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, following a long illness.…
News
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.…
Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 28, communityorganizers invite all ages to join the 2024 Boothbay Region Turkey Trot at…
Gardens Aglow
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will be the destination for locals and travelers alike over the next six weeks. The 10th annual Gardens Aglow got underway with media night on Thursday, Nov. 14.…
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.…
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…
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 Nov.…
Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Oct. 15-31:
Arrests/Summonses
Oct. 15, Daniel Melnick, 42, of Woolwich was…
In partnership with LincolnHealth’s Community Health Improvement Fund (CHIF), Boothbay Region Elementary School (BRES)…
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…
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 has responded to 13,648…
Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Linda Winterberg of Wiscasset early on the morning of Nov. 6, 2024 at…
Isabelle “Is” Curtis joined the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper staff this week as a full-time reporter.…
America's most famous sausage car is traveling around Maine and coming to Boothbay Harbor.…
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…
Former Bath Police Chief Mike Field, an Army veteran, was the keynote speaker for the town of Woolwich’s Veterans Day program held Monday morning at the historic Nequasset Meeting House.…
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 decrepitude punctuated…
Boothbay Harbor Police Department made two arrests and summonsed one person between Oct. 5 and Nov. 6.
On Oct. 20, Sgt. Jacob Powers…
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, Christina and Julie,…
Midcoast Humane is hosting a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the future of its Lincoln County Campus …
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 Massachusetts, he…
The Rotary Club in Boothbay Harbor hosted its annual Veterans Appreciation Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 7. About 80 people attended. Club President-Elect Laurie Zimmerli emceed the evening,…
Obituary
Blythe Bickel Edwards left the world and her family on Nov. 1, 2024.
She was born on June 1, 1941, in Pittsburgh and educated at Farmington and Wellesley College.
She majored in…
The Edgecomb Community Church will be holding its annual Thanksgiving Pie Sale on Tuesday, Nov. 26, from 9 a.m. to noon at both the church at 15 Cross Point Road in Edgecomb, and at Ames True…
Erik Hobson and musicians will perform in a free public concert at the Boothbay Baptist Church, 999 Wiscasset Road/Route 27, Boothbay Harbor, on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Hobson is…
Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, won her fourth term in the Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday, Nov. 5, defeating challenger James “Bill” Hunt III, R-Southport.
As of Wednesday morning,…
AUGUSTA — Senator Cameron Reny of Bristol wins re-election to Senate District in Senate District 13 in the critical battle for Maine’s Senate. During a contentious…
