The Maine Art Gallery (MAG) re-opens for the season on April 12 with two concurrent shows that express the influence of artistic mentors. The first floor of the gallery will be filled with the…
News
Get ready for an exciting day of environmental education and community engagement at the Wiscasset Earth Day Celebration on April 27! Organized by the Wiscasset Climate Action…
A series of mishaps has Edgecomb’s website committee considering finding a new web host. On April 2, Website Committee Chairman Janet Blevins reported the municipal website crashed due to several…
Maine’s First Ship will hold its second 17th Century Foodways event and Luncheon on Saturday, April 20 at the Bath Freight Shed. MFS, the Bath non-profit whose volunteer force has reconstructed…
Westport Island Selectman Jeff Tarbox and Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit board member Mary Coventry are not running for those seats in June, and both told Wiscasset Newspaper, they hope…
Woolwich selectmen
The Woolwich selectboard on April 3 again took up the deteriorating condition of State Route 127. The two-lane highway, also known as Middle Road, runs roughly north/south from Route One by…
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time when Healthy Kids, A Family Resource Network, connects with our local community to focus on child and family well-being. Healthy Kids serves…
Airing his frustration April 2 with waiting for Wawenock LLC to finish repairs after hundreds of bricks fell from its downtown, 1800s building in 2021, Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons said…
Wiscasset Schools and Partners in Education (PIE) have several upcoming events for our community to look forward to!
PIE will be selling concessions at the “Solar Eclipse Watch Party”…
Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency Director Maury Prentiss received approval April 2 to seek additional federal funding resources regarding mitigation efforts for two January storms.…
Death notice and service
Jeffrey Scott Cusumano Sr., 62, of Nobleboro, passed away at his residence on April 1, 2024.
A memorial service will be held for Jeffrey on Friday, April 19 at 2 o’…
Obituary
Karen Marshall Keyes, 74, passed away on April 1, 2024 after a period of declining health.
She was born Sept. 16, 1949 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, a daughter to Lawrence and…
Obituary
Kenneth D. Marston passed away on March 30, 2024 in Largo, Florida. He was 69.
For the past year, he battled serious medical issues and showed courage by facing his challenges with a smile…
In the summer of 1974 the first batches of Downeast fudge were made in a tiny cottage on the Townsend Gut, packaged in ½ pound boxes, and sold to gift shops in the area.
The following…
Wiscasset will have a parking ban from 6 p.m. Wednesday to noon Friday, Town Manager Dennis Simmons said ahead of a snow and wind storm.
“Hopefully everything will be done by then (noon…
Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons announced in a selectboard meeting April 2, Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill both houses of the Legislature passed and, as of now, $93 million of Maine Yankee…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 224 calls for service for the period of March 26 to April 2. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 2,960 calls for service.
Summonses…
LCRC Chair, Patty Minerich opened the well-attended March 27 LCRC meeting in Boothbay with the introduction of our guest speaker, Steve Robinson, the editor in chief of the Maine Wire. Steve…
Thom Price, a self-described “wood-shop geek” from a family of woodworkers up in Southern Appalachia, credits Pemaquid’s Carpenter’s Boat Shop for providing him with the skills and confidence to…
Obituary
Monona Stover Watts, 71, of Boothbay Harbor passed away peacefully on March 21, 2024…
The Edgecomb Eddy School cafeteria was filled with firefighters, nurses, tradesmen, hairdressers, scientists and even a beekeeper – at least aspiring ones. The school held a career day March 29,…
Wawenock LLC knew of issues with the downtown Wiscasset building’s masonry facade before hundreds of bricks fell off in April 2021, an insurance company claimed in defending itself in a 2023 civil…
A May 6 dispositional hearing is set for the Boothbay man charged in regard to a Feb. 8 motor vehicle accident on Route 27 in Edgecomb. Alexander Nielsen, 33, was charged with operating under the…
Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for March:
Arrests/summonses
March 1, John Mackenzie Jr., 55, of Wiscasset was summonsed for Operation of Defective Vehicle,…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce announced April 1, its business after hours event with Islebrook Village will now be held from 5 to 7 p.m. April 12 at Lincoln County Regional Planning…
Obituary
Kathryn E. Hauser was called home to be with the Lord on March 24, 2024 at her home in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, at the age of 86.
