Wiscasset School Department has no school on Wednesday, Feb. 24, Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot announced. An email notification states the closure is due to “the variable and inclement…
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Obituary
Jane Susan Willett of Camden died in Brunswick on Feb. 20, 2016 with her daughter by her side.
She was born February…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
“It’s just no fun anymore,” Mark Westrum, administrator of the Two Bridges Regional Jail, said last week.
He was returning after being ill for some days, and found himself overwhelmed. No…
It's time to prepare for the 14th Annual Festival of Art for Senior College at Belfast. All Maine artists, aged 50 and over, amateur or professional, can submit artwork for the show running June 9…
Capt. Keith Colburn of TV’s “Deadliest Catch” will be in attendance at this year’s Maine Fishermen’s Forum, being held at the Samoset Resort in Rockland March 3-5. He is participating in the…
On Eating and Loving Food
I love food. I have an obsession with food and anything food-related.
From the time I wake up and start thinking about what I’ll have for breakfast to the time I…
Join Andrew Fenniman at The Lincoln Home for a presentation Monday, Feb. 29, from 3 to 4 p.m., to learn more about the Lincoln Theatre's past and present.…
The next meeting of the Garden Club of Wiscasset will be on March 3 at the Congregational Church of Wiscasset. At 12: 30 p.m. there is a business meeting followed by a brief horticulture…
Katherine Thompson has been hired by the Maine Department of Marine Resources as the lead lobster sampling program scientist. Thompson, a Ph.D. student in marine biology at the…
The Morris Farm, a working farm and education center in Wiscasset that promotes sustainable agriculture and stewardship, and Chewonki, an…
Growing up in Wiscasset, Preston Dunning swam regularly around the remains of the Hesper and Luther Little.
As of Feb. 1, the 1987 Wiscasset High School graduate…
Wiscasset’s highway department is back to full strength following the hiring of Ted Snowdon as the new town mechanic. The town mechanic is in charge of the care and maintenance of the town’s fleet…
German short-haired pointer Gemma showed signs of independence weeks after she was born July 4, 2014 at home in Edgecomb. She repeatedly found her way out of the whelping box and later over a four…
The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21, 2016 Note: The Feb. 9, 2016 entry “Dorothy Koughan of Wiscasset was warned…
Obituary
Harold B. Seavey, 54, of Boothbay Harbor died unexpectedly on Feb. 16, 2016 at his home.
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Damariscotta Board of Selectmen
Damariscotta voters met for a public hearing and special town meeting on Feb. 17 to decide whether or not to approve matching funds for a possible Community Development Block Grant to address…
Obituary
Joan A. deGarmo died peacefully with her daughter by her side in the emergency room at LincolnHealth, Miles Campus on Feb. 5, 2016.
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No one was hurt in a Monday morning fire at Robert L. Foster Antiques on Route One in Newcastle, Newcastle Fire Chief Clayton Huntley said. Rags with linseed oil on them from refinishing work…
The Woolwich Town Office has reconciled its Pay As You Throw accounts. After paying back what was owed for unsold bags and adding savings from tipping fees, the program broke even in the four…
In a surprise move on Feb. 18, Gov. Paul LePage chose Lincoln County’s chief deputy, Major Ken Mason, to be Kennebec County’s next sheriff. But Mason is unlikely to be seated any time soon, if…
On Thursday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Skip Gates and a representative from the Maine Attorney General's Office will lead a discussion on…
Take a look at this 20-year-old photo from our archives. Then email your guess on who the area resident on the left is, to news@wiscassetnewspaper.com. We’ll reveal the answer in the Feb. 25 print…
Looking for something fun, educational (and delicious) to do on a mid-winter night?
Local chef/owner Rick Hirsch of…
Maine Innkeepers will reduce room rates by 50 percent this spring to support Hospitality for Habitat, a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity, announced Maine…
Well-known local historian Jerry Wiles will share the life of Phillis Wheatley, the first published African-American woman poet, on Monday, Feb. 22 from 3 to 4 p.m…
Lincoln County Democrats gave a slight edge to Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in a straw poll at the Democrats’ Feb. 15 meeting in Newcastle. Roughly 25 percent were undecided.
