AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
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Obituary
Patricia Ann (Wade) Wilkins of Boothbay passed away peacefully on Nov. 18, 2021 at the age of 85.
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A retired Navy SEAL is seek election as Maine’s First District Congressman. Ed Thelander of Bristol is seeking the Republican nomination next June with hopes of defeating seven-term First District…
Nearly seven months after Edgecomb voters approved a $4.9 million combined school and municipal budget, work begins Dec. 29 on Fiscal Year 22’s finances. The five-person budget committee will meet…
Be at the Wiscasset common starting at 4 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 4 for Wiscasset’s annual tree lighting. Parks and Recreation’s recreation programmer, Chelsea Taylor, said in a phone interview…
Obituary
Linda J. Lewis, 76, passed away peacefully at the Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough, Maine on Nov. 25, 2021.
Linda was the daughter of Joel C. Lewis and Lillias (Barter) Lewis. She grew…
Santa, Mrs. Claus arriving by boat Saturday
Saturday, Dec. 4
Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive by boat to the public landing at the Whale Park at 3 p.m., they will then walk over to the Pot Buoy Tree where there will be a socially…
Press release
Phippsburg native and Founding Executive Director of Marine Mammals of Maine, Lynda Doughty was recently nominated for CNN’s 2021 Hero of the Year. This Peabody and Emmy Award-winning…
As of Monday night’s selectmen’s meeting, Westport Island’s town office was closed due to a staff member’s treatment for COVID-19, officials said. Plans called for the town office to get a deep…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
Obituary
Beverly Jean Graham, 97, of Sarasota, Florida, beloved wife of Otto Everett Graham Jr., passed away Nov. 26, 2021 with family by her side. Bev spent a lifetime embracing family,…
Crime in Maine decreased -6.1% during 2020, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. It is the ninth consecutive year that crime has dropped in Maine for a total decline…
Obituary
Marcia H. (Penniman) Hamilton, 93, daughter of George F. Penniman and Katherine H. (Hilton), passed away peacefully at home in Northborough, Massachusetts, on Nov. 27, 2021.
She is survived…
In 1970, Literacy Volunteers of America began tutoring adults struggling to read and write. One of those chapters began on Maine’s Midcoast. Fifty-two years later, the local chapter is now…
Knox-Lincoln, Kennebec and Waldo Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) field offices in Belfast and Augusta, will…
The Board of Directors of the Maine Fishermen’s Forum has made the difficult decision to cancel the Forum’s educational event and trade show originally scheduled for March 3, 4 and 5, 2022.
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Dianne and Mark Gimbel drove to Maine Maritime Academy to present a special gift from the Friends of Windjammer Days group.
Wiscasset Middle High School’s high school student council did the annual Turkey Thyme fundraiser in November and collected donations from teachers and students to help families in need at WMHS.…
Earlier this month, Harbor Theater installed a new Christie RGBe laser projector to replace its outdated and increasingly unreliable…
Ordinance review committee
Wiscasset continues work toward possible marijuana rules and the town’s next comprehensive plan. Selectmen’s Chair Sarah Whitfield told the ordinance review committee Nov. 22, surveys would go out…
Press release
Alna’s Ed Pentaleri, former selectman, is running for the vacant spot on the board. The election is Dec. 14.
“I’m committed to Alna and all of its residents,” said Pentaleri, who lives in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
Obituary
Richard Vernon Brewer Sr., 81, of Newcastle, died Nov. 24, 2021 at the Sussman House in Rockport after a brief illness.
He was born in Boothbay Harbor on Dec. 24, 1939 a son of Vernon…
Wiscasset planning board
The site plan application for 51 Water St. and 2 and 4 Railroad Ave., was approved by the Wiscasset Planning Board at Monday night’s Zoom meeting. Applicants Craig and Laurie Winslow received a…
Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett may have found a way around long delays on deliveries of ordered equipment. On Nov. 16, he proposed ordering equipment, such as cruisers, earlier in the year…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
Community Catalyst for Good
You may be hearing a lot about “GivingTuesday,” which is a global day of generosity and takes place next Tuesday, Nov.b30. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages…
While reviewing municipal appointment vacancies, Edgecomb selectmen were reminded Nov. 15 that several filled seats still needed those people to take their oaths of office. Selectmen reported both…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
Obituary
Madelyn L. Bailey, 78, of Bailey Lane died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at Winship Green in Bath.
She was born in Bath on Jan. 1, 1943, a daughter of Herbert S. and Hazel A. (Harnish) McIntire…
Gaecklin Road is looking – and functioning – a lot better this week. The Boothbay Public Works crew regraded the road and installed new culverts, ditches, and check dams over the summer and…
Obituary
Mrs. Sylvia (Alexander) Martin, a resident of Camden, Maine, formerly from Alna, Maine and Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on the morning of Nov. 19, 2021 at the age of…
The second annual Lighted Fire Truck Parade will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 27 in Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor.
The decorated fire engines will stage at the Boothbay Fire Station…
Deputy Municipal Agent Gaye Wagner said Westport Island special town meeting goers Nov. 13 voted unanimously to pass the proposed broadband expansion agreement…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
Obituary
Wayne A. Robinson, 83, formerly of Edgecomb, Maine, recently of Calera, Alabama, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on the evening of Nov. 14, 2021 at Shelby Baptist Medical Center.…
Explaining the issues their petition targeted, Katy Papagiannis and Tom Aldrich told Alna public hearing-goers at the fire station Nov. 15, having the first selectman do more than the…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services is partnering with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Benefits Administration at Togus to put on a Virtual Veterans Experience…
On Nov. 9, 1821, Joshua B. Cushing lit the oil lamps of Burnt Island Light for the first time. Two hundred years later to the day, a…
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, our newspaper will be printed in the morning on Tuesday, Nov. 23.
The deadline for the Nov. 25 issue will be Friday, Nov. 19 at…
LincolnHealth reported 74 new COVID-19 cases from 610 tests for the week of Nov. 8. The data makes for the highest positivity rate over a single week, 12.1%, and the second most cases since the…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday that, effective immediately, all Maine adults age 18 and older are eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot, regardless of underlying medical…
Obituary
Mitchell J. Billis, nationally known artist, 84, died unexpectedly from a brief illness on Sept. 20, 2021.
He was an only child to Alice (Wiley) and Mitch Billis in Frankfort in upstate New…
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary is excited to announce the release of a new collaborative cookbook, “Our Community Table.” Proceeds of the cookbook sales will…
What has a new inside, a new, taller building next to it, and jobs temporary and permanent? The former Wiscasset Primary School within the next two years, according to one of the people working to…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through…
On Monday, Nov. 15 at about 4:05 p.m., a Maine State trooper was on patrol on Route 1 northbound in Brunswick when the driver of a 2004 Range Rover allegedly passed him at speeds…
