Alna selectmen on Sept. 13 announced this year’s tax rate is the same as last year’s, at $20.45 per $1,000 of a property’s assessed valuation. But bills should head down slightly because the…
News
First responders are at the scene of a car accident on Route 27 in Edgecomb near Edgecomb Potters as of around 2:30 p.m. Traffic is being held up until the scene is cleared.
This story will…
Friends of the Wiscasset Library hosted a successful fundraiser at Seafield Farm in Wiscasset, the home of Katharine Martin Savage, on Sunday, Sept. 3. It was the fourth Bands for Books annual…
In anticipation of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, New Hope for Women encourages businesses and homeowners to come together and show support…
The monthly meeting of the Pemaquid Chapter, D.A.R. was held at the Lincoln Home on Tuesday, Sept. 12. The meeting agenda focused on plans to draw attention to the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins, the Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, and Angus King announced today that the Department of Health…
Obituary
Charlon Cairns Clark, 84, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine and a former longtime resident of Westfield, New Jersey, died peacefully Aug. 31, 2017 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor…
Boothbay Region Community Navigator
New Ventures Maine and Boothbay Region Community Navigator are partnering to offer My Money…
Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice is offering a free training course for all those interested in becoming a certified Hospice Volunteer. The three day training will be held on Oct…
During a routine traffic stop Sept. 10, a Wiscasset police officer was stuck by a bloody syringe that had been used for heroin, Police Chief Jeff Lange said.
The driver, Jene Sherman, 50,…
Ninety percent of respondents to a Maine Department of Transportation survey prefer that construction of the $4.5 million downtown project shut down in July and August.
Ernie Martin, MDOT…
Wiscasset voters on Nov. 7 will be asked to use monies raised to hire a town planner to instead reduce property taxes. Other questions on the ballot include the purchase of an ambulance and repeal…
Join us at The Lincoln Home Monday, Sept. 18, from 3 to 4 p.m. to learn more about Abraham Lincoln’s battle with melancholy. Jerry Wiles, local historian, will share how Illinois…
Wiscasset School Committee
At its first meeting of the school year Tuesday night, the Wiscasset School Committee welcomed new teachers and educational technicians, appointed member Jason Putnam to the sixth grade ad hoc…
Candlelight vigil for Buffy Krause, Sept. 14, on Beech Hill
ROCKPORT — On Thursday, Sept. 14, the community will gather on Beech Hill, in Rockport, to honor Buffy Krause, who was killed last week in Groton, Mass. Beech Hill was one of Buffy’s favorite…
Maine Business and Consumer Court
On Sept. 11, a court ruled in favor of Maine Department of Transportation in a suit brought by a family owning several downtown Wiscasset properties. The suit regarded MDOT’s downtown Route 1…
A Maine Department of Transportation engineer told Edgecomb selectmen Sept. 11, the agency is considering lower speed limits and more signage to improve safety on Eddy Road. Town officials…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in July:
Alna: Marcus, Susan R to Taliento, Elisabeth M.
Boothbay: Calvanese,…
Westport Island selectmen opened painting bids for the town hall Monday, Sept. 11.
Two bids were submitted. Selectmen voted to award the work to Town and Country Home Services of Boothbay…
Wiscasset Planning Board
The Wiscasset Planning Board on Monday night came out against repealing the 2015 historic preservation ordinance. The panel voted after hearing support for the ordinance from residents, business…
A Connecticut man faces multiple charges following his arrest in Wiscasset Monday. On Sept 11, Wiscasset Police Chief Lange was working a speed detail and checked on the waterfront area, where he…
Obituary
Joana Hunter Oest (Bean), 73, of Boothbay Harbor died Sept. 8, 2017. She was born in Presque Isle, Maine on July 21, 1944, and never lost her County roots. She was brave and strong, but finally…
Lincoln County FISH (Friends In Service Helping), volunteers offering free rides to Lincoln County residents, has come of age. In August it provided 180 rides and drove a whopping 5,000 miles…
Obituary
Richard K. "Rex/Doc" Walsh of Belmont, Massachusetts and Boothbay Harbor, Maine died peacefully of natural causes on Aug. 31, 2017 at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Born in 1946 in…
The Wiscasset Budget Committee recommends voters on Nov. 7 pass an article for the purchase of a $96,690 ambulance. Monies needed to buy the 2013 Ford Ambulance will come from capital reserve with…
On Saturday, Sept. 30 from 9:30 a.m. to noon, Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine will offer the public an opportunity to hear more about what…
St. Philip’s Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry, 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset, is open to all who are suffering from food insecurity. With sign up starting at 4 p.m. and choose time at 5 p.m., the Help…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Members of the Clary Lake Association met with the Lincoln County Commissioners on Sept. 5 to discuss their petition to the Department of Environmental Protection to enforce its 2014 order for the…
Read all about it! Local newspapers will be the subject of the next Town Talk. The Wiscasset Public Library will host this Town Talk on Wednesday Sept. 20 at 3 p.m. Contacts have been made to…
Obituary
Avis Ilene Bowers, 92, peacefully joined her heavenly family on Sept. 8, 2017 after a three month stay at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.
