Lincoln County Sheriff's Office arrested Brian Cookson, 53, of Nobleboro Friday morning in Edgecomb on charges relating to the theft of an antique automobile earlier this year in Nobleboro.
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Obituary
Minerva Evelyn Townsend Chalaby departed her earthly body on Oct. 14, 2018 while attending worship at Vienna Baptist Church. The daughter of Arthur and Laura Webber Townsend, Minerva was born in a…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in October:
Alna: Towers, Danamarie K. to Thurlow, Erin and Rose,…
Alna selectmen
Alna selectmen said Nov. 1, the modular town office they were expecting Nov. 15 is now set to arrive Nov. 30. And project volunteer Ralph Hilton said the roof and some other parts get added on-…
The Stars and Stripes are in good hands at Wiscasset Elementary School. Twice a day, a group of dedicated fifth graders carries on the time-honored tradition of raising and lowering Old Glory…
The Morris Farm will hold its annual Thanksgiving Community Potluck dinner on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 156 Gardiner Road, Wiscasset. The Morris Farm supplies the turkeys, dressing, gravy and a few…
Midcoast Conservancy and the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District will be hosting a gravel roads workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Jefferson Fire…
Midcoast Humane with campuses in Brunswick and Edgecomb announced the expansion of its adoption program on Monday, Oct. 29 with the goal of bringing more adoptable pets home.
The shelter…
Wiscasset celebrated Halloween with costumes, plenty of candy, trick or treating, cider, donuts and other snacks, a lot of sugar energy, a costume contest and some warm coats over the costumes.…
Fall back
Sunday, Nov. 4 is the day to move your clocks back an hour as daylight saving time (DST) ends. Officially, daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m.
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Polls will be open in area towns from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6. Here's where:
Alna: Fire station, Alna Road
Damariscotta: Town office, 21 School St.
Dresden:…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay has announced receipt of a $6 million National Science Foundation grant that will empower the institute to develop new genetic research…
Wiscasset Police Department
Cory Hubert is Wiscasset’s new School Resource Officer. He is a long way from his former career as corrections officer at the Maine State Prison in Warren.
Currently, he is working on…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett met with Commissioner Hamilton Meserve Tuesday to discuss his department’s budget, after the Budget Committee tabled it Oct. 25.
Meserve was on his own…
Veterans and families are invited to attend two events honoring Veterans Day, which this year falls on Sunday, Nov. 11.
Students and staff of Woolwich Central School on Nequasset Road will…
Work on the Wiscasset Downtown Project will reach Route 1 beginning this week, according to a Maine Department of Transportation announcement. Crews will work on drainage on the west end of Route…
Obituary
Janice L. Baird, 68, of Alna, passed away Oct. 27, 2018. She had resided at Cove's Edge in Damariscotta since 2014 where she touched many peoples lives, residents and staff alike. Everyone there…
“Someone already has a standing reservation for Saturday nights and we are booking holiday parties.” Jen Jones said. She and her husband Jeff, owners of the new Boothbay Harbor restaurant Brady's…
Some people challenge themselves to climb a mountain or run a marathon. The challenge for writers is to complete a novel. For them, there is a NaNoWriMo.
That’s the acronym for the National…
On Saturday, Nov. 17 Spectrum Generations is offering an AARP Safe Driver Course at the CLC YMCA, 525 Main St., Damariscotta. The course hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
All participants…
At a special town meeting that took about six minutes in Wiscasset Monday, voters approved spending $124,491.71 from the undesignated fund, to cover several items.
The first was an…
Alna's Janet Verney always surprises husband of 32 years Jeff Verney with her choice of his Halloween costume. Sunday afternoon at Trick or Treat Street on Dock Road, he was a whoopie cushion,…
Learn about the many resources available in Lincoln County for those with prediabetes or diabetes at LincolnHealth on World Diabetes Day, Nov. 14. Two informational “mini fairs” are taking place:…
Wiscasset Police Department
On Saturday, Oct. 27, Wiscasset Police Department responded to a report of a double overdose of two juveniles. Wiscasset Ambulance Service transported both to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick for…
Federal Street from Warren Street to the Wiscasset Elementary School parking lot will be blocked from traffic during…
AUGUSTA – Absentee ballots for the Nov. 6, 2018 General and Referendum Election are available to request through this Thursday, Nov. 1, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap reminded voters today.…
Everyone who lives or works in Lincoln County is invited to join the Lincoln County Community Health Needs Assessment forum on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. to help identify health…
Obituary
Cynthia J. Thompson Dodge, 93, of Southport Island, passed away peacefully on Oct. 27, 2018 at Miles Hospital in Damariscotta.
