It was an audacious plan. Build a major marine terminal in Casco Bay for supertankers to unload crude oil into a pipeline running underground from Portland to a 250,000 gallon-a-day oil refinery…
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Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
It has been a year of celebration at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. Twenty years ago on Sept. 29, 2003, the nonprofit of the same name purchased the 1894 building for $1.2 million from John…
Having a resident as a code enforcement officer risks conflict, Alna First Selectman Ed Pentaleri said. The statement Sept. 27 was in response to Third Selectman Coreysha Stone’s asking if two…
The Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Long Range Planning subcommittee met for the first time Sept. 26 to discuss collaborative opportunities in the region. According to AOS 98, the…
Have a question? Let us know! Is there a question about town government you would like the answer to? Or maybe there’s an issue that keeps coming up that you’d like more information about. Let us…
Maine Arts Commission Executive Director David Greenham will resign his post Sept. 29 after leading the state arts agency for the past three years. Before that, he served as a member of the…
The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) announced the Employee and Manager of the Year awards during its recent annual meeting on Burnt Island in Boothbay Harbor.
Amanda Ellis, PhD…
Lincoln County Television has five nights of “All New All Local” shows this week for its viewers on Spectrum/Tidewater channel 7, LCTV.org, and all streaming services.
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New Hope Midcoast, the Regional Domestic Violence Resource Center serving Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo counties, wants to make everyone aware of the upcoming emergency test that will sound…
For the second year in a row, Lincoln Academy was named Best Private Secondary School in Down East magazine’s…
Despite an unusually wet growing season, Twin Villages Foodbank Farm (TVFF) has been bringing in full and heavy harvests. According to Farm Manager Sara Cawthon, there have been some weeks when…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 186 calls for service for the period of Sept. 19 to Sept. 26. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 8,309 calls for service.
Summonses…
Are you concerned about the invasive mile-a-minute weed discovered in Maine or looking to learn how to tackle browntail moths? In partnership with the Maine Integrated Pest Management (IPM)…
Obituary
Johnna Albee Sproul Porter, of Marietta, Georgia, died peacefully in her home, surrounded by loving family, on Sept. 23, 2023, at the age of 77.
Johnna was born on Nov. 26, 1945, in…
Boothbay Cornhole Classic (BCC) raised $60,000 for Special Olympics Maine (SOM) on Sunday, Sept. 24, after the tournament had been delayed for a week due to…
John Michael Jarrett, age 70, of Boothbay Harbor, passed away peacefully on Aug. 16, 2023.
A celebration of Michael’s life will be held on Saturday, Sept. 30 at Mine Oyster Restaurant…
Mine Oyster hosted the 20th anniversary celebration of the Pemaquid Oyster Festival in Boothbay Harbor Sept. 24, after tropical storm Lee postponed the event one week. An enormous crowd enjoyed…
Alna selectmen
The rocky walk-in to Pinkham Pond remained an issue at the close of Alna selectmen’s Sept. 21 meeting after partly contentious talks continued among selectmen and between selectmen and the public…
The Sierra Club Maine Chapter, a grassroots non-partisan climate and environmental protection organization has named Pete Nichols as its new director.
Nichols, a Maine…
Finding Our Voices is the grassroots and survivor-powered nonprofit boldly breaking the silence of domestic abuse across Maine. McLean said that Mary’s promotion comes as the group is filling…
Press release
Wiscasset Middle High School high school students and teacher Shanon Cotta attended recent…
In June, Lincoln County commissioners hired a Portland firm to perform a structural assessment of the sheriff’s building. Gale Associates began its review of the 18-year-old building earlier this…
After months of planning and construction, renovations on the iconic Boothbay Harbor Footbridge are complete. Town Manager Julia Latter said the last inspections for the project took place in…
An adequate supply of single-family homes for sale continues to be a challenge for buyers of single-family existing homes across Maine. Maine Listings reports an increase of 9.41 percent in home…
Design-build firm Knickerbocker Group is pleased to announce it has…
Wiscasset continues exploring getting its sewer plant the sea wall officials have said could avoid having to move the plant. Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen Sept. 19, he and Olver…
From the sounds of a saw to the relative quiet of painting with a brush, Wiscasset was abuzz Sept. 21 with outside work.
