AUGUSTA – Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap is seeking public input on three proposed designs for the bicentennial commemorative flag, which will be on display statewide through 2020.
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UPDATE: Thursday evening, Wiscasset Elementary School Principal Stacy White emailed the Wiscasset Newspaper a response to its questions after her resignation at the end of the school year appeared…
The Wiscasset Community Center held its first Mother Daughter Tea Party to celebrate Mother’s Day on Wednesday, May 8. “It is a party so girls can dress up like princesses,” said Director Lisa…
The Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb is honored to announce that, after a lengthy international search, Katy Inman will become Head of School, beginning July 1. This marks an exciting…
Dollar General accepts Wiscasset's rejection of the business's signage request and will use smaller signage that meets town rules, a representative said Wednesday, May 8. She received the sign…
The new documentary film “Love Flows” depicts passion for rivers and fish from people around the globe.
Once upon a time, massive fish migrations were observed every year around the globe.…
Midcoast Humane welcomed 55 cats and kittens from West Virginia through the shelter’s transport and rescue program, Welcome ME Home.
The transport was a…
As the spring weather moves in, we are fast approaching the peak season for migratory bird watching in Maine. Seasonal birds returning to the Boothbay region or traveling further north are…
Obituary
The Main family announces with great sadness the loss of Casey James Main, age 36, of Wiscasset. He died on April 25, 2019.
Casey was born on July 26, 1982 in Damariscotta to James and…
Edgecomb selectmen signed the annual town meeting warrant May 6. Among the 66 articles to be decided May 17-18 are three on marijuana sales, cultivation and testing.
The first portion of…
According to Maine Department of Transportation, the week of May 12 the contractor will remove material and add the gravel base, will work on electrical conduit crossings, fine grade the gravel…
Wiscasset selectmen
The potting shed in the Sunken Garden may have gotten a new lease on life when Dan Sortwell, one of the heirs of the Sortwell properties, said the shed could stay put.
This contradicts deed…
Midcoast Conservancy is offering a Conservation Stewardship course on Saturday, May 25 and Saturday, June 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 pm. Learning to be an effective conservation steward requires…
Wiscasset Middle High School teachers and students will be at the Wiscasset McDonald’s restaurant from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 8. They will be helping raise money for the Travis Roy Foundation…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Megan McLaughlin, hired this year to replace County Planner Bob Faunce, has resigned effective May 17.
According to County Administrator Carrie Kipfer, McLaughlin, whose background is…
Press release
The BRYMCA is proud to announce nationally recognized health and wellness educators and presenters, Bruce and Mindy Mylrea, coming to Boothbay, next week. The couple have been traveling the…
Wiscasset board of appeals
Dollar General has lost its bid for signage bigger than Wiscasset allows. The appeals board Monday night rejected the request 3-0-1, John Blagdon abstaining.
Blagdon told Chair Susan…
The Ecumenical Diaper Bank is beginning its fifth year of distributing diapers to low…
A new nonprofit on Westport Island was incorporated last fall and the Internal Revenue Service recently approved its non-profit status. Friends of Westport Island History has been in the works for…
Please join us on Wednesday, May 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. for a presentation of the Maine Flood Resilience Checklist by Abbie Sherwin of Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission (SMPDC)…
A graveside service will be held Saturday, May 25 at noon, at the Hillside Cemetery, Boothbay. A reception will follow at Chris Sproul’s home, Sproul Lane, Boothbay.
Please dress as Jackie…
Obituary
Dyllan A. Bozora, 27, died April 2, 2019 in a tragic accident.