Born in…
11th annual Earth Day Celebration
Come to Maine Studio Works, 170 Anderson St., Portland on Friday, April 26 for this 11th annual celebration of Earth Day. Doors open at Maine Studio Works at 6 p.m. and films begin at 7 p.m.…
Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in March:
Alna: Kallevik, David H. to McGonigle, Erin and Dow, Ian; Lakeview Loan…
Press release
Mary Lou Daxland of Newcastle announces that she will be running for Maine House of Representatives District 46. District 46 is Bristol, Damariscotta, Monhegan Island, Newcastle and…
Wiscasset’s Easter Egg hunt had its usual gusty winds and a sunny morning at the Wiscasset Middle High School track. Parks and Recreation Director Duane Goud was relieved the inner field, filled…
March 29 in a Wiscasset home, a grassroots committee was talking dirt pie-eating, a worm-themed relay race, carnival fare and games, an exhibit on Wiscasset worm digging history, a possible beer…
Obituary
Agnes Anthony “Toni” Helming, 98, passed away peacefully on March 29, 2024 at Gorham House, Gorham, Maine.
Toni was born on Aug. 24, 1925 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, the younger…
Lincoln Lodge No. 3 A.F. & A.M., Masonic Lodge in Wiscasset, passed out checks to six area food pantries Thursday, March 28. Members raised $1,500 during the year through their Lincoln Lodge…
The Midcoast region has a newly published first time author in Ruth Monsell of Damariscotta and Camden. Her book, “Frances Perkins: Champion of American Workers,” published by Histria Books,…
Obituary
Dorothy Jean Koughan, 80, of Wiscasset passed away suddenly on March 10, 2024 at LincolnHealth.
She was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Nov. 5, 1943, a daughter of Franklin C. and…
Deb Pooler graduated from Wiscasset High School in 1971 and went on to attend the University of Maine at Orono and Augusta. She started working as an educational technician for Wiscasset School…
In Alna Wednesday night, March 27, Central Maine Power got selectmen’s approval to exceed posted weight limits on Rabbit Path and Lothrop roads to bring its clean energy corridor project across…
Boothbay Harbor Police Department made one arrest between Feb. 27 and March 26. On March 18, Chief Dan Snyder arrested Aaron Campbell, 21, of Woolwich on a fugitive from justice warrant.
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Budget Committee Chairman Jack Brennan told residents March 20, “Edgecomb is a small town, but it’s no longer a small town with a small budget.” Brennan made his remarks during a budget…
Willow Orr’s mother Michele Colson tells the Wiscasset 10-year-old about every donation that comes in. “I feel that it’s good for her to know how much she’s loved and supported, because she’s…
What happens when a parent’s worst nightmare comes true?
Damariscotta artist Peter Bruun began wrestling with that question when learned his eldest daughter was addicted to heroin; when…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 181 calls for service for the period of March 19 to March 26. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 2,736 calls for service.
Summonses…
New Hope Midcoast, Midcoast, Maine’s comprehensive Domestic Violence Resource Center, will host a free Domestic Violence Roundtable Discussion from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 25 in…
Obituary
It is with a sad heart that we announce the unexpected passing of Dennis W. Dinsmore on March 16, 2024. He was born May 30, 1955 in Camden, Maine. Dennis joined the Navy in June of 1972 serving…
First National Bank recently announced that it has made donations totaling $36,850 to organizations fighting food insecurity, including 35 food pantries in the bank’s market area.
“First…
Edgecomb selectmen are grappling with how to handle a couple municipal projects. One is fairly simple. The other is more complicated. On March 19, selectmen…
Soon, patients and visitors to the Watson Health Center on the Miles Campus will be sheltered from the elements when entering or exiting the building for an appointment.
Hebert…
The memorial service for Nora Brewer of Southport, who passed away on March 18, has been rescheduled to Tuesday, March 26 at 6 p.m. at Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay due to…
The Edgecomb Community Church has been chosen as a Hannaford Fight Hunger Bag Program Nonprofit Partner for the month of April 2024. The Edgecomb Community Church Community Meals and Food Pantry …
Obituary
Claudia Cannan Leighton, 77, died at home in the loving arms of her husband on March 19, 2024. A wife, mother, grandmother, and a well-known presence around her town, her smile and spunky spirit…
