Wiscasset officials will go forward with efforts to clean up land near Mason Station, although the town manager believes meaningful development at the Birch Point site will not happen until…
News
In a major victory for Maine’s lobster industry, a federal appeals court on Saturday, June 17 has ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to go back to the drawing board and re-work…
Press release
The American Pickers are excited to return to Maine! They plan to film episodes of The History Channel hit television series throughout your area in August 2023.
“American…
The public is invited to a talk and woodlot tour on Thursday, June 29 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle. Catherine Spolarich, invasive plant biologist with the Maine Natural…
Over 150 people joined Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce to mark Wiscasset Community Center’s 25th anniversary. The June 15 celebration had the feeling of a family reunion as friends gathered in…
Preparations are underway for a day-long festival this summer to celebrate Maine’s lobstering heritage. “Music, Masts, and Lobster Traps” will be held on Sunday, Aug. 27 at Maine Maritime Museum…
Jill Harlow, who joined the organization in May, will serve as the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association’s first director of strategic initiatives. This new position reflects the MCFA…
As one Alna boat ramp issue continues, another has emerged. And part of the talk June 15 was on its potential impact on the older issue.
The older matter, involving Jeff Spinney’s boat…
Four years into Wiscasset School Department’s energy-saving steps with Siemens, the savings are surpassing the contractor’s annual guarantee, Siemens told the school committee June 13. Company…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will once again welcome Chewonki’s Traveling Natural History Program, starting this month, for four single-day naturalist programs focused on Maine’s native…
Boothbay’s fire chief, Richard Spofford, is retiring from the job effective July 1 after 22 years as chief, 45 years and counting with the department. “It’s time for the others to move up,” he…
Saturday, June 24, plan to spend an amazing day in beautiful Wiscasset. Begin the day at St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., where the traditional, family friendly…
On June 28 from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will host a Community Climate Conversation at the Denny Conservation and Education Center at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta.…
Interested in advocating for the best interests of a child? The Maine Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program is holding its next training for volunteer advocates Aug. 15-18.
This…
The middle school has had “several confirmed cases of hand, foot and mouth,” Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Gina Stevens stated in a letter posted at wiscassetschools.org Wednesday…
On Saturday, June 3, Midcoast Literacy held its second annual Readers Ride fundraising event in partnership with Sable Oak Equestrian Center in Brunswick. Thanks to the…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) will hold its next meeting Thursday, June 22 with a panel on restorative justice featuring local law enforcement leaders and…
On Monday, June 12 the Maine Senate voted to enact a bill from Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol, that would increase affordable housing options in rural Maine communities.…
Please see the attachment on this article for the results on each ballot question on Wiscasset’s warrant.
Obituary
George Wendell McKown, age 79, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Thomaston on May 27, 2023. Known as “Bink” or “Binky” to his family and friends, he…
Lisa Jonassen has won Westport Island’s third selectboard seat and Richard Devries, the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit seat, Town Clerk April Thibodeau reported Tuesday night, June 13.…
Living in an old East Boothbay chapel, still with its pews, stage and stained glass windows in the early 1980s when the family was renovating it, Sarah Heald rented space at a West Boothbay Harbor…
Obituary
Regina Keene Godfrey, 72, of Southport, in her own words entered a far more beautiful place on June 10, 2023.
She was born on Feb. 4, 1951, the daughter of James Everett Keene and Regina…
The Wiscasset planning board was set to take up one of Portland-based nonprofit Amistad’s proposals June 12 until Chair Karl Olson determined, based on town ordinances, Lincoln County Regional…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 217 calls for service for the period of June 6 to June 13. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 4,800 calls for service.
Summonses
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Incredible gardens in five Lincoln County villages will be open to visitors over two days this summer. “The Gardens of Lincoln County,” hosted by Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA), is a…
Death notice
Regina K. Godfrey, 72, passed away peacefully on June 10, 2023 at home with her family by her side. A Catholic Mass will be held at Our Lady Queen of Peace in Boothbay Harbor on Wednesday, June 21…
Sprucewold started as a log cabin colony in Boothbay Harbor in 1888. The land was developed by the Boothbay Harbor and Boston Land Companies. Between 1906 and 1913, the development that we know…
Obituary
Ramona Thompson Gaudette of Southport Island passed away June 4, 2023
She was born to Herbert and Esther Winslow Thompson in Damariscotta, Maine. Ramona grew up in South Bristol and…
Her name is Honor Sage. She spoke June 8 in Alna’s fire station in a nearly four-hour hearing on Ralph Hilton’s ethics complaint against First Selectman Ed Pentaleri in connection with the town’s…
Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for May 15-31:
Arrests/Summonses
May 20, Gabriella L Laurelez, 25, of Augusta was summonsed for Operate While License Suspended…
The Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, built in 1827, welcomes guests for the season. We are open seven days a week from now through Indigenous Peoples’ Day in October with volunteer docent…
The Rev. Paul Tunkle, our neighbor from Dresden, Maine, will be presiding over the service of Holy Communion for the first two Sundays of this summer season at All Saints by-the-Sea Episcopal…
May showers could bring over $100,000 in storm damage aid this summer to Lincoln County. On May 1, torrential rainfall created emergency conditions around Lincoln County and the entire state. On…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset now has an idea what an engineering plan for a seawall would cost. Town Manager Dennis Simmons said nothing has been budgeted for a plan so he is trying to get grant money for it. “But…
Boothbay Harbor WIndjammer Days Festival
Ahoy, Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days (WJD) fans! The 61st event is near and the Friends of Windjammer Days are now nailing down the final few details.
The Festival begins Sunday, June 25…
Maine Department of Transportation made a U-turn in its plans to wait until next year to address safety issues on Route 27. On June 5, Commissioner Bruce Van Note responded to letters from…
Seniors at Wiscasset Middle High School (WMHS) shared the passage of a milestone together Thursday, June 8. Before family, friends, faculty and the community, the 25 graduates marched into…
Press release
Dow Furniture in Waldoboro is honored to have partnered with the Travis Mills Foundation during a Memorial Day fundraiser and sale. The company donated a total of $2,000, stemming…
Woolwich officials will pursue flashing traffic warning signs for Woolwich Central School on Nequasset Road. Road Commissioner Jack Shaw told the select board June 7, the state will provide the…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences announced a $30 million expansion to its East Boothbay laboratory today…
Press release
Sarah's Cafe, a cherished culinary establishment in Wiscasset, proudly celebrates the remarkable 43 years of its esteemed founder, Sarah Heald, as she announces her upcoming retirement.
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Obituary
Elizabeth (Bette) Monfort of Westport Island passed away quietly May 19, 2023. Bette was in assisted living in Leesburg, Florida where he daughter, Susan…
Obituary
Marie Therese Wolf, a beloved resident of Boothbay, Maine, peacefully passed away on June 3, 2023, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, Maine, surrounded by her loving family.…
Wiscasset Creative Alliance presents Wiscasset Homes on Tour on Saturday, July 8 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, picturesque Wiscasset had a prolific ship…
The annual celebration of James Weldon Johnson and Juneteenth combined will be held in Wiscasset on Saturday, June 17 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. This year's program will be a short…
It has been about a year since the van der Veen family of Philadelphia took over Carousel Marina and Whale’s Tale Pub after the retirement of former owner Jack…
Obituary
Rosetta Burns – wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend – passed away at home in Alna, surrounded by her family on the afternoon of June 2, 2023.
Born…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 13 calls for the month; three storm related, four MVAs, one structure fire, four other fires/alarms, and one medical.
May 1, 5:58 a.m., Dodge Road…
