Governor Janet Mills and the Maine CDC announced today Maine’s first presumptive positive case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Maine. The individual who tested positive is a woman in…
News
Governor announces insurance emergency proclamation, temporary suspension of non-essential out-of-state work travel for State employees, and a recommendation to postpone large, indoor gatherings
You can now grab a submarine on Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor, not for an undersea adventure, but for a delicious take-out or eat-in meal of a sandwich that resembles its namesake!
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Wiscasset School Committee
UPDATE: The resignation accepted March 10 was from PreK teacher Amy Mitchell; on Friday, Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood provided Mitchell’s resignation letter to Wiscasset Newspaper.
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Press release
In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, Midcoast Senior College has decided to cancel its spring term effective immediately. We are also suspending, until further notice, our Current Events forum in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and 211 Maine announced today, March 11, a new option for Mainers to get answers to questions about the 2019 novel…
In February, the Musquash Pond Preserve, on Bunker Hill Road in Jefferson, was transferred from The Nature Conservancy to Midcoast Conservancy. This was the second step in creating a 473-acre…
Lincoln County courts
A Lincoln County grand jury rose March 11 with an indictment charging an Augusta woman with trafficking a drug the charge claims contributed to a death.
The single-count indictment alleges…
Special Olympics Programs worldwide have been very strongly advised by Special Olympics International to suspend all sports training and competition activities involving their athletes through…
Boothbay Region YMCA is now offering LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, which is a free, 12-week recovery program for adult cancer patients and survivors. Registration is currently open for the session that…
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today published “Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19” to help companies respond in…
In one district, public school and nonprofit collaborate
MIDCOAST — A disturbing trend of students, especially in younger grades, exhibiting out-of-control behavior has increasingly unsettled schools in recent years, to the point that superintendents…
Alternative Organizational Structure 98 schools are formulating plans for handling the coronavirus. Superintendent Dr. Keith Laser reported during the March 9 Edgecomb School Committee meeting the…
2020 Elections
Southport, Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay, Edgecomb and Westport Island Democrats met for the 2020 Democratic Caucus March 8. Around 100 filed into the Boothbay Region High School gymnasium to take…
Everyone is guilty of procrastinating from time to time, but one place where it doesn’t pay to wait is doing your taxes. Scammers take full advantage of opportunities during tax filing season to…
Monday night’s Wiscasset Planning Board meeting was scarcely attended with no one from the public choosing to attend to speak at the public hearing to address several proposed ordinance changes.…
Like hospitals and health care provides across the state, LincolnHealth has been working since the earliest reported case of COVID-19, or coronavirus, to prepare for a response when it is needed…
On Friday, March 27, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS), in collaboration with the VA Maine Healthcare System, will host a recognition ceremony for Vietnam Veterans. The ceremony will…
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett is all for reforming the criminal justice system, but he’s against a couple of proposals working their way through the Maine Legislature.
Brackett…
Obituary
William Edward Gindele of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, formerly of East Boothbay and for 44 years loving companion of Carol Buxton of West Boothbay Harbor, died at home on the afternoon of March 6,…
Woolwich EMS wants to begin charging patients for ambulance services other than hospital transports. The proposal will be discussed at a public hearing 6 p.m. Monday, March 16 in the municipal…
Sheepscot Harbour Village Resort General Manager Gayle Hunt got the Edgecomb planning board’s unanimous approval Thursday, March 5 to move a previously approved market area from one end of the…
Lincoln County courts
Corey H. Ater, 32, of Phippsburg, charges of violating protection from abuse order and violating condition of release in Wiscasset, dismissed.
