An enthusiastic crowd of 40 Democrats gathered at the 2020 Election Kick-Off meeting on February 9 at Ragsdale Studio in Boothbay. Attendees from Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay, Southport and Edgecomb…
News
On Valentine’s Day, a couple drove over 180 miles from Calais to Boothbay Harbor for the love of a dog. The couple was determined to adopt a Chiweenie, a mix breed of Chihuahua and Dachshund,…
Wiscasset Middle High School’s students and staff kicked off the February vacation break with their annual Winter Carnival Friday, Feb. 14.
The morning began with an assembly in the…
Obituary
On Feb. 5, 2020 John Herrick Moses Jr. passed away peacefully.
He was born March 15, 1939 in New York City, the son of Kay and John Moses, of Pig Cove Road, Southport. John spent his…
What are you doing with your extra day this Leap Year?
An extra day is something people always wish they had but only get once every four years. So, shouldn’t it be used for something…
The Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association’s annual Kids’ Ice Fishing Derby was held on Wily Pond on Saturday, Feb. 15, and despite temperatures barely above zero for the 8 a.m. start and…
The Wiscasset Elementary School Fourth and Fifth Grade Chorus performed a Valentine’s Day concert for residents of St. Andrews Village and other guests in…
March 13, 2020-Jan. 30, 2021
Portland, Maine: March 15, 2020 marks the 200th anniversary of Maine separating from Massachusetts to become the 23rd state in the Union. Maine Historical Society (MHS) recognized that it would be…
Press release
Post Offices across the state will be closed on Monday, Feb. 17 in celebration of Presidents’ Day. Retail offices will be closed and only…
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26, begins the Season of Lent. First Congregational Church UCC of Wiscasset will join St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in the St. Philip’s Parish Hall at 6 p.m. for a service of…
Wiscasset Police Department
Laura Mewa grew up in Old Town. A couple of years after earning her master’s degree, she took a job as school counselor at Medomak Middle School in Waldoboro.
Wiscasset Police Chief Larry…
Wiscasset School Committee
Fifth grade language teacher Justin Stygles on Feb. 11 presented to the school committee the results of one of the standardized tests Wiscasset Elementary School does. Stygles said the results…
Some of Woolwich’s earliest birth and death records dating from 1731 to 1835 have been newly restored and digitalized. Each page was rehydrated, repaired if needed and sleeved in protective mylar…
Cumberland County Courts
A Woolwich man has been indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury for Leaving the Scene of An Accident Involving Serious Bodily Injury or Death, according to court records. The grand jury report…
Lincoln County
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in January:
Alna: Verney, Joel W. P R and Verney, Richard A. Est. to Verney, Jeffrey W…
Wiscasset School Department has announced schools will be closed Thursday, Feb. 13 due to the inclement weather.
Once again this, 106.9 FRANK FM (WBQX, Thomaston) will be broadcast several tournament basketball games from the Augusta Civic Center, featuring several schools in the Midcoast and Central Maine…
Budget Committee, selectmen
The joint budget and select board workshop on Feb. 10 discussed the need for a planner/economic developer. Weather permitting, wastewater, public works and the transfer…
Feb. 10 was rainy and gray, not a typical Maine beach day, but for a group of retired scientists and six Edgecomb Eddy School students, it proved a bright and sunny learning experience. Three…
Edgecomb officials learned Monday, Feb. 10, the buyer for the town’s property on McKay Road may be interested in more land.
At the selectmen’s meeting, Troy Plummer, son of purchaser Todd…
No doubt locals noticed the tall figure of Jonne Trees filming at community events during the last few months of 2019. He was there as the returning station manager for BRTV Media Center/Channel…
2020 elections
U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Sara Gideon and her campaign drew over 250 to “Suppers with Sara” at American Legion Post 42 in Damariscotta Feb. 10. Gideon, seeking to unseat four-term incumbent…
Obituary
Ann Winslow Cochrane, 90, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Feb. 8, 2020.
Ann was born on March 3, 1929. She was the daughter of the late Gordon and Janet Winslow,…
The excitement and anticipation is growing as the Damariscotta Mills Alewife Festival Committee is busy making sure that 13th annual Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder “Alewives” Festival is filled…
Despite the expected wintery weather mix, those who attended Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s ninth annual dinner enjoyed the food, the venue, and the celebration of those honored this year.…
Maine Department of Transportation will seek bids on an estimated $500,000 in repairs to Max L. Wilder Memorial Bridge on state Route 127 linking Woolwich with Arrowsic.
