Jerry Maynard Stedt, 70, passed away at his home in Caribou on Jan. 20, 2024.

Stedt, a former residents of the Wiscasset area, was born in Caribou on Sept. 5, 1953, the son of Maynard and…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 237 calls for service for the period of Jan. 23 and Jan. 30. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 873 calls for service.

Summonses

Janet M. Crane of Southport died on Jan. 26, 2024, after several long illnesses.

She was born on April 2, 1931 to Dr. Henry Roust and Dewella Wenstrom Roust, in Montevideo Minnesota. After…

Sidney Warren Price, 92, died peacefully Jan. 25, 2024 at his St. Andrews Village home in Boothbay Harbor. He was surrounded by his loving family, while his devoted cat, Callie slept at his feet.…

William Gemmill, 79, of Wiscasset, passed away peacefully at Togus Springs Hospice on Jan. 21, 2024. Born on Oct. 2, 1944 in New York City, he was raised by his parents Huber and Marion…

Midcoast CA$H, an initiative of United Way of Mid Coast Maine, is once again providing free tax preparation by IRS-certified volunteer tax preparers to households earning up to $64,000 annually.…

Nancy Ellen Pinson Poore of Windham, Maine, 82, passed away Jan. 25, 2024. 

Nancy was born on Jan. 18, 1942 in Bath, Maine the daughter of the late Edwin E. and Dorris L. Pinson. Nancy…

Democrats in Lincoln County will gather for biennial caucuses Feb. 3 and 4 to begin organizing for the 2024 elections. All registered Democrats are invited to participate in their town’s…

The future looks smoother for communities in the Boothbay peninsula and Wiscasset area, at least it does for their roads. Several towns in the region are part of a multi-billion-dollar plan from…

The Maine Republican Assembly (MERA) will be hosting a National Homemade Soup Day event with a Meet and Greet for House Representative Edward Polewarczyk. The event will be on Sunday,…

The deadline for press releases, news briefs, calendar events, letters to the editor, columns and photos for the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper is 3 p.m. on Mondays for the Thursday edition…

Roxanne Marie Reed, 80 of Boothbay passed away after a brief illness at her home Jan. 10, 2024 surrounded by family.

Rocky was born in Boothbay Harbor on April 17, 1943 to Warren and…

Students and staff at Wiscasset Elementary and Wiscasset Middle schools will hold a readathon fundraiser to support fifth grader Willow Orr, who is experiencing serious medical…

In the past year and month, record-breaking weather extremes in line with the expected impacts of a warming world have brought disruption, destruction and even death to all corners of Maine.…

Sarah Hubert has been elevated to interim principal at Wiscasset Middle High School, School Superintendent Kim Andersson announced Hubert’s appointment Jan. 16 in an email to staff members. Hubert…

“In honor of the victims, survivors, and families of the Lewiston mass shooting that occurred on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.” So reads the dedication of a new anthology of Maine short…

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…

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…

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…

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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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: “…

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. …

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…