University of Maine Cooperative Extension is launching a food preservation webinar series Tuesday, May 26, at 2 p.m. The weekly series continues through Oct. 27.
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News
Wiscasset School Department announced Friday, Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of 2020 will graduate at Wiscasset Speedway instead of in the school lot as first announced. The fireworks at the…
Thanks to the United States Postal Service, there’s a new way to experience Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The American Gardens Forever® series of stamps features ten public gardens, all of…
On Thursday, May 14 at 1:10 p.m., Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Calls Hill Road in Dresden for a report of a stolen gun. The gun was allegedly stolen by a…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 15, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,603 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 1,…
The Boothbay Farmers Market starts its season on Boothbay Town Common on Thursday, May 21. It will set up on the Common from 9 a.m. to noon every Thursday through Oct. 8.
Dan Sortwell of…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission
Lincoln County Planner Elswyth Strassberger resigned as of May 13. Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission hired her last August following the resignation of…
Wiscasset selectmen
A gift of $3,000 from organizers of a Wiscasset GoFundMe campaign will go in the town’s general assistance account. The select board accepted the donation from Friends of Wiscasset Village in the…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District school committee members learned May 13, the Boothbay Region High School 2020 valedictorian and salutatorian are Hali Goodwin and Will Perkins,…
UPDATE: From Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland: Maine’s Amber Alert has been canceled. The missing 3-year-old was located safe a short time ago. Additional details…
AUGUSTA: The Mills Administration announced that, effective immediately, Maine lodging providers can begin accepting future reservations for stays with an…
Obituary
Darlene E. Ashby, 61 of Alna, Maine, passed away unexpectedly on the evening of May 1, 2020.
She was born at Miles Memorial Hospital on Oct. 23, 1958.
Darlene was a resident of…
The State Police Computer Crimes Unit, working with Homeland Security, has charged two men this week with possessing child pornography. The arrests took place in Wiscasset and China…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, May 14, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 69.
Two of the individuals were residents of…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 14, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,565 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 1,…
Obituary
Marcia E. Wilson, 97, of Westport Bridge Road, Wiscasset died peacefully Saturday, May 9, 2020 at her residence.\
She was born in Wiscasset on Aug. 5, 1922, a daughter of Harold M. and…
A closed door is now wide open, Lucia Droby said. Four groups that help draw people to downtown Wiscasset have an umbrella, 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, Wiscasset Creative Alliance.
The Carriage…
Claudia and Dan Sortwell of Churchill Street, Wiscasset have Wednesday, June 3 circled on their calendar. That’s when Wiscasset Farmers’ Market returns to the waterfront from 3 to 6 p.m. The…
In times of need, people come together to support one another. The American Red Cross is asking for healthy individuals to step up to help patients experiencing health crises by donating blood or…
Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association and NAMI Maine
Maine’s commercial fishermen are familiar with uncertainty and uncontrollable circumstances under normal conditions, but the level of ambiguity and the impact of the current pandemic have…
Lori Reynolds, organizer of the annual Harbor Fest event in Boothbay Harbor, has announced that the ninth annual, late summer, 10-day event (Sept…
The Damariscotta Farmers Market opens this Friday, May 15 at the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust (CRCT) Round Top Farm. “It has been a busy start to the spring for all of us; preparing our farms…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, May 13, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 66.
The individual was a resident of Cumberland…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 13, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,515 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 1,…
June 13, with a rain date of June 14, the 126 members of the Class of 2020 of Morse High School in Bath will graduate at Wiscasset Municipal Airport, Airport Manager Rick Tetrev said in a phone…
Dresden selectmen
The Dresden town election will be July 14, along with the state primary and the town’s special election previously scheduled for April 7. Town meeting will be Saturday, July 18 at 9 a.m. The…
Government grant scams are on the rise. Scammers lure targets through ads (newspaper, email, text messages, and even by hacking into your friends’ social media accounts), claiming you’re eligible…
Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court’s conviction of Shawna Gatto in the murder of Kendall Chick, 4, of Wiscasset in 2017.
The state’s ruling, available at courts…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 12, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,477 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 1,…
In 2014, Ted and Jill Hugger became innkeepers when they bought the 28-room Cove Cod Inn in Edgecomb. The experience went so well, they expanded in 2018 by buying the 37-room Cedar Crest Inn in…
In June, the Edgecomb School Committee will decide how to proceed with an unexpectedly large unassigned budget fund, also known as a surplus. The school year began with $112,567 in surplus. The…
Westport Island’s Wright House will get its deck and trim painted, handicap access work for the bathroom and, if a pair of foundations award funds, more of the work to make a living history center…
When picturing the nature preserves on the Boothbay peninsula, many of us might envision rocky shorelines and peaceful woodlands, but apple orchards may not come to mind. Yet Boothbay Region Land…
Every day, Maine summer events are being canceled due to concerns about contributing to the spread of COVID-19. On Friday, May 8, Maine’s Summer Book Fair: Books In Boothbay was placed on this…
When Wiscasset Middle High School junior Kyle Ricker and fellow student council members made their new YouTube video thanking teachers, it wasn’t in…
All three U.S. Senate Democratic contenders have been invited to the May meeting of the Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC). Betsy Sweet and Bre Kidman accepted and will be attending the…
Restaurants in 12 of Maine’s 16 counties can reopen for business beginning Monday, May 18 so long as they follow a set of guidelines appearing below.
Under the newly released plan by…
On May 2, Lincoln Home held its first ever, family car rally. Fourteen families and community members gathered at the Newcastle Fire Station and as they decorated their cars with colored…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, May 11, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 65.
The individual was a resident of Cumberland…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 11, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,462 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 1,…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Director Duane Goud and the rest of the Wiscasset Community Center team have been working hard to make sure they are ready to go when state restrictions start to…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 10, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,436 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 1,…
Maine organizations that support animal welfare have been awarded $110,000 in grants as part of the Maine Community Foundation’s COVID-19 crisis response.
“These 16 grants support animal…
Schools may be closed, but Educate Maine and the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein are teaming up to get books into the hands of students studying remotely.
The 2020 Maine Books Challenge is…
Retail shops in 12 of Maine’s 16 counties can reopen for business beginning Monday, May 11 so long as they follow a set of guidelines (appearing below).
Under the newly released plan by…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, May 9, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 64.
The individual was a resident of Waldo County and…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 9, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,408 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 1,287…
The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper have been asked to list the restaurants, hotels, inns and other businesses in the respective regions which have decided not to open this summer due to…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced May 8 a rural reopening plan aimed at reopening certain additional businesses in rural Maine over the course of the next two weeks with added health and…
Obituary
Marshall “Howard” Kramer, 81, passed away April 30, 2020.
Born Aug. 27, 1938 in the Bronx, New York, Howard led an amazing life as a loving husband and a…