The bridge spans…
Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee
Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, said a joint standing committee he is House chair of, Energy, Utilities and Technology, is scheduled to meet with Maine Public Utilities Chair Phil Bartlett at 1 p…
Obituary
Glenn A. Townsend died unexpectedly on Feb. 5, 2020.
He was born in Boothbay Harbor, Maine on July 4, 1948 to Francis and Dorothy (Sproul) Townsend. Glenn graduated from Boothbay Region…
Lincoln County Courts
The following information was provided by the Lincoln County Clerk of Courts. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Jeremiah Lucas, 22, of Edgecomb…
Obituary
Beloved by many, Joy Mehrl of Wiscasset passed away on Feb. 5, 2020 in the presence of her family.
Margaret Joy Brenner was born in 1946 to her parents…
Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA in Damariscotta will host an American Red Cross on Tuesday, Feb. 25 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs donated blood but…
Wiscasset School Department has announced a two-hour delay Monday, Feb. 10.
Midcoast Conservancy has welcomed Patricia Nease and Andrew Moriarity as its Maine Conservation Corps Environmental Stewards focused on lands and waters in its service area. MCC stewards volunteer…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation
Dads, stepdads, grandfathers, uncles and family friends brought a total of 94 girls to Wiscasset Parks and Recreation’s annual father-daughter dance Friday night, Feb. 7 at Wiscasset Community…
Home Friday morning on a snow day, Prema Long settled in by the wood stove with a hot cup of coffee and “a pile of quizzes and projects to grade, reflections to read and respond to, and…
With Jeff Verney’s $6,800 estimate, Alna selectmen plan to put a Pinkham Pond parking lot on next month’s town meeting warrant, First Selectman Melissa Spinney said.…
With snow and freezing rain creating dangerous travel conditions, Governor Janet Mills has directed all State of Maine offices closed today, Friday, Feb. 7.
“Snow, sleet, and freezing rain…
Nine months after voters approved buying it, Woolwich EMS has its new ambulance. It arrived Feb. 3.
EMS Director Brian Carlton said the new Rescue 1 will be ready for service by Valentine’s…
Due to the icy driving conditions anticipated on Feb. 7, the annual Haiti Benefit Dinner has been postponed until Feb. 21, 6 p.m., at St Patrick’s Church in Damariscotta Mills. All tickets remain…
Miles Brewer, 39, of Wiscasset was arrested and charged with Domestic Violence Aggravated Assault, Domestic Violence Criminal Threatening, Aggravated Assault, Criminal Threatening, Burglary,…
CLC YMCA Board of Directors has announced that current Director of Operations Casey Clark Kelley is overseeing daily operations in a short-term manner during their leadership transition process.…
AUGUSTA — An opposition group to the proposed Central Maine Power corridor said Feb. 3 that it submitted more than 75,000 signatures from registered Maine voters to the Secretary of State opposing…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Casey Stevens on Feb. 4 discussed the importance of moving toward a drone program for search and rescue. He said the drone could detect body heat or…
Love is in the air with the first annual “For the Love of Beer, Wine and Boutiques” in Boothbay Harbor. The weekend of fun and love begins on the…
What goes around, comes around.
From about 1982 to 1993, Lincoln County Publishing Company (LCPC) in Newcastle printed the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper, along with The Lincoln…
The Edgecomb School Committee directed Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Dr. Keith Laser to investigate whether buying or leasing a minivan is the best option in…
The Woolwich selectboard reviewed requests from non-profit organizations Monday when it continued work on the 2020-21 municipal budget. Voters will take up the requests at the annual town meeting…
Dresden selectmen
Dresden selectmen voted Feb. 4 to hold a special election April 7 for the selectman’s seat Trudy Foss is leaving. Nomination papers are now available and will be due March 6. Absentee ballots will…
Wiscasset selectmen
Citing family and other commitments, Wiscasset Town Manager John O’Connell announced Tuesday night he is resigning, and offered, should the board wish, to stay on until the first week in June to…
Wiscasset selectmen and the budget committee debated Monday whether or not to have both an annual budget and a second, five-year or longer capital budget plan that would include departments’ long-…
