Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on Sept. 30 announced that the Perkins Homestead in Newcastle is now a National Historic Landmark. Nominated by the Frances Perkins Center, the 57-acre farm…
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Wiscasset Parks and Recreation
Five thousand black and orange plastic eggs are a lot to fill.
Longtime Wiscasset Parks and Recreation employee Bonnie Blagdon has help putting candy and prizes into the eggs that will go…
Regina Bowman, 41, of Waldoboro, has been arrested and charged with Class B cocaine trafficking.
For the past two months, agents from the the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Mid-Coast…
Fall is here, the evenings are drawing in and all over Maine craftspeople and artists are preparing for the busiest shopping season of the year.…
Obituary
Charlotte F. Sutter, 96, of Woolwich died Sept. 30, 2014 at Winship Green Nursing Center in Bath.
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Dresden Fire Department
Stacey and Eric Vannah of Dresden want their son Lincoln, 2, to start learning early how to stay safe in an emergency. So on Oct. 1, the Dresden family joined other area residents at the Dresden…
Alna Fire Department
Motorists on Alna’s Route 218 may have noticed a change in the scenery lately as they pass by the fire station. Alna firefighters and other volunteers have been working together to create a park…
Lincoln County Community Resource Coalition is sponsoring a Community Resource Expo on Friday, Oct. 17 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Newcastle…
The Maine Department of Transportation will see for themselves on Friday what Edgecomb town officials have complained about for years.
DOT Region II manager Michael Burns and his staff along…
A Yarmouth man has been charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly choked a woman in Newcastle.
Scott McCatherin, 50, of…
Wiscasset High School
In Shalimar Poulin’s media arts class at Wiscasset High School on Sept. 26, sophomore Keara Hunter looked over a digital poster she had made using landscape photographs. They were ones she had…
Wiscasset High School
From now on, a Wiscasset High School student’s third incident with substance abuse would kick in an added measure to rules already in place: The student would now have to ask the school committee…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
A routine search at Two Bridges Regional Jail turned up some prison contraband.
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office reported that on…
March of Dimes Maine Chapter will honor Dr. Michael Pinette at the Greater Portland Signature Chefs Auction on Thursday, Oct. 2 at DiMillo’s on the Water.
Pinette is the medical director of…
The Boothbay Harbor Police Department made no arrests between Sept. 23-29, but they responded to the following calls; 9-1-1, 4; animal complaint, 1; administrative, 1; assist citizen, 3; burglary…
Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce
After a competitive search process over this past summer, the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce and Board of Directors has hired its new executive director, Tony Cameron.
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The Lincoln County Fire Chiefs Association recently awarded the Meritorious Commendation Award to Alna Fire Captain Mike …
A Gardiner man has died from injuries he got when the motorcycle he was riding in Whitefield Sunday night crashed into a deer and into another motorcycle his wife was riding, the Lincoln County…
Obituary
Robert S. "Bob" Reed Jr., of Wiscasset died suddenly of a heart attack on Sept. 17, 2014. He had recently arrived to…
Obituary
Joseph Armand Melanson, 82, died peacefully at his home in Boothbay on Sept. 28, 2014 surrounded by his loving family.
Armand was born Oct. 26, 1931 in Lynn, Massachusetts, the son of the…
Carolyn Maunz named Oyster Poetry contest winner
DAMARISCOTTA — Another last blast of summer came through Sept. 28 for the 13th annual Pemaquid Oyster Festival on the shores of the Damariscotta River at the historic Schooner Landing Restaurant…
Two transported to Miles Memorial Hospital
WARREN — A head-on crash in Warren Monday afternoon killed one woman and sent two others to a local hospital.
According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred just before 3…
Get to Know...
There's a bit of a ritual: At the beginning of the school year, Wiscasset Primary School first grade teacher Julie Mitchell has the kids write something down. Then, the…
In the moments before Wiscasset High School freshman Lindsey Gordon and her horse Nina head into a competition, she tells the 10-year-old thoroughbred that it is the mare’s time to shine. Then…
Obituary
Sandra Arlene Mullen, 74, of Boothbay died peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 24 surrounded by the love of her family.
