The smell of freshly milled wood filled the air on a cold January morning in Newcastle. SweetWoods Farm owner Justin Wood was excited to show…
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Skidompha Library Chats with Champions program is pleased to announce that Laura Fortman, Commissioner of Maine Department of Labor, will present an illustrated talk on Thursday, Jan. 19…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Mary Ellen Barnes told Wiscasset’s broadband committee Jan. 5, applying without other towns would not hurt…
Wiscasset selectmen
School Resource Officer Jonathan Barnes of Wiscasset Police Department told selectmen Jan. 3, the extra money town employees got at Christmastime “came at a great time ... It meant a lot.” As he…
Saturday, Feb. 4, from 4-6 p.m., “Getting Onboard,” a collaboration between Midcoast Conservancy and ecologist Janet McMahon, will be held at the Waldo Theatre in Waldoboro.
"Getting…
The Maine Department of Marine Resources’ (DMR) Public Health Bureau has hired Meredith White, Ph.D., to lead a department program that supports coastal municipalities and harvesters as they…
Wiscasset selectmen
Axiom Chief Executive Officer Mark Ouellette told Wiscasset selectmen Dec. 20, “it is relatively clear that the numbers do work” for publicly owned broadband. Or he said the town could stick with…
Buyers of single-family existing homes across Maine are still encountering a lower-than-normal inventory of homes available for purchase. According to Maine Listings, 1,289 homes changed hands in…
“A little bit happy right now, because the state found out about the difference in the problem in the hotel and the problem here” at Taste of Orient, Cecilio Juntura told Wiscasset Newspaper Dec.…
Alna is getting an interim town clerk and an interim code enforcement officer. Selectmen announced Dec. 14, Deputy Town Clerk Lynette Eastman will be interim clerk now that Michelle Cameron is…
Alna has a vacancy for town clerk again. Michelle Cameron took the job in October and, according to the Dec. 14 selectmen’s meeting agenda released late Friday morning, Dec. 9, “Our wonderful new…
Lincoln County has received a Regional Broadband Partnership Grant for digital inclusion and digital equity planning. Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Mary Ellen…
The extent of federal aid coming to Maine for broadband access is unprecedented and “will never happen again,” Axiom’s Mark Ouellette told Wiscasset, Woolwich and Dresden selectmen, broadband…
Alna selectmen
The vote is on in Alna for the rest of the funds to cover a one-year, $325,000 plow deal after a Woolwich firm’s pullout last month. Selectmen Nov. 30 agreed on the warrant for a special town…
Route 27 holds a special place in Katherine LaMontagne’s heart. As a child, she traveled summers from Boston to Boothbay Harbor to spend time with her grandparents John and Natalie Richardson.…
The key to real estate, as the saying goes, is “Location, location, location.” For buyers and sellers who already know how wonderful our area is, it’s also a matter of “Realtor, realtor, realtor…
Alna selectmen plan to ask voters to tap surplus to further fund this snowplowing season. With attendees’ input, selectmen Nov. 22 favored low bidder Mike Jewett of Whitefield and planned a town…
Alna selectmen
Alna did not go looking for trouble or for something to do, First Selectman Ed Pentaleri said Nov. 16 about winter plowing. He had been fielding residents’ questions and comments about the town’s…
Saturday, Nov. 19 in the streets of downtown Boothbay Harbor, flocks of shoppers took advantage of the super sales and camaraderie of the annual Early Bird Sale & Pajama Party.
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It’s that time of year, time to rise and shine, grab a cup of coffee, throw on your best robe and join your friends and family and flock together in Boothbay Harbor for the Early Bird Sale…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons has gotten two more years in the job and a $20,000 a year raise. The raise, retroactive to July 1, brings his yearly salary to $105,000, Simmons said in…
Lincoln County Television (LCTV) is proud to present a special one-hour show about the 2022 return of the tuna fishing tournament to Boothbay Harbor.
…Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District and Maine DEP are co-sponsoring a four-hour online training in Advanced Training in Sediment and Erosion Control for Certified Contractors:…
Come for the shopping and stay for the seasonal activities throughout Wiscasset Village during Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest, Friday, Dec. 2 through Sunday, Dec. 4. From visits with…
Neither the winds nor the occasional rain from Hurricane Nicole’s remnants stopped the Wiscasset Early Riser, aka Early Bird, sale Nov. 12. According to shop owners reached Nov. 13, shoppers still…
Holbrook Excavating is no longer Alna’s plowing contractor, First Selectman Ed Pentaleri and the Woolwich firm’s owner Evan Holbrook each confirmed Nov. 10: Pentaleri, responding to questions via…
The Kennebec and Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) field office in Augusta, will host a public…
There are many interesting things going on in backyards and woodlots, even as things seem to stop growing or hide away for the winter. Trees, birds, and many animals, for example, have adapted to…
Set your alarm to wake you up early Saturday, Nov. 12 because you won’t want to miss Wiscasset’s annual Early Bird shopping event. With businesses offering special…
First National Bank (FNB) announced Monday a $300,000 commitment to the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA). The donated funds will take the form of a $150,000 direct donation to the MLA’s Save…
Jamie Baribeau has joined the culinary staff at The Lincoln Home as our new director. His wealth of experience, passion for utilizing locally sourced food to provide creative cuisine,…
Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest’s Holiday Gift Shop, a pop-up in the Nickels-Sortwell House barn on Federal Street, has become a Christmas season tradition in Wiscasset. For several years now, the…
After nearly 45 years of designing and constructing custom homes and buildings throughout Maine, Knickerbocker Group in Boothbay has expanded its offerings to include landscape architecture. The…
The Edgecomb Community Church’s Thrift Store will be holding its annual Christmas sale through the month of November beginning Saturday, Nov. 12 and ending Tuesday, Nov. 29. Several items will be…
A group of organizations in Maine on Nov. 1 opened registration for a training program designed for fishermen to learn how to farm seafood. Maine’s vibrant working waterfront, including…
The pandemic drove Cynthia Brown’s yoga teaching online. The change worked so well, including drawing students from around the country,…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset’s two proposed marijuana ordinances will go to public hearing at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at the town office. Selectmen Oct. 18 sent the proposals onto the planning board for a hearing. And Monday…
AUGUSTA — Home prices may be stabilizing, according to the Maine Association of Realtors. Sales remain strong; Maine Listings today reported a median sales price (MSP) of $330,000 for the 1,890…
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The Waterfront Committee approved…
Alna selectmen
Alna selectmen had a night of threes Oct. 5. The three members agreed to hire Michelle Cameron at a salary equal to $30 an hour for 25 hours a week plus a $1,500 a month stipend toward medical…
Wiscasset selectmen
When Wiscasset Speedway needs someone taken to a hospital, that can tie up a Wiscasset ambulance about four hours and cost the town $800 for any mutual aid, Emergency Medical Services Director…
A warm sun was shining and a smattering of acorns dropped from nearby trees as Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust trustees and staff, along with local and town officials and lead donors and…
Erin Sturgeon is a new school counselor at Wiscasset Elementary School this year but she isn’t new to counseling students.
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‘Your voice needs to be heard, your ideas and personal impacts need to be shared’
Please see the notice below from NOAA regarding an in-person scoping session in Maine. NOAA has scheduled this scoping session because Governor Mills worked with the Secretary of Commerce to…
In October and early November, Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will be making an old-fashioned cider press available to individuals or groups who want to use it to make cider. Docents are needed…
Veggies to Table, a non-profit grow-to-donate farm in Newcastle, is happy to report that we have grown and donated 40,000+ pounds of organic produce since our beginnings in 2019 and are still…
Wiscasset planning board
J.V. Properties’ proposed expansion of NAPA Auto Parts, 693 Bath Road, passed Monday night, Wiscasset Planning Board Chair Karl Olson said after the meeting. The meeting at the town office was…
The chair of Westport Island’s road committee, Jim Cromwell, has agreed to be the town’s road commissioner, Westport Island Second Selectman and board chair Jeff Tarbox said Tuesday.
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Wiscasset selectmen
No one spoke Sept. 20 for or against tapping surplus for the $23,982 overdraft in Parks and Recreation’s last…
Among the treasures of the Boothbay peninsula are its three general stores, offering sustenance, warmth and a gathering place for the communities they have served for more than a century.
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