After some initial showers, the sky cleared for a successful final Wiscasset Art Walk of the season on Thursday evening, Sept. 30.
Artist Susan Perrine was creating a garden structure from…
News
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…
Kendall Chick would have been going on 8 now. In 2019, her grandfather’s fiancé Shawna Gatto got 50 years in prison for the Wiscasset girl’s murder, at 4, in December 2017. Chick could still have…
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 — Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday evening she has signed legislation establishing Maine’s new district maps.
Earlier Wednesday, the Maine State Legislature voted to…
LincolnHealth
LincolnHealth reported 57 COVID-19 cases out of 859 tests for the week of Sept. 20. With test numbers down slightly and cases down significantly, the positivity rate lowered to 6.64% from 9.4%…
Update: The Maine Senate Majority Office announced Wednesday morning, the stop at Wiscasset Community Center has changed from 4 p.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 29.
Original post: Remarks…
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…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District invites the public to its 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting and Conservation Awards Celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 20 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Join us…
Jonathan D. Roberts, 47, of Waban, Massachusetts will appear at Lincoln County Courthouse Oct. 4 in a hearing to determine if a 2019 deferred disposition agreement will be revoked. Roberts pleaded…
Obituary
With great sadness, the family of Estelle Mae Townsend Appel shares her passing at age 87 on September 22, 2021 from a long courageous battle with cancer. The following poem was written by a…
As Election Day nears on Nov. 2, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is reminding all Maine voters of a non-partisan resource that can help them make informed decisions at the polls: the …
Bishop Robert Deeley has announced that Monsignor René Mathieu has been appointed temporary administrator of All Saints Parish (St. Charles Borromeo Church, Brunswick; St. John the Baptist Church…
Westport Island does not know yet if it wants two acres at the old landfill, but officials are looking to find out what’s there, how to possibly use the land and what responsibility might come…
In a short meeting via Zoom Monday night, Wiscasset’s Planning Board gave the green light to the Wiscasset Gardiner Solar Project to move to the next step in the site plan review process. Kara…
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…
Each year the Boothbay Railway Village Museum celebrates the arrival of fall with Family Harvest Day. The event this year, Saturday, Oct. 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., features classic New England…
Healthy Kids and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department will hold a gun safety event on Oct. 16 from 10 a.m. to noon at the American Legion Hall, 527 Main St. Damariscotta. According to the…
There won’t be an increase in Woolwich property taxes this year. The rate will stay at $15.40 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation, the same as in 2020. The select board set the tax rate…
LincolnHealth
LincolnHealth staff administered 88 influenza vaccinations via drive-through at St. Andrews Urgent Care in Boothbay Harbor and 208 at the Miles campus in Damariscotta Sept. 25. The clinics were…
Press release
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) today filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Secretary of Commerce in the U.S. District Court for the District of…
Obituary
Genevieve L. (Wallace) Earle passed away peacefully at home on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021; she was 94 years old.
Genevieve was born in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, on Christmas Eve…
American Legion Post 54 of Wiscasset Auxiliary will host a suicide prevention talk at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29 at the post’s hall, 523 Bath Road. Shamera Simpson from American Foundation for…
Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, will hold her monthly office hours, Coffee with Chloe, from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3 at Cupacity coffee shop, 133 Main St., Damariscotta.
Office hours…
Obituary
Our beloved matriarch transitioned peacefully to spirit, with family by her side, on Sept. 19, 2021. Virginia, the daughter of Russell and Cora Boyd Nelson, was born in Boothbay Harbor, Maine on…
A realtor.com advertisement changed following a call from Edgecomb Selectman Dawn Murray. She heard about the online advertisement describing Gateway Condominiums on the Route 1-Route 27…
Obituary
Father Thomas M. Murphy, pastor of All Saints Parish in Brunswick, passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 20, 2021 at the age of 68.
The son of Louis and Phyllis Murphy, Father Murphy was born…
A petition in Alna seeks a secret ballot vote to change selectmen’s terms and pay. The residents who collected signatures told Wiscasset Newspaper, they want…
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…
At Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, preparations are already underway for the seventh annual Gardens Aglow. After positive feedback from last year’s successful pivot to hold the event…
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…
Visiting hours for Robert “Skip” Kreahling Jr., who passed away on July 19, 2021, will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 6 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Hall Funeral Home and Tribute Center, 975 Wiscasset…
First National Bank recently announced that it has made donations totaling over $29,000 to 35 organizations fighting food insecurity in the bank’s market area in response to its program Dream…
Sales of Maine’s single-family existing homes eased a slight 4.76 percent last month, according to Maine Listings. Realtors reported that 2,063 homes changed hands in August 2021, compared to 2,…
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…
Death notice
Virginia Cora Nelson Brewer, 93, of Boothbay Harbor passed away peacefully on Sept. 19, 2021.
A full obituary will follow when available.
LincolnHealth reported record-setting COVID-19 numbers for the week of Sept. 13 with 83 positive cases from 883 tests. Nearly half of the cases were of those under 18 and about a third of all…
Midcoast Conservancy is pleased to announce “Midcoast Matters” — a six-part television series focusing on the people, places, and natural wonders of Midcoast Maine.
Through…
Rockweed is a common and important seaweed in Maine, and a new program needs volunteers to help gather information about it at sites along the coast. Join Schoodic Institute and Kennebec Estuary…
Death notice
Mitch Billis, nationally known plein air painter and longtime resident of Boothbay Harbor, died from a brief unexpected illness on Sept. 20, 2021.
He was surrounded by his loving wife and…
Knickerbocker Group, the award-winning design, construction, and property management firm based in Boothbay and Portland, is delighted to announce that Danielle Betts, after 14 years with the…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has three fewer workers due to Maine’s mandate that health care workers get vaccinated for COVID-19, Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen Sept. 21…
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…
An interment of Joan M. Legg of Bradford Road, Wiscasset, who died April 9, 2021, will be held Saturday, Sept. 25 at 1 p.m. at Greenlawn Cemetery, Wiscasset.
Edgecomb selectmen remembered Jack Sarmanian Sept. 20 as a devoted public servant who dedicated 18 years to making the town a better place. Sarmanian died Sept. 11 after a lengthy illness.…
Edgecomb selectmen are weighing the pros and cons of joining Wiscasset Water District. Edgecomb has had minimal conversations about joining the district since 2004 and expansion onto Davis Island…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC) in collaboration with Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency (LCEMA) are requesting public comment on the 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan update…
An issue Jeff Spinney and Alna selectmen resolved over his shoreland earthwork project re-emerged Sept. 15. The new board concluded Spinney’s project violates zoning. Selectmen authorized the town…
Lincoln Medical Partners
LincolnHealth begins its annual flu vaccination clinics this Saturday, with drive-up events in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta.
Clinics will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays…