Dyllan was an extremely talented young man who could sing, rap and play the guitar (self taught). He was a very loving father…
Obituary
Charles W. “Eagle Spirit” Brawn, 71, of Hickory Drive, Wiscasset died April 26, 2019 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
Charles was born on Feb. 5, 1948, a…
Something's brewing in Boothbay Harbor. A new internet café opens May 8 at Harbor Tech Solutions. Owners Nick and Emily Mirabile will debut Java Tech providing customers with internet access and a…
The Anthony family will hold a Celebration of Life for Vaughn Anthony on Saturday, May 18 at 1 p.m. in the Conference…
Wiscasset Area Chamber Commerce announces Business After Hours at the Wiscasset Woods Lodge, Thursday, May 16 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Please join us for another informative and fun…
Midcoast Humane will host its 17th annual Plant Sale to raise money for shelter animals on Saturday, May 18. The sale will be held at 190 Pleasant Street, Brunswick from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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By a vote of 84-56 Saturday, Woolwich chose to fund its own 24/7 ambulance department. The ballot vote at the annual town meeting followed an hour-long floor debate weighing the option of…
Obituary
Page Inness-Brown Tharpe, 95, died peacefully Feb. 23, 2019 at her home in Aiken, South Carolina.
She was also a long-time resident of Marathon, Florida; East Boothbay, Maine; and Montclair…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in April:
Alna:
Trask, Coleen D. to Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
A corrections officer at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset has been identified as one of the corrections officers who participated in an online meme challenge called #feelingcute.
The…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation
From 6 to 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 8 at Wiscasset Community Center, families will have what Parks and Recreation is dubbing “an evening of royal delights,” a Mother’s Day tea party. Expect hot and…
For going on two decades, Morris Farm in Wiscasset has made garden space for people to “grow their own.” The Margaret Ellis Community Garden was named in honor of one of the founding members of…
John Reinhardt, chair of the Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission since its inception, resigned effective immediately May 2. He told fellow commission members he wants to have more time for…
There is a lot more to Cooperstown, New York than the Baseball Hall of Fame. It’s also home to the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety which is conducting a nationwide safety…
Maine Drug Enforcement agents and State Fire Marshals have charged a man and woman from New York with selling heroin and attempting to burn down a Richmond house Wednesday night, May 1.
The…
Obituary
Randall Bradford Holbrook, 71, of Woolwich, passed away April 23, 2019 at Dionne Commons Care Facility in Brunswick, Maine.
He was born Oct. 28, 1947 at The Maine General Hospital of…
Obituary
Lillian G. Colby, 93, of Bradford Rd., Wiscasset died April 28, 2019 at home following a long illness.
She was born in Jackman Sept. 11, 1925, a daughter of Ralph and Lucille Poulin Gagnon…
A graveside service for Shirley M. Hill, who died Jan. 6, 2019, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 11 at Woodlawn Cemetery in Wiscasset with military honors.
…Brown tail moth caterpillars are a severe public health issue and can kill the oak trees on which they feed, Dresden resident Gail Daigle told Dresden …
Alna selectmen
Alna selectmen said April 24, they would be willing to help fix the road to the salt and sand shed, if everyone else who has a right of way on it chips in, too.
An email one of the road's…
On Monday, April 29, Wiscasset Elementary School fourth and fifth graders attended a Portland Symphony Orchestra Youth Concert at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland. This field trip was made…
Lisa Thompson doesn’t usually want her children keeping secrets from her. But the one all three recently kept was OK, the Wiscasset Parks and Recreation director said.
“It was a good secret…
Capital Judicial Center
Shawna Gatto, 45, of Wiscasset, was found guilty of depraved indifference murder in a verdict Justice William Stokes rendered Tuesday. Gatto was on trial for the murder of her fiance’s…
A Camden man was arrested in Wiscasset Sunday night and charged with criminal speed, operating under the influence of drugs, unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs, and refusing to submit to…
The osprey pair who returns year after year to the Southport bridge won’t be raising chicks on the bridge this year, but Maine Department of Transportation said that’s not its fault.
After…
Obituaries
Norman G. Stone, 85 , of Wiscasset, Maine, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2019, at Mid Coast Hospital…
The monthly meeting of the Pemaquid Chapter, DAR took place on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Regent Audrey Miller brought a basket of Easter eggs with veteran and community service tasks to complete…
Obituary
Jeanette Christakos Taylor, 94, passed away April 19, 2019. She was born June 23, 1924 in Bangor, Maine the daughter of Ernest and Ida (Morgan) Christakos.
Jeanette, as a teenager, played…
Obituary
Peter Mundy died at home, as he had wished, on March 18 after a long battle with cancer. He had celebrated his 88th birthday with family on March 3.
He was the only child…
