Jeff Spinney will lay no mat over the fresh layer of washed stone he applied to his boat ramp on the Sheepscot River, according to Spinney and his proposed deal with Alna. Selectmen have…
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The AARP Fraud Watch Network is dedicated to providing people with simple tips to keep them safe from scammers. In 2021 we’ve got three simple words to keep you protected: Stop, Think and Verify…
Obituary
Richard “Dickie” E. Mansir, 80, of Wiscasset and Florida, passed away on Jan. 1, 2021, in Florida.
He was born in Richmond on Oct. 31, 1940, a son of Joseph…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 5, an additional nine COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 369.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 5, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
Air filters used up the rest of Westport Island’s $5,000 grant from Center for Tech and Civic Life, deputy municipal agent Gaye Wagner told selectmen Monday night.
Wagner said when the Dec…
The Woolwich select board will review an application for a proposed marijuana cultivation business. Christian Elie, a representative of Sea Grass Group, asked the select board for conditional…
Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons announced about 5 p.m. Monday, the town office is closed until further notice “due to a town office employee exhibiting signs and symptoms of COVID-19.
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LincolnHealth welcomed its first baby of the new year on Sunday, Jan. 3. Eli Arthur Caron arrived at 12:30 p.m., weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces and was 21.5 inches in length.
He was welcomed…
As of Monday Jan. 4, Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset was reporting two confirmed…
Obituary
Corinne Hale Gould, 88, of Boothbay Harbor, formerly of Rocky River, Ohio died at St. Andrews Village, Dec. 29, 2020.
Born March 10, 1932 in Flushing, New York, she moved to Boothbay…
Obituary
Joseph Herbert Carusone, 88, of Walpole, Maine, passed-away peacefully on Dec. 27, 2020 in his home surrounded by family.
Herbie was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, to Joseph H. Carusone…
A snowy owl provided a great photo opportunity for those who spotted it at Ocean Point, Boothbay on Sunday, Jan. 3.
Local photographer Bruce Burnham managed to get dozens of photos of the…
On Dec. 23, Midcoast Conservancy accepted a donated Conservation Easement on 49 acres owned by Jim Doble in Waldoboro. The property is near Clarry Hill Preserve as well as several connected…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 4, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 360.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 4, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each day, the Maine CDC updates its …
Obituary
We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
‘Ere the bonnie boat was won
As we sailed into the mystic
Hark now,…
Salt ’n Spar
Let’s turn the calendar back about 30 years or so when Wiscasset Middle High School was Wiscasset High School. Mid-winter was the time of year when many of us looked forward to Friday night and…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 3, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 359.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 3, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each day, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 2, an additional seven COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 358.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 2, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each day, the Maine CDC updates its …
Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic — whatever term you use — is the story of the year, and perhaps the century, due to its impact on society. Since the beginning of the year, the world has battled…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 1, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 351.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has belatedly updated its list, Jan. 1, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each day, the Maine CDC updates its …
Alna will have at least one new selectman after next spring’s elections. Third Selectman Greg Shute told Wiscasset Newspaper in an email reply Dec. 31, he will not seek re-election. And in a phone…
Mammy’s Bakery owner Jessica Deshiro and staff continue to put smiles on for customers through the COVID-19 pandemic even if the smiles are hidden behind masks. Deshiro said she feels lucky Mammy’…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 31, an additional 13 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 347.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 31, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
Lincoln County Indivisible/LCTV
The impending climate crisis is real. Maine is especially vulnerable. The waters in the Gulf of Maine are warming faster than pretty much anywhere else on earth. Many of our…
“What I liked best and will miss the most will be my co-workers at Wiscasset’s highway department,” said Steve Christiansen following his recent retirement. He has worked under three different…
Bill Maloney and Judith Colby do not know if Wiscasset would save or lose money tuitioning out its high school students. No one knows, they said in phone interviews Wednesday. And if it happened,…
The Maine Bicentennial Commission today affirmed that 2021 will feature the commemorative events and programs originally scheduled for 2020 in observance of…
AUGUSTA — Amid an increase in Maine’s COVID-19 positivity rate and a continued high rate of hospitalizations, Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday she will extend the requirement for certain…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 30, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 334.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 30, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
It’s a new year — time to get started on the events calendar for the Boothbay Register’s award-winning publication “Summertime!”
All groups and organizations with events to be listed…
For the second year in a row, Edgecomb will hold a referendum-style town meeting vote instead of a traditional in-person setting. In 2020, selectmen first delayed their annual May town meeting,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 29, an additional seven COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 333.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 29, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
After winter break, students could be back in Wiscasset schools more days a week. This fall’s hybrid model – two in-person days a week, the rest remote – might expand to four in-person days a week…
Westport Island First Selectman George Richardson said Monday night, Road Commissioner and G & D Cromwell co-owner Garry Cromwell and Fire Chief Stacey Hutchison talked, as Richardson asked…
number of cases of COVID-19 in Maine is higher than the case numbers reported
AUGUSTA — With a daily influx of test results pouring into the Maine CDC, the state agency has been forced to alter its reporting methods.
“New positive COVID-19 lab reports are being…
Crime continues to decrease in Maine for the eighth consecutive year, dropping -6.6% during 2019, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. The total decline during the past eight years…
Local author Marilyn Beardsley Heise recently launched retail sales of her newly published book “Perilous Pills, Protecting Yourself from Fluoroquinolone Injury” at Sherman’s stores in Boothbay…
GOP to look for ways to reassert legislative power while Democrats eye health care and climate change
Amid a pandemic and an economic downturn, lawmakers will return to Augusta in January with a list of priorities that span topics such as healthcare, climate change and the power of the executive…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 28, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 326.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 28, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 27, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 27, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 323.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
