Lincoln County Commissioner William (Bill) Blodgett was selected Maine County Commissioner of February in honor of his community service by Spirit of America Foundation’s Maine Chapter.

Bill has been serving as a Lincoln County Commissioner for the past 30 years and concurrently was president of Maine County Commissioners Associatio…

It’s time to submit listings for the 2025 events calendar in the Boothbay Register’s award-winning Summertime Guide.  The ever important deadline for all submissions is Friday, April 4.

All groups and organizations with annual or special events for the general public sh…

Lisbon Street News in Lewiston has won the title of Top Sales Agent for the Maine Lottery in 2024.  The store in Lewiston sold more than $2,163,205 in combined sales of Maine Lottery tickets and games, the only sales agent to top two million dollars in sales. Lisbon Street News was also the biggest seller of Ins…

Sales of single-family homes in Maine rose by double-digits over the past year. According to Maine Listings, Realtors reported 853 properties changed hands in January, an increase of 13.28% over January of 2024. The median sales price (MSP) reached $385,000 in January 2025—an increase of 9.07 percent compared to January 2024…

After the recent storm, we want to take a moment to recognize the dedication of our Public Works team. They spent over 30 straight hours, sacrificing their Sunday and their Monday holiday time with their families, clearing our town’s roads, often through adverse conditions, to ensure that emergency vehicles and the public could t…

As a Lincoln County deputy sheriff, Jeff Rogers leads three programs: traffic coordinator, drone operations and patrol divisions. He can now add another one to the list. On Feb. 18, Rogers was named "Deputy of the Year" during the commissioners' meeting. 

County officials are in a quandary on how to solve an $800 problem. On Feb. 18, District Attorney Nathasha Irving reported on how a returned online restitution payment has left a hole in her department's budget. 

Woolwich selectmen will move forward with a plan to purchase a solar array off Middle Road on the town’s former landfill. The 24-watt system was originally financed through a Power Purchase Agree

Comments Wiscasset selectmen and Town Manager Dennis Simmons had received ran 11-3 in favor of a letter of support for a bill naming the downtown railroad crossing for James Weldon Johnson. Wanting to ensure people knew about the proposal and had a chance to comment, the board on Feb. 18 put off considering the l…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Healthy Lincoln County are excited to announce a comprehensive Responsible Safe Beverage training session this April aimed at enhancing safe alcohol-serving practices in local establishments.  The training is designed to reduce the risk of alcohol-related…

Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC) will facilitate a panel discussion with business support experts from APEX, CEI, SBDC, MIT, New Ventures Maine, and SCORE on Tuesday, March 11 at 11 a.m. to noon. This workshop will be hybrid via Zoom and in LCRPC’s conference room at 297 Bath Road in Wiscasset.

Wiscasset Advanced Placement (AP) History students studied historic Head Tide in Alna Jan. 28.

The Head Tide mills were in a busy village that also had apple orchards, boat building, and fishing. The Head Tide Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. 

Update:  The Roomful of Blues LCTV Classic Concert which was to have taken place this Sunday at 2 p.m. at Medomak Valley High School's Dolloff Auditorium has been cancelled.

 Please save the date for the second annual Wiscasset Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 26  from 9 a.m.  to 1 p.m. at Wiscasset Community Center (242 Gardiner Road, Wiscasset, ME 04578).

In his peak seasons, Ken Elowe would build as many as 22 toboggans a year. In recent weeks, however, he’s been focused on construction oversight of three new wooden downhill racers—a project sponsored by the Carpenter’s Boat Shop and two groups of six students from Great Sale Bay School (GSB).

Artificial intelligence can help summarize some things for Wiscasset's comprehensive plan committee, Chair Sarah Whitfield said Feb. 12. "Honestly ... Then (we'd) also edit, because AI is not always so smart."

"There's going to be plenty of texts in the comprehensive plan that that could probably serve very we…

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) hosts two experts on the labor movement at its monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. 

The meeting will be in a hybrid format. Participants can join in person at the Newcastle Fire Station, 86 River Road, and can be attended on…

A bill set for public hearing in Augusta March 4 would name Wiscasset's downtown railroad crossing for poet-diplomat-civil rights advocate and "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" writer James Weldon Johnson, killed in a car-train crash at that crossing in 1938. Selectmen are set to consider the proposal Tuesday,…

The Wiscasset Wolverines' Class D South Boys’ quarterfinal game Feb. 15 was all about missed opportunities. Too many turnovers and too many second chance points for Telstar/Gould received due to their offensive rebounds. But, in fact, it really came down to 16 missed free throws in regulation as the Wolverines lost 74-67 in o…

Monday, Feb. 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Community Lunch at Brady's will be a benefit for Robbie and Kristen Campbell who lost their home to fire on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club is hosting the lunch. This week, all donations will go to The Campbells.…