It’s that time of the year again: the Y’s Bring Your Friend to the Y for free two week trial. Last year, this initiative brought over 70 individuals into the Y who tried classes for free, swam in…

The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen will meet Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 5 p.m. in the Municipal Meeting Room.

The agenda will include opening the Recreational Pier bids.

A Waldoboro man who allegedly riddled his dog with BBs…

A new wound care center that is scheduled to begin accepting patients this winter in the Family Care Center will use the latest evidence-based practices to help patients who suffer…

Recognizing that many people utilize the Internet to gather information before making a purchase, especially a large and technically challenging purchase like a gas…

Nicole Leigh Geddry, 36, of Norwood, Mass., died September 14, 2013 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Nicole was the loving daughter of Joan Geddry of Norwood, Mass., and the…

The Boothbay Region Health and Wellness Foundation, the nonprofit that formed out of local opposition to proposed changes at St. Andrews Hospital, will hold its first annual meeting at the Railway…

At the dawn of William Harrison's trial for allegedly assaulting Gregory Vrooman, Harrison's lawyer, Clifford Strike, told the jury not to focus on the act, but the…

What message did Wiscasset voters send September 10?

The leaders of two key Wiscasset panels interpret the results very differently.

Residents…

Faith Beehler Marsland of William Hill Manor, Easton, Md., died at the age of 94 on September 3, 2013.

She was born on June 20, 1919 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where she lived until her first…

The road is called Rabbit Path, but it was a deer in a car’s path that led to an accident in Alna on September 16.

David Chaney of Alna said he was driving his 2003 Jeep Liberty when he…

Rising Tide Community Market in Damariscotta recently donated $300 each to Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools (FARMS) and the Lincoln County Animal Shelter as part of its…

United Way of Mid Coast Maine Tuesday kicked off its annual campaign to improve people’s lives in Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties, Brunswick and Harpswell.

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At the Maine Film Office in Augusta, Director Karen Carberry Warhola has been working to bring more productions to Maine.

Since her July 4, 2012 arrival, 14 projects (documentary, film,…

Developer Tony Casella hopes to be ready soon to go back to the Edgecomb Planning Board about the hotel he wants to put up on Route 1.

The only missing piece is…

The idea of consolidating Wiscasset schools lives on.

The Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit’s board has given a key panel the all-clear to keep working. The go-…

September 11 marked the official start of the fall foliage season in Maine. Officials with the Maine Forest Service anticipate an “outstanding” foliage season…

Mary Louise (Porch) Frechtling died peacefully at her home in Bethesda, Md., on September 9, 2013 at the age of 98.

She was born in Littleton, Colo., grew up in Wilmington, Del., and…

The Pemaquid Oyster Festival is seeking volunteer photographers to help cover the event on Sunday, Sept. 29.

“We’ve got a lot happening in a short period of…

Sen. Chris Johnson (D-Somerville) will hold his monthly in-district office hours on Saturday, Sept. 14, in three locations.

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The National Weather Service said a dangerous storm capable of damaging winds, hail and lightning is moving into Lincoln County.

Some locations in its path include Boothbay Harbor,…

This morning, Thursday, Sept. 12, members of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, Damariscotta Police Department and United States Secret Service executed a…

Join the Hidden Valley Nature Center community on September 29, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for an Open House. HVNC will celebrate Great Maine Outdoor Weekend with several great programs and events. Some of…

From Friday, Sept. 13 to Friday, Oct. 11, the Key Bank branch at 40 Front St., in Bath will be collecting donations for the Lincoln County Animal Shelter.

For more information, call Jessica…

The Edgecomb Town Democratic Committee will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Edgecomb Town Hall.

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Holbrook Excavating of Woolwich, which contracted with the town of Dresden for three years of plowing and sanding for Dresden during the winter months, has decided it cannot do the…

Wiscasset High School’s 2013 Homecoming activities will be held September 27 and 28.

Friday, Sept. 27 is School Colors Day. Wear red, white and black. Students earn spirit points for their…

Monarch butterflies are one of the delights of a Maine summer. From late July into early fall, we are graced with their companionship in the garden and we are allowed a glimpse into the miracle…

On September 3, Deputy Mark Bridgham took a report of criminal mischief to a motor vehicle in the teacher’s parking lot of Lincoln Academy. The complainant stated…

It appears Wiscasset voters in November will consider asking selectmen to tap reserve money to cover the cost of withdrawing from the school district.

That will be…

Wiscasset voters on September 10 rejected the assessing department budget again, leaving selectmen to figure out next steps.

Because…

Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit voters said 'yes,' just barely, September 10 to the next school budget. Across the eight towns, 765 voters favored the budget; 710 opposed it.…

On October 1, when Miles Memorial Hospital and St. Andrews Hospital merge, the name of the new two-campus critical access hospital will change and healthcare prices will begin to…

For the second straight year, the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce has issued a Claw Down for local chefs, challenging them to come up with the best lobster bite for the title of the…

Will Edgecomb miss its chance for a cell phone tower at the fire station?

With no movement yet from the town, American Tower may seek to build the tower on one of…

Westport Island Artisan Guild will hold their 15th annual crafts fair at the Old Town hall on Route 144, Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Diane Langley will bring her blue ribbon…

What was once a sore spot for Damariscotta could soon become a mainstay.

The large, free municipal parking lot, which borders Main…

Remember the tennis court at the old Eddy School on Cross Point Road?

With the shape it's in now, if the recent U.S. Open had been played there, the television…

The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen will meet Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Wiscasset Community Center Senior Room.

After calling the meeting to order, the selectmen will discuss the…

September 10 is your chance to vote on the budgets for the town of Wiscasset and the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit.

Wiscasset Town Clerk Chris Wolfe said so far…

Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land called the Boothbay peninsula, the townspeople came together in support of a good cause: the Boothbay Region YMCA.

One hundred percent of the…

Thanks to so many individuals, businesses and groups in and around Wiscasset, the Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars Weekend Backpack Initiative, in cooperation with Good Shepherd Food…

Here to stay: Julie Higgins is back at Edgecomb Eddy School this year teaching science to fourth, fifth and sixth graders, and language arts to fifth and sixth graders.

The 2008 Boothbay…

The collective value of Wiscasset's taxable properties dropped a little in 2012, according to preliminary figures from the state.

The downturn stemmed largely from…

Alna's Linwood Bailey has been named to another posthumous honor. This year's town report in March was dedicated to him, and now selectmen have picked him for the Spirit of America…

What's it going to take to fix Alna's North Old Sheepscot Road? Selectmen aren't sure after former road commissioner Mike Trask questioned his successor's plan for a trouble spot…

When Violet Wilson-Wood was in Boothbay recently, she wondered what all the red hearts were for.

After the 9-year-old Alna girl found out people there had been…

The Damariscotta River Association has announced that it is applying for accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. The land trust accreditation program recognizes land…

At the August 19 meeting, Woolwich selectmen tackled unsightly culverts, a possible fish ladder and roadside berry vendors.

Selectman Jason Shaw visited the Dana Mill construction culvert…