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Gary Fairfield

Marge Pooler had two things to do at the Wiscasset Community Center on Tuesday: Play cribbage with fellow senior citizens and turn in her absentee ballot at the polls.

Voting was taking up…

When the polls opened in Boothbay and Edgecomb Tuesday a sampling of voters showed that Gov. Paul LePage was a driving force in getting people to vote.

Some people support the governor and…

Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 4. This newspaper has, over the past three months, conducted interviews and resources for its readers.

Visit the Election Center 2014 for interviews with…

AUGUSTA, Maine, November 3, 2014 — Central Maine Power Co. (CMP), a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA, continues work to repair damage from a winter storm that passed through…

Wiscasset selectmen

Wiscasset selectmen will consider a date of Nov. 20 for a public hearing on the upcoming town vote on whether or not to close Wiscasset Primary School. Setting the hearing date is on the board’s…

Obituary

John J. Nelson, 86, of Westport Island, died Oct. 28, 2014 with his wife of 63 years (Mary) Ruth Nelson by his side.

He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on April 25, 1928. Like many…

Winter 2014

While the United States turned back the clocks an hour Sunday, Midcoast Maine set them back to winter.

That is, of course, if they had power.

At its peak, the Nov. 2 snowstorm caused…

With the past snowstorm, many are turning their thoughts toward winter activity.

The Wiscasset Sno-Goers have already begun their season.

Road crossing signs are appearing to alert…

From midnight Saturday night through 8 p.m. Sunday night, Lincoln County Communications Center received at least 330 calls; no one was injured in the motor vehicle accidents and other incidents,…

Obituary

Derek George Gowers, 80, of Prospect, Connecticut, and Boothbay died peacefully on Oct. 28, 2014, at Paradigm of Prospect. He was the loving husband of Barbara "…

Limbs and trees toppled by Sunday's storm have caused thousands of power outages throughout Midcoast Maine and beyond. Power company crews and clean-up crews are trying to get to the downed lines…

Election 2014

Mick Devin said his first term in the Maine House of Representatives was successful enough to warrant another go-round.

Devin, D-…

District 90

Anna Morkeski has seen the drawbacks of collusion between the public and private sectors.

Morkeski, 27, R-Damariscotta, said her hope…

UPDATED: Due to widespread power outages, state offices in Ellsworth, Rockland and Boothbay Harbor will be closed today.

Gov. Paul R. LePage has announced that due to widespread power…

Bring the joy of the holidays to a local child in need. Donate a new and unwrapped toy at one of the many Toys for Tots drop-off locations across Knox, Lincoln and…

All Regional School Unit 12 schools are closed Monday, Nov. 3, due to blocked roads and widespread power outages, the district’s superintendent Howard Tuttle states in an alert sent out at 5:26 a.…

Boothbay to Belfast: heavy, wet snow with strong winds; power out some areas

Heavy wet snow is taking down trees and power lines, sending cars into ditches and creating big headaches for local police, firefighters, public works crews and tow truck drivers, who are all over…

Coast Guard, Marine Patrol boats in port this morning, helicopter grounded

On Sunday, Nov. 2, the Coast Guard officially suspended its search for two lost fishermen whose boat No Limits sunk off of Matinicus.

Coast Guard air…

Wiscasset accident

The driver in a rollover accident on Wiscasset’s Foye Road on Saturday received apparent minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, Lincoln County…

The Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education group will meet Nov. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Midcoast Recreation Center on Route 90 in Rockport.

Fall Back

This Sunday, Nov. 2 is the day to move your clocks back an hour as daylight saving time (DST) ends. Officially, daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m.

Halloween 2014
Angelina Haggett, Mae Benner, Halloween, parade

Tradition is tradition, and in Wiscasset, one of the annual ones is for children and in some cases adults also, to dress up for Halloween, meet at Wiscasset Middle School and parade down Federal…

Video

With four days left in the race for the Blaine House, Democratic gubernatorial nominee and U.S. Congressman Mike Michaud stopped at several Wiscasset businesses on Friday.

In this video from…

Polling places for the Nov. 4 general and local elections are listed below. Phone numbers included are for respective town offices, and do not necessarily reach polling places.

