammer Days is celebrating our rich population of Maritime…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce is preparing to party Thursday night, June 15, and welcomes the public to join in – grownups only, as there is a cash bar – for its annual meeting, with an extra…
Skidompha Book Shop
Children’s books and movies are on sale at half-price from June 1 through June 14 at the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta.
All genres of books are included, with…
Everyone likes “free stuff” although in many cases, to get to the free stuff you have to buy something else first. Two free things that are really “free” and may save you money, your possessions,…
For June, Damariscotta Hannaford has picked Wiscasset’s Help Yourself Shelf (HYS) at St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., to receive a $1 donation from the sale of every $2.50 Fight…
First National Bank recently announced it has made donations totaling $2,800 to 14 emergency medical service organizations in the bank’s market area in response to National EMS Week.
In…
