Westport Island’s longtime second selectman, Gerald Bodmer, received fellow town officials’ praise Monday night for his service. Bodmer had just announced, due to health reasons, he will not seek…
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Mark Giles Leeman, 82, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine passed away peacefully on Feb. 27, 2021 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine.
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Arthur Robinson Messer, 88, passed away peacefully at his home with his wife and daughters by his side.
He was born Oct. 11, 1932 in Claremont, New Hampshire to Donald Elbridge and Hazel…
The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta, which has been closed since November because of the pandemic, will re-open on a full schedule on Monday, March 8.…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 1, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 28, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 28, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 703.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 27, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 702.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 27, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Woolwich officials are struggling to understand the state’s new Earned Paid Leave law which went into effect Jan. 1 and establishes a minimum standard for paid time off for part-time and stipend…
new vaccine plan outlines when you are eligible for a vaccine
AUGUSTA — In an effort to save lives and ensure that health care providers can efficiently and quickly vaccinate as many people as possible, Governor Janet Mills announced Friday afternoon Maine…
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Walter Manter died of a heart attack at age 81 on Feb. 14, 2021.
He was born on Aug. 24, 1939 in Lewiston, Maine to parents Greta and Wayne Manter. The family lived in many places as his…
It was a locker room. Now students can learn in it, and the town is closer to a full in-person return. Wiscasset Middle High School cut the ribbon on the new health classroom Monday, Feb. 23.…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 26, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Augusta, MAINE – The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) announced today that Maine has joined the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC), a non-profit public-private…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 25, an additional 24 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 701.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 25, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
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Glenice Dianne Chambers, 75, passed away peacefully on Feb. 22, 2021 at her home surrounded by her loving family.
She was born on Feb. 28, 1945, the daughter of the late Shirley and Lucy (…
Edgecomb selectmen and budget committee members are slowly filling in the missing pieces of department budget requests for Fiscal Year 22. In a joint-meeting via Zoom conference on Feb. 22,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 24, an additional 17 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 677.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 24, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Patten Free Library of Bath is asking Woolwich for a 2021-2022 contribution of $57,969, an increase of $1,137 from last year. The select board reviewed the request Wednesday evening Feb. 24, which…
Last November, Edgecomb selectmen resumed Zoom conference meetings in the midst of a coronavirus spike in Maine and nationwide. But that could change next month. On Feb. 22, Selectman Mike Smith…
AUGUSTA — In her State of the Budget Address, Governor Janet Mills declared Tuesday her Administration is focused on health care, education, and the Maine economy, saying her budget proposals…
Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, announced the addition of more than $15.7 million to Maine’s Unclaimed Property Fund, and Mainers are being…
Masking up to beat COVID-19 is a lot easier at Wiscasset Middle High School for staff, students and visitors following a donation of 5,000 surgical-style masks from Ford Motor Co.
Warren…
The Maine Legislature is gaining steam with committees in full swing, and we are going to the Augusta Civic Center in early March to start voting. Join Sen. Chloe Maxmin on Sunday, Feb. 28, from…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 23, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Press release
On Feb. 19 The Maine Department of Marine Resources filed comments with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on the draft Biological Opinion for ten fishery management plans…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 23, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 660.
On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death…
Town of Edgecomb
The Edgecomb planning board tabled a request Feb. 18 by a community solar power project. Syncarpha Solar of New York City wants to create a community solar project which would provide Mainers…
Certification of the citizens’ initiative effort “An Act To Require Legislative Approval of Certain Transmission Lines, Require Legislative Approval of Certain Transmission Lines and…
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Edith Ann Pickering Cronk, 82, of Gardiner Road, Wiscasset died Feb. 3, 2021 at Sussman House in Rockport.
She was born in Castine on Jan. 4, 1939, a daughter of Lester and Ruby (Perkins)…
Jack Dexter moved to Edgecomb in 1990 and his Cod Cove Farm Road home has a spectacular view of the Sheepscot River. What the location lacks is reliable internet. Dexter and his six Cod Cove Farm…
Charlie Culbertson, a retired scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, will run for third selectman in Alna’s upcoming March 27 election. Charlie, a water quality expert, and his wife Collin, an…
Buyer demand for Maine’s real estate is strong and for-sale home inventory is historically low. According to Maine Listings, the median sales price (MSP) for a single-family existing home in Maine…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 22, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
The Boothbay Planning Board tabled a request Feb. 17 by Karen’s Hideway for a change of use. Co-owner Garry Blackman requested a change of use from a mobile takeout business to a year round eatery…
Maine’s largest electricity reseller wants to pony up a $500,000 fine. The state’s utility regulator suggested pulling the plug.
A report last year recommended revoking the license of…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 21, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 20, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 658.
On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death from…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 20, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
It’s tax filing season, which means sorting through forms and paperwork. This year, preparing to file may take an unexpected twist for people who suddenly discover they have a Form 1099-G listing…
Boothbay Harbor Police Department
On Feb. 18, at approximately 7:31 p.m. Officer Doug Snyder responded to a report of an unresponsive male on Bradley Road, Boothbay Harbor, who was not breathing.
Snyder arrived on the…
Woolwich selectmen started work on the 2021-22 budget Wednesday evening, Feb. 17 at the town office. One line of this year’s budget they’re keeping an eye on is the town’s solid waste and…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 19, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 656.
On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death from…
Rebuilding Together
The COVID-19 pandemic created many challenges for Rebuilding Together-Lincoln County (RT-LC) that the organization addressed by creatively retooling their operations. As a result, the local non…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 19, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
