A walking and cross-country skiing trail, an idea when Alna was getting its new town office, became real this month. It cost the town nothing, First Selectman Melissa Spinney said.
“It’s…
News
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 191 calls for service for the period of Jan. 14 to Jan. 21. Year to date, LCSO has responded to…
Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 will hold its annual budget meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 23 in the Boothbay Region Elementary School gymnasium. Voters from Southport, Boothbay Harbor,…
Obituary
Edwin Dexter, age 95, passed away peacefully on the evening of Jan. 19, 2020 at his home in Waldoboro.
Edwin was born on October 7, 1924 in West Haven, Connecticut to the late Joseph H.…
Students from Boothbay Region YMCA Y-Arts won a national Freddie G Excellence in Ensemble Work award and earned other recognition at the 2020 Junior Theater Festival Atlanta, which happened Jan.…
Obituary
Doug Bragg, kind, funny, loved by many and often referred to as “Daddy Doug,” was born on April 30, 1947 and passed peacefully Jan. 16…
Obituary
Mary Lee Brown of Boothbay Harbor died Jan. 10, 2020.
Mary Lee was born in Boothbay Harbor to the late Alice and Judge Hurley on a blustery March day (March 26, 1938). She was active in…
Friends of Wiscasset Village on Jan. 17 discussed plans for a grand opening celebration in late June, after the completion of Maine Department of Transportation’s downtown work and after work to…
Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA has recently announced that their CEO, Meagan Hamblett, has been hired as the executive director for the YMCA Alliances of Maine and NH/VT. Hamblett’s last day at…
The Edgecomb Community Church will be holding a fundraising event in the form of a sub sale Sunday, Feb. 2. Church members will be taking orders for this winter event, which will be replacing one…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Director Duane Goud said he isn’t very good at cornhole. But if needed to make even teams for Winterfest’s new tournament Saturday, Feb. 1, he’ll play.
“I’ve…
Wiscasset Police Department Chief Larry Hesseltine warned the public about a phishing scam that affects local churches.
In November and January, several parishioners from Wiscasset’s First…
Obituary
Dorothy Gray, 89, of Hallowell and formerly of Farmingdale, died Jan. 14, 2020 at the Augusta Health and Rehabilitation Center in Augusta.
She was born in Rumford, Maine on April 1, 1930,…
Obituary
Michael P. Gamache 64, of Lisbon Falls passed away peacefully on Jan. 14, 2020 at Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice House in Auburn.
Born in Lewiston Jan. 15, 1955 to Clarence Leo…
The essential roles that microbes play in deep-sea ecosystems are at risk from the potential environmental impacts of mining, a…
LincolnHealth was pleased to present Waldoboro resident Kathryn Genthner, RN, with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. This award was created in 1999 to recognize those who go above and…
Healthy Lincoln County
Lincoln County Gleaners, just completing their third season, kicked off 2020 at Goranson’s Farm in Dresden Jan. 11 when they collected several boxes of root vegetables from cold storage.
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In a special town meeting Wednesday evening, Jan. 15 at Pownalborough Hall, Dresden residents voted 27-7 to take $50,000 from surplus to buy 540 Gardiner Road. Marilyn Baker’s property is next…
On Friday, Jan. 3, following a decade of planning and fundraising, the Frances Perkins Center successfully purchased the Frances Perkins Homestead to preserve this National Historic Landmark as an…
A unique educational opportunity launches on Jan. 24, when a Maine teacher sets sail for the Southern Ocean as part of a Bigelow…
Alna’s nomination papers for the March town elections are due back by Monday, Jan. 20, Town Clerk Liz Brown said. The town office will be open…
The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) is pleased to announce Sarah Sherman, a native of Midcoast Maine, has…
Wiscasset School Committee
Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood said Jan. 14, Maine Education Assessment results for students with disabilities in Wiscasset helped bring the schools up from tier three to tier one…
The food pantry Alna started at its new town office last year has gone from an upstairs closet and upright refrigerator-freezer First Selectman Melissa Spinney and husband Jeff donated, to now…
Boothbay Region Land Trust
At a Boothbay Region Land Trust/Indivisible Boothbay event Friday morning at Southport Town Hall, Dr. Jeff Wells described a dire situation he said climate change has put Maine birds in,…
Corey “Bo Bo” Tibbetts was feelin’ the love at the Break-A-Leg Send Off Party at Brady’s Restaurant Jan. 12. He leaves Thursday, Jan.16 for Nashville to audition Jan. 18 in the open call for “The…
Obituary
Toni Hinds, 71, of Washington, Maine, formerly of Wiscasset, died Jan. 10, 2020 at the Washington Manor.