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Local Maine photographer Mike Leonard will again lead the Scott Kelby Media group Photo Walk in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 4:30 p.m.…
The Edgecomb Capital Improvement Committee will consider an alternative recreational use for the abandoned tennis courts on Cross Point Road near the former Edgecomb Eddy School.
The…
For a place that started off as a run-down sheep farm, Chewonki has come a long way.
On the eve of the Chewonki Foundation's 100-year…
Wiscasset High School
While it took a while to light, eventually those who came out to Wiscasset High School's Saturday, Sept. 27 homecoming were treated to a show.
…A motorcyclist was seriously injured in Whitefield Sunday night when he tried to miss a deer, but struck it and his wife’s motorcycle, authorities said.
Neither Kenneth Black, 50, nor his…
Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum
Three-year-old Barrett “Bear” Hisler of Newcastle likes trains so much, when the steam train at Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna left Sheepscot Station with him on it…
It is easy to get caught up in the day to day of life and forget to acknowledge and show gratitude for the abundance this season brings. Monhegan Island is no…
Wiscasset Selectmen
Wiscasset’s newly named Redskin’s Drive would become Micmac Drive, if selectmen agree to the change proposed by the same people who asked to call it Redskin’s Drive.
Selectmen’s Vice…
On the fisheries, small business, marketing Maine, marijuana
When independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler came by Knox Mill in Camden recently …
Pumpkinfest 2014
The leaves are changing, the nights are getting cooler, scarecrows and jack-o-lanterns have taken the place of summer guests, and soon pumpkins will will be spewing…
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That’s a wrap: Ann Scanlan, a Wiscasset Art Walk volunteer and one of the directors of Sylvan Gallery on Main Street, prepares to put away lights and other items used Sept. 25, the last night of…
A Bristol man was arrested Sept. 20 by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office on a slew of charges, including assault and violating the conditions of his release.
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Wiscasset School Committee
Andrea Main of Wiscasset said she wants everyone to have a voice in deciding whether or not to close Wiscasset Primary School. That’s why she is gathering signatures on a petition that would send…
For one day only this weekend, on Sunday, Sept. 28, get 25 percent off almost everything at Two Salty Dogs Pet Outfitters in Boothbay Harbor.
Come stock up on your favorite treats and toys…
Wiscasset’s town planner of the last three years, Misty Parker, is headed to Lewiston for a job with the city as an economic development specialist.
“It’s a great loss to Wiscasset,”…
Obituary
Nathaniel E. Merrill, 20, of Old Bath Road, Wiscasset died Sept. 22, 2014.
He was born in Damariscotta on…
Wiscasset School Committee
Cheering and wrestling teams and a volleyball club are up for consideration Thursday night by the Wiscasset School Committee.
Wiscasset High School Assistant Principal and Athletic Director…
Photos: Wiscasset High School
Wiscasset Homecoming Queen Kayla Gordon and King Joshua Hodgdon were crowned Saturday, Sept. 20.
Homecoming activities will be in full force Saturday, Sept. 27, starting with an 8 a.m.…
Alna Selectmen
It can snow now in Alna.
However soon, or late, the flakes start falling on Wiscasset’s neighbor to the north, the plow blades of Hagar Enterprises of Damariscotta will be along to clear the…
Two upcoming fundraisers for Christian Bryant and family
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — When Christian Bryant of Lincolnville was 16 months old, he was diagnosed with a stage three, rare form of kidney cancer called nephroblastoma, or Wilms' tumor.
A Wilms'…
Lincoln County residents are encouraged to eat locally on Thursday, Sept. 25, to support United Way’s annual “Extra Helping” event. Twenty generous restaurants in…
Obituary
Donald Hugh Hardwick died peacefully at his home on Sept. 10, 2014 with his devoted daughter Sandra by his side.
Donald was born Dec. 26, 1922 in Boothbay…
Woolwich Selectmen
At a special Woolwich selectmen’s meeting Sept. 22, the board set the town’s new tax rate at $14.30 per thousand dollars of assessed value, an increase of 3.6 percent over the 2013-14 rate of $13.…
The Edgecomb School Committee needs to clear one more hurdle before the town will approve a tractor loan.
The school committee purchased a new tractor this fall, and voters will decide on…
Wiscasset School Department
Have you ever thought about becoming a substitute teacher or custodian — or would you like to fill in as a bus driver?
If so, Wiscasset School Department is looking for you!
Please…