As…
Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission
“It’s definitely not easy to do this without a town planner,” Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission Chair John Reinhardt remarked to the new owners of the former Mayo and Daigle funeral home…
Wiscasset Police Department
Craig Worster, Wiscasset School Resource Officer, is now Sergeant Worster.
His pinning ceremony took place on Sept. 11 at the Wiscasset municipal building. Worster was sworn in by Town…
Every year, Yarmouth-based nonprofit Maine Preservation lists 10 historic structures or properties or groups of properties it says have fallen into danger because they have been abandoned or…
A petition was turned over to the Wiscasset town clerk Monday calling for a vote at the Nov. 7 general election to apply planning funds as of Nov. 30 to reducing taxes.
Selectmen will take…
Wiscasset had the flag at the municipal building at half-staff and a memorial display in the fire department lot facing Route 1 Monday morning in honor of 9/11.
An American flag hung from…
A van load of dogs rescued from Louisiana and hurricane-stricken Texas encountered heavy traffic Saturday as motorists pulled away from hurricane-threatened Florida, Passion For Pets Rescue…
The Sky Family Celtic Revival will be hosted by the Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene Sunday, Sept. 17 at the 11 a.m. worship service. Celtic Revival is a blend of uplifting, and heart melting…
Join the buzz and register today for the 2017 Maine State Beekeepers annual meeting held in Rockland on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The location is the…
Dow Furniture in Waldoboro is a member of Furniture First, a National Furniture and Mattress Buying Group. Dow…
Five dogs from flood-ravaged Texas are set to arrive in Woolwich Saturday for a Passion For Pets Rescue event at the fire station, the nonprofit’s executive director Janine Hague of Woolwich said…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
A month-long investigation at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset has resulted in numerous charges for drug trafficking. The investigation…
Nomination papers for two, three-year terms on the Woolwich Select Board are available. The seats currently held by Allison Hepler and Jason Shaw expire Dec. 31.
Nomination papers can be…
Red’s Eats in Wiscasset is celebrating an anniversary this year.
Red’s may be a little food stand in a small…
Wiscasset McDonald's is partnering with the Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars Backpack Program this year. We are going to be collecting donations for the month of September to assist with this fantastic…
Obituary
Carolyn Ann Shields Hoerth of Westport Island, Maine died Aug. 30, 2017 at age 93 after a brief illness.
She was born November 16, 1923, in Columbus, Ohio, and was the fourth of 5 children…
Bill Potter, a longtime member of the Woolwich Fish Commission that oversees the Nequasset Fishway and annual alewives harvest, is the recipient of the 2017 Distinguished Service Award.
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Woolwich special town meeting voters on Sept. 5 agreed to a 20-year contract with ecomaine for processing solid waste and recycling. The 25 to 30 voters who attended also approved taking $19,000…
An upcoming Community Conversation will focus on “Aging in Maine: What are the challenges and strategies for both younger and older Mainers?”
The next LCDC Sponsored Community Conversation…
The following report was compiled by Edgecomb Emergency Management Director Bill Witzell:
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 22 calls between Aug. 1 and 13. On Aug. 1, the department…
