The First Congregational Church of Wiscasset will host a joint worship service with St. Philip’s Episcopal Church at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Eve, Nov. 21.
The first Thanksgiving was…
News
Edgecomb is encouraging motorists seeking a shortcut between Boothbay and Newcastle to use another path. Motorists are increasingly using the Dodge and Middle roads to avoid the U.S. Routes 1 and…
On Nov. 13, local residents along with federal and state project partners will gather in Coopers Mills, Whitefield, Maine, to celebrate the completion of the Coopers Mills Project along the…
Lincoln County Budget Committee
On Nov. 8, the Lincoln County Budget Committee approved a total budget for 2019 of $10,429,874, up 3.92 percent from $10,036,096 for 2018.
In the final workshop, the panel approved the…
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, our newspaper will be printed on Tuesday, Nov. 20 and distributed starting on the same day.
The deadline for the Nov. 22 issue will be Friday, Nov. 16, at…
Nearly 30 dogs seized from a Brunswick residence in August will go up for adoption at Midcoast Humane at noon on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the shelter’s Brunswick campus at 30 Range Road.
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2018 elections
Dana Dow (R-Waldoboro) has won the race for Maine Senate District 13 against Laura Fortman (D-Nobleboro) by a total of 10,262 to 9,762.
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Twenty-five percent off is a sale so big, some fireworks will be below cost, Big Al's Super Values and Big Al's Fireworks owner Al Cohen said about his stores' early bird sales on everything, from…
Wiscasset selectmen
Two new Wiscasset police officers were sworn in on Nov. 6 with family looking on. Cory Hubert, the new School Resource Officer, and Jonathan Barnes, a new patrol officer, also had a pinning…
2018 elections
According to Natasha Irving’s campaign manager Melissa Sterry, Jonathan Liberman called Irving this morning to congratulate her, and concede the race. At that point, Irving had pulled head with…
Sawyer’s Way Auction Company is pleased to announce auctioneer Jeff Dowdy has joined his wife Jen to become a REALTOR® team with Keller Williams Realty. Jen has served as a licensed REALTOR® since…
Lincoln County Democrats
At nearly 2 a.m. Wednesday, the District 89 race for Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Westport Island, Southport and Edgecomb finally came to an end.
Holly Stover (D-Boothbay) won 2,559-2,477,…
Lincoln County EMA’s Project Lifesaver Program will light up teal on Nov. 8 to raise Alzheimer’s awareness as part of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s (AFA) Light the World in Teal® program…
American Legion Post 54 of Wiscasset will hold a Veterans Day service at 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at the veterans wall at the municipal building at the corner of Routes 1 and 27. The observance is…
Woolwich voting results:
Selectman:
Adams 629
King 966
Road Commissioner
Shaw 1,593
Governor:
Hayes 116
Mills 758
Moody 856
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Arrowsic voting results
Governor
Hayes 13
Mills 225
Moody 85
State Senator
Donaldson 83
Vitelli 243
Rep. to the Legislature
Hepler…
Alna voting results
Governor
Hayes 25
Mills 271
Moody 167
State Senator
Dow 191
Fortman 274
Rep. to the Legislature
Hanley 170
…Westport Island voting results:
Advisory vote on comprehensive planning committee vision statement:
Yes 414
No 53
Governor:
Hayes 26
Mills 241
…
Wiscasset voting results:
Local question, to discontinue Wiscasset EMS and use CLC Ambulance:
Yes: 613
No: 1,221
Governor:
Hayes 126
Mills 796
…
Whitefield voting results
Governor:
Hayes 65
Mills 557
Moody 574
State Senator
Dow 611
Fortman 579
Rep. to the Legislature
Lemelin…
Windsor voting results
Governor:
Hayes 74
Mills 345
Moody 677
State Senator:
Dow 731
Fortman 366
Rep. to the Legislature
Ball 488…
Waldoboro voting results
Governor
Hayes 134
Mills 1030
Moody 1,108
State Senator
Dow 1,333
Fortman 954
Rep. to the Legislature
…
Pittston voting results
Governor:
Hayes 80
Mills 545
Moody 761
State Senator
Bellows 708
Stone 682
State senator:
Hanley 892
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Election results from Lincoln County towns and neighboring communities will be posted on this website after they are sent to the newspaper this evening. Staff reporters and editors will also be…
Alna is pursuing another ConnectME Authority grant. Third Selectman Doug Baston said it could help bring high-speed internet access to Route 218 from Alna General Store to the Wiscasset line.…
Wiscasset Police Department
Wiscasset Police Chief Larry Hesseltine took the opportunity of the regularly scheduled Coffee with a Cop event to introduce his two new officers – School Resource Officer Cory Hubert and patrol…
Obituary
Dennis H. Gordon, 69, of Wiscasset went to heaven to join his wife and son Nov. 5, 2018. He passed peacefully surrounded by family.
Dennis was born in Bath, Maine on May 4, 1949, a son of…
Half an hour after Wiscasset’s polls opened in Wiscasset Community Center’s gymnasium, voting was brisk and steady, according to Town Clerk Linda Perry.
“It would be an estimate, but I…
The week of Oct. 22, over 40 volunteers worked at First Congregational Church in Wiscasset on a project which will save thousands of gallons of heating oil and make dozens of homes around Lincoln…
The Woolwich select board is weighing its emergency shelter options. The town can continue operating its shelter at the municipal building alone or affiliate with the Red Cross.
EMS/EMA…
Wiscasset selectmen met in executive session Monday to discuss a personnel issue. When the meeting adjourned at about 6:10 p.m., Chair Judy Colby said no action had been taken.
Local high school sports is synonymous with the Maine Principals’ Association. And the MPA’s Executive Director Dick Durost is a fan just like everybody else. On Nov. 3, Durost attended the Class…
Mike Hall was among the many funeral service professionals participating in the 100th annual meeting of Selected Independent Funeral Homes at in Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 10-13. Hall is owner of…
Obituary
Jacqualyn Louise Sproul passed away on Oct. 27, 2018 in Melbourne, Florida.
Jackie was born on Aug. 2, 1961 at St. Andrews Hospital to Jim and Chris Sproul. She graduated from Boothbay…
The Frances Perkins Center held a groundbreaking conference honoring the women behind the New Deal in Berkeley, California in October.
“Women were some of the driving forces behind the…
LincolnHealth Director of Emergency and Urgent Care Services Nancy Jackson, RN, MSN, and Great Salt Bay Community School and LincolnHealth Nurse Kerri Lilly, RN, BSN received statewide awards from…