The first drive up flu clinics offered by LincolnHealth are this Saturday (Sept. 23) at both the Family Care Center…
Boston-based author and photographer Susan Mara Bregman will share stories about the history of Route 1 in an online talk at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 28 sponsored by Lincoln County Historical…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District as one opening on its five-member Board of Supervisors. The volunteer board, which is responsible for guiding the District’s business affairs…
Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Aug. 15-31:
Arrests/summonses
Aug. 16, Aimee Harrison, 43, of Phippsburg was arrested for Violation Conditions of Release…
Laura Chapman led the combined Boothbay Region High School and Wiscasset High School girls team with a first-place win in the cross-country race Sept. 15 at Boothbay Harbor. The “Seawolves”…
Lincoln County Television is proud to offer three new community-focused productions this coming Saturday and Sunday on Spectrum/Tidewater channel 7, LCTV.org, and…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 214 calls for service for the period of Sept. 12 to Sept. 19. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 8,123 calls for service.
Summonses…
Obituary
Richard “Rich” Blouin or “Blue” as many of his friends and family called him, 60, died unexpectedly in Boothbay on Sept. 16, 2023. He was born and raised in Berlin, New Hampshire. The youngest…
Obituary
Helen Jean (Addison) Blakelock died Sept. 12, 2023, at home in Damariscotta Mills.
She was predeceased by her parents, Thomas and Elinor Addison of Belmont, Massachusetts and Damariscotta…
Sunday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m., Wiscasset’s Town Common will be imprinted with paw prints of our beloved pets! In honor of Saint Francis of Assisi’s love for all creatures, we’ll gather to share…
A Lincoln County Community Conversations panel discussion on the Nov. 7 Referendum Ballot Question 3 will take place on Thursday, Oct. 5, at the American Legion Post 42, 527 Main St. (…
For another year, Woolwich’s property tax rate is $15.40 per $1,000 dollars of assessed valuation. The rate has remained unchanged since 2020. The selectboard set the rate Monday afternoon, Sept.…
When meeting with the public, those drafting Wiscasset’s next comprehensive plan will seek a balance between sharing the committee’s ideas and seeing what attendees have to say.
“I don’t…
Sunday, Sept. 17 was a picture perfect day for a Memorial Boat Parade in honor of longtime lobsterman and fisherman Thurlow “Butch” Brewer, who died Dec. 29, 2022.
Forty boats captained by…
On Sept. 23, Veggies to Table, a grow-to-donate farm in Newcastle, is offering a foraging class on the farm given by Rachel Alexandrou. Rachel will share her deep knowledge of wild edibles and how…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee’s next meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 27 at the Water of Life Lutheran Church, 618 US-1, Newcastle. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 6…
Maine Yankee might or might not end up paying Wiscasset as much as the town has decided. Selectmen Sept. 13 passed new property valuations for the ex-nuclear plant. Sept. 14, Maine Yankee’s…
There will be a free public Narcan training class on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 5 p.m. hosted by the Edgecomb Community Church at 15 Cross Point Road in Edgecomb. Knowing how to use Narcan and having…
Katie McShane and Jesse Heasly, a husband and wife duo from Bath, will be providing music at the Edgecomb Community Church’s Sunday Services twice a month for the next six months.
McShane…
Wiscasset school committee
Dresden has again expressed an interest in possibly sending its students to Wiscasset schools. Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools. Kim Andersson told the school committee Tuesday, Sept. 12, she…
On Saturday, Sept. 9, Jen Mitchell Plummer sat with her computer open on the bar at Brady’s. She was frowning at the screen. Her restaurant had opened minutes before and Jen was tracking a…
