With the 2024-2025 school year well underway at Boothbay Region High School (BRHS), its newest student body…
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Wiscàsset selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen Nov. 19 set a 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3 special town meeting at Wiscasset Community Center, to take $353,750 from surplus as the town's match on a $4 million grant toward moving…
On Sunday, Dec. 1, the first Sunday in Advent, First Congregational Church of Wiscasset will celebrate the hanging of the greens, a tradition of early civilizations who celebrated the winter…
Salt ’n Spar
Presidential campaigns just aren’t what they used to be. Listen, campaigning using television, radio, social media, telephone calls and knocking on doors are child’s play compared to…
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,…
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…
Coastal Maine Regional Broadband (CMRB) in collaboration with AARP’s Scam and Fraud Network and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office invite…
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…
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile came to the Boothbay region over the weekend as part of a Maine trip to…
Obituary
Eric Michael Nager, age 67, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Nov. 13, 2024.
He was a loving husband, father, and friend, known for his strong will and…
Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Priscilla Petrie “Lilly” Campbell, 87, of Wiscasset, on Nov. 9, 2024 at Hill House Assisted Living in Bath,…
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.…
Gardens Aglow
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.…
Gardens Aglow
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.…
Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 28, community organizers invite all ages to join the…
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…
Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days
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.…
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…
Lincoln County commissioners awarded four towns American Rescue Plan Act grants Nov. 5 for affordable housing projects. Commissioners awarded Wiscasset, Newcastle, Waldoboro and Monhegan…
Obituary
Richard Daniel "Dick" Lord, a beloved husband, father, and esteemed member of the community, passed away on…
Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Oct. 15-31:
Arrests/Summonses
Oct. 15, Daniel Melnick, 42, of Woolwich was…
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…
In partnership with LincolnHealth’s Community Health Improvement Fund (CHIF), Boothbay Region…
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…
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.
Superintendent of…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 231 calls for service for the period of Nov. 5 to Nov. 12. Year to date, LCSO…
Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Linda Winterberg of Wiscasset early on the morning of Nov.…
Isabelle “Is” Curtis joined the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper staff this week as a full-…
America's most famous sausage car is traveling around Maine and coming…
Geneviève Tailleux, proprietor of Marketplace Café in Wiscasset, is doing a series of benefit dinners for Alna's John Seigars, whose house burned down recently. Tailleux said she has done one…
Along with honoring veterans through words, wreath-layings, a gun salute and "Taps," American Legion Post 54's Veterans Day ceremony in Wiscasset was also a chance to share how to help protect…
Obituary
Phil Brooks, of Capitol Island and Southport, wanted you to know he’s finally left the party. The cause of his demise was a mix of old age, lung fibrosis, and general…
Boothbay Harbor Police Department made two arrests and summonsed one person between Oct. 5 and Nov. 6. …
Boothbay Harbor Police Department made two arrests and summonsed one person between Oct. 5 and Nov. 6. …
Obituary
Peter Edwards of Southport, Maine, died in his home on Oct. 22, 2024 at the age of 78.
He is survived by his brother, Dave, his two children…
Midcoast Humane is hosting a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the future of its Lincoln County…
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.
When Fred Wilson planted spruce trees on his farm in western …
