David P. Lupprian, 91, of Zephyrhills, Florida and Boothbay Harbor, and formerly of Laurel, Maryland, died Sept. 17, 2014.

He was the devoted husband of the late Hazel (nee McMillan) and…

One of Maine Track Medical School student Will LaPlant’s first patients in the LincolnHealth Emergency Department was an elderly woman who had a cut on her face.

Dunton’s Doghouse in Boothbay Harbor Customer Appreciation Day will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (ish) on Tuesday, Oct. 14.

We at the…

A pumpkin is not the willingest of canvases.

There are dips, divots, scuffs, and the over-sized fruit seems to drink the paint.

That’s not even mentioning the inevitable spider left…

Stanley P. Clark Jr., 83, of Boothbay Harbor, and a former longtime resident of Westfield, New Jersey, died Sept. 23, 2014 at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice in…

Local photographer Dave Cleaveland, of Maine Imaging, delivered an aerial photo of Walker’s Point to President George H. W. Bush on Oct. 7. Walker’s Point, in…

A celebration of life and benefit dance for Robert Reed, who died Sept. 17, 2014, will be held Saturday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Waldoboro VFW Hall, 50 Mill Street, Waldoboro.

The band Bad…

The Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene will host the East Wind Gospel Singers this Sunday, Oct. 12 at the 11 a.m. worship service. East Wind has traveled…

The Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s next Business After Hours event is Oct. 9.

St. Philip’s Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry, 12 Hodge St., and the Wiscasset Food Pantry at the Church of the Nazarene, 255 Gardiner Road, in Wiscasset, are open to all who are suffering from…

Alna should work with Regional School Unit 12’s other towns to plan the district’s future, an Alna representative to the district’s board said Oct. 8.

Ralph Hilton asked selectmen to…

The first case of Ebola in the United States was recently announced, with a patient in Dallas who traveled to the U.S. from Liberia. The resultant hysteria and xenophobia (dislike or fear of…

The FARMS Community Kitchen above Damariscotta’s Rising Tide Community Market is now open. This month schoolchildren, teenagers, parents and grandparents from all…

The Dresden Board of Selectmen took up several matters at its regular Monday night meeting including an update of its winter…

At their meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 7, Lincoln County Commissioners were briefed on a proposed sale and purchase of weapons.

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The Boothbay Harbor Police Department made one arrest between Sept. 30 to Oct. 6.

On Oct. 1, Sgt. Patrick Higgins arrested Stanton Parks, 64, of Wiscasset, for allegedly operating under the…

The Westport Island Board of Selectmen met Monday evening and reviewed a number of agenda topics.

Among these was an update from…

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told the Damariscotta/Newcastle Rotary Club on Tuesday morning that the best way to break the legislative gridlock in Washington, D.C. was to elect those who…

Wiscasset’s fine against Giles Rubbish of Boothbay will stand, following selectmen’s split vote on Oct. 7. Dan Giles said his business’ $100 fine hurt his pride more than his wallet, because it’s…

Redskin’s Drive is no more in Wiscasset.

In a 4-0 vote on Oct. 7, selectmen changed the name of the private drive off Bradford Road to Micmac Drive, honoring the heritage of the road’s…

The Iditarod isn’t the 1,000-mile sled dog race Heidi Sutter has been aiming to enter.

“It never was a thought in…

In her first year as a special education instructor, new Wiscasset High School teacher Melissa Burgess has set several goals.

There is…

A pumpkin festival is just a festival without the addition of a very large, very orange fruit.

For this year's…

Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram columnist Bill Nemitz will be the featured speaker at the Oct. 17 meeting of Lincoln County Democrats in Damariscotta.…

Republican volunteer Rowena Flynn, left, of Wiscasset meets with U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine on Main Street in Wiscasset, during one of the incumbent senator’s campaign stops in Lincoln…

William J. Curtis, 86, of Wiscasset died Oct. 3, 2014.

