David R. Hart, 79, of Gardiner Road, Dresden Dec. 5, 2018 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
He was born in Concord, Massachusetts on June 14, 1939, a son…
News
On Dec. 7 at Wiscasset Community Center, many people got into the holiday spirit by decorating gingerbread houses.
Parks and Recreation Director Lisa Thompson began planning for the…
Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest kicked off Dec. 6 with festivities on the Main Street Pier. Bundled up against the cold, families, carolers, and even the man in the red suit himself kept warm with…
Edgecomb businesses and residents can soon take a survey that may affect the town’s future broadband coverage, resident Janet Blevins told selectmen Dec. 3. Blevins is on the town’s website…
It is with heavy hearts that deputies from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a traffic collision that occurred Thursday, Dec. 6 on Route 1 in Nobleboro that claimed the life of…
Friends of Elise Roberts are invited to a special memorial in her honor on Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Boothbay Harbor Rotary clubhouse between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Monica Churchill, a close…
New research shows that mussels readily take in microplastic pollution fibers from the ocean but quickly flush most of them out again, according to a study by researchers from…
Healthy Lincoln County and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are working together to provide local restaurants, bars, and stores with Responsible Beverage Server training this December.
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Take the journey from the far away land of India all the way to the rocky coast of Maine at the world premiere of “Mumbai to Maine,” coming to the Harbor Theater Tuesday, Dec. 11. The evening…
Lincoln County Commissioners
The Deeds office announced Tuesday, it has done more digital conversion for deeds from 1761 to 1898. View the documents at https://www.…
Sarah Joyce and daughter Corinne, 8, of Wiscasset checked out the handknit items fellow Wiscasset resident Joan Reed was selling in the Wiscasset Community Center gym Saturday.
Asked about…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen on Tuesday accepted with regret the resignation of Wendy Williams, who had served as interim Emergency Management Services director during a period that involved the departure…
The Woolwich select board got an idea Monday night what it might cost to get the town its own ambulance service.
Fire Chief Mike Demers and EMS director Brian Carlton reviewed their…
Wednesday, Dec. 5 has been designated as a National Day of Mourning to honor former Pres. George H. W. Bush. As such, all federal offices will be closed - there will not be mail service that day…
Maine Department of Transportation
UPDATE: The Maine Department of Transportation said Wednesday, Dec. 5 that the south side of Route 1 in the downtown area will not be closed to parking this winter.
Maine Department of…
When Cabins in the Woods opened last fall in Augusta, there were 21 fewer homeless veterans in Maine. And when the Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor decided to provide those veterans with items…
Lincoln County kids will be thrilled this holiday season as Hodgdon Yachts has wrapped up its…
The spirit of giving was alive in Wiscasset Saturday, from Ames True Value to Wiscasset Community Center. Local groups greeted passers-by and raised money for causes.
As Ames hosted its…
Lincoln County Courts
Lincoln, Sagadahoc and Waldo counties and multiple other Maine counties and municipalities are suing several manufacturers of opioid medications. The suit also names as defendants several…
William and Ellen Gascoigne can now replace the deck at their Brier Cove Lane property. In a meeting Thursday, Nov. 29, rescheduled from Nov. 15 due to the lack of a quorum, the Edgecomb planning…
Obituary
Claire Bailey Gardner, 85, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 at her home in Wiscasset, Maine.
She was born to Oscar D. Bailey and Lillian F. (Blair) Bailey, the youngest of three…
Obituary
Jean B. Slocum, 98, died November 30, 2018 at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. She was born on June 7, 1920 to George and Clara (Grandjean) Brickwood in New Haven, Connecticut. She…
OBITUARY
George N. Douin, 60, died suddenly Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 at his residence.
He was born in Augusta, Maine on Dec. 24, 1957, a son of Robert L. and Hermance…
OBITUARY
Nancy B. Rix of Sarasota, Florida and formerly Boothbay, passed away Nov. 12, 2018 following a brief illness.
