AUGUSTA — Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announced Monday, Sept. 28 the launch of a new elections feature for the state allowing voters casting absentee ballots this November to track the…
News
Westport Island’s property tax rate is rising from last year’s $7.46 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation to $8.10, according to information First Selectman George Richardson provided in…
Midcoast Conservancy’s Senior Watershed Restoration Manager Shri Verrill said it rained when it wasn’t supposed to Monday, and she noted one other surprise as a Topsham firm addressed…
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
The American Cancer Society is inviting neighbors across central Maine to celebrate breast cancer survivors and those facing the disease. While social distancing will prevent Making Strides…
Obituary
Barbara Helen (Stahl) Sullivan, 96, passed away peacefully on Sept. 17, 2020 at her home in Damariscotta, Maine. She was blessed to have her family with her. She was preceded in her death by her…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…
Spanning the Sheepscot River from Edgecomb to Wiscasset, Donald E. Davey Bridge takes motorists, cyclists and pedestrians north and southbound along Route 1. Walking it for an hour-plus Sept. 26,…
The residents of Westport Island and the general public are invited to a meet and greet party for Stephanie Hawke, Republican candidate for Maine District 89, on Westport Island hosted by her…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…
LincolnHealth
In the fall of 2019, the Coulombe Center for Health Improvement helped convene organizations and individuals who are experts in issues affecting our seniors for the first Changing Aging event,…
Scammers are opportunists who take advantage of whatever is in the news or being chatted about on social media. It’s common around this time of year to receive phone calls from political pollsters…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust invites the public to learn about the efforts to restore the American chestnut. Join Tom Klak, for a live webinar on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. to discuss seven…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…
Residents gathered downtown with LED lights to enjoy the season’s last Walk Around Wiscasset on Thursday night, Sept. 24. The monthly events were an occasion for friends and neighbors to safely…
Anyone who’s ever been to Cabbage Island for one of those world famous lobster bakes these past 30 years has met the Moore family, including matriarch Bennie Alice. This is a very special year for…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…
United Way of Mid Coast Maine is pleased to introduce the loaned executives for the 2020 Campaign — Cindy Tucci of L.L. Bean, Ryan Berard of Hannaford and Nina Bergendoff of FHC, Inc.
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A graveside service for Nancy DeCosta will be held at Evergreen Cemetery, Barters Island Road, Boothbay, on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 11 a.m. Social distancing and masks are required and limited to 100…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…
Obituary
David P. Hodgdon, 88, of Birch Point Road, Wiscasset, died Sept. 21, 2020 at his residence.
He was born in Bath on May 28, 1932, a son of Lewis P. and Anna…
On Monday, Oct. 5 from 10 to 11:15a.m., join Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D., for his lecture on the outlook for the U.S. and Maine economies in 2021. This Zoom lecture is sponsored by Coastal Senior…
On Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, DAV celebrates its centennial anniversary and marks 100 years of service and support for America’s injured and ill veterans and their families.
Since the time of…
LincolnHealth has partnered with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Good Shepherd Food Bank to offer two Drive-Thru Farm Stands in Lincoln County next week, where anyone can pick…
Obituary
Richard “Rick” Warren Thorpe was born on July 25, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts and passed away peacefully on Sept. 17, 2020 at the Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland.
Rick…
Wiscasset property taxes will go up for some and, with the homestead exemption figured in, down for others following a select board decision Tuesday evening, Sept. 22. Tax bills will be in the…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills dedicated Wednesday an additional $164 million in CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to support school systems as they continue to implement health and safety…
Gardens Aglow 2020
For Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, the show will go on this year. Recently, the Gardens announced that, after careful planning, research, communication with state and town officials, and in …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills and Commissioner of Health and Human Services Jeanne Lambrew announced Tuesday anyone in Maine can now get tested for COVID-19 without the need for a separate order…
Lincoln Medical Partners will be holding drive-through flu clinics every weekend in October. The clinic is open to anyone over age 7 – you do not have to be a Lincoln Medical Partners’ patient to…
The annual Damariscotta Mills Alewife Festival was canceled due to COVID-19, but the quilt raffle was not. At the Alewife Festival Quilt Raffle drawing on Labor Day, Christine Ruffley was the…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…
Town of Edgecomb
Edgecomb’s longest serving current selectman is resigning. Jack Sarmanian, who has served 13 years, announced Sept. 24 he would resign following the Oct. 5 meeting. Sarmanian made the announcement…
Lobstermen and powerboaters rallied for President Donald Trump in Boothbay Harbor’s second boat parade Sept. 19. Around 60 vessels got in line for several passes around Tumbler Island and around…
Alna’s appeals board Friday night tentatively set a 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 hearing on the planning board’s rejection of Jeff Spinney’s proposed ramp work at his Golden Ridge Road property on…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee announces that it will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 10 a.m. at its headquarters located at 241 Route 1, Damariscotta.
This is a…
Property taxes are going up in Woolwich, about $50 on a home assessed at $200,000. The select board announced the 2020 tax rate after meeting Monday afternoon with William Brewer of Bath, the town…
Monday night via UberConference, Westport Island selectmen named Mary Coventry to Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12’s board and husband Richard Coventry to the Wright House Committee.…
Obituary
John D. Druce died of complications from pneumonia on Sept. 16, 2020 at his Boothbay Harbor home. He was 98.
John was born on May 15, 1922 to parents Henry and Katherine Druce. He…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Monday her Administration will launch a second phase of the Maine Economic Recovery Grant Program beginning Wednesday, September 23.
Phase 2 will…
Obituary
Mona Logan Magee died on Sept. 18, 2020, thankful to God and her parents for her life.
She was born at Boothbay Harbor, Maine on Jan. 25, 1932, to Hardy W. and Velma King Pierce.
…
Westport Island residents received a survey in their mailboxes this month from the Westport Island Broadband and Cable Committee. The survey - and the community's responses - are a key step in the…
In honor of National Assisted Living Week, Lincoln Home celebrated residents and staff with a number of fun, outdoor activities last week.
With a lovely view of the Damariscotta River in…
Paul “Bucky” Holloway was a successful building contractor in Westbrook where he owned over 100 apartment units and specialized in low-income housing rehabilitations. That was until 1991 when a…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 21, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 140.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 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…
About 60 people gathered Sunday night for a vigil on Wiscasset Common in memory of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday. Organizer Deborah Morgan said similar vigils were…
The Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association will continue its long-standing tradition of conducting “Old-Fashioned Fall Turkey Shoots” starting this Sunday, Sept. 27, which will then run each…
Obituary
Scott Benjamin Bromfield, age 48, died at Gosnell Memorial Hospice on Sept. 18, 2020, after several years of declining health. His Mom and Step-Dad, Paula and Peter Anderson, were holding him,…
