Event organizer Ashlee Lowery announced Sunday, May 3 that the 35th annual Charles Begin Memorial Boothbay Harbor Lobster Boat Races, scheduled for June 20, will be canceled this year, in…
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Wiscasset school staff have another hit on their hands. And this one’s got Cindy Collamore on horseback telling jokes.
The first video sending students positive messages and music during…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, May 3, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 57.
The individual was a resident of Cumberland…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 3, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,185 cases confirmed across the state.
Across the…
Obituary
Marjorie Lee Kluck, 75, of Boothbay passed away peacefully at her home on April 30, 2020.
“Margie” was born in Boothbay to Edward Gross and Annie Brewer. She attended local schools and…
When University of Maine alum Joshua Girgis graduated from University of Maine’s College of Engineering in 2018, he never imagined where he would end up next. This Madison, Maine native had…
Chris Tarr is the new owner of Aerus franchises in Rockland, Brunswick and Portland and in Claremont and Concord, New Hampshire. Tarr, 33, has been working tirelessly to reconnect with customers…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, May 2, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 56.
The individual was a resident of Waldo County, and…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 2, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,152 cases confirmed across the state.
Across the…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a new eight-part video series for first-time gardeners.
“A Victory Garden for ME” provides an overview of vegetable gardening, from…
Viewers at wiscassetnewspaper.com checked out Principal…
Last fall, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens joined a host of other Mainers in planting daffodils, a flower chosen by the Maine movement in…
For the past 20 years, three local contractors – Jack Shaw and Sons, Landcrafters and Quonset Hardscape have been responsible for plowing and sanding roughly 60 miles of Woolwich roads.
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The Maine Tourism Association and Poland Spring® 100% Natural Spring Water, part of the Nestlé Waters family, today announced the official launch of “The Maine Tourism Relief Fund, Founded by…
With no known end date to the coronavirus fight, the American Red Cross is encouraging healthy individuals to make appointments to …
A boy, Parker Robert Garceau, was born to Ethan Robert and Samantha Marie Garceau (Sharkey) of Dresden, on April 23, 2020 at Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick. Maternal grandparents are Terina Young…
COVID-19 aka the coronavirus has certainly upended our way of life and will likely continue to do so for some time to come. It is hard to keep up with information concerning the virus as new data…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, May 1, an additional two COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 55.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 1, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,123 cases confirmed across the state.
Across the state…
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PORTLAND, Maine – Maine Medical Center (MMC) will hold a virtual celebration on Saturday, May 2 to recognize the eighth cohort of Maine Track program students who graduated from Tufts University…
From payroll protection loans to the sale of a local insurance agency, and a possible part in a public access show, Wiscasset businesspeople were abuzz with news and new ideas Thursday night,…
On April 6, the League of Women Voters of Maine joined 12 other advocacy organizations committed to protecting the safety of voters, poll location…
Forest landowners in southern and coastal Maine are partnering with University of Maine researchers as part of the state’s first active tick surveillance citizen science program.
The Maine…
Wiscasset families found something extra in their meal bags April 29 as they either picked up or received delivered school meals. For weeks, families received prepared bagged breakfasts and…
Obituary
George M. Mansfield Jr., 84, a former resident of Norton, Massachusetts for 30 years and, most recently, of Lincoln, Rhode Island and Boothbay Harbor, Maine passed away peacefully April 27, 2020…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 30, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 53.
The individual, a woman in her 50s, was a…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 30, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,095 cases confirmed across the state.
Across the…
In order to open whether May 1 or in a later phase, Maine businesses must commit to complying with the requirements of these checklists by filling out a…
First National Bank recently donated $1,000 to Healthy Lincoln County’s Summer Meals Program.
The USDA-funded Department of Education Summer Food Service Program, sponsored by Healthy…
Cloth face coverings are not a replacement for adhering to physical distancing protocols.
Following her announcement Tuesday that she would extend Maine’s stay-at-home order, Governor Janet Mills…
ROCKLAND — It is with great sadness that Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors has cancelled its 2020 Maine Boat & Home Show in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, said the magazine, in an April 29…
Residents who returned nomination papers for Wiscasset town office before the April 9 deadline will be on the ballot of the municipal election. Others who wish to run for a town office still can.…
When Darlene French began as school lunch cook in 1977, meals were a quarter and the program served 500 meals a day. Over the next five decades, the program expanded from lunch to include…
The 58th Windjammer Days Festival set for June 21-29 was canceled Wednesday, April 29.
According to Capt. Pete Ripley, board member of Friends of Windjammer Days, the decision was made…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 29, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 52.
The individual, a female in her 70s, was a…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 29, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,056 cases confirmed across the state.
Across the state…
Tuesday afternoon, April 28, the following letter from Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Charles Lomonte to seniors and their families was posted at wiscassetschools.org:
I hope this…
Edgecomb Community Church, UCC is currently worshiping on Zoom due to the stay-at-home order to help stop the spread of COVID-19. We welcome you to join us Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m.
For…
Amid concerns and news about COVID-19, there also came news reports of a tiger in a New York zoo and three cats and two dogs in China, France and Belgium all testing positive for the virus after…
Looking forward to Aug. 4-8, 2021
The Maine Lobster Festival’s board of directors has been closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic in hopes that it would be able to safely offer its event to visitors from all over the world,…
One year after Damariscotta River Association and Pemaquid Watershed Association joined forces to become Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Coastal Rivers has made public the organization’s new…
ROCKLAND — Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 North Atlantic Blues Festival slated to be held in mid-July in Rockland has been canceled.
“This is something…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills presented her Administration’s plan to gradually and safely restart Maine’s economy April 28.
The plan, which comes as the State appears to be successfully…
Early intervention at Wiscasset Elementary School has been extremely important, Special Education Director Kenneth Spinney told the school committee Monday.
“We’re doing a great job at…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 28, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,040 cases confirmed across the state.
Across the state…
The 2020 United States Census is happening at the same time as a global pandemic, shelter-in-place orders, and government stimulus payments. With so much going on at once, scammers are using the…
A summer resident who served as an Edgecomb volunteer fireman will be remembered as someone with a knack for making the seemingly impossible task, possible.
“He was a real go-getter,”…
Obituary
Rupert Neily III died in a cabin overlooking Knickerbocker Lake, Boothbay, Maine, on April 27, 2020, lovingly cared for by son Aaron, partner Leslie, and sister Sandy.
Rupert was born on…
It is with deep gratitude for his years of outstanding service that Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) announces the retirement of Land Manager Michael Warren at the end of May. Michael joined the…
After spending nearly a month providing an additional layer of support on LincolnHealth’s Miles campus during the COVID-19 pandemic, the team from Lincoln Medical Partners’ Family Medicine in…
