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 Masonic Charitable Foundation is excited to announce a new collaboration with Special Olympics Maine, to ensure the Maine delegation of athletes selected to compete at the 2022 Special…

Eugene William Kelley, 90, of Boothbay Harbor passed away in his home on Sept. 22, 2021 with his family and friends by his side.

Gene was born on Sept. 10, 1931, in the house where he took…

Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Oct. 1-15:…

Fourteen Lincoln County groups or people are being recognized for their dedicated community service. County commissioners are sending letters and certificates commemorating them for their…

A memorial service and interment of cremains of Marjorie ( Midge) Wood Brittingham will take place at Christ Episcopal Church, Oberlin, Ohio on Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. Midge died at…

In a 3-2 vote Tuesday night, Oct. 19, Wiscasset selectmen passed MSD Wiscasset…

Since 1999, Edgecomb Historical Society’s focus has been on the past, but now, it’s on the future. The society is struggling with fiscal and physical challenges. Membership is down significantly…

LD 268, "An Act To Eliminate Online Burn Permit Fees for All Areas of the State," sponsored by Senator Jim Dill, took effect Sunday, Oct. 17, when open burning permits obtained…

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 Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the Maine Department of Education (DOE), updated its COVID-19 vaccination rates for school staff.

79.7…

The Board of Directors of Midcoast Humane, a well-established nonprofit providing animal welfare services to 40 municipalities in the state of Maine, today announced the appointment of Jess…

Something exciting is rumbling down the tracks at Trout Brook Preserve! There are now two ways to enjoy the wooded hillsides of Trout Brook Preserve and surrounding Alna, by rail or by trail.…

LincolnHealth reported 46 new cases of COVID-19 out of 561 tests for the week of Oct. 11. While the percent positive rose 1.3% since the previous week, breakthrough cases – those who are…

The Boothbay Region Health Center will be offering flu shots both by appointment and walk-in from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28. We have both regular flu shots and senior (…

Edgecomb officials are methodically putting together a plan for replacing a defunct tennis court built in 1974 with federal funds. On Oct. 18, Schmid Preserve Chairman Lisa McSwain updated…

Woolwich voters will cast their ballots at the town office, not at the usual polling place, Woolwich Central School, Nov. 2, the day of the general election.

Select Board Chairman David…

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, along with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department and Damariscotta Police Department, will be participating in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Takeback Day this Saturday,…

Wiscasset Police Department reported on its Facebook page Monday, “Over the past few years the (former Wiscasset) Primary School on Gardiner Road has been the target of multiple break ins. Several…

Absentee ballots are available and polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at Wiscasset Community Center, 242 Gardiner Roa…

Alna selectmen Monday night agreed to have the town elect a first selectman Tuesday, Dec. 14, open nominations Wednesday, Oct. 20 and close them Nov. 5.

“(Dec. 14) is not so close to…

The study to determine if a new nursing facility can be built in Damariscotta to accommodate and consolidate LincolnHealth’s nursing and skilled nursing services provided in Boothbay Harbor 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…

On Saturday, Oct. 23, we will gather in Wiscasset to honor James Weldon Johnson, whose exemplary life in service of racial justice began in Jacksonville, Florida in 1871 and ended all too soon, in…

Shirley Mae (Perrault) Thibodeau passed away peacefully in the evening on Oct. 15, 2021. At the time of her death, she was living independently at the Park Danforth retirement home in Portland,…

Nancy B. Spinney, of Southport, Maine and Lawrence A. Dean, of Greenfield, Massachusetts were married on Saturday, Sept. 25.

The evening ceremony and dinner that followed were held at the…

Lincoln County Republicans will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at the Word of Life Church, 41 Old Route 1, Waldoboro. The social time will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will…

Boothbay Region Garden Club presents Early Bird Saturday Winter Market on Boothbay Common Nov. 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come join us for your early holiday shopping and support our club’s…

Wiscasset kicked off the Halloween season with the annual Scarecrow Festival hosted by the parks and recreation department. Saturday morning was a bit gray and damp but by afternoon the sun was…

This summer, selectmen briefly mulled having the voter-approved, selectmen-appointed, ad hoc, schools study committee craft a strategic plan for Wiscasset education. They dropped the idea as part…

In more than 30 years, Maine has never reached its goal of recycling 50 percent of the state’s solid waste. Even figuring out how much progress it’s making — and how state agencies might help…

Earring Workshop with Barbara Gage: Saturday, Nov. 6, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sign up before Friday, Oct. 29. $25 for course, $5 for materials. Class size: 10-12. Come learn how to make different styles 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…

Maine Attorney General’s Office has determined Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy David Bellows was acting in self-defense and in defense of other deputies and a woman on scene Dec. 18, 2020 when,…

All First National Bank branches will be collecting sweet treats and seasonings for local food pantries from Oct. 18 through Nov. 13.

If you would like to…

Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit’s board was onboard with Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle’s offer Oct. 14. Members decided unanimously to have him find out if Wiscasset wants to keep…

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…

Central Maine Power extended condolences to the family of iconic Maine business and philanthropy leader, David T. Flanagan, upon his death Oct. 14. Flanagan led CMP as President and CEO from 1994-…

Earlier this week, Governor Janet Mills held her first meeting of the recently reinvigorated Aides-de-Camp program, an advisory council of military veterans who advise the governor…

Alna selectmen Oct. 13 named a Richmond firm to work on Cross Road, pending voters’ OK in March. All State bid on two options for the project, one at $453,000; the other, $548,000, selectmen said…

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 38 cases out of 551 tests for the week of Oct. 4. Testing numbers remained the same as the week before, but with seven fewer cases, dropping the positivity rate from 8.17%…

Less than a week after residents urged them to call an election to fill the months-long vacancy in the first selectman’s seat, Alna selectmen on Tuesday called a 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18 meeting on…

Curtis Winslow West passed away at the age of 99 peacefully in his sleep at the Maine Veterans Home in Augusta on Oct. 11, 2021. 

Curt, as he liked to be called, was born in Steuben, Maine…

Hours before Wiscasset’s school committee met Tuesday night, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle gave his Wiscasset counterpart a heads up. Superintendent…

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 — As voters cast their ballots for the November 2 elections, Mainers will decide on three statewide referendum questions, including one that will determine if a $100 million bond focusing…

Maine Treasurer Henry E.M. Beck wants to remind Maine people that the Office of the State Treasurer is holding hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed property that may belong to you.

Debra “Deb” E. Schaffer, 75, of Wiscasset and Kettering, Ohio, passed away at her home on Oct. 7, 2021. 

Born on July 3, 1946 in Michigan, she was the daughter of William and Dorothea (…