Knickerbocker Group announced it raised $10,000 through its Maine Strong campaign. The employee-owned design-build firm directed 100% of the net proceeds to the Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund…

Nancy C. Morton, 80, of the Lowelltown Road, Wiscasset passed away on Jan. 22, 2024 at her home.

She was born in Wiscasset on March 17, 1943 the daughter of Arthur and Madelyn Delano.…

Nominations closed Monday, Jan. 22 for Alna’s March elections and one of the three seats has a two-way contest, according to information Town Clerk Sarah Perkins provided via email.

First…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 186 calls for service for the period of Jan. 16 to Jan. 23. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 636 calls for service.

Summonses

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Conditioned on the applicant providing a financial letter, Wiscasset’s planning board on Monday night nodded a Maryland couple’s request to build a recreational dock on Back River off Cushman…

Amidst flooded roads, extreme high tides, and heavy rain, nearly 40 Alna residents gathered at the fire station on Saturday, Jan. 13 to discuss the local impacts of climate change.…

Byron often said that the most important thing to him was his family. His greatest joy was to be with his loved ones—whether playing tennis, sailing, holding lively games of ping pong or cards, or…

Michael Jones, 46, passed away peacefully on Jan. 15, 2024, in Skowhegan, Maine.

Born on October 14, 1977, in Farmington, Maine, Mikey was a bright soul who touched the…

Wednesday, Feb. 7

Many of the engineering challenges facing humans today are similar to difficulties that exist in the natural world. Plants and animals have evolved through generations of…

The town of Edgecomb was incorporated in 1764 as a part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Now, the Midcoast town is part of the state of Maine in the United States of America. Edgecomb will…

As Maine's working waterfront begins to make plans for recovering from the recent storms that devastated much of our coastal infrastructure, DMR has compiled a list of financial and technical…

Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Dec. 1-Jan. 15:

Arrests/summonses

Dec. 1, Trevor Shorette, 30, of Dresden was summonsed for False Identification of…

Leslie Roberts’ grandfather was a fishing and hunting guide and her great uncle was a game warden in the Allagash. She admires the skills and the woods and wildlife knowledge of her friends who…

Not so long ago, Maine winters were a lot colder. Around this time of year the mercury would plunge far below freezing and stay that way for days, sometimes weeks even here on the coast. Around…

The Woolwich selectboard lent its support Wednesday, Jan. 17 to the planned expansion of a small oyster farm operating in Montsweag Bay. It was the selectboard’s first meeting at its new 5 p.m.…

Last week’s back-to-back storms combined with astronomical high tides have caused damage like we have never seen before. As a lot of you know, DMR has been surveying the damage from the air, water…

“Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing things historians usually record; while on the banks, unnoticed…

Nonprofit organizations in Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties may be eligible for grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Community Building Grant Program.

The grant program…

Carole M. Jordan, 58, died peacefully surrounded by family and close friends on Jan. 15, 2024 at Lincoln Health Miles Campus in Damariscotta. 

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John Stewart Reed, 88, died suddenly at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Dec. 1, 2023, while packing to move to Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

He was born on Jan. 25, 1935 in Norwood,…

The following notice was received from the Boothbay Region YMCA:

After looking over the weather report we will be closing the Boothbay Region YMCA and Child Enrichment Center at 4 p.m.…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 277 calls for service for the period of Jan. 8 to Jan. 16. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 450 calls for service.

Summonses

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Marilyn E. Goode, 79, of Boothbay, passed away peacefully on Jan. 7, 2024, surrounded by her loving family at the Horizon’s Rehabilitation in Brunswick.

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Lloyd A. Delano, 82, passed away on Jan. 9, 2024, with his family by his side. 

Lloyd was born on May 15, 1941, to Russell R. Delano and Madelyn F. Mathews Delano. …

After months of talks, Alna selectmen Jan. 11 passed a policy for the roads committee. Final changes before the vote were to pull a reference to home rule, call the document a policy, and state: “…

The Boothbay Region Y Arts won highest honors at the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, Georgia this past weekend, Jan. 12-14.

