A letter from Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service to Wiscasset Town Manager Marian Anderson, dated Oct. 12, asks that the consolidation of CLC and Wiscasset Ambulance Service be tabled while…
News
The walls of the Pemaquid Watershed Association office-gallery will soon be brightened with the fine art of quilting by the Clamshell Quilters, the Lincoln County chapter of the Pine Tree Quilters…
Hammond Lumber Company will be initiating a company wide effort to support Wreaths Across America. Wreaths Across America, based in Columbia Falls, Maine, is a national nonprofit organization…
Woolwich officials are considering surveying citizens before moving forward on any marijuana ordinance. The select and planning boards discussed the issue in a workshop Monday evening.
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The Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame has announced its 2018 class, which will be inducted Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Rockland Elks Lodge. The inductees are Bob Brewer, Penny Post Crockett, Robert…
Holly Stover, candidate for the Maine legislature, is excited to announce two local events that South Bristol, Walpole and Westport Island residents can attend to meet her and find out more about…
At a time when drug use and addiction are of frequent conversation, Healthy Lincoln County invites the public to participate in the Substance Use Prevention Partnership (SUPP) and join its efforts…
Obituary
Gary W. Joslyn Sr. of Wiscasset, Maine passed away Oct. 8, 2018 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice Center surrounded by his loved ones. Gary passed unexpectedly due to a heart attack.
He was born…
Obituary
Linda M. Cavanaugh of Boothbay passed away on Oct. 11, 2018 following a tragic bicycle accident on her way home from work at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor on Oct. 4.
Linda graduated…
Teams of two were out for fun and money in Wiscasset Sunday, in the parking lot of Ames True Value on Route 1. They were playing cornhole. Entrants, spectactors and organizers said it's like…
The Details of Question 3
Maine voters will see several proposals on their state ballot Nov. 6 including four bond issues.
One of those bond issues, appearing as Question 3 on the statewide ballot, would provide $…
The details of Question 2
Maine voters will see several proposals on their state ballot Nov. 6 including four bond issues.
The first bond issue, appearing as Question 2 on the statewide ballot, “aims to improve…
nonpartisan and does not promote any candidate, platform, or position on the ballot
The League of Women Voters of Maine Education Fund has released its 12th Easy-to-Read Voter Guide for the 2018 general election. This year’s guide covers the gubernatorial race, the federal race…
Alna’s Brandon Seigars, 8, painted family initials onto a pumpkin Saturday morning inside First Congregational Church of Wiscasset UCC’s fellowship hall. Nearby, Dresden’s Sally Jacobs was…
Wiscasset’s annual Scarecrowfest, set for Saturday, Oct. 13, has been cancelled due to the rain, Wiscasset Parks and Recreation staff said Saturday morning.
Edgcomb Community Church will be holding a benefit supper for the Edgecomb Fire Department on Saturday, Oct. 27 at 5 p.m. The menu will consist of a variety of delicious home cooked comfort foods…
Lois Burnham, CNA, CRMA, who has been a member of The Lincoln Home staff at Harbor View Cottage since its opening, recently received the Maine Health Care Association (MHCA) 2018…
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 67 million Americans will increase 2.8 percent in 2019, the Social…
Firefighters celebrated National Fire Prevention Week Wednesday, Oct. 10, with their annual open house at the Wiscasset Fire Station. Units from Jefferson, Alna, Wiscasset, Edgecomb, Dresden and…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
“I have the best job in the world,” said Lt. Brendan Kane of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
He is responsible for the day to day operations of the patrol division, and it’s not all…
Midcoast Humane campuses in Brunswick and Edgecomb (formerly Coastal Humane Society and Lincoln County Animal Shelter) will offer half-price adoptions on adult animals one year or older all month…
New Hope for Women’s Empty Place At The Table memorial, intended to showcase that people who have been murdered in a domestic violence homicide are not just numbers to be tallied at the end of the…
Obituary
Elise C. Roberts, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine passed away on Oct. 8, 2018.
She was born on June 12, 1956. The most important thing in Elise’s life was her family.
Elise graduated from…
In 2016, Dana Dow’s return to the state senate returned control to the Republican party. Dow, a former two-term senator, defeated Democratic incumbent Chris Johnson 12,131 to 10,909 which gave the…
Laura Fortman’s past government experience has been a labor of love. Fortman, 64, is a former Maine Commissioner of Labor. She also worked in the Obama Administration as a deputy administrator for…
Here are some facts regarding voter registration in Maine.
