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Honoring veterans

First National Bank recently announced a $1,500 contribution to American Legion Post 36 toward community banners honoring veterans in the Boothbay Region.

The veterans banner program…

Obituary

Joan B. Wysham of Hockessin, Delaware and East Boothbay, Maine died on April 25, 2024 at the age of 94.

Mrs. Wysham was active in the Ocean Point Wilson Memorial Chapel community as well…

Gravity is a friend of wastewater treatment plants, which is why the facilities are typically placed at low elevations, often along Maine’s extensive coastline.

Placing them in low-lying…

Maine Republicans held their two-day State Convention at the Augusta Civic Center on April 26 and 27. The theme of the convention was “Restoring Freedom.” About 1,400 delegates attended. Fifty-…

A celebration of life gathering for Larry H. Reed, who passed away on March 14, 2024, will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 17 at the Strong-Hancock Funeral Home in Damariscotta. He will be…

The are many things that make Wiscasset Speedway special and unique. The latest addition to the facility proves this point once again. Nestled proudly along the fence between the main grandstand…

A supper at Woolwich Central School, Nequasset Road, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11 is planned as rising eighth graders start fundraising for their class trip to Washington, D.C., set for…

Finding Our Voices
Domestic abuse survivors with Finding Our Voices (FOV) shared how Maine’s criminal justice system is emboldening their perpetrators, and endangering them and the general public in a two-a-half-…
Alna selectmen

Proposed Occupational Safety and Health Administration changes would increase requirements for training, equipment and more, and cost Alna more for firefighting, Fire Chief Mike Trask told…

Woolwich selectmen

Woolwich selectmen declared a certified ratio of 65% to Maine Revenue Services, which in the coming year will mean lower state reimbursements for things like the homestead exemption, tree growth…

Wiscasset Middle High School history students researched the Virginia at Wiscasset Harbor April 22. The Virginia this one commemorates was built in 1608 at Popham…

Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for April 1-30:

Arrests/summonses

April 1, Jennifer Libby, 45, of Wiscasset was summonsed for Operating with a Suspended…

Press release

Market Basket is nearing the final phase of construction and is almost ready to open the doors to an 80,000 square foot Market Basket…

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in April:

Alna: Richardson, Michelle and Cearbaugh, Michelle to Trafas, Mark P. and…

Obituary

Harold Snow of Manchester, at nearly 99 years old, passed away on April 25, 2024.

Harold was born on May 28, 1925 in Augusta, Maine to Russell and Edith (Mason) Snow. He graduated from…

A new analysis shows that more major power outages across Maine, the Northeast and the U.S. are happening as a result of bad weather.

The data from the nonprofit …

The towns of South Bristol and Newcastle, Lincoln County, and LCI/Tidewater are pleased to announce the start of ReachME Broadband projects to build out fiber optic networks in the two towns…

Every warrant article passed by a wide margin at the town meeting-style school budget meeting April 30, in the dollar amount each was proposed on the warrant, Superintendent of Schools Kim…

Obituary

Andrew G. Murray, 49, died on April 22, 2024 at his home in Southport. 

Andrew was born March 9, 1975, in Waterbury, Connecticut to Glenn Murray and Jo Ann Noble Murray.  

Andrew…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 224 calls for service for the period of April 24 to April 30. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 3,858 calls for service.

Summons

Maine Office of Tourism announced its 2024 Maine Tourism Awards on April 25 in Portland, presenting the Governor’s Award for Tourism Excellence to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in recognition of…

First National Bank recently announced a $5,000 contribution to Wiscasset Middle High School toward a new scoreboard in the gymnasium.  

The new scoreboard will allow for increased…

Obituary

Virginia Royall of Brunswick, age 71, passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 26, 2024.  Her son Tyler predeceased her leaving his son Austin.   

She…

Motorists who rely on Old Stage Road to avoid Route One traffic snarls will be out of luck over the summer while a two-lane wooden bridge spanning Monstweag Brook is replaced. Work will start in…

Obituary

Roger E. Varnum, 59, of Dresden passed away on April 19, 2024 at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick.