Olivia T. Coniam, 24, of Alna, charge of…
Later this month, Chesterfield Associates President E. Davies Allan expects the Westport Island firm to start a $1.4 million state job. Allan said it will pay more than any job the firm he started…
Sagadahoc County is learning an expensive lesson in cost-sharing agreements. For the second time, Sagadahoc officials requested three years of cost reimbursements from Lincoln County for a shared…
Press release
Celebrate Maine’s Bicentennial with a classic baked bean supper hosted by the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, Maine’s First Ship, and the Merrymeeting Gleaners on Saturday, March 14 at 4:30 to 6:30 p…
Presidential primary and state referendum
Democrat
Joseph Biden 114, Bernard Sanders 78, Michael Bloomberg 29, Elizabeth Warren 22, Amy Klobuchar 2, Tulsi Gabbard 1
Republican
Donald Trump 90
State referendum:…
A Celebration of Life service for Alice H. Thompson of Southport, who died Dec. 29, 2019, will be held Saturday, June 6 at 2 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 25 Industrial Park Road, Boothbay. Al…
Smithsonian Magazine has designated Saturday, April 4 as the 16th annual Museum Day, an initiative in which…
Midcoast Conservancy and Maine Department of Marine Resources staff have been braving the cold waters of the Sheepscot River planting Atlantic salmon eggs this month. These eggs will hatch and…
Damariscotta reported its Tuesday, March 3, voting results at damariscottame.com. Question 1, the people's veto on vaccinations, ran yes 173, no 685. And in the Democratic presidential primary,…
The Wiscasset select board March 3 approved installing electrical submetering on the Main Street, or Creamery, Pier and approved a few changes to the pier policy and vendor application.
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Dresden reported March 4, in March 3 results, Question 1, the people's veto on vaccinations, ran yes 183, no 413. And in the Democratic presidential primary, Joseph Biden got 70 votes; Michael…
Westport Island reported Tuesday, March 3, Question 1, the people's veto on vaccinations, ran yes 77, no 240. And in the Democratic presidential primary, Joseph Biden got 48 votes; Michael…
Wiscasset reported Tuesday, March 3, Question 1, the people's veto on vaccinations, ran yes 273, no 788. And in the Democratic presidential primary, Joseph Biden got 149 votes; Michael Bloomberg,…
Alna reported Tuesday, March 3, Question 1, the people's veto on vaccinations, ran yes 85, no 236. And in the Democratic presidential primary, Joseph Biden got 56 votes; Michael Bloomberg, 19;…
Newcastle reported Tuesday, March 3, Question 1, the people's veto on vaccinations, ran yes 151, no 689. And in the Democratic presidential primary, Joseph Biden got 178 votes; Michael Bloomberg,…
In unofficial results Woolwich reported Tuesday, March 3, Question 1, the people's veto on vaccinations, ran yes 252, no 832. And in the Democratic presidential primary, Joseph Biden had 190;…
Damariscotta Maine – LincolnHealth is accepting applications for the spring Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class through March 23. The 10-week training course begins April 21 and runs until…
Patten Free Library in Bath is asking Woolwich for a 2020-2021 contribution of $60,702, $5,007 more than last year. Library officials told the selectboard the increase is needed to keep the…
march 3, 2020 elections
AUGUSTA — Voters heading to the polls March 3 will be faced with one state referendum question, a people’s veto to legislation signed into law by Governor Janet Mills in May 2019.
The…
U.S. Senators Susan Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, and Angus King today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is releasing an additional…
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Arlington, VA – The Atlantic coastal states of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts have scheduled their hearings to gather public input on Draft…
Maine students in grades 4-12 are invited to submit entries for this year’s Law Day contests sponsored by the Maine State Bar Association. This year’s theme is “Your Vote, Your Voice, Our…
Wiscasset Family Health owner Dr. Cortney Linville and office manager Shelley Strozier will have a shorter walk to their spring jump into the Sheepscot River this year. Linville is moving the…
Analysis
The adage “Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves” is turning out to be a bit harder these days for Maine towns.
Since the end of last year, Edgecomb’s budget…
The Postal Service will be dedicating the Maine Statehood stamp on Sunday, March 15 at the Augusta Armory, 179 Western Ave.
updated: some candidates suspending campaigns
Voters trekking to the polls around the state Tuesday, March 3, will be tasked with voting for their choice of presidential candidate in Maine’s primary. The 129th Maine Legislature enacted a…
Anna Krebs died Feb. 25, 2020 at The Pines of Poughkeepsie, New York. She was 93. Anna was born on Jan. 29, 1927 to Agnes and Valentin Lippert in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
She married Edgar…