Being an organized person that Cynthia was, she left behind…
First Congregational Church of Wiscasset became a chain of thanks Sunday as area causes got the $8,800 church member Nancy Roby said Summerfest raised this year. First, Pastor Josh Fitterling…
On Oct. 1, Harbor Theater celebrated its first year under the ownership of Friends of the Harbor Theater. Friends was established in 2007 and then raised over $55,000 for the theater, mostly for a…
A single corporate structure for 10 of 12 members of the MaineHealth Systems Network and four affiliates takes effect Jan. 1, 2019. MaineHealth System began in 1997 when Saint Andrews Hospital in…
For the fourth year running, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is welcoming visitors back to Gardens Aglow, its festive seasonal celebration. With more than 650,000 LED lights woven through 14 acres…
At Skidompha Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta, hot cider, doughnuts, coffee, the warm fireplace, and a half-price sale on everything in the store will welcome Early Bird shoppers, starting at 6…
Lincoln County Budget Committee
At the Oct. 25 Lincoln County budget committee workshop, after much discussion and an executive session on a personnel matter, the panel tabled the Sheriff’s Office budget to give Sheriff Todd…
To welcome the holidays and join in the festivities across the area, Edgecomb residents are again invited to come out and decorate an array of Charlie Brown Christmas trees. The creatively…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has announced a new artistic collaboration with Justin Levesque, an award-winning, interdisciplinary artist from Portland, Maine.
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1) The Boothbay Register and/or Wiscasset Newspaper will post and publish each candidate’s announcement as he or she sends it to the newspapers.
2) Every local candidate is allowed one…
HALLOWELL – The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) is proud to announce that it will soon begin operating a staffing service for its members to address the workforce shortage in the…
Lincoln County Courts
In Lincoln County Dustrict Court Oct. 25, Christopher Morrison, owner of the Minesweeper, which sank in Wiscasset Harbor during a January blizzard, denied a civil charge of littering.…
Due to the weather forecast of heavy rain and high winds on Saturday, Oct. 27, Chief Dick Spofford has announced that the Boothbay Fire Department has canceled its Haunted House, which was…
Obituary
Arlene H. Wallace, 92, of Damariscotta died Oct. 24, 2018 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.
She was born in Bath on June 6, 1926, a daughter of Hollis L. and…
Brunswick, ME – The Joint Commission, in conjunction with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, has recertified Mid Coast Hospital with Advanced Certification for Primary…
Obituary
Teri-Lee (Coffin) Munn, 66, of Hartland died unexpectedly Oct. 22, 2018 at her residence.
She was born Feb. 18, 1952 in Bath, a daughter of Gareth and Pauline (Strout) Coffin.
Teri…
Special Olympics Maine is reaching out to anyone who knits or crochets, for the annual Special Olympics Scarf Project.
For the past five years people from not only across the state of Maine…
Teen treated for bumps and bruises and released
WINDSOR — State Police say a Wiscasset Middle High School student was struck on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 24 as he crossed the road to board a waiting school bus.
According to a news…
Obituary
Phoebe A. Cromwell, 79, a lifelong resident of Main Road, Westport Island, died Oct. 24, 2018 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
She was born in Lewiston on…
Due to predicted high winds and heavy rain on Saturday, Oct. 27, the Railway Spooktacular at Boothbay Railway Village has been rescheduled for Friday, Oct. 26 from 4 to 8 p.m. For more information…
Alna Third Selectman Doug Baston announced in an email Tuesday night, selectmen are seeking to help, and have others help, pay medical bills for Town Clerk Liz Brown and her husband, former Alna…
A clogged culvert flooded part of Route 27 near the Edgecomb town office Wednesday morning and resulted in a Cunningham Security truck leaving the road. The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to…
Wiscasset Public Schools
Wiscasset Elementary School students were fishing, making s’mores, singing by a campfire and taking to tents Wednesday night, Oct. 17. The fishing was a matching game of rhyming words; the…