The group of 34 local youth, under the direction of Emily…

Patricia Ann "Patsy" Merrill, 83, died Jan. 10, 2024 at her home in Boothbay Harbor.

Patsy was born in Boothbay Harbor, Maine to Kenneth K. Merrill and Helen Alley Merrill.

She…

Democrats in Lincoln County and all across Maine will gather for biennial caucuses Feb. 3 and 4 to begin organizing for the 2024 elections, hear from candidates, and conduct local…

“All of our questions were answered. What their responsibilities are and what ours are,” said David King Sr., chairman of the Woolwich selectboard following a meeting last week with Maine…

Maine Department of Education (DOE) has awarded $1.8 million in climate education professional development grants to support partnerships between 14…

Locations at Damariscotta River edge: Washburn and Doughty, Shipbuilder's Park, Ocean Point Marina, Route 96 causeway, and the Mill Pond.

With another storm on the horizon, DMR wants to remind you to take to following precautions:

For Fishermen:

• Fishermen should consider altering plans to avoid…

Individuals, homeowners, small businesses, and agriculture are welcome to submit their damages to the state, using the forms, etc. below

Individuals and Households Initial Damage…

Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson told the school committee Jan. 9, Wiscasset Middle High School students and staff kept the learning going in a power outage when they could not…

The man charged in the Christmas Day 2022 death of a 3-year-old Edgecomb girl plead “not guilty” Jan. 11 in Lincoln County Unified Criminal Court. Tyler Witham-Jordan, 29, of Edgecomb and…

Midcoast Maine Community Action (MMCA) is proud to support the residents of Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). 

Since the start…

Yesterday's storm has resulted in unprecedented damage to property along Maine's working waterfront.

DMR is working closely with Governor Mills and the Maine Emergency Management Agency as…

Water all around a stop sign, and over a parking lot, and at the sewer treatment plant and elsewhere, and all that the receding water left behind – those were some of the sights in Wiscasset…

Golfweek Magazine just released their 2024 list of the best courses in the United States. Following a rigorous review by Golfweek’s expert rating panel, Boothbay Harbor Country Club was named one…

The principles of democracy class at Wiscasset Middle High School welcomed State Rep. Ed Polewarczyk, Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett, Alna Selectman Ed Pentaleri and Wiscasset Selectman…

James Brendan Boyd of Nashua, New Hampshire and Ocean Point, Maine passed away peacefully after a long illness at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford,…

LincolnHealth is pleased to announce that Ross J. Feller, MD, FAAOS has joined its orthopedics team. A board-certified orthopedic surgeon with subspecialty certification in hand surgery, Dr.…

William Alfred Foster, 95, of Bristol, Maine and Venice, Florida, died peacefully at home on Dec. 26, 2023, surrounded by loving family.

Born Oct. 17, 1928, in…

Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons told ordinance review committee members Monday night, he realizes some people want to winter elsewhere and summer in a camper here, “and if they have a place…

Beth M. Smith-Pinkham, 68, of Edgecomb, passed away peacefully at her home on Jan. 2, 2024 with her loving family by her side.

Beth was born in Bath, Maine…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 158 calls for service for the period of Jan. 2 to Jan. 8. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 173 calls for service.

Summons

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Everett Thomas Albee, 84, of Alna died Dec. 31, 2023.

He was born on Aug. 25, 1939 in Damariscotta, Maine, oldest son of Maynard and Christina (Reynolds) Albee.…

Tradition, business news and everyday doings were part of what Wiscasset Newspaper shared with readers in 2023. 

Kathleen J. “Kay” Myers of Wiscasset, 86, also of Tarpon Springs, Florida, passed away on Dec. 29, 2023 with her long-time companion, Clarky by her side.

Kay was born on June 14, 1937,…