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The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta has selected the winning T-shirt design to represent the 2022 event, being held Oct. 7-10…

Windjammer Days 2022

Arts, crafts and live demonstrations were on display on the first of two days of Artist’s Alley in Whale Park in Boothbay Harbor June 30. The event opened again on July 1.

The celebration of life for Calvin Carr will be held on Sunday, July 10, 3-5 p.m. at the Boothbay Region Land Trust headquarters located at Oak Point Farm, …

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

Windjammer Days 2022

Contributing photographer Michael Leonard of Yarmouth and Squirrel Island provided these photos of the 60th Windjammer Days Gathering of the Fleet during his annual Windjammer Photography Cruise…

Stories of an old Navy friendship, a years-long town effort, a man and his dog, and a plane ready to fly when the runway is ready converged Wednesday night, June 29 at Wiscasset Municipal Airport…

Take a look at the June 29 Windjammer Days Street Parade from the other side of the street. 

Obituary

Frederick C. “Rick” Copeland Jr. died June 18, 2022 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was 80 years old.

He was born in Ithaca, New York on Sept. 2, 1941 to his…

The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper will have an early deadline for advertising and news copy for the July 7 issue due to its holiday observance on Monday, July 4. All advertising, news copy…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) will host its annual Family Fun Day Lobster Bake Sunday, Aug. 7 from noon to 3 p.m under the big tent at Cider Hill Farm, 785 Main St. in…

Residents filled the conference room at Wiscasset Community Center Tuesday evening, June 28 to see plans for developing White’s Island into a recreational area, including replacing the footbridges…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

Obituary

Tammy Lynn Chubbuck, 57, died June 27, 2022 at her home in Edgecomb surrounded by her loving family.

Tammy was born Sept. 15, 1964 in Boothbay Harbor to Francis Arsenault and Ozelie (…

On June 27, Edgecomb selectmen approved the 26th and final Fiscal Year 22 warrant payment of $202,514.66  with a couple of exceptions. Town Clerk Claudia Coffin reported paying the entire…

LincolnHealth is accepting applications for the summer Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class until July 15. The seven-week training begins Aug. 9 and runs until Sept. 22. The class is offered at…

Please join us in welcoming Brianna Cox, family nurse practitioner, to the Boothbay Region Health Center. Brianna will be treating patients full-time starting this week through early-August. She…

Windjammer Days 2022

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

Obituary

Brenda Bettinson was born in 1929 in King’s Lynn and grew up in Rickmansworth (U.K). She was the only child of Randall C. Bettinson and Edith O. Mitchley. She attended Watford Grammar School for…

Obituary

Mary Anne Sprague, born May 11, 1942, died peacefully at her Windsor home on June 24, 2022. 

A 1960 graduate of Morse High School and Bath native, Mary Anne loved sharing stories about the…

Windjammer Days 2022

Thirty-five commercial boats passed by the Boothbay Harbor fish pier on Atlantic Avenue to be blessed during the Blessing of the Fleet ceremony on Sunday afternoon, June 26. The event was one of…

A memorial gathering for Dianne R. Caton, who passed away on March 4, 2022, will be held on Saturday, July 16 at the Wiscasset Yacht Club, 2 Water Street, Wiscasset. Family and friends are invited…

You’re invited to join us and celebrate the life of Paul Dickson on Saturday, July 9 at 1 p.m. at the Dickson family home (77 Westport Bridge Road,…

At 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 3, Pastor Gregory Foster will begin his tenure as pastor of Southport’s United Methodist Church. He takes the position vacated by Pastor Richard Rego who has been…

Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen June 21 and in his written report ahead of the meeting, he, Maine Department of Environmental Protection and engineering firm Ransom Consulting…

Obituary

Patricia “Patty” Iva (Richardson) MacNeil passed away peacefully on the morning of June 23, 2022, at the age of 64.

Patty was born on Aug. 19, 1957, at the Memorial Hospital in Bath, Maine…

Obituary

Helene Barnes, Jan. 9, 1931- Feb. 1, 2022, Stanford California, passed away peacefully in her sleep in Boston where she had been living since Oct. 2021. She and her husband, Arthur…

Members of Wiscasset Senior Center re-elected the current board of trustees at the annual breakfast meeting Saturday at WCC. Larry Rines will remain trustee chair, Mat ’O Donnell vice chair, Mike…

Two movies starring Maine domestic violence survivors are premiering Saturday, July 16 at the 25th Maine International Film Festival in Waterville, sharing the stage with the award-winning…

“This side is the outside,” Aoife Cunningham explained of the seashell in her hand. The Edgecomb 5-year-old got it at Strawberry Festival at St. Philip’s Church, Hodge Street, Wiscasset. Saturday…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

From Chicago to Philadelphia and now Boothbay Harbor, a national shortage of lifeguards has meant closings for public swimming pools. Boothbay Region YMCA Executive Director Andy Hamblett said…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce 11th Annual Awards Dinner was held Thursday, June 16 at Wiscasset Community Center. Lots of food and frivolity were on the menu! Scott Wilkinson from the office…

Obituary

Mary Catherine A. Wilson, 41, of Boothbay was called home to God on June 19, 2022 with her family by her side.

Mary Catherine was born Angel Marie on April 2, 1981 in Biddeford and was…

Wiscasset selectmen

Wiscasset selectmen passed the new sewer rates June 21, after department superintendent Rob Lalli explained how revenue can rise 46% with most rates rising by about half that.

Via Zoom,…

Registered voters who did not vote in the past two federal elections have 20 days to verify address

Yes, the state of Maine is mailing notices to some registered voters asking them to verify their address ahead of the November election. But the state’s top elections official says voters should…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

Interested in advocating for the best interests of a Maine child? The Maine Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program is holding its fall training for volunteer advocates on Aug. 16-19.…

Obituary

Janice Elaine Gilchrist Beliasov, 89, went to heaven on June 4, 2022. She was a faithful pastor’s wife, whose husband, James Beliasov, passed in 2017.

Janice (or Jann, as she started…

The Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association (MCFA), a nonprofit working to support vibrant fisheries, healthy fishermen, and thriving fishing communities, is pleased to be collaborating on a…

“This building has been a part of the town of Woolwich for 185 years and it’s important that we carry on the tradition,” said Selectmen’s Chairman David King Sr. when he called the June 21 board…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.

Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…

Westport Island’s town website, westportisland.us, reports town meeting is at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 25, at the Town Hall, 1217 Main Road. The town website has a copy of the warrant. 

Mary Catherine A. Wilson, 41, passed away unexpectedly on June 19, 2022 at Maine Medical Center with her loving family by her side. Friends are welcome to join the family for a memorial visitation…

Alna selectmen on June 15 praised two gravel road grading bidders and then went with a third they said one of the other two recommended.

The firm that has done the springtime grading for…

Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of its ninth annual Claw Down, held at The Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor on June 16.

Nine chefs competed in the event which…

Boothbay Harbor Lobster Boat Races

Andrew Taylor of Southport, owner of Blue Eyed Girl, defended his title as the Fastest Working Lobster Boat, at the Charles Begin Memorial Lobster Boat…

According to a gofundme.com page Wiscasset Police Officer Jonathan Barnes organized, and told Wiscasset Newspaper about, titled “Officer Hunter Farrell with medical expenses,” on the night of June…