She was born on March 30, 1933 to Philip and Louise (Teel) Blake. Nancy worked…
Holiday melodies filled Woolwich’s Nequasset Meetinghouse at the community’s Yule Sing and Tree Lighting. Sunday’s program marked the 24th year for the holiday tradition said Collette…
The second Maine Coast Stone Symposium will again, likely, occur in Boothbay, but at another venue. In 2017, Boothbay Railway Village hosted the inaugural event. The symposium is a biennal event…
Wiscasset’s Chris Grosser married into going to the town’s annual tree-lighting. She wed Jeff Grosser 12 years ago, years after he began serving as emcee. He was at First Congregational Church of…
The Midcoast Green Collaborative and the Midcoast Outreach and Peace Center invite you to a panel discussion by area legislators and local experts on developing a much needed Comprehensive Energy…
Alna residents may soon be reunited with the sand that helps them though the winter at home. Selectmen plan to work around an insurance issue over the sand and salt shed. They voted 3-0 Nov. 28 to…
9 a.m.-4 p.m.: Craft Show at the Boothbay Harbor Fire Station
10 a.m.-5 p.m…
Midcoast Conservancy will recognize four special volunteers at its Annual Meeting at Wavus Camp on Thursday, Dec. 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Each of them has contributed toward one of Midcoast…
The annual Wiscasset tree-lighting ceremony is Saturday, Dec. 1 at 4:30 p.m. on the Town Common. The middle and high school choruses will lead a sing-a-long of familiar holiday songs. Cocoa and…
Alna’s planning board will take up a proposed business permit and other requests at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the town office, the town announced in an email Nov. 26.
Jason Lamontagne of…
Almost new, and not so new items will be on sale at bargain prices in the cafeteria of Wiscasset Middle High School this Saturday, Dec. 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the French…
No New England kitchen should be without one, Westport Island's Art Weber said about his unique, handmade scooper, Maudie’s Super Squash Scooper. He has found a growing market for it.
The…
Lincoln County Courts
Nancie Atwell, 67, of Southport was sentenced to 250 hours of community service and one year of administrative release during sentencing on Nov. 26, according to Lincoln County court records.…
Lincoln County Courts
Christopher Morrison of Wiscasset was expected to appear in Wiscasset District Court Nov. 26 to face charges of littering in connection with the sinking of the Minesweeper, which lies in…
According to an update from Maine Department of Transportation, during the last week in November, work continues on Route 1 through downtown Wiscasset. For the week of Nov. 15, the ledge hammered…
A sharp increase in emergency calls has the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department paying closer attention to the Boothbay peninsula. Over the past 15 years, Sheriff Todd Brackett reports emergency…
The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta has announced that it will be open on Sundays from now until the end of December.
As Rosie Bensen, co-manager of the shop,…
The Westport Community Association will hold its annual Christmas Program Sunday, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. in the historic church on Main Road about 5.6 miles from the bridge. Rowan Etzel, a senior music…
It’s that time! Loads of parties, lots of entertaining, hostess gifts aplenty, and what would be great to have on hand for such occasions? Why, sweets from Feed Our Scholars bakers, of course!…
Kathleen Morgan, New Hope for Women’s executive director, was recently honored as a Champion of Change by the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence at its annual Blaine House Tea in Augusta.…
Town officials, seeking to reduce the amount of costly contamination in Woolwich’s recycling stream, will begin enforcing rules around what should and should not be recycled.
Beginning…
Obituary
Lee B. Stoddard, 81, of Boothbay Harbor passed away after a hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer.
He was born March 11, 1937 to Helen (Hardwick) and Kenneth E. Stoddard on the kitchen…
Obituary
Francis Lewis “Frank” Richards of Edgecomb and Phoenix, Arizona passed away on Nov. 18, 2018.
He was born in Somerville, Massachusetts on April 4, 1933. He…
A Westport Island businessman is making Wiscasset a limited time offer. Put in bathrooms at the Main Street, or Creamery, Pier by June 1, 2019, and he will chip in $3,000.
The bathrooms…
Woolwich will host its annual Tree Lighting and Yule Sing at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2 at the historic Nequasset Meetinghouse across from the town office. The event will begin with cookie decorating…
Obituary
Stephan Riley Branch passed away peacefully on Nov. 20, 2018 surrounded by family at his home in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
Steve was 70 years old, born on Oct. 23, 1948 in Scottsbluff,…