Guest…
The annual Lincoln County ‘Hearts and Hands’ Haiti Benefit Dinner will feature a new range of brightly colored and whimsical handicrafts and papier mache art from…
Learn about protecting yourself from identity theft and fraud at the First Congregational Church in Wiscasset, located next to the Courthouse, on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m.
Martha Currier, complaint…
A 70-year-old Wiscasset woman died Feb. 17 after being struck while using a crosswalk on Washington Street in Bath.
Paula K. Caruso died at the scene, after being struck by a 2008 Chevy…
Owning two hangars at Wiscasset Municipal Airport and a property next door, Steve Williams said he pays Wiscasset more in property taxes than he does Georgetown, where he lives.
For the last…
Join Midcoast Conservancy naturalist Lynne Flaccus for a walk through the woods under the light of a full moon at Hidden Valley Nature Center in…
Obituary
William S. Raithel died peacefully on Feb. 8, 2016 in Florida with his wife of 62 years, Nancy, by his side.
Bill was…
“She has given me hope that I can control my diabetes…She is amazing!” wrote one patient.
“Her bedside manner and her care and concern are off the charts!”…
Department of Marine Resources
All harvesters who are taking oysters or hard shell clams from the Damariscotta River, or buying shellfish from harvesters working on the river, are required to attend an annual training session…
Students at Wiscasset Middle High School may get the opportunity to restore pieces of the Hesper and Luther Little but before the project begins selectmen want to hear more from…
Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice has hired Mickey Gerhard, MSN, RN as its new hospice and palliative care coordinator. Each year, Miles & St.…
Wiscasset selectmen entered into two cooperative agreements with the Maine Department of Transportation for proposed road improvements for both the north and south intersections of routes 1 and…
Obituary
Faye W. Smith, 69, of Wiscasset died Feb. 11, 2016 at her home.
She was born on November 5, 1946 in Saco, the daughter…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Amid a routine Lincoln County Commissioners’ meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 16, commissioners posed a surprise question to Major Ken Mason, who was speaking on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office and Two…
Alna fire officials hope town meeting voters will green light a $6 an hour, firefighter pay hike and the rest of a recruitment plan. Without it, the department may eventually go the way of the…
Daniel M. Lay, Managing Director, from H.M. Payson told Wiscasset selectmen Tuesday night the town closed out 2015 with a market value of $12.64 million in its investment portfolio.
Kay…
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) spoke about two U.S. Presidents from the state of Illinois during the Feb. 12 Lincoln Day Dinner. The annual dinner was sponsored by the county GOP at the 1812…
Wiscasset’s Feed Our Scholars Backpack Initiative is alerting all chowder lovers to save the March 12 date, when the group under the direction of Beth Cowing-Young…
Tigger Leather Silversmith has been in Boothbay Harbor for 38 years. Owner Peter Dombrowski said it has been a labor of love.
The shop was originally in the building that is now Coastal Dog…
Ransom Consulting will be conducting tests of the subsurface soil at the Damariscotta municipal parking lot between Main Street and the waterfront on Feb. 17 and 18.
Eight bore holes will be…
The Boothbay Railway Village is restoring S.D. Warren Co. locomotive No. 2 to its original operating condition, as built by the Baldwin Locomotive…
Due to a problem posting the warrant Wiscasset selectmen postponed the date of a planned special town meeting. The new date for the meeting is 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 25.
The board will ask…
It’s taken a while but the really frigid temperatures have finally set in this winter, freezing many lakes and ponds. Years ago, before refrigeration came into being, this was the time of year…
The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from Feb. 8 to Feb. 14.
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Teachers’ night at the Wiscasset McDonald’s restaurant has been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 22, from 5 to 7 p.m., Wiscasset Middle High School technology coordinator Deb Pooler said.
A…
