Local elementary school students have a lot to smile about regarding the Center for Disease Controls’ updated Covid-19 protocols. Due to a reduction in coronavirus hospitalizations and cases, the…
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Danica Ramsey-Brimberg earned a doctorate in history from the University of Liverpool in December of 2021. Her thesis focused on Viking Age furnished graves dating back to the 9th-11th centuries…

Brunswick -- Midcoast Humane and Little Dog Coffee Shop has released the first of three sponsored videos designed to bring awareness to Midcoast Humane’s homeless animals 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…

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…

LincolnHealth reported 14 new COVID-19 cases from 247 tests for the week of Feb. 28. The 5.7% positivity rate is at its lowest since the end of August 2021. Six positive cases, or about 43%, were…

This year The Lincoln Home, a non-profit, independent and assisted living community, celebrates 95 years of serving seniors and our Lincoln County community. We could not do this without the…

Douglas E. Fraher, born Oct. 29, 1959, passed away on March 6, 2022 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Doug had suffered a sudden, devastating cardiac event from which he could not…
William Capen Edgerton, 62, of Topsham passed away peacefully in his sleep on Feb. 26, 2022 following an illness.
He was born in Portland and grew up in Gorham and at Ocean Point, later…

Nominations are now being accepted for the fifth annual Coulombe Center Award for Innovation, but only until April 15.
Created in 2018, this award highlights non-profit community partner…

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…
Woolwich is looking for a new fire chief following the resignation of Mike Demers. The select board announced Deputy Fire Chief Glen Kirkpatrick will take temporary charge of the department.
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Clarence “Larry” H. Cash Jr., 95, of Washington Street, Bath died March 1, 2022, at his residence.
He was born on Sept. 24, 1926, in Boston, Massachusetts, a…

A New Harbor man has been charged in connection with Dec. 31, 2021 fatal crash in Bristol. After an investigation by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Robert G. Campbell, age 39 of New Harbor,…

Evelyn Elizabeth Trask Racz died peacefully at home with her daughter, Susan, and her son-in-law, Steve, by her side on Feb. 25, 2022. She was 94 years old. Evelyn was the wife of the late Steven…

Arthur E. Reed, 79, passed away peacefully on Feb. 28, 2022 in Boothbay Harbor.
Arthur was born on May 20, 1942 in Boothbay Harbor. He was the son of the late Edward and Virginia (Bartik)…

Two of Wiscasset’s current select board members, Terry Heller and Dusty Jones, hail from Texas. But long before they arrived in Maine’s Prettiest Village, Wiscasset had a connection to the Lone…

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…

It’s not every day an organization reaches its 200th birthday, let alone is entering its third century of service to the people of Maine. Yet, Maine Historical Society (MHS) is doing just that! On…
Please join your friends at First Congregational Church, UCC, for a special Lenten sermon series on the ancient concept of koinonia beginning March 6.
In the series, Rev. Dr. Amy Lignitz…

Peter Royce Cook, of Westport, Connecticut and Boothbay Harbor, Maine passed away suddenly at his home in Boothbay Harbor on March 2, 2022. He was 65 years old.
Peter was born in Portland,…
For over three years, a collaboration of county and municipal officials has worked on a proposal to stabilize state funding for county corrections. Weekly meetings with representatives from the…

A Wiscasset police officer would make $16,000 more a year in Waldoboro, Wiscasset Officer Jonathan Barnes told Wiscasset selectmen in an email Chair Sarah Whitfield read…

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…
Peter R. Cook, 65, passed away on March 2, 2022 at his home in Boothbay Harbor. A gathering of Family and Friends will be held on Sunday, March 6 from 2 to 3 p.m. with a Celebration of Life to…
Feb. 2 at 5:15 p.m., two-car accident at Route 1 and Route 27. Both cars had to be towed.
Feb. 5 at 5:28 p.m., car vs. deer accident at the intersection of Route 27 and Town Hall Road. Car…

LincolnHealth reported 36 new COVID-19 cases from 306 tests for the week of Feb. 21. The data shows the lowest amount of weekly cases since August, tests since July, and positivity rate (11.8%)…

On Feb 21, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) received the 2022 VA Abraham Lincoln Pillar of Excellence Award for Innovative State Programs for its Maine Veterans’ Dental Network from…
Sharon Marchi, chair of The Lincoln County Ecumenical Committee for Haiti (LCECFH), announced March 1 that the annual Lincoln County Haiti Benefit Dinner will not be held again this year because…

Former Wiscasset Selectboard chair Ed Polewarczyk has thrown his hat into the ring for the Republican nomination in House District 47 which includes Alna, Jefferson, Whitefield and Wiscasset.…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services and the Maine Department of Education advised Maine school units and child care providers on Wednesday that effective March 9 universal…

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 Maine Aquaculture Association (MAA) has released the first of its kind…

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 Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in February:
Alna: Johns, Susan M. to Brassil, Claire; Baston, Douglas C. and Baston,…
Westport Island Democrats are having a special meeting Thursday, March 10, at the Town Hall, 6:…

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…

“There’s not a science to this, really” for how far a marijuana business should have to be from a school, Wiscasset Ordinance Review Committee Chair Karl Olson told fellow members over Zoom Monday…

Erin M. Hallinan, 56, passed away peacefully on Feb. 26, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport.
Erin was born on Nov. 6, 1965 in Boothbay Harbor, the son of Dennis and Mary (Delano)…

Carol Ann Diprima Rankin, born April 3, 1961 in Groton, Massachusetts, passed away surrounded by her family on Feb. 18, 2022 at Maine Medical Center in Portland as a result of injuries sustained…

AUGUSTA — With the U.S. CDC announcing Friday it is relaxing its mask guidance for communities where hospitals aren’t under high strain, Governor Janet Mills is calling on the Maine CDC to review…

Every day in Wiscasset, when motorists pass Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission on Route 1, they are also passing the non-profit National Digital Equity Center. Headquartered at LCRPC, the…

Marita Fairfield said she has “always been all about making sure people can use technology.” Now she is doing it as chief operating officer of Wiscasset-based National…

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is again offering local residents the opportunity to improve soil 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…
Woolwich is seeking bids for more improvements to Nequasset Park that include making its swimming area more Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) friendly. The park which includes a picnic area…

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…