State Police have arrested a Wiscasset woman and charged her in connection with the death of a 4-year-old girl last Friday. Shawna Gatto, 43, was arrested by detectives at her home just before 6 p…
News
Wiscasset’s Budget Committee wants a better idea from selectmen on a time frame for formulating the 2018-19 town budget. The committee met Dec. 13 in the hearing room.
During the 40-minute…
Anywhere shellfish are harvested, Maine’s Department of Marine Resources regularly tests bacterial levels to make sure the shellfish are safe for eating. While it’s critical to determine whether…
Wiscasset asked a court Dec. 13 to give the Maine Department of Transportation more time to respond to the town’s request for a preliminary injunction to prevent MDOT from demolishing the Haggett…
Maine State Police
The death of a 4-year-old Wiscasset girl is under investigation by Wiscasset police and the Maine State Police’s Major Crimes Unit, according to Public Safety Spokesman Stephen McCausland, though…
Where have we been? Sorry, but the At a Glance editor took a vacation at the end of November into December. We’re back at it and this week’s offering includes programs involving children and…
Two hundred and fifty seven insulating window inserts were recently constructed in only four days!…
Woolwich’s Edna Kennedy and husband John Kennedy, member of American Legion Post 54, turned out near the Wiscasset municipal building for the Wreaths Across America convoy’s drive through…
According to a traffic study funded by the family that sued the Maine Department of Transportation over the downtown project, removal of Main Street parking would do little to improve Wiscasset…
Wiscasset School Committee
Thomas Seekins of Siemens outlined the revised plan for energy conservation in Wiscasset School Department’s buildings at the Dec. 12 School Committee meeting.
Due to the amount of time…
Although there are no longer reservations available for the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum’s Victorian Christmas trains on Dec. 16 and 23, a limited number of walk-up passes…
Westport Island selectmen covered a range of topics Monday, Dec. 11, including a fund that helps area residents and plans for work on the comprehensive plan.
A letter from The Community…
Thanks to hundreds of hours of volunteer time, public support from the towns of Jefferson, Nobleboro, and Newcastle, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, and…
Obituary
Robert E. Grant, of Haydenville, Massachusetts, went peacefully to be with the Lord on Dec. 10, 2017, surrounded by his immediate family. He died after a fall and a brief stay in the hospital in…
The Wiscasset Select Board met for a second time with attorneys to discuss litigation against the Maine Department of Transportation’s downtown project. The board met Monday in executive session,…
It was a Christmas tree only a “Blockhead” could be proud of, but it was good enough to claim a prize in Edgecomb’s first Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Decorating Contest. The Coastal Dog won “…
A young man is standing at the ship’s wheel of an old wooden boat. In front of him lie the harbor, the ocean – and far beyond, endless possibilities stretch out before him in Nathan Campbell’s…
Damariscotta selectmen
In the wake of the Damariscotta Planning Board’s decision Dec. 4 to approve the project at 435 Main Street, on Dec. 6, selectmen approved a set of recommendations which would have prohibited…
A Dollar General could go up next year on the former site of Jim’s Auto Body at 320 Bath Road, or Route 1. That’s the plan, a representative for a design firm told the Wiscasset Planning Board…
Widely recognized as one of the most prestigious distinctions any hospital can achieve in the United States, Leapfrog Group has named LincolnHealth to its annual list of Top…
After the tree is decorated, the cookies are baked and all the presents are wrapped, Edgecomb Community Church invites you to come and celebrate the birth of the Christ child at our special…
Wiscasset schools are closed Tuesday, Dec. 12, the school department announced shortly after 5 a.m.
The National Weather Service at weather.gov is predicting snow and rain today.
Boothbay Railway Village
There is something about trains and Christmas. Trains encircle Christmas trees, tooting merrily. Trains bring far-flung loved ones home for the holidays. And at Boothbay Railway Village on Route…
Edgecomb
A Chicago native is looking to make Edgecomb her seasonal home. Lori Pristo grew up in Chicago. She is now an architect and general contractor in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Pristo received…
Wiscasset Elementary School
Wiscasset Elementary School second grader Gabe Wood-Major, 7, and mother Ashley Wood were doing one high five after in the cafeteria Thursday night, Dec. 7. At WES’ Family Code Night, the two were…
All harvesters of oysters or hard clams in the Damariscotta River and New Meadows and dealers buying products directly from harvesters in the Damariscotta River and New Meadows…
The Wiscasset Public Library will host the next Town Talk on Wednesday Dec. 20 at 3 p.m.
