Two weeks after Woolwich voters approved marijuana ordinances, the planning board received its first preliminary application for a cannabis cultivation business. The select board reviewed the…
News
With a back-to-school shuffle like none before, students and their families should be extra vigilant on their health, said Lincoln Medical Partners pediatrician Dr. Melissa Keeport. Attention to…
Press release
The Maine Department of Marine Resources has received approximately $100,000 from the 2020 National Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative to improve research into a key indicator of the lobster…
LincolnHealth
Lincoln Medical Partners Primary Care has announced upcoming flu vaccination clinics at all four of its primary care practices.
The schedule through September is:
Boothbay…
Obituary
Robert (Bob) Walter Stuart, 87, of Hingham, Massachusetts died unexpectedly on Aug. 29, 2020 with his beloved wife, Dorothy, by his side.
His was a life of boundless energy and numerous…
Obituary
Hilda F. Traina was born in Chatham, Massachusetts to Henry and Florence Eldredge on June 5, 1921. She moved to the Lincoln Home in Newcastle, Maine two years ago to be close to her son and family…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 8, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Obituary
Jean Turner, 97, died July 21, 2020 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.
Born and raised on a farm in Osceola, Iowa, she graduated from Osceola High School and continued her education…
Obituary
Ashley Elizabeth Johnson entered this world prematurely with her twin sister on March 2, 1984 in Orlando, Florida.
While growing up the family moved a lot and Ashley lived in Christmas,…
In Boothbay Harbor Sunday, Sept. 6, Trump supporters decorated their boats with banners and flags and paraded through the outer and inner harbor.
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As schools and colleges around the country resume this fall with new health and safety precautions, one of the adaptations institutions are wrestling with is how to serve meals. Most schools…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 7, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Pulling the rope to ring the bell at First Congregational Church of Wiscasset is an effort, Brad Adler said. But the Wiscasset man, who has been a member with wife Emily over a decade and whose…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 6, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Westport Island’s and Alna’s school district, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit, had a “very successful” start to school, Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle said.
“Students attended…
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Greater Portland area, gathered online (due to pandemic restrictions), to sustain a new area Stake President (spiritual local…
Town of Edgecomb
During a special Sept. 3 workshop, Edgecomb’s school committee and selectmen moved closer together on education spending, but remained far apart on what each believes is best for local taxpayers.…
Obituary
Edward Riley, 75, a former resident of Boothbay Harbor and Pocasset, Massachusetts passed away Sept. 2, 2020 at the Atria in Falmouth after a brief illness.
He was born and remained an…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 5, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
One of the most resilient scams we know about is the lottery scam. In 2019 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received nearly 125,000 reports of scams involving prizes, sweepstakes and lotteries…
Obituary
Geraldine Helen (Vogel) Zajdel, 88, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passed away Sept. 3, 2020, from complications due to heart failure.
She was born on Jan. 16, 1932 to Joseph and…
The Common Ground Country Fair, the premier educational event of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), will be held online Sept. 25-27.
April Boucher, MOFGA’s Fair…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 4, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 134.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 4, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Wednesday night, Sept. 9, Wiscasset selectmen are set to take up a $75,161 Federal Aviation Administration grant for Wiscasset Municipal Airport. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Sept. 1…
Obituary
Sadly, on the 21st of August 2020, Peter B. Baade died at home after a long illness with his loving wife by his side. He was 84 years old.
Born in Portland, Maine on Aug. 18, 1936, Peter…
Obituary
Della Blanche Hilton, 69, of Wiscasset passed away on Sept. 1, 2020.
She was born in Damariscotta at Miles Hospital on Oct. 19, 1950, the daughter of Fred L. and Eva (Crory) Hilton of…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 3, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
The Stewardship Team/Trustees for the Second Congregational Chuch in Newcastle, UCC, are excited to announce the installation of the latest component to the renovation of the church’s historic…
In Maine, the media provides residents with daily totals of COVID-19 related cases, hospitalizations and deaths. As of Aug. 31, the coronavirus had claimed 132 lives, according to the Maine Center…
Dresden selectmen voted Tuesday, Sept. 1 to open meetings back to in-person attendance starting Sept. 15. Social distancing procedures will be followed and attendees will be required to wear masks…
Midcoast Maine Community Action Head Start in Bath has received $203,000 through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. These funds will support Head Start services to low…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Sept. 2, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 133.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 2, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Deputy Town Clerk Lynette Eastman has probably forgotten more about town government “than any of us will ever know,” Alna Second Selectman Doug Baston said Wednesday…
Obituary
Judith Louise “Judy” Jones, 71, of Wiscasset passed on Sept. 1, 2020 surrounded by family in the loving care of hospice at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
Judy was born Nov. 4, 1948 in…
A Lincoln Academy school resource officer is literally heading back to school this month. Deputy Sheriff Sean Pfaler won’t be returning to the Newcastle private school as he has taken a job to…
Wiscasset selectmen learned Tuesday, Sept. 1, a special town meeting will be needed to address an overdraft in the police budget and consider changes to the town’s shoreland zoning ordinance. The…
Shining a spotlight on inspirational leaders who rose to the challenge of caring for other Mainers during the COVID-19 outbreak in Maine, the Maine Council on Aging (MCOA) today announced their…
Miniature fitness trackers for lobsters and devices to monitor the quality of their shipping conditions are being prototyped as part of an initiative to reduce stress points and improve survival…
The aftermath of Aug. 29’s town meeting referendum vote has Edgecomb school officials unsure of the next move. Edgecomb voters rejected three key school funding articles including the overall $3,…
Gleason Fine Art gleefully announced being chosen Best Gallery in Maine this week ... now here are the other Reader’s Choice “Best Of’s” and “Finalists” from Wiscasset to Camden! If you want the…
Obituary
Martha A. Stetson (Way) passed away peacefully Aug. 19, 2020 at St. Andrews Village.
Martha was the daughter of Forrest and Jenny Hodgkins, born April 7, 1925 in Jefferson, Maine, attended…
Peter Wells told Friends of Wiscasset Village via Zoom Aug. 21, he and his Friends co-chair Will Truesdell came away from a recent lunch at Sarah’s Cafe with Town Manager Dennis Simmons with “a…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Sept. 1, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
The deadline for editorial and advertising submissions for the Sept. 10 edition is Friday, Sept. 4 at 4 p.m. The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper staff will be observing Labor Day on Monday,…
Obituary
James Matthew Klenk passed away on Aug. 24, 2020 in the arms of his beloved wife Ma Gina and surrounded by family who joined James and Ma Gina in a virtual gathering.
“Jamie” was born in…
The 53rd annual Fall Foliage Festival scheduled for Oct. 10 and 11, 2020 at the Boothbay Railway Museum, has been canceled due to COVID-19.
“After thoughtful and careful consideration, the…
