As far as Craig McConnell is concerned, ice has something over on other media he could sculpt in. Light transforms it, making even a simple sculpture beautiful…

After walking the halls of Wiscasset's schools again, Wayne Dorr said it felt like he'd never left the town where he served as superintendent years ago.

The school…

A Wiscasset High School senior is hoping to make some noise in a statewide competition.

Abby Dunn, 18, is a senior at Wiscasset High…

The former Davis Island Grill in Edgecomb is undergoing a major transformation. It is being completely overhauled and transformed into a banquet and function hall.

T & W Management is…

Bangor Savings Bank Foundation begins its annual grant-making initiative, Community Matters More, on February 1. Through this charitable program, Maine’s…

Alecia Faulkingham and Briana Goud couldn't remember the last time the Wiscasset High School girls varsity basketball team had beaten the Boothbay Region Seahawks.

Former Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Wayne Dorr is back at the helm, 14 years after he last served in town. The Wiscasset School Committee unanimously voted Dorr in as interim superintendent…

The Friends of Windjammer Days are making plans for this year's festival to be held June 22 through 28. In November 2013, the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce board of directors voted to…

The Wiscasset School Committee plans to pick an interim superintendent tonight, Jan. 30. A vote on the selection is on the agenda for tonight’s meeting that starts at 6 p.m., in the library of…

The current Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper contest has called upon community members to…

The Boothbay Harbor Police Department received several complaints on January 29 about calls from people claiming to be from Central Maine Power.

The scammer informs the person his or her…

Louise Susan "Suzi" Farrin died peacefully on January 12, 2014.

She was born on December 31, 1947 at St. Andrews Hospital as Louise Susan Waite. She spent her life working and raising her…

What question do Edgecomb residents ask Selectman Jessica Chubbuck the most? They ask her when the town is going to get online motor vehicle registration.

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A Woolwich man faces 15 counts of possessing child pornography following his arrest Monday by the State Police Computer Crimes Unit. 

William Diemer, 31, of Meadow Road was arrested Monday…

Policy changes, a police officer and more communication among parents are all being eyed to push back against a rise that Wiscasset High School has been seeing in substance abuse…

Project Canopy, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s community forestry program, has awarded $106,243.00 in grants to local governments and municipalities, educational…

Roger E. Roche, 78, of Southport died January 20, 2014 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after a brief illness.

Roger was born on August 29, 1935 to Florence Garvey Roche and…

Fire consumed a double-wide mobile home on Alna’s Cross Road early January 28, Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask said.

“When we arrived, you could basically see through the place. There was nothing…

Hope Lincoln Frey, 94, died December 17, 2013, of failing health. She was born in 1919 in Providence, R.I. to the late James and Adeline Lincoln.

Hope grew up in Rhode Island and New…

A former Wiscasset man has been charged in connection with the gunshot wound police said his girlfriend received at her home in Gardiner on December 7, 2013.

A Kennebec County grand jury…

Kenneth M. Rendall Jr. died peacefully at his home on January 18, 2014. Ken was born in New Brunswick, N.J. on July 7, 1925 to Kenneth and Ruth Rendall.…

More frigid temperatures are on the way to Maine, as a blast of arctic air arrives tonight and is expected to linger throughout the rest of the week.

After 6 p.m. temperatures will dip…

Local teens and anyone willing to join them will be at Wiscasset High School pre-dawn, Friday, Jan. 31. Students and others will be trying to fill the gym with school pride, and food to give to…

The late January snow Mother Nature has painted on Wiscasset may not melt any time soon, but even it does, Winterfest, set for Saturday, Feb. 1, will happen, Parks & Recreation Director Todd…

Healthy Kids is pleased to announce the date for its largest annual fundraiser.

The Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta…

Bernie, an Old English sheepdog owned by May and Erik Mitchell of Alna, was recognized by the Old English Sheepdog Club of America as the Top Performance Old English Sheepdog in…

Annual sales of Maine’s existing, single-family homes jumped an impressive 13.60 percent in 2013. According to Maine Listings, 13,088 homes changed hands during the…

The Charles E. Sherman Jr. Post 36 in Boothbay will be hosting a dinner honoring all Korean War-era veterans in the Boothbay region at its regular meeting on…

The task of getting an interim superintendent didn't get any easier when a dollar figure on pay went public, according to committee member Sharon Nichols.

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Like guns? How about skiing? Most importantly; looking for some off-the-wall outdoor entertainment?

The third annual Liberal Cup…

If the quarters are cramped during most Newcastle Board of Selectmen meetings, just wait: The Twin Villages of Newcastle and Damariscotta are coming together.

Financial power player JPMorgan Chase has pegged Coastal Enterprises in Wiscasset to be part of a new lending team for small businesses.

“The really exciting part of this is the ability to…

What does friendship look like?

At the Boothbay Harbor home of Richard and Melanie Green, it’s the shaved head of 16-year-old Allison Barter.

The daughter of Mark and Leslie Barter of…

In a letter today, Sen. Angus King urged the Federal Emergency Management…

Patricia Ryan, the first woman to be the editor of a major American weekly magazine and an inspiration to a generation of female journalists, died December 27,…

The Wiscasset School Committee has moved up the start time of its Thursday, January 23, meeting at Wiscasset High School to 4 p.m., Chairman Glen Craig announced.

The meeting will open…

Detective Ronald Rollins was recently promoted to the rank of Detective Sergeant.

Rollins assumed his current duties…

Naturalist Led Walks and Talks

Animal Tracks and Signs Hike is Sunday, Jan. 26, 10 a.m. to noon at the NORGAL Preserve,…

Miriam K. Buckley, owner of Damarine Antiques in Damariscotta, announces that she has expanded the reach of her antiques business by exhibiting at Cabot Mill Antiques in Brunswick…

The Maine House of Representatives sent a bill to committee January 21 that would direct federal and state veterans’ agencies to develop a portable housing voucher for low-income or homeless…

The relentless cold continues to bear down, with another wind chill advisory issued from now until 9 a.m. Thursday. The Maine Emergency Management Agency issued its advisory this afternoon, with…

Work has begun at the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper on the award-winning supplement, “Summertime” for 2014. Listings for the events calendar are currently being sought. Annual…

Fire department needs and concerns and ongoing construction on the municipal building dominated discussion at the Tuesday, Jan. 21 Woolwich Board of Selectmen meeting.

Board Chairman David…

Wiscasset High School faces challenges, but is doing a lot right, according to a new report by the organization that has renewed the school's accreditation.

The…

Wiscasset appears to have an unexpected $500,000 cushion on its credit line for the costs to leave Regional School Unit 12, Selectmen's Chairman Ed Polewarczyk said January 21.

There are better ways to spend the summer in Midcoast Maine than stuck in a Wiscasset traffic jam. There is no easy fix to the infamous Route 1 bottle neck, but big plans are coming down the line…

A winter weather advisory levied for Lincoln County early in the evening January 21 was lifted before 10 p.m., a meteorologist said.

“The storm is traveling further south than we thought it…

If an inmate commits a crime in a regional jail, which county owns it?

That was the question proposed by Lincoln County Comission…

T. Marie McLellan, 82, died January 18, 2014 at Edgecomb Green in Edgecomb.

She was born January 20, 1931 in Boothbay Harbor to Joseph C. Peters Sr. and Irene Newcomb Peters. Marie grew up…

UPDATE: The weather advisory for Lincoln County was lifted the…