The 63rd annual Rotary Club Auction may be cancelled this year, but the very popular Rotary Boutique is now back in operation. Now set up in the comfort of the Rotary Club Barn.
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News
July 15 began as a difficult day for Andrew Hawke, a 23-year-old Boothbay Harbor lobsterman. He woke up around 6:30 a.m. and complained about being “extremely tired.” He sat beside his bed and…
Engages engaged Rep. Genevieve McDonald as fisheries liaison
Private companies are working with the University of Maine to engineer and erect a demonstration offshore wind power platform two miles south of Monhegan Island in the Gulf of Maine. Proponents of…
Obituary
David A. Dudley, 73, of Ocean Point, Boothbay passed away on July 30, 2020.
He was born April 7, 1947 to Stephen E. Dudley and Doris (Walden) Dudley of Leicester, Massachusetts.
He…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 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…
One of the hardest things to understand about scams can be how victims become victims. When you hear about a scam secondhand, the red flags can seem obvious. What isn’t obvious in the retelling of…
Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) entered its fortieth year on the heels of a successful capital campaign that secured Oak Point Farm as a public headquarters, visitor center, and nature preserve…
New research has revealed a surprise twist in the symbiotic relationship between a type of salamander and the alga that lives inside its eggs. A…
Just as many stores, restaurants, and other businesses have fallen victim to the dictates of the coronavirus, museums and historic sites including three that are maintained by Lincoln County…
“This is the part where the train said, ‘I thought I could, I thought I could,” Maynard, Massachusetts’ John McNamara said in a narrow gauge train in Alna Friday night after it took public riders…
Lincoln County Republican Committee
On Saturday, Aug. 22, the Lincoln County Republican Committee will be holding a celebration of the American Bicentennial at its headquarters located at 241 Route 1, Damariscotta from 11 a.m. to 3…
2020 elections
U.S. Senate Democratic candidate and Maine State House Speaker Sara Gideon toured Bigelow Laboratory facilities Aug. 7 after announcing an eight-part climate plan earlier in the day. Gideon said…
A 7 a.m. start Sunday helped firefighters from Woolwich and other towns train mostly before the heat of the day, as they burned a house and storage building at 18 Phipps Point Road.
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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 9, 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…
Negotiating committees for General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge S6 (LS6) reached tentative agreement (TA) for a…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Aug. 8, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 125.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
Griffin Sherry, one of the founding members of the Maine-based, nationally-known, ‘roots holler’ group The Ghost of Paul Revere, will perform…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 8, 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…
A Boothbay Harbor business is moving to Edgecomb. For two years, Nick and Emily Mirabile have owned Harbor Tech Solutions located at 185 Townsend Ave., but the space proved too large for their…
WALDO THEATRE
An anonymous donor has offered the Waldo Theatre a challenge grant to help complete the third phase of the theatre’s renovations and to reopen The Waldo’s doors…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 7, 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…
Via Zoom Aug. 4, Dresden selectmen Allan Moeller and Gerald Lilly discussed a possible LED sign outside the town office. The sign could be one or two-sided and would be wirelessly controlled. They…
On July 30, 1984, Det. Sgt. Don Davey was responding to an emergency call in Nobleboro. Davey was rounding a curve and collided with a tractor trailer. Both men died in the accident. On Aug. 4,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 6, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,900 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Aug. 5, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 124.
The Maine CDC announced Aug. 4 an individual…
On Aug. 1, Duke, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department’s German shepherd patrol dog retired after seven years of service, and now the hunt is on for a new K-9 team. Duke, 8, is struggling with…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 5, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,900 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state since…
Obituary
Robert H. Conn Sr., 95, of Boothbay quietly passed away at home on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020.
He was born in Boonton, New Jersey on June 8, 1925, the son of Henry Hammond Conn and Violet B.…
Wiscasset’s Farmers’ Market can stay at the waterfront through the summer and into the fall. The select board was asked to move it after complaints the market was taking up parking spaces used by…
Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation has just received a $300,000 grant from the A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Foundation of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The grant will be used to…
For further information, Contact Chief Deputy Rand Maker @ 882-6576 or rmaker@lincolnso.me
SHERIFF TODD BRACKETT…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 4, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,900 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state since…
Nomination papers are available for two seats on the Woolwich select board. Both are three-year terms to be decided at the Nov. 3 general election. The terms of Jason Shaw and Allison Hepler are…
From a generator to items that helped pull off town meeting and elections in a pandemic, Westport Island officials thanked people Monday night and got thanked for their help on something else, the…
What’s your life like in Boothbay Region when you’re 18 to 35? Rotary does more than help during crises like COVID-19; it also works to help bring young people into leadership positions through…
Obituary
Reta L. Russell LeMar, of Old Orchard Beach, went home to be with her precious Lord and Savior on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 surrounded by her loving family after a brave battle with breast cancer.…
Obituary
Dennis Douglass Pinkham passed away on Jan. 28, 2020, in Zepherhills, Florida with his wife Alison and his three sons by his side.
Dennis was born in Boothbay Harbor, Maine on May 12, 1942…
Obituary
Evelyn N. Peaslee Gaboury Colby, 92, died July 30, 2020 at Gray Birch Long Term Care in Augusta. She was born Dec. 24, 1927 in Somerville to Guy F. Peaslee and Leola Benner Peaslee. Evelyn grew up…
Obituary
Leigh Payson Campbell, 79, of Washington St., died Friday, July 31, 2020 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
He was born in Bath on Feb. 8, 1941, a son of…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Aug. 3, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 124.
UPDATE, 8/4: The Maine CDC…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 3, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,900 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state since…
Alna Volunteer Fire Department President and longtime First Congregational Church of Wiscasset member Beth Whitney hoped she would not cry while singing the hymn “The Eternal Father” solo in Rich…
Obituary
David Dudley Clapp died on July 27, 2020, in his Boothbay Harbor home with his wife by his side at the age of 81.
David was born in Boston on May 5, 1939, to Nathaniel Dudley Clapp and Mary…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 2, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,900 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state since…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Aug. 1, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,900 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state since…
As some of you may have read previously, I am a former social worker turned English teacher in China. My now 16-year-old son and I have lived in Tianjin for almost four years. I’m currently the…
This is the fifth part in a series on how our local restaurants are navigating state regulations on health and safety concerning COVID-19. We are doing our best to be inclusive, but with so…
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration today released updated guidance to assist school communities in making their decisions about how to resume instruction this fall in the face of COVID-19. This…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday MaineHousing will double its rental assistance from $500 to $1,000 through the COVID-19 Rental Relief Program beginning Monday, August 3.
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