A special treat for the December Town Talk will be Seaver Leslie and his Wiscasset cousins who have…
Snow and slippery roads are being blamed for two accidents in Edgecomb on Saturday night, Edgecomb Fire Lt. Roland Abbott said. At about 5:30 p.m., a car driven by Ethan Murray of Newcastle was…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 31 calls between Nov. 1 and 29.
On Nov. 1, the department responded to four calls. Firefighters began the first of several days checking for damage…
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage has proclaimed Thursday, December 7, 2017, as "Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day," honoring the 75th anniversary of the attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor…
Alna town meeting voters next March may have a proposed new or redone town office to consider, selectmen said Dec. 6. Board members were unsure they’ll have a proposal by then, but said they are…
Hundreds of low and moderate-income Midcoast workers could overlook important federal tax benefits because they simply don’t know about them. Many people feel intimidated by the prospect of…
A PVC sculpture spelling out the name Hesper suffered a fate similar to the old schooner it was made to commemorate. Wiscasset native Nick Dalton, the sculpture’s designer and builder, was upset…
Wiscasset voters will continue casting ballots at the community center. Selectmen on Tuesday decided against returning the polls to the municipal building. Following the June election, Selectman…
The Class of 2031 is now in session, at least in Edgecomb. Edgecomb Eddy School began its first pre-kindergarten class this fall with 11 students and it didn’t take long before reaching the…
Wiscasset has spent $47,204 in legal fees related to the Maine Department of Transportation’s downtown project. The select board voted 3-2 Tuesday to take $16,021 from contingency to cover the…
Town of Edgecomb
The Oct. 30 windstorm has placed Edgecomb selectmen between a rock and a hard place. Municipal officials have approved emergency road cleanup costs for a crew hired by Road Commissioner Scott…
Westport Island selectmen signed a letter Monday to McKinne and Susan Stires concerning their October request for an estimate on what the penalty would be if they decided to remove property from…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett asked for two kinds of body armor after a National Institute of Justice presentation gave him concern that the equipment his officers were using was out of…
Last week, wreath-making! This week, please come to the Sheepscott Community Church’s Saturday, Dec. 9, fall-themed community supper in the…
The low-income residential project at the former Blue Haven property in Damariscotta, now owned by Stepping Stones, Inc., was back in front of the Planning Board Dec. 4. A September appeal brought…
Wiscasset’s Public Advisory Committee will go forward with its amenity recommendations on the downtown project. The panel will make a presentation to the select board Dec. 19.
Eight PAC…
Alna planning board
As Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum continues building a bridge in its parking lot, the Alna nonprofit is a step closer to the project that would put…
In July, Tufts University School of Medicine student Sarah Liu assisted the birth of a baby for the first time with Certified Nurse Midwife Bridget Buck at LincolnHealth. Two weeks later she saw…
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. President, was represented in our history books as a progressive Democrat. In the first of a two-part program, Jerry Wiles, historian, will speak on Wilson’s role on…
More significant and costly repairs will be needed to Wiscasset’s clock tower at 25 Fort Hill St., according to a newly released engineering report.
Brunswick-based Lincoln/Hanley…
Obituary
Dr. Henry Maurice Landemare Jr., 85, died on Nov. 28, 2017.
He was born in Newark, New Jersey on April 14, 1932 to Henry Maurice Landemare Sr. and Helen Leona Landemare.
Maurice…
Obituary
Charmion Brothers of Dresden died at her home on Nov. 19, 2017.
She was born on Feb. 26, 1935 in Lynn, Massachusetts, the third child of Lawrence K. Hussey…
Lincoln County Courts
The following cases were closed in Lincoln County Courts in November. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences were or will be served at Two Bridges Regional Jail. All information was provided by the…
The season of giving is a time for fundraising for area causes. Groups were out Saturday greeting Route 1, Wiscasset shoppers at a local business and American Legion Post 54’s hall.
The…
