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Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has three fewer workers due to Maine’s mandate that health care workers get vaccinated for COVID-19, Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen Sept. 21…
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…
An interment of Joan M. Legg of Bradford Road, Wiscasset, who died April 9, 2021, will be held Saturday, Sept. 25 at 1 p.m. at Greenlawn Cemetery, Wiscasset.
Edgecomb selectmen remembered Jack Sarmanian Sept. 20 as a devoted public servant who dedicated 18 years to making the town a better place. Sarmanian died Sept. 11 after a lengthy illness.…
Edgecomb selectmen are weighing the pros and cons of joining Wiscasset Water District. Edgecomb has had minimal conversations about joining the district since 2004 and expansion onto Davis Island…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC) in collaboration with Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency (LCEMA) are requesting public comment on the 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan update…
AUGUSTA — The U.S. Department of Labor has informed the Maine Department of Labor that its forthcoming COVID-19 vaccination requirement will apply to public sector employers in Maine, including…
An issue Jeff Spinney and Alna selectmen resolved over his shoreland earthwork project re-emerged Sept. 15. The new board concluded Spinney’s project violates zoning. Selectmen authorized the town…
Lincoln Medical Partners
LincolnHealth begins its annual flu vaccination clinics this Saturday, with drive-up events in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta.
Clinics will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays,…
Press release
AUGUSTA — Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, received a perfect score from Democracy Maine’s 2021…
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…
Nicole Ellis is back in the classroom this fall, teaching fifth and sixth grade math and science in Edgecomb. The 2010 University of Maine graduate previously taught fifth grade in New Hampshire.…
MaineHealth
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded MaineHealth $940,140 Sept. 20 for studying how to expand access to regular COVID-19 testing for Maine’s immigrant, low-income and homeless…
Noted mystery author Bruce Robert Coffin met with an enthusiastic group of about 30 guests who gathered on the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library lawn on Saturday, Sept. 18 to hear Coffin discuss…
Obituary
Bernard Ruane Cunningham, 79, passed away peacefully on Sept. 1, 2021 at his home at Washington Manor in Washington, Maine.
Ruane was born on Jan. 18, 1942 to Lucille (Bryer) and Bernard…
The craft fair at Second Congregational Church in Newcastle, scheduled for Sept. 25, has been cancelled, out of an abundance of caution and concerns for community health, according to the church…
Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Sept. 1-15:
Arrests…
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…
Nobody was in a Jeep when it became submerged in Wiscasset harbor Sept. 16, Wiscasset Police Department Administrative Assistant Stephany Blodgett said. And no one was hurt, Blodgett said in an…
Eddy Road ledge blasting will begin Sept. 23 and last for about a week, according to Drilling & Blasting Rock Specialist, Inc. owner Tim Purington. On Sept. 16, the Edgecomb Planning Board…
AUGUSTA — Democrats and Republicans in the Maine Senate have released proposed changes to the landscape of the Maine Senate districts ahead of the November 2022 elections, reflecting the latest…
New Wiscasset Elementary School Principal Kathleen Pastore tried twice this summer to hold Popsicle with the Principal events, but due to rain both times, they attracted a trickle of families, she…
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…
Before the pandemic, Allen “Big Al” Cohen figured he would keep his Big Al’s Super Values store on Route 1, Wiscasset open another 10 years. Starting Monday, he’s selling everything at 33% off. He…
Maine Department of Transportation will be making safety improvements to part of Eddy Road in Edgecomb. Crews will be blasting ledge and rebuilding a retaining wall to improve sight distance for…
Three new members will enter the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame on October 23. Dorothy “Dot” Roderick, Dieter Bradbury and Judy Meyer and have been selected by the MPA’s Hall of Fame…
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…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, thanks to a partnership with Hidden Valley Nature Center of Midcoast Conservancy, now has a new outdoor classroom. The collaboration, offered as a timber frame…
LincolnHealth reported 42 positive COVID-19 cases for Sept. 6-12, a record number for a one-week period since the beginning of the pandemic. The positivity rate rose to 8.55% with 491 tests and 14…
Obituary
Joseph Hilton “Joe” Albee Sr. of Leominster, Massachusetts died on Sept. 14, 2021.
Joe was born in Wiscasset, Maine on Feb. 11, 1933, the son of Hilton and Mary Anne (Doherty) Albee. Joe…
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…
Edgecomb
New Edgecomb Eddy School Principal Christina Boursaw reported enrollment hit 119 for the first week of school. Boursaw told school committee members Sept. 13, enrollment included 31 students from…
Wiscasset school committee
Expect no hybrid learning this school year, Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood told the school committee Tuesday night, Sept. 14. The backup to full-time in-person learning would be to…
Last week, Midcoast Conservancy purchased a high priority 57-acre addition to its Reverend Joseph Barth Memorial Demonstration and Experimental Forest from Nick and Sandra Barth. Reverend Joseph…
Obituary
Barbara Jeanne Vitallo, 75 of Damariscotta, passed away very unexpectedly in the early morning hours of Sept. 10, 2021. The day before her passing was one of beautiful weather. She enjoyed her…
LincolnHealth
LincolnHealth begins its annual flu vaccination clinics, with three successive Saturday drive-up events in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta.
Participants stay in their vehicle for…
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…
Wiscasset planning board
Wiscasset’s planning board on Monday night approved Chandler Sowden’s transfer of business from 65 Main St. to 51 Water St. Sowden owns In a Silent Way, a wine bar, which was in the historic…
More than 20 craft and vendor tables will be selling a wide variety of goods at the St. Giles Jump Into Fall event, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, on the church grounds under the pines at…
Sept. 17, 2021, begins the national celebration of Constitution Week. The week-long commemoration of America’s most important document is one of our country’s least known official observances.…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle told the board Sept. 9, student registrations are rebounding, he hoped by as much as last year’s loss of about 100. He…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in August:
Alna: Merrill, Timothy Lee to Merrill, Timothy L. Tr., Merrill, Jacqueline…
For individuals interested in learning more about restorative justice within Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Knox, Waldo, and Hancock counties, all RJP Maine trainees come out of the three-day…
Almost 90 people came out to Kermess at Pownalborough Court House in Dresden to raise money for Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA). The beautiful fall evening featured a pig roast and…
Obituary
Sandra E. James, 77, of Gardiner Road, Wiscasset died Sept. 7, 2021, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.
She was born in Richmond on Sept. 20, 1943…
Obituary
Tim A. Monfort, 52, of Westport Island, died Sept. 4, 2021, at his residence.
He was born in Long Island, New York on Sept. 3, 1969, son of Henry Soaper and…
The United Way of Mid Coast Maine launched its annual campaign on Sept. 10 at an outside event at the Maine Maritime Museum with guests from Bath Iron Works, Mid Coast-Park View Health, Lincoln…
Obituary
Jack Sarmanian, of Wells, formerly Edgecomb, Maine and Lexington and Watertown, Massachusetts, died Sept. 11, 2021. He was the beloved husband of June “Sandy” (Sandell) Sarmanian and devoted…
First National Bank’s Chief Information Officer, Tammy Plummer, was recently presented Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve’s honored Patriot Award.
The Patriot Award reflects the…