He was born in Boothbay on June 28, 1964, a son of Robert E. Varnum and…

William Avantaggio, Esq., of Bremen has announced his candidacy for re-election for Lincoln County Judge of Probate. 

Avantaggio was raised in Damariscotta and…

Obituary

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. -Rabindaranth Tagore

Thomas Bertrand Fontaine, 74, of…

A Celebration of Life for Craig Tukey, 86, of Southport, who passed away on Dec. 12, 2023, will be held at the Boothbay Harbor Oceanside Golf Resort, 35 Atlantic Ave., Boothbay Harbor, on Saturday…

Obituary

Jamie Alan Humason, age 57, died unexpectedly on April 11, 2024 at his home in Crystal River, Florida.

Jamie was born on March 5, 1967 in Damariscotta, Maine. He was a resident of Derry,…

In Wiscasset Community Center’s gym Saturday morning after her older siblings went for swim time, Abby Richards, 2, was in her father Ben Richards’ arms as the Topsham man spoke with Wiscasset…

Celebrate Edgecomb’s 250th!

To honor Edgecomb’s 250th Birthday, Ryan McPherson, owner of Glidden Point Oyster Farms, has invited residents to visit his oyster farm on the Damariscotta River. He will provide free…

Lincoln County Historical Association
Lincoln County Historical Association’s annual summer programming includes three week-long camps for children and teens. This year’s theme is Summer with the Past – Stepping Back: Discovering…

On Thursday, April 25 at about 7:20 a.m., a vehicle fire was discovered off Alexander Road in Dresden. The Fire Marshal’s Office responded to investigate the fire which was…

Obituary

Janice L Thayer, 88, passed away at her beloved home on Hogan Pond, Oxford on April 24, 2024.

Born on South Paris, on June 25, 1935 she was the fourth child of Marguerite and Edgar Colby…

The Maine State Aquarium is excited to share that we are opening this year! We will open Wednesday, June 26 during the Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days Festival, and then through Labor Day. Our…

A man being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail has hung himself, in the third suicide since Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties opened the facility on Wiscasset’s Route One in 2006, authorities told…

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust naturalist Sarah Gladu will lead a hike at Tracy Shore in South Bristol from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 4.  

This is the third of Coastal Rivers…

It took Woolwich voters, the 80 who were present for the April 24 town meeting in the elementary school gymnasium, a little over two hours to pass a $2.6 million budget and several ordinance…

Obituary

Janice Irene (Newcomb) Norwood, 83, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2024, at Sussman Hospice House in Rockport, Maine after a brief period of declining health. She had been residing at…

Financial help may be available for those who suffered property or revenue loss due to the severe storms in January. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering several disaster loans…

The VA All of Us Research Program is pleased to announce the opening of its newest program site in Augusta, Maine. Located at the Togus VA Medical Center, 1 VA Center, the new site joins the 28 VA…

LCTV

Lincoln County Television is proud to announce a special Talkin’ Town Talk show with important information about how to qualify and apply for FEMA and Small Business Association…

Press release

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) has announced U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grants worth a total of $657,298 for…

Coastal Rivers’ Estuary Water Quality Monitoring Program offers volunteers the chance to get out on the water and be part of an ongoing community science project to inform the broader community…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 232 calls for service for the period of April 16 to April 23. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 3,634 calls for service.

Summonses…

Peregrine is now in collaboration with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp (USNC) for the development of an advanced nuclear micro modular reactor for distributed power generation. It…

First Congregational Church is offering to the public a free pancake breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 28 in Fellowship Hall. Regular and gluten-free pancakes…

A celebration of life for Michael W. Beane, 64, of Southport, who passed away on Jan. 10, 2024, will be held at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, May 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. with a time…

Press release

The Wiscasset School Department Budget Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 30 at 6 p.m. in the Wiscasset Middle High School Stover Gymnasium at 272…