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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…

Obituary

Carolyn A. (Thayer) Bailey, 85, of Brewer, formerly of Wiscasset, passed peacefully Feb. 19, 2022 at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.

She was born in…

LincolnHealth reported 57 new COVID-19 cases from 405 tests for the week of Feb. 14. Tests and positive cases continue on a downward trend from the peak of the pandemic in late December and early…

Absentee ballots for Alna’s March 25 town election will be available from Friday, Feb. 25 through Tuesday, March 22 at the town office, Town Clerk Lisa Arsenault…

Woolwich will post Old Stage, Nequasset and Mountain roads during construction of the new Station 46 Bridge. Road Commissioner Jack Shaw told the selectboard Feb. 22, he’d need their approval…

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

Millicent Ruth Brewer, age 83, of Orlando, Florida, passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 14, 2022.

Millicent was born on Nov. 29, 1938 in New York, New York, the daughter of Millicent (…

Obituary
William Lowell Stinson, 87, of Wiscasset passed away on Feb. 21, 2022. Lowell was born in Bath, Maine  May 20, 1934 to William L. and Mary (Boudin) Stinson. He lived most of his life…

Maine Department of Transportation’s project of replacing Station 46 Bridge is getting underway in Woolwich. All was quiet Sunday, Feb. 20 at the work site at Route 1 and…

Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg

Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg flies to Edinburgh April 5 where she will receive The Iain Macleòid Young Composer Award during the International Harp Festival, April 8-11, at George Watson’s College.…

Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Superintendent of Schools Howard Tuttle released the following letter Sunday, Feb. 20 on a move to optional masking starting Monday, Feb. 28:

“On…

Obituary

Mary Lou (Soule) Peaslee, born Nov. 16, 1928, in Damariscotta, was the daughter of Catherine M. (Caton) Soule and Francis S. Soule Sr., of Wiscasset. She passed away on Feb. 17, 2022, at the age…

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

On Valentine’s Day we lost a beautiful soul, Dorothy Elora Wood Janvrin. Dot, as she was widely known, was born at home in Groveland, Massachusetts, the fourth of six children of her loving…

Lincoln County Republicans held their Lincoln Day Dinner at the 1812 Farm in Bristol on Feb. 12. The theme of the event was Lincoln’s speeches. Trish Warren, candidate for House District 48, read…

Like she did growing up, Cindy Collamore has worked her way through Wiscasset’s schools. She is transferring from…

Obituary

Agatha K. DeRepentigny, 86, of Boothbay and Old Orchard Beach died on Feb. 18, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport.

Agatha was born on June 18, 1935, in Biddeford, Maine to Stanley and…

Wiscasset Middle High School graduate Daren Wood is a mechanical engineer at Peregrine Turbine Technologies in Wiscasset. But Saturday, Wood was splitting wood for the firepit that was one of 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…

Alna selectmen, other residents and the town’s plowing contractor talked again Feb. 16 about service this winter.

Bruce Hartford has decided to call it a career after 28 years with the U.S. Postal Service. Hartford was the Edgecomb postmaster for 4.5 years. Feb. 16 was his last day as he decided to reduce his…

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…

KELT

Sea level rise is a reality that will test Maine’s coastal communities and economies. The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is delighted to host Susie Arnold…

Wiscasset selectmen

Wiscasset is closer to a possible money-saving move on power. Titan Energy’s Adam Teff told the board the town has gotten a net energy…

Obituary

James W. Stetson, 75, died Feb. 14, 2022 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.

Jim was born Feb. 25, 1946 in Augusta, Maine…

The National Endowment for Arts is using $57.75 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds to support organizations and cultural sectors recovering from the pandemic. The awards are designed to…

Commissioners are seeking a 6% recycling services increase from five organizations outside Lincoln County. For several years, Lincoln County Recycling has served Warren, Windsor, Pittston 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 Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee voted on Tuesday to advance a bill by Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, aimed at supporting Maine’s lobster fishing industry following recent…

LincolnHealth reported 67 new COVID-19 cases from 462 tests for the week of Feb. 7. The positivity rate fell to 14.5% from the previous week’s nearly 17% continuing a downward trend also seen in…

Obituary

Albert Lowell Greenleaf, 78, of Boothbay Harbor died on Feb. 8, 2022 at the Sussman House in Rockport.

He was born Nov. 30, 1943 in Boothbay Harbor to Lowell and Edna Langley Greenleaf.…

The Woolwich town office will close at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, due to a staffing shortage. “We will reopen on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. We apologize for the…

Press release
Winterfest 2022, to benefit the Cooper DiPerri Scholarship Fund, runs Feb. 16-19 at Wiscasset Community Center. All events are free unless otherwise noted ($).

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…

106.9 FRANK FM (WBQX, Islesboro) will be broadcasting High School Tournament basketball beginning tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 15 and continuing through the upcoming week in Portland and Augusta.

Obituary

Donna Glee Lockard Sciascia, 90, died Feb. 8, 2022, at Sunnybrook Village, Brunswick.

She was born Feb. 25, 1931, in a sod house in Goodland, Kansas. Her parents were farmers, but her…

Service notice

Albert Greenleaf, 78, of Boothbay Harbor, passed on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022.

A gathering is scheduled for family and friends on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 from 6 to 8 p.m. with a time for sharing…

Obituary

Virginia “Ginny” Cooper, 93, long time resident of Wiscasset, passed away Feb. 11, 2022, following a brief stay at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.

Ginny was born in Portland, Maine on Dec. 22…

Midcoast Humane is excited to share the launch of a $6 million capital campaign to fund the renovation of a new facility to replace an existing facility at 30 Range Road.

“The pets in our…

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 ordinance review committee

Wiscasset ordinance review committee members and others took seconds Monday night to agree Routes 1 and 27 are where the town should allow marijuana businesses, and then much of the Zoom meeting…

Harpist Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg

Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg, who attended Boothbay Region Elementary School and graduated from North Yarmouth Academy in 2015, recently received the Iain…

Obituary

Donna Elizabeth Day Begley. On Jan. 31, 2022, a few days ago now, I went in to give Donna her morning meds. With just a little of dawn's light illuminating the room, I looked at her and knew she…

Atlantic Captain's Academy will be conducting a Coast Guard approved captain's course at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath starting on Wednesday evening, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. Classes will meet for…

SVRSU

Before Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit’s board meets again in March, if Maine Center for Disease Control stops requiring masks for schools to avoid contact tracing, Superintendent of Schools…

Obituary

Hope Marie Burnham, 67, of Boothbay Harbor, formally of Barters Island, passed away peacefully on Feb. 9, 2022 at Miles Memorial Hospital after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer.

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee will host events Saturday, Feb. 19 in Damariscotta and Boothbay to collect voter signatures for Democratic candidates running for governor, the state…

Obituary

Seth Lawrence Barker, 75, of East Boothbay passed away at his home on Feb. 10, 2022. He was surrounded by his wife, his three daughters, his niece, and two granddaughters after a courageous battle…

Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb, Southport, and Westport Island Republicans will caucus at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 5 at the American Legion Hall, at 25…

Obituary

Louis Richard Mucci of Alna, Maine passed away at home Feb. 2, 2022 from Parkinsoon’s related health issues at the age of 84 with his wife, son and two daughters at his side.

Louis (Lou)…