Born on Jan. 9, 1928, “Bill”…

Rep. Bruce MacDonald will be honored for his eight years of outstanding service representing Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Arrowsic, Georgetown, Southport and Westport Island in the Maine House. All…

For the fifth year, the Pemaquid Watershed Association monitored the water around Damariscotta's Biscay…

Wilhelmus “Wil” Kool, 87, of Alna, died at his home on Sept. 27, 2014, with his wife of 65 years by his side.

Born on Sept. 26, 1927 in Delft, Holland, he was the son of Cornelius Johannes…

When Michael Giampetruzzi didn’t do his schoolwork as a child, it wasn’t because he couldn’t.

“It didn’t interest me, so I didn’t do it,” he said.

It turned out that he needed more of…

The Lincoln County Republican Committee has announced plans to meet Sen. Susan Collins at the WW&F Railroad Museum in Alna on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at approximately 5 p.m. as her bus tour passes…

Are you looking for a handy way to put your garden and flower beds to rest for the winter? Why not try some Lincoln County compost? The addition of just a couple…

What Pam Dunning liked best about serving with her neighbor, William “Bill” Curtis, on the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen was his willingness to listen to a different view.

“You could disagree…

Rebuilding Together of Lincoln County recently received a generous donation recently of CFI lightbulbs and is paying forward that…

In an effort to offer support to Catholic Charities Maine’s Refugee and Immigration Services, All Saints Parish has launched a yearlong service project to provide “…

The Center for Teaching and Learning, a nationally recognized, K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold an information session on Tuesday…

Wiscasset High School and Wiscasset Ford will be raising money for the high school on Oct. 11, through Ford’s DRIVE 4UR SCHOOL program.

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wiscasset Ford will have new…

On Oct. 11 and 12 the Boothbay Railway Village along with the Boothbay Information Center will host a true New England Craft Fair.

This year the Fall Foliage Festival is part of a new…

John Pray of Wiscasset and others hold signs along Route 1 near the Wiscasset municipal building on Oct. 5, for National Life Chain Sunday. Pray’s wife Mary Pray said the pro-life observance was…

Jed Wartman, as the dean of students and director of campus life at Colby College in Waterville, knows a thing or two about developing a community.

Hall Funeral Home and Tribute Centers, through its “Partners in Care” programming, invites you to a special program, led by Mary Francis, a certified Grief Recovery…

The Edgecomb planning board encouraged a property owner to submit an application concerning her intent to build a residence at 40 U.S. Route 1. Ronna Lugosh and her consultant, Karl Olson, met…

Sally Howe, left, and fellow Westport Island resident Anne Harris chat as they help at First Congregational Church’s Oktoberfest in Wiscasset on Oct. 4. Rain led church members to bring the…

Whether you have one question or a dozen questions about your iPad instructor, Vanessa Richards most likely has the answer(s). Join her for one or all of her iPad-How Do I Do That…

A Jefferson man walked away from an early morning rollover on Newcastle’s North Newcastle Road Sunday, authorities said.

Romeo Geroux, 44, was driving northbound in a 2000, four-door Saturn…

A new informal association in the Midcoast will help its members reduce their winter heating costs by improving the energy efficiency of their homes and converting to renewable…

When Damariscotta received grants to boost its sidewalks on Business Route 1 and Bristol Road in 2008, it made life a little easier for foot traffic.

The owner of Giles Rubbish in Boothbay is questioning a fine he said the business has gotten from Wiscasset over a recycling issue. He plans to ask Wiscasset selectmen on Oct. 7 if it’s possible…

Along the 7,500-mile Gulf of Maine shoreline, forecasters are predicting an extreme high tide Oct. 9. Participants in the first-…

Melissa Sue Tilas of Wiscasset and Sumner Ames Averill of Alna were married Sept. 6, 2014 at the Damariscotta Lake Farm in Jefferson.

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