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Alna’s attorney Amanda Meader has seen nothing in her municipal law career like the tension, meetings, letters, information requests and more around Jeff Spinney’s request for a dock project on…

Around 300 Boothbay region community members gathered June 7 to mourn the loss of George Floyd with flags and signs bearing expressions of the Black Lives Matter movement. The demonstration at the…

Principal Ira Michaud imparted four final lessons on Edgecomb Eddy School’s Class of 2020. On June 5, Michaud recalled his sixth grade year in 1991 as being a “real pain” to his parents, extended…

Weather permitting, an outdoor town meeting would be safest because everyone wouldn’t be breathing the same air, Westport Island’s Pat Smith told selectmen via UberConference Monday night.

Woolwich is advertising for a town clerk following the resignation of Chelsea Lane effective June 5. The select board appointed Town Administrator Kim Dalton interim town clerk until the vacancy…

Tracy Emerson of Boothbay is proud to announce the engagement of her daughter, Katie M. Worthley, to Paul Hanscom. Katie is also the daughter of Greg S. Worthley of Roxbury, Maine.

Katie…

Stage lights will be coming up again at the Opera House of Boothbay Harbor the night of July 3 when The Boneheads return to the peninsula’s musical arts center for a 7:30 show. It will be the…

Democrats from across Lincoln County and beyond gathered online Saturday night, May 16, for the Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s (LCDC) biennial Frances Perkins Award Dinner honoring Sheriff…

The Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) held their monthly meeting at their headquarters, 241 US Highway 1, Damariscotta on June 3. A crowd of about fifty people attended. A lengthy agenda…

Obituary

Mark Robert Woodman, 47 of Wiscasset, passed away suddenly on the evening of June 4, 2020 after suffering a heart attack. 

Born on Oct. 21, 1972 in Damariscotta, he was the son of Judith…

Midcoast Literacy announces the organization is moving offices this month to a new location at 1100 Washington Street in Bath’s North End. After 10 years at Wing Farm Parkway in Bath, the regional…

Obituary

Gretchen Greenleaf, 47, of Westport Island, passed with her loving mother and brother holding her at Maine General Medical Center, Augusta on Sabbath, June 6, 2020.

The Lincoln Home staff has come up with a creative utilization of space to allow safe visits with family members. Mike Knopf and Kevin Benner built a half wall with a plexiglass top to allow…

Many of us are asked “How is everyone at the Village?” or “Are the residents okay?” or “Has anyone gotten the virus there?” The outpour of concern for residents is not surprising, as the Village…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, June 8, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Today, there are 2,588 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 2,…

Obituary

Diane Johnson Blasco passed away unexpectedly on May 13, 2020 at her summer cottage in Southport, Maine.

Diane was born in Bronxville, New York on Oct. 24, 1957 to Loretta Donnelly Johnson…

The T-shirt with a design by Boothbay Region Elementary School fifth grader Chau Nyugen has arrived  at The Smiling Cow, 14 Commercial St, Boothbay Harbor. The second annual WJD Student T-shirt…

Help Yourself Shelf (HYS) at St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset is honored to be the recipient of stamp out hunger funds generated at both the Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta Hannaford…

Boothbay Region High School

The Boothbay Region High School Class of 2020 marched on together June 5 after a difficult last spring semester. Friends and family were absent from the gym as Class Marshal Colby Babcock led his…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, June 7, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 99. 

The individuals was a resident of Cumberland…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, June 7, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Today, there are 2,570 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 2,…

This year, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will present its 16th annual garden symposium, “Designing with Water,” via three online sessions, June 10, 17 and 24. Honoring CMBG’s seasonal theme, “…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, June 6, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Today, there are 2,524 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 2,…

Out of concern for the health and safety of our summer worshipers, clergy and organists and to be in compliance with government directives and recommendations of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine,…

UPDATED: Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett was able to reply at length Monday to Wiscasset Newspaper’s request for comment after the demonstration. Here…

The Boothbay Region High School Class of 2020 graduated Friday, June 5. Here are the graduates after they received their diplomas and stood with BRHS Principal Tricia Campbell.

For three days in March, Robinson’s Wharf was having a strong 2020. Then the coronavirus hit, and the popular Southport restaurant closed to dine-in eating, as did all other Maine restaurants.…

Wiscasset Middle High School released the following on Friday, June 5.

​Graduation Quick Guide for Wiscasset Speedway ceremony, parade through town, and the fireworks: 

​6 to 6:30…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, June 5, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 98. 

The individuals were residents,…

The Celebration of Life for Carla D. Allen, planned for Aug. 8, has  been postponed until Aug. 7, 2021. Further information will be available as we get closer to the date.

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, June 5, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Today, there are 2,482 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 2,…

Three Bath men have been charged in a burglary early June 3 at 

Obituary

Thomas P. Sikes, 71, of Edgecomb, died tragically in a fatal collision on June 3, 2020 in Wiscasset.

He was born in Suffield, Connecticut on Aug. 13, 1948, and he lived in Stafford,…

Lincoln County commissioners received five sealed bids from Maine dealerships June 2 for buying three new police SUVs. Newcastle Chrysler of Newcastle was the low bidder, with $28,589 for each of…

Following the final marching practice before graduation, Boothbay Region High School seniors were presented scholarships and awards during the school’s annual awards ceremony on Thursday morning,…

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration announced additional business reopenings Thursday under the Governor’s rural reopening plan.

Under the update, in 13 counties, tasting rooms and bars may…

On June 1, the doors to all county government offices  re-opened to public access. Lincoln County Administrator Carrie Kipfer reported offices are open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.  …

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, June 4, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Today, there are 2,446 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 2,…

Saturday, May 30 was a beautiful day to participate in a bottle drive and pick up a lunch-to-go at the Farm 23 bakery, and many Boothbay area residents stopped by.

Action for Animals Maine…

Two fishermen’s wives, Monique Coombs and Rebecca Spear, are working together to collect seafood recipes, photos, and stories, to create the “Maine Coast Fishing Families Seafood Cookbook.”…

More than just a weed, an invasive plant is one that comes from another region and causes harm by taking over habitat from native plants on which wildlife relies.…

Chester F. Fossett turned 90 years of age on May 26.

A lifelong resident of Boothbay Harbor, Chester graduated from Boothbay Harbor High School in 1947 and Maine Maritime Academy in 1950.…

The far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 virus and the measures being taken to reduce its spread are applicable in many areas you may not have thought about. While state and local…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has for the first time since the pandemic outbreak released COVID-19 confirmed and probable case data by ZIP code.

Until Wednesday, Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav…

​About 11:08 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, Wiscasset Police Department was dispatched

Another Midcoast summertime favorite, First Congregational Church of Wiscasset’s Summerfest, is off this year. “It is with a heavy heart that the church council, taking into consideration the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, June 3, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 95. 

The individual, a man in his 70s, was a resident…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, June 3, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Today, there are 2,418 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 2,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine criminal justice community, which includes the Maine Chiefs of Police Association, the Maine Sheriffs…

United Way of Mid Coast Maine announced $93,900 in grants to 20 agencies that are working to meet the increased needs of local people during the pandemic. This is on top of $47,340 to 16 agencies…