Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, our newspaper will be printed on Monday, Nov. 25.

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, Nov. 23. And you know what that means ...  you have an excuse to stay in your jammies most of the day and go shopping! Early…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 182 calls for service for the period of Nov. 12 to Nov. 19. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 13,830 calls for service.

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Coastal Maine Regional Broadband (CMRB) in collaboration with AARP’s Scam and Fraud Network and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office invite Westport Island and area residents to a free presentation on the latest fraud and scam issues and solutions in Midcoast Maine on Wednesday, Dec. 4 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at t…

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 selectboard-appointed mining committee that produced the draft ordinance, said letting the planning board edit the docum…

Wiscasset residents were downtown hanging the greens for the holiday season Nov. 16. Photographer Bob Bond of 40 Federal Studio in Wiscasset captured volunteers' work. 

As Thanksgiving approaches, Help Yourself Shelf (HYS) is busy making plans for holiday sharing. Our Thanksgiving distribution will be Nov. 21, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. People should sign in in the St. Philip’s parking lot at 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset for a turn to choose the meal fixings needed for the holiday table.

Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 28, community organizers invite all ages to join the 2024 Boothbay Region Turkey Trot at Boothbay Region High School (BRHS).  

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will be the destination for locals and travelers alike over the next six weeks. The 11th annual Gardens Aglow got underway with media night on Thursday, Nov. 14. Community Night, free admission for Boothbay region residents, is today, Nov. 15 beginning at 4 p.m.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will be the destination for locals and travelers alike over the next six weeks. The 11th annual Gardens Aglow got underway with media night on Thursday, Nov. 14. Community Night, with free admission for Boothbay region residents, was Nov. 15.

Gardens Aglow, featuring display…

The Windjammer Days Committee is seeking community input. The Committee has selected the United States Coast Guard as the spotlight group for the 2025 event to be held June 22-28.

The Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel (CAP) on Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Removal convened its annual public meeting Oct. 29.

Edgecomb's code enforcement and health officers have submitted their resignations. On Nov. 12, Selectboard Chairman Michael Maxim announced he received resignation notices from Code Enforcement Officer Phil Haas and Health Officer Dr. Kathryn Rohr prior to the board's meeting. 

Lincoln County commissioners awarded four towns American Rescue Plan Act grants Nov. 5 for affordable housing projects. Commissioners awarded Wiscasset, Newcastle, Waldoboro and Monhegan Island grants. In 2023, commissioners created the $1.5 million affordable housing fund.

 Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Oct. 15-31:

 Arrests/Summonses

 Oct. 15, Daniel Melnick, 42, of Woolwich was summonsed for Operating with Suspended Registration, by Officer Hunter Farrell. 

 Oct. 15, Dillon Johns, 30, of Woolwich was arrested fo…

On Nov. 5, President Donald J. Trump became the first person to win two non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland in 1893. On Nov. 6, a dozen Lincoln County residents celebrated Trump's historic victory with a flag march. These flag wavers have held weekly flag marches on Fridays throughout the summer in support of their candi…

Rotary Club of Damariscotta-Newcastle Annual Karl’s Kids BBQ/CORNHOLE/DANCE held in Nobleboro Oct. 20 at Duck Puddle Campground was a huge success. Karl’s Kids helps kids and teens in Lincoln County with financial need who want to participate in sports or enjoy outdoor physical activities.

Nov. 12 in Wiscasset Middle High School's library, Wiscasset's superintendent of schools thanked God "nobody blew up" in an incident one month earlier in a WMHS classroom.