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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…

May 4: 12:41 p.m., Route 27: Medical. Assisted loading patient. Patient transported to hospital by CLC Ambulance.

May 7: 3:10 p.m., Damariscotta: Mutual aid. Provided station coverage for…

Gov. Janet Mills announced $4 million June 7 from the Maine Jobs and Recovery Program for job creation and employment recovery for the healthcare workforce. Mills made the announcement at…

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…

A memorial service for June Hildreth Jones of Augusta, who passed on Jan. 14, 2022 at the age of 93, will be held Saturday, June 25 at 2 p.m. at St Columba’s Episcopal Church, 32 Emery Lane…

Wiscasset selectmen

At least half of Wiscasset’s 18 sewer pump stations could fail at any time, an engineer whose firm studied the town’s sewers, pump stations and plant told residents June 7 in Wiscasset Community…

Wiscasset Middle High School is going with the rain date of Friday, June 10 for graduation, Administrative Assistant Cindy Collamore confirmed shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Graduation…

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…

While performing routine water quality monitoring on June 2, Midcoast Conservancy’s Damariscotta Lake Watershed Manager, Patricia Nease, observed what appeared to be cyanobacteria aggregates near…

Obituary

Calvin Carr of Boothbay, Maine successfully completed the earthly portion of his journey on June 5, 2022.

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 25, 1937 to F. Benjamin Carr, MD and…

The search is on for a new Edgecomb Eddy principal. Dr. Christina Boursaw officially tendered her resignation at the June 5 committee meeting. Boursaw served one year in the job. Boursaw arrived…

The parade of sail at Windjammer days in Boothbay Harbor, Maine is a memorable event to see and photograph. This year the event takes place in the early afternoon of Wednesday June 29.   Seeing…

Wiscasset selectmen

A hired firm’s document Wiscasset released in advance of the June 7 selectmen’s meeting raises the idea of moving the wastewater treatment plant, maybe to Federal Street or Mason Station. The…

The Candidates Night that Pam Logan announced last month on behalf of a group of voters, to hear from Wiscasset selectmen candidates, is this Wednesday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Senior Citizens…

Depending on what if anything Wiscasset selectmen decide June 7, a James Weldon Johnson memorial spot could be set aside at the town common and a bench one of them made could be part of it.

Woolwich selectmen

Woolwich officials announced the receipt of a $3,000 grant from Maine Municipal Association; the money will be used to replace flooring in the municipal building’s front lobby.

“The money…

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…

Press release

Please join us on Wednesday, June 22, as we welcome Shawn McBreairty, director of Special Projects, Maine First Project, as our speaker at the American Legion Hall in Boothbay at 7 p.m. Shawn will…

Ocean Point Inn & Resort will open for their 124th season on Friday, June 10. The restaurant will be open five days a week from June 10 to June 26, and seven days a week from June 27 through…

Obituary

Nancy Joyce Nivison Mazzone passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on June 3, 2022.

She was born March 26, 1950 in Norfolk Virginia, second of five children of Betty Joyce Leeper…

Edgecomb selectmen re-appointed Dawn Murray board chairman May 31. Murray was elected three years ago in a special election to fill Jack Sarmanian’s unexpired term. In her second year, Selectmen…

Jean Elizabeth Philbrook, 98, died Dec.. 12, 2021 at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine.

A service to celebrate Jean’s life will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 17 at St. Columba’s…

Obituary

Ronald P. Serina successfully escaped from the pain and debilitation of cancer on May 23, 2022.

Ron was born in Rahway, New Jersey on Sept. 8, 1943 to Stephina Motyka Serina and August…

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in May:

Alna: Golden Ridge Sportsman's Club LLC to Spinney, Jeffry A.; Spinney, Jeffry A…

Obituary

Jane G. (Regan) Spear, 99, of Boothbay Harbor, passed away on May 31, 2022. 

On June 12, 1922, she was born to James and Anna Regan in Boston, Massachusetts.

Jane grew up in…

The Lincoln County Historical Association has received a $3,700 grant from the Raymond McKinley Rideout Jr. Marguerite Waterman Rideout Fund of the Maine Community…

There was no official candidate on the May 21 Edgecomb School Committee member election so George Chase voted for himself. When the ballots were counted, Chase won, 2-0. He will begin his three-…

Obituary

Carol Jane Orne, of East Falmouth, Massachusetts and formerly of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, died June 2, 2022 at Royal Megansett Nursing Home in North Falmouth, Massachusetts. She was 80 years old.…

After George Floyd’s killing in 2020, Mary Finn wanted to read to learn all she could about racism. She had just retired, the pandemic had started, and she immersed herself in that reading,…

Members of Wiscasset Middle High School’s class of 2022 were treated to breakfast and an all-expense paid trip to Funtown Splashtown USA, Saturday –a gift from the alumni association. For the…

Obituary

Barbara “Bunny” Gagne of Exeter, New Hampshire and Boothbay Harbor died peacefully on June 1, 2022, at Exeter Hospital following a brief illness.

Bunny was born Feb. 27, 1935, to Albert…

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…

Ten Lincoln County towns are participating in a strategic project geared toward enhanced long-term road maintenance planning. As part of Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission’s 2022…

Obituary

John N. ‘‘Jolly’’ Arsenault, a lifelong resident of Boothbay Harbor, died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family May 27,…

Boothbay Harbor Sewer District received a $200,000 American Rescue Plan Act grant June 1 to design a seawall around its facility for protection against sea level rise. The district was one of…

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

Frank G. Helman, of Boothbay Harbor, died at home Thursday, June 2, with his beloved wife of 32 years, Martha (Peak) Helman, at his side. He was 92 years old.

Born and raised in Irwin,…

Obituary

Eliot Field died at his Dresden, Maine home on the hilltop he loved on May 26, 2022.

He was, and will always be, beloved for his sense of wonder. He inspired all those who knew and loved…

Lincoln County officials announced June 1 receipt of a $1,746 Safety Enhancement Grant by the Maine Municipal Association Workers’ Compensation Fund. The Ed MacDonald Safety Enhancement and…

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…

Several Coastal Rivers volunteers gathered at Pemaquid Beach recently for a training with the Maine Healthy Beaches Program. This training will prepare them to take weekly water samples at three…

Press release

The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations and the James Weldon Johnson Day Task Force will host a celebration of…

A memorial service for Norman T. Norwood of Boothbay, who passed away Jan. 20, will be held at the Boothbay Baptist Church on Saturday, June 4 at 1 p.m.

Obituary

After a long and full life of faith, love and deliberate optimism, Marcia Elizabeth Foulger died on May 31, 2022, in Brunswick, Maine.

She was born in Detroit, Michigan, where her father…

The family of Mary Evelyn welcome friends and relatives to attend a funeral Mass at Our Lady Queen of Peace, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Friday, June 3 at 1:30 p.m. All are welcome. Please…

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…

Democratic Senate District 13 candidate

A first-time candidate is running on an environmental platform and seeking an end to a statewide housing crisis in her bid for the state Senate. Cameron Reny of Round Pond is an elementary school…

COVID-19 and high cost of living remain daily challenges for Lincoln County residents and everyone across the U.S. In Lincoln County, state senate candidate David Levesque points toward opiate…

Coastal Rivers is hosting a walk to the salt marsh at Salt Bay Farm in Damariscotta from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Friday, June 3 to look for spawning horseshoe crabs.

Horseshoe crabs have been…

Obituary

Peter Smith Hall, 74, passed away at Maine Medical Center in Portland on May 26, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. He was born Oct. 7, 1947 in Boston, MA to Thomas Hall and Barbara (Emery)…