Alna Fire…

Wiscasset High School

Gargoyles, ghosts, reindeer, Nicki Minaj, Hipster Sleeping Beauty, hooded evil-doers from “The Purge,” three blind mice, the cast from “Alice in Wonderland,” a hairy-footed hobbit and a grocery…

Glenn Chadbourne is a spooky guy.

Born in Damariscotta on a late October day some 50 years ago, Chadbourne has been drawing…

Obituary

Judy Mandell Danforth, 88, a long-time Westwood, Massachusetts resident and Squirrel Island summer resident, died peacefully on Oct. 22, 2014.

Danforth was born in Newton, Massachusetts on…

Ervin Deck

Ervin Deck confirmed Friday that he will be leaving his job as manager of the town-owned Wiscasset Municipal Airport. He will leave sometime after the first of the year, Deck states in an email…

The LincolnHealth Wound Care Center, a member of the Healogics network, is participating in the Healogics National Diabetes Campaign from Oct. 27 to…

Jean Huber, Vickie Hersom, Julia Hatfield

New Hope for Women’s new Wiscasset office is getting more walk-ins than a Damariscotta site did, representatives for the nonprofit said. The new location that opened in July at 41 Water Street,…

Election 2014

Editor’s note: During the summer, the Penobscot Bay Pilot, Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper collectively sought interviews with the three candidates for governor. Eliot Cutler and…

Fifty or more Midcoast small businesses will receive an economic boost next spring. The Midcoast Council of Governments will distribute $500,000 in the Rural Micro-entrepreneur Assistance Program…

What’s Cooking

Here it is the first week of November and we are on the heels of the craziest, busiest time of the year. I know there will be days when even I whine "I'm too tired to cook."

That's when I…

United Way of Mid Coast Maine is accepting applications for new funding partnerships with Midcoast nonprofit agencies that work to improve people’s lives in the core building blocks of education,…

After a few brief days of sea trials in Newport, Rhode Island, East Boothbay-built Comanche set sail Oct. 30 for Charleston, South Carolina, the first leg of the passage to Sydney,…

Midcoast Printmakers announced a new Saturday workshop to be held at their studio workshop on Main Street in Damariscotta on Saturday, Nov. 8.

Nick Livingston and Julie Roberts are putting together a fundraiser for John and Cathy Orne of Edgecomb…

The Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene will host Mike Everett on Sunday, Nov. 2.

In 2011, a snowstorm deposited a blanket of snow for New England trick-or-treaters. This year, the parka can probably be stowed away a bit longer.

Video: Lobster Chefs

Jonne Trees and Cody Mitchell of Channel 7 Boothbay Region Community Television, and Cherie Scott of the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce produced this video starring Boothbay Harbor’s…

Obituary

Jennie Adeline “Jane” Hutchins, 85, died at Safe Havens in Boothbay Harbor on Oct. 26, 2014.

She was born on Nov. 15, 1928 in Portland, the daughter of the late Clarence and Lola (Reed)…

Dresden restaurant owner Lenny Santos questions the board of selectmen’s intent to prohibit parking on the south bound lane of Route 27 along his business…

Creating Community is a socially supportive group designed to connect people with one another as they navigate living with cancer.

It's time for the annual fall birdseed sale held by the Mid-Coast Audubon chapter. Proceeds help the chapter with its nesting box program and help provide the many free educational programs held…

#GivingTuesday

Have you heard about Boothbay Treasures? A group of 26 local nonprofits from the Boothbay region are collaborating to let the world know that they live, work and serve in one of the most caring…

Wiscasset Fire Department, Hooper Street

A water heater’s elements failed, reportedly causing a brief fire at a Hooper Street, Wiscasset home Wednesday night, Wiscasset Fire Chief T.J. Merry said.

The occupants of the home at 33…

New Hope for Women is pleased to announce the addition of Julia Hatfield to its staff as a community-based advocate in Wiscasset.

When a wound in Henry Bonner’s left leg wouldn’t heal, LincolnHealth Wound Care Center providers gave him back his quality of life.

For more than a year, a…

US District Court

The Brunswick woman who pleaded guilty to embezzling more…

Edgecomb voters narrowly approved the purchase of a new tractor for the school during an Oct. 20 special town meeting. Residents voted, 14-12, to finance the purchase of a 2014 John Deere tractor…