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…
News
Here is information that will be helpful to Lincoln County residents who could benefit from confidential and free tax prep assistance by trained volunteers (households generally earning less than…
Feb. 18, 2021- The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner have released drug overdose data for January 2021, which draws attention to the continued…
Obituary
Richard “Dick” E. Durost, 91, of Augusta, Maine, died on Feb. 15, 2021 at Togus VA Hospital. Dick was born on Nov. 13, 1929, the son of Rev. Morley and Alice Durost.
He served in the Army…
Maine Fishermen’s Forum
The Maine Fishermen’s Forum is very pleased to announce that the Board of Directors will award $40,000 in scholarships this year, despite having to cancel the live event normally held in March.…
The prospects for a colorful yarn exhibit, or yarn bombing, on Wiscasset’s made over Main Street have unraveled. Selectmen Feb. 16 were mixed on the concept and some said it might work, not on…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 18, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 655.
On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death from…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 18, 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…
Obituary
Natalie Mae Hodgdon, 85 of Birch Point Road died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 at her residence. She was born in Bath on May 21, 1935, a daughter of Elwood A. and Ruth M. (Blaisdell) Hathorne.
…
Obituary
Warren Harbison, age 73, died at his home Feb. 12, 2021. Warren was born Nov. 16, 1947 in Woodlynne, New Jersey, the son of Ronald and Rose Geist Harbison. He graduated from Collingswood High…
FREEDOM – On one side of a window, an elderly person with dentures looks out at the same time as a mini horse with no top teeth peers in.
Belfast nursing home residents will soon have a…
The Oceanography Society recently announced that Bigelow Laboratory President Deborah Bronk has been elected as…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 17, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 654.
On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 17, 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…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen plan to ask voters for a committee about education in town.
Will the question call it a committee on schools’ future or come closer to residents…
For those who want to use solar power without attaching panels to their homes, an opportunity may arrive this year in Edgecomb. Syncarpha Solar of New York City is seeking planning board approval…
Next year’s budget has been one of the hardest to draft and will have impacts for years, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle told the district board Feb…
Alna planning board
Past Alna planning board chairman and recent shoreland project applicant Jeff Spinney wrote the emails that led current member Laurie Hiestand to quit as secretary, Spinney, Hiestand and an…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 16, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 651.
On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 16, 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…
Starting today,Feb. 15, some health coverage options are available again under a new [//www.healthcare.gov/coverage-outside-open-enrollment/special-enrollment-period]Special Enrollment…
Obituary
Paul G. Johnson, 60, died unexpectedly on Feb. 8, 2021 at his home in Waldoboro. He was born Sept. 8, 1960 in Rockland to Jesse Johnson and Winona Miller Johnson. Paul grew up in Waldoboro and…
One board’s decision linked to another’s is figuring into a third board’s work. That issue and several others came up on Zoom Feb. 11 when Alna’s appeals board started hearing three appeals…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 15, 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 — Several schools and school districts around the state have seemingly returned some of the COVID-19 aid provided to them through the Maine Department of Education while several other…
MIDCOAST — A total of 96 businesses in Lincoln County received aid money from the Maine Tourism, Hospitality & Retail Recovery Grant program.
Funding for the program originated from…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 14, 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. 14, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 649.
On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death…
Sea Smoke Shop recently made a $1,000 contribution to the Rising Tide Co-op's Local Loving Meals Program as part of its ongoing commitment to fight food insecurity directly in the Lincoln County…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 13, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 647.
On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 13, 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…
We know that criminal scammers steal billions of dollars every year. But how do they avoid law enforcement tracing all that money? Enter the money mule. A money mule transfers illegally acquired …
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills issued Friday an executive order providing greater flexibility in gathering limits for houses of worship in Maine.
Under the Governor’s order, houses of…
Press release
Fugro USA Marine on behalf of New England Aqua Ventus will be conducting a Geophysical and Geotechnical seabed survey from East Boothbay to Monhegan.
The seabed survey will be taking place…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 12, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 643.
On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 12, 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
A two-car crash on Wiscasset’s Route 1 in front of Wiscasset Ford Wednesday night, Feb. 10 shut down traffic for five hours and sent a Bath…
Obituary
Michaela Marie "Mickey" Morgan, 15, of Phillips, Maine died Monday evening, Feb. 8 at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in…
The Maine Press Association is awarding $4,000 in scholarships to three journalism students for the spring semester.
Recipients of 2021 scholarships are Jack…
Alna selectmen
Some votes Alna waited on last year due to COVID-19 are poised to be put off again, for the same reason. A truncated 2020 open town meeting delayed decisions on parking and other possible work at…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 11, 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…
First National Bank recently announced a $5,000 contribution to Action for Animals Maine to help the foundation bring awareness to their community mission.
Serving Lincoln County, Action…
AUGUSTA — On Wednesday, Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, introduced…
Wiscasset administrators continue to bring back more and more students to in-person instruction as space becomes available. Superintendent Terry Wood said at the Tuesday night, Feb. 9 school…
Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts was recently awarded a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support a three-week artist residency organized by members of a national…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 10, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 641.
On Feb. 7, the Maine CDC removed a death…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 10, 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…
Alna planning board member Laurie Hiestand has resigned as board secretary after getting emails she called disturbing. Responding to a question from Amaral in the board’s Tuesday, Feb. 9 Zoom…
Alna planning board
Jade and Davis Archer want a business permit to raise and slaughter certified organic chickens at their Echo Farm, 104 Sheepscot Road in Alna. They told the planning board over Zoom Tuesday night…