If you mail in a new voter registration card to the town clerk, it must be received…
Until now, Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum volunteers in steel toes would lay track using their gloved hands. In the woods of Alna Saturday, a crane volunteers built traveled…
At the Lincoln County Democrats’ Oct. 20 Street Party, the byword is “local.” During the party,…
Chairman Jack Sarmanian gave fellow Edgecomb selectmen information about snowplowing costs Monday, Oct. 8.
The information was in response to a request from resident Ron Carey at a previous…
The fence at the Haggett Building will be removed this week. Jersey barriers will be placed in the Haggett Building parking lot and signs will be installed. Test drilling will be done on Route 1…
The details of Question 1
Maine voters will see several proposals on their state ballot Nov. 6, the first one being a citizen’s initiative to establish in-home and support services for the elderly and disabled.
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The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in September:
Alna:
Spinney, Jeffry Alan to Olson, James G and Olson,…
The Wiscasset Fire Department's open house at the station at the corner of Routes 1 and 27 is this Wednesday, Oct. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event includes food and goody bags for the kids. "Also…
On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and 27 the Boothbay Railway Village will once again be cloaked in mystical moonlight and creepy candlelight for the Ghost Train.
Just once a year the ghouls…
Obituary
Harold Guy Warren Jr., 78, of East Boothbay, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Oct. 6, 2018 at Central Maine Medical Center after a courageous battle with heart disease.…
Obituary
Theodore (Ted) Emil Heidenreich Jr., 95, of Exeter, New Hampshire died Sept. 27, 2018 after a long illness.
Ted was born in New York City on March 14, 1923, to Marion (Gregson) and Theodore…
Edgecomb planning board
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts got the Edgecomb planning board’s approval Oct. 4 for a change of use at 103 Cochran Road. The property has been a two-family residential structure known as…
Wiscasset Public Library
As the daylight hours shrink, it’s time to curl up with a good book during the long fall and winter nights. The Friends of Wiscasset Public Library are offering a wonderful opportunity to stock up…
The Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission tabled a request from Dion West Oct. 4.
West was told he would have to submit a complete certificate of appropriateness request and the town…
United States Tennis Association New England is proud to announce it has selected Damariscotta’s Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA as its 2018 Community Tennis Association of the Year. CLC YMCA…
Along with other towns, Edgecomb is considering its options for implementing the recreational marijuana law voters approved in 2016. The town’s ordinance review committee discussed it Oct. 4.…
Lincoln County Courts
Daniel Davis, 38, of Wiscasset will be arraigned Oct. 11 for Criminal Threatening with a Dangerous Weapon, Class C; Terrorizing, Class D; Failure to Register a Vehicle, Class E; and Operating…
“I know Flo, I know. I love you, too,” Woolwich's Brent Scott told the pit bull-mix licking his face Sunday on the back deck of parents Kathy and Aaron Scott's home on Old Stage Road.
“She…
New Hope For Women
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and New Hope for Women is encouraging community members to take action and show their support for survivors through a variety of campaigns and events…
The Frances Perkins Center has been awarded a $30,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation, the independent foundation created by the late actor and philanthropist, Paul Newman. The award to the…
UPDATE: This event has been rescheduled to Thursday, Nov. 1.
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District announces its 71st annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 5 to 8:…
Painters and carvers got an early start on Friday morning creating their pumpkin art on Main Street in Newcastle and Damariscotta.
“I like it when it is quiet,” said Susan Bartlett,…
Lincoln County Courts
Shawna Gatto, 43, of Wiscasset, accused murderer of Kendall Chick, 4, of Wiscasset, was denied a motion to suppress statements she made to police in the days after Chick's death.
In court…
Obituary
Vivienne I. Daniels, 86, passed away Oct. 3, 2018.
Vivienne was born on March 19, 1932 to George F. Miller and Isabelle V. Brown in Jersey City, New Jersey where she attended local schools…
Central Maine Power no longer has Alna's support to expand the transmission lines that run through it and some of its neighbor towns. After hearing from CMP's project spokesman, selectmen voted 3-…
