Beverly A. Rogers Lilly, 93, formerly of Dresden, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor. She was born in Waterville on Sept. 2, 1928, the daughter of…
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Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission is continuing a monthly newsletter discussing climate change in Maine. “LCRPC Interprets!” was released monthly during 2021 following each chapter of…
Obituary
Elaine Dickinson, 79, of Boothbay passed on Nov. 21, 2021, at Parkview Hospital in Brunswick after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
She was born April 30, 1942, in Boothbay, the…
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…
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
George Frederick Stanley, 61, of East Boothbay, Maine passed away peacefully at 3:39 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2022, at Mass General Hospital in Boston with his loving wife Linnea and son Nate by his side.…
Town of Wiscasset
Wiscasset is moving its free sandpile from the town garage to the transfer station on Fowle Hill Road. The town has always made free sand available at the town garage for…
I write today with bittersweet news. I have decided not to seek re-election to the State Senate for our beloved District 13 in 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…
Edgecomb
In 1774, a small Lincoln County town started out as Freetown, but later renamed itself after a British lord who supported the American Revolution. Lord Mount Edgecomb was the British nobleman who…
legislative advocate for children is optimistic about pending reforms
Maddox Williams. Hailey Goding. Sylus Melvin. Baby Harding.
Two Maine toddlers and two babies died in their homes last summer.
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood announced in Tuesday night’s school committee meeting, the school department will tap American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for a school resource…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) will meet via Zoom or by telephone at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 20.
The agenda includes State Senator Chloe Maxmin (D-…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay recently appointed four new members to its board of trustees. Each will support the laboratory’s mission to study the foundation of global…
Obituary
Richard Phillip Giles, 65, of Boothbay, died unexpectedly on Jan. 3, 2022. He was the son of Carlton and Jeanette Giles of Boothbay. He was born Feb. 11, 1956.
Rich was a house painter by…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Superintendent of Schools Howard Tuttle’s report to the district’s board for its Thursday, Jan. 13 meeting states the following
On Jan. 5 RSU 12…
Midcoast Federal Credit Union is pleased to welcome the following individuals to the Midcoast Team.
Midcoast FCU welcomes April Chubbuck as their new Member…
Dec. 3, 10:09 a.m., Route 1, Cod Cove Bridge, medical.
Dec.5, 12:35 a.m., Route 27, medical.
Dec. 5, 9:34 a.m., Wiscasset, mutual aid, structure fire.
Dec. 6, 11:15 p.m.,…
Alna planning board
The proposed solar project off Route 218 is an Alna first, Planning Board Chair Jim Amaral told the…
Ordinance review committee
Most people who have so far answered Wiscasset’s marijuana survey want an ordinance to allow licenses, Selectmen’s Chair Sarah Whitfield told the ordinance review committee Monday night. That…
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 strong mid-January cold front is moving into the area, causing temperatures to drop into the single digits and below zero from now through Tuesday morning, according to the US National Weather…
LincolnHealth has made changes to its booster clinic schedule and expanded vaccine eligibility in the hope more individuals age 12 and up will receive this extra layer of protection against COVID-…
The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands is working with an independent logger to complete the selective timber harvest that was begun at Dodge Point in Newcastle in 2019.
According to Project…
The Lincoln County Amateur Radio EMA Team will participate in the Winter Field Day Amateur Radio event in Damariscotta Jan. 29. The event will be held in the Damariscotta municipal parking lot by…
Woolwich selectmen are taking their concerns about the Station 46 Bridge Replacement Project to the press. Wiscasset Newspaper was invited to meet with two of the five selectboard members and the…
Obituary
Micheal A. Leighton, 52, passed away peacefully on Jan. 7, 2022 at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta with his wife, Heidi, by his side.
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I am an Independent candidate for Maine House District 47, representing Alna, Jefferson,…
Lincoln County Republicans held their monthly meeting Jan. 8 to a full standing-room-only gathering at the Wiscasset Community Center. It was a busy and exciting meeting to kick off election year…
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
Leroy (Roy) Fogg Hussey, 97, passed away on Jan. 2, 2022 in Augusta, Maine. He was a lifelong resident of Augusta, and summer resident of Ocean Point, East Boothbay. He was born in Augusta, Maine…
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff on Saturday, Jan. 8, the day of interment for Senator Harry Reid, who died Dec. 28, 2021.
Below is President…
Obituary
Paul A. Wright of Westport Bridge Road, Wiscasset died Nov. 19, 2021 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
He was born in Bath on April 22, 1941, a son of Wellesley and Pearl (Doughty)…
Wiscasset selectmen
To explore Wiscasset’s options for all of town to have fiber optic broadband, including how to ensure residents who cannot afford broadband, or do not know how to use it, can get it and learn it…
Interested in advocating for the best interests of a Maine child? The Maine Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program is holding its spring training for volunteer advocates on March 8-11.…
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
Goldie Hubbard Cannon, 85, of Yarmouth, Maine, passed away peacefully at Bay Square assisted living facility in Yarmouth, Maine on Dec. 25, 2021.
She was a caring, compassionate, sweet,…
Obituary
The Reverend Levering Reynolds III, former pastor of First Congregational Church in Wiscasset from 1969 to 1978, died peacefully on Jan. 2, 2022 at the age of 81 at his…
Alna selectmen
Alna firefighter Paul Crandall responded to none of the car mishaps town officials said happened in a Wednesday, Jan. 5 icing event. He lives on Head Tide Hill Road, the hill had not been sanded…
Boothbay Harbor Country Club makes Golfweek’s Best 2022 list of the Top Resort Courses in the U.S. – making it into the top 100!
After a rigorous review of several criteria by Golfweek’s…
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…
MaineHealth
Community members can help mitigate the impact of a sharp increase in cases that is further straining the health care system’s resources. Find information on MaineHealth’s vaccination clinics at…
Community members who test positive for COVID-19 with at-home tests should follow CDC guidelines for isolation and should not come to the emergency department, urgent care or walk-in clinics for…
Emergency medical service agencies in Lincoln County have experienced staffing shortages due to the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to expand the number of licensed EMTs in Lincoln…
Boothbay Region Ambulance Service hopes to attract more emergency medical technicians through a free training course. BRAS and Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor planned on paying for the $1,200 per…
No Tobacco '22/American Lung Association
AUGUSTA — Along with hitting the gym more often and starting a diet, quitting smoking tops many New Year’s resolution lists. Quitting tobacco isn’t easy, but 50 million ex-smokers in the United…
Jan. 6, 2022 marks one year since a faction of elected officials incited armed right-wing militants to attack the U.S. Capitol. One year later, the same faction is working to restrict the freedom…
LincolnHealth reported a record 221 COVID-19 cases from 1,174 tests for the week of Dec. 27. The positivity rate was 18.8%, over 11% more than 2021’s 7.3% average. There were also a record 126…
Masks will remain on for Edgecomb Eddy students during their outdoor recesses. Superintendent Bob Kahler updated the Edgecomb School Committee about recent changes made by the Center for Disease…
The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) celebrates its 100th year in 2022. Incorporated in January 1922, the Maine Tourism Association is the state’s largest advocate for all tourism-related…
