Last month, a man who could not drive to medical care in Boston and had no one to drive him got a free plane ride there, Wiscasset Municipal Airport Manager Rick Tetrev wrote in his Dec. 15,…
News
Starting this holiday season, the Lincoln County Sherriff’s Office along with the Waldoboro, Damariscotta, and Wiscasset Police Departments will be taking part in a Designated Driver Initiative in…
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
Jean Wellington Slayton passed away on Dec. 13, 2021, at her home in Boothbay Harbor with family at her side and surrounded in thought by many families and friends who loved her over the 95 years…
Obituary
Ann Marie Grover Merry, 87, of Wiscasset, passed away unexpectedly on the afternoon of Dec. 13, 2021 at the LincolnHealth - Miles Campus. It was at Miles where Ann was born, the fourth of eight…
On Thursday, Dec. 16 Ed Thelander, retired Navy Seal and candidate for Federal Congressional District CD 1, held a meet and greet at Brady’s in Boothbay Harbor…
Calderwood Engineering Dec. 15 recommended Alna replace Ben Brook Bridge on Egypt Road. The firm and selectmen favor it so far over four other options. It would cost the most, $570,000, and last…
Friends of Wiscasset Village will continue, maybe with a revised name and some new goals. Over Zoom Friday, the group decided to stay intact.
“Wonderful ideas grow out of it,” Peg Konitzky…
Wreaths Across America
“Remember our fallen veterans. Honor those who serve. Teach your children the honor of freedom.” That’s the mission statement of Wreaths Across America and for Woolwich native Roger Brawn, a…
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
Jean Elizabeth Philbrook (nee Salter): With heavy hearts we announce the peaceful passing of our Aunt Elizabeth (Beth) in Sussman House, Rockport, Maine, on Dec. 12, 2021 after a brief illness, at…
Obituary
Cecelia Kay McDaniel-Knapp (Kayce), age 77, of Boothbay Harbor passed away surrounded by the love of her family and friends on Dec. 15, 2021.
Kayce was born on May 3, 1944 to George 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…
Update: Supt. Wood released the following update Thursday evening:
“I am writing this letter to inform you that since inaccurate information has been shared on Facebook and several…
The Edgecomb School Committee is taking a little extra time before deciding whether to make five policy changes. Edgecomb and other Alternative Organizational Structure 98 school boards are…
Auditor Ron Smith of RHR Smith & Company gave high marks Dec. 14 to Wiscasset School Department.
Addressing the school committee, Smith said the department’s carryover balance moved…
LincolnHealth reported 114 new COVID-19 cases from 840 tests for the week of Dec. 6. Cases were at their highest in a single week and the positivity rate, 13.6%, was second highest behind 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…
Edgecomb Community Church invites you to come and celebrate the birth of the Christ child at their special Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on Friday, Dec. 24 at 5 p.m. During this service, the…
AUGUSTA - Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is warning Mainers to be suspicious of text messages they may have received from an entity claiming to be the "Maine DMV" which asks the recipient to…
Edgecomb residents can weigh in on a proposed solar power ordinance this month. On Dec. 13, selectmen scheduled a public hearing for reviewing the planning board’s proposed ordinance. Edgecomb…
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…
Alna has elected Ed Pentaleri first selectman and, with 159 no’s to 152 yes votes, rejected proposed changes to selectmen’s terms and pay, according to results Town Clerk Lisa Arsenault emailed.…
On Dec. 17, students from Lincoln Academy, along with Damariscotta Police Department, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, the CLC YMCA, and substance use prevention coordinators from Healthy…
The Wreaths Across America convoy made a stop at Wiscasset Speedway Sunday evening on the way to Arlington National Cemetery. The nonprofit started in 1992 and honors veterans by placing wreaths…
Ordinance review committee
Smoking and inside fires might be out and bounce houses, pets, alcohol and more might, in some cases, be in. Over Zoom Monday night, Wiscasset’s ordinance review committee talked about what to let…
LincolnHealth’s Respiratory Care Clinic, the current site for by-…
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 planning board
Ames True Value Supply may ask permission to add to its parking and more, Wiscasset’s planning board heard Monday night.
According to an email the board received and the Zoom meeting with…
Alna selectmen
A day before Alna elects a first selectman for a term that ends in March, selectmen Monday set a Friday, March 25 election for that seat’s next term. According to Monday’s meeting and a town email…
You did it! In early August 2021, our board thought we were going to have to close the Boothbay Region Health Center due to a cash flow crunch and a shortfall in donations of $110,000. As we hoped…
Members of the Maine National Guard are to deploy to 10 health care facilities across the state this week to help relieve hospitals experiencing capacity challenges and to maintain access to…
Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, will hold her regular office hours, Coffee with Chloe, from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday…
Alna planning board
A Route 218 solar project got Alna planning board’s OK Dec. 7 for a business license, and a Portland-based consultant got more to do toward another nod the project needs.
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Obituary
The Rev. Canon Joan Stuart Butler Ford, lifetime visitor to Maine and much loved and highly respected mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and Canon for Communications at St. Paul’s Episcopal…
Obituary
With her husband and daughter at her side, Jean Rosalie Webster passed away peacefully at home on Dec. 9, 2021 from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 82. Jean was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York…
Service notice
Jean R. Webster passed away peacefully on Dec. 9, 2021. A gathering of family and friend will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 14 beginning at 10:30 a.m. with a service of Remembrance to begin at 11:15 a.…
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
A fundraiser luncheon is planned from noon to 2 p.m. Dec. 18 at Wiscasset Community Center, 242 Gardiner Road, to help a Wiscasset couple who lost their home to a fire Dec. 5. Matthew…
Last summer, the labor shortage was so profound, Lincoln County Communications and Sheriff’s Department resorted to advertising vacancies via lawn sign. The communications center is once again…
LincolnHealth reported a record 90 new COVID-19 cases from 636 tests for the week of Nov. 29. The data represents a record positivity rate of 14.2%. Breakthrough cases, those who have been…
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 selectmen
Essential workers employed from July 1 to Nov. 27 will get one-time stipends of 6.2% of their pay for actual hours worked, Town Manager Dennis Simmons said. So if they made $10,000 for hours…
‘More people are showing up seeking care, and that’s going to continue for a long time’
MaineHealth invited Maine media to a Wednesday morning Zoom news conference to describe a…
Hear ye, hear ye, the following businesses have set their intention to participate in the 2021 Men’s Night shopping event in Boothbay Harbor Dec. 15: Boat House Bistro, Cannery, China By the Sea,…
Christmas came a little early for Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department. Commissioners approved up to $42,000 in unbudgeted equipment expenses. Sheriff Todd Brackett told commissioners Dec. 7, 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…
A driving tour of magical light celebrating Maine’s woods and waterways, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ 2021 Gardens Aglow is …
Abden Simmons has announced he will be seeking the Maine Senate District 13 seat. The district includes all towns in Lincoln County, as well as Windsor in Kennebec County and Washington…