She was born at Gardiner General Hospital on Nov. 15, 1948, a daughter of Cecil and…
A recent Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 board decision to outsource work formerly done by finance manager Kathleen Pearce created a change in process for Edgecomb, town officials…
Press release
Representative Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, announced her campaign for Senate District 13 on Jan. 13, 2020. Maxmin will challenge Senate Republican Minority Leader Dana Dow. The campaign will…
Obituary
Deborah Holmes Beam, 58, of Edgecomb, Maine passed away peacefully on Jan. 10, 2020, in the loving hands of her family at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine. Her passing comes after a long and…
Obituary
Michael Flanakin Eastwood passed away Jan. 11, 2020 after a long battle with Parkinson ’s disease.
Mike was born on July 2, 1941 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Roy and Mary Grace Flanakin.…
Wiscasset Planning Board
The Barnhouse Grill, the proposed restaurant and bar in the former Simpson’s Fish Market at 690 Bath Road, Wiscasset, received the planning board’s final approval Jan. 13. In a public hearing, co-…
A longtime Augusta collision center manager who summers on a boat in Boothbay Harbor has bought Pro Body Works in Wiscasset from the Westport Island man who had it its first 37 years. “He will do…
For Jack and Beth McKenna it looks like retirement is going to be busy. The recently retired marine geologist and still working educator have set up a nonprofit introducing kids to the marine…
Obituary
Holly Marie Keith, 58, of Wiscasset, Maine passed away Jan. 10, 2020 surrounded by family and friends, due to liver disease brought on by Crohn’s Disease at Mid Ccoast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine…
Obituary
Roger Dalton, 86, of Phippsburg, Maine passed away at Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick Jan. 9, 2020.
Roger was born Aug. 27, 1933 in Wiscasset, Maine to Joseph and Edith Jones Dalton of…
Press release
Dr. Ron Bouffard, “the Boothbay Chiropractor” for the past 25 years has announced he is taking a leave of absence from the practice to immerse himself in a clinical practice of functional…
Central Maine Power officials will be at the Woolwich municipal building at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29 to discuss aircraft warning lights on CMP’s Chops Point transmission towers.
“This is…
Obituary
Brenda Evelyn Flanders, 60, of Sarasota, Florida died Jan. 1, 2020 as a result of an automobile accident.
Born on April 23, 1959 in Damariscotta, Maine, she grew up in Wiscasset and…
Pepper Powers of Phippsburg and wife Jean plan to start a brewery and taproom, Bath Ale Works, at Wiscasset Marketplace on Route 1.
Pepper Powers is recently retired as a NASA contractor…
Maine’s coastal communities face multiple environmental and socioeconomic changes, including declining fisheries, loss of working waterfronts, and warming oceans. With more than 3,500…
Kerry Ann Mendez had a first in Wiscasset Jan. 9. The upstate New York-raised Kennebunk resident has given gardening talks around the U.S. and overseas. Some clubs are stiff, some warm, making her…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in December:
Alna: Frost, Simon and Frost, Jane to Diprima, Francesca; Peele, Michelle…
Wind and snow provided a peaceful backdrop at Wilson Memorial Chapel at Ocean Point on Monday afternoon, Dec. 30 for a quaint baptism ceremony for 5-month-old Meredith Jones, daughter of Cheryl…
Midcoast Conservancy is delighted to welcome Shri Verrill as its new watershed restoration manager. The watershed restoration manager provides leadership for eco-system based restoration in…
For the fourth year, People United Against Racism (PUAR) has organized two days of community events on Sunday, Jan. 19 and Monday, Jan. 20. All events are free and open to the public and intended…
Obituary
Marna Teruzzi Denton, 83, beloved wife of George Henry Denton, passed away on Dec. 26, 2019.
Marna was born 1936 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the daughter of the late Orlando and Anita…
Obituary
Richard “Dick” Luce, 93, died peacefully on Jan. 6, 2020 at Diversicare of Council Grove, Kansas.
Dick was born to Shirley Otto Luce and Beatrice Luce on June 22, 1926 in Lansing, Michigan…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset Town Manager John O’Connell on Jan. 7 announced Town Treasurer Vernice Boyce’s resignation. O’Connell said her last day of work would be Jan. 13. She has accepted a job in Winthrop.…
