All cookbooks at Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta will be on sale at half price from Tuesday, Dec. 5 through Monday, Dec. 18.
According to Rosie Bensen, assistant…
Commerce
Home values continue to rise in Maine, though a lack of inventory has contributed to lower-than-normal sales activity. According to Maine Listings, 1,435 single-family existing homes changed hands…
In celebration of outstanding service, Cheney Financial Group (CFG) associates and guests recently gathered for the Annual CFG Awards and Recognition Event. Held at the 1812 Farm in Bristol, the…
Logan Gould loves her job. She gets to travel the state of Maine as part of the Careers Center and the Department of Labor helping Mainers find meaningful employment…
Despite the rain on Saturday morning, Nov. 18, the Boothbay Harbor Early Bird Sale still drew great crowds. Most of the people of all ages dressed in their pajamas to shop for bargains in area…
Maine lobstermen who fish in federal waters have only a few weeks left until the Dec. 15 deadline to install and activate recently distributed tracking devices on their boats to comply with a…
Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest 2023 is a Midcoast destination for excellent shopping and seasonal activities to put everyone in a holiday mood! In addition to boutique shopping with owners on-site…
If it’s November, particularly in Boothbay Harbor on the third Saturday of the month, a flock of unusually feathered birds will be found downtown. This year it all happens on Nov. 18 for the Early…
The Bremen Library will again be hosting its popular wreath sale fund raiser this year. The sale will take place Saturday, Nov. 25 and Sunday, Nov. 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bremen Town…
The art of creatives of all media will be making the shopping scene at Studio 53 in downtown Boothbay Harbor in the annual Holiday Gifts for Giving show opening Saturday, Nov. 18. If that date…
A recent addition to the Newcastle Realty team, Sheila Dube brings competence, dedication, and integrity to her role as a real estate broker. Sheila joins the locally-owned real estate company…
On Early Bird Saturday, Nov. 4, the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop will hold a store-wide, half-price sale from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.
On sale at half-price will be thousands of hardcover and…
Ocean Gate waterfront resort, which offered guest rooms on 33 acres in Southport since the 1950s, will open next May as LOGE Southport after an investment of “just north of” $5 million in…
Cabot Mill Antiques, 14 Maine Street, Brunswick, located in the historic Fort Andross building, is holding a 27th Anniversary Celebration sale Nov. 4 and 5.
Items are 20% off storewide…
Wiscasset planning board
Tucker Chevrolet seeks to put a dealership and service center of about 22,100 square feet at 771 Bath Road, Wiscasset, opposite Norm’s Used Cars and Wiscasset Trading Post. Priority Real Estate…
Press release
Owner and Chief Executive Officer of Cheney Financial Group, Dennis Hilton, was recently recognized as Business Person of the Year by the Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce (DRCC). As…
AUGUSTA (Oct 19, 2023)—The availability of single-family existing homes in Maine remains tighter-than-normal, according to Maine Listings. Realtors around the state reported a sales total of 1,410…
Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce (BBHCC) held its annual dinner meeting and awards ceremony Oct. 12 at Boothbay Railway Village Museum to a crowd of over 100.
A brief membership…
A division of the Cheney Financial Group, locally owned by Dennis Hilton, Newcastle Realty has enjoyed steady expansion since its opening over 40 years ago. With a growing team of licensed…
Southport resident Climo Smith was one of nearly two dozen attendees Oct. 13 at a Pine Tree Power informational session in Boothbay Harbor, and he asked the question on everybody’s mind. “How will…
Augusta Civic Center or on Zoom is the place to be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 19 to witness the state’s consideration of Wiscasset’s appeal of Maine Yankee’s tax exemption for a chunk of its local…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce
Join your friends, neighbors and other area business people at the Wiscasset Chamber’s October Business After Hours, being held Thursday, Oct. 19 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the lovely Water’s Edge…
Boothbay Railway Village Museum
The 55th annual Fall Foliage Festival is set to kick off this weekend at the Boothbay Railway Village Museum. A long standing fall tradition and Midcoast favorite, the festival features an…
On Oct. 16, 23 and 30, a series of public meetings will be held at the Southport Town Hall at 6 p.m. A citizens committee was formed this fall to bring the community together to discuss the issue…
An adequate supply of single-family homes for sale continues to be a challenge for buyers of single-family existing homes across Maine. Maine Listings reports an increase of 9.41 percent in home…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen voted Sept. 11 to revoke the victualer’s license of Wharf Street Restaurant and Bar. The decision came after being informed the establishment…
After a three-year COVID-induced hiatus, Pemaquid Oyster Festival returns to celebrate its 20th anniversary this Sept. 24 from noon…
AUGUSTA (August 22, 2023)—Single-family existing homes remain in high demand across the state of Maine. Realtors reported a 7.34 percent increase in prices in July 2023 compared to July 2022,…
Born and raised in the Midcoast, Jessica Simmons knows what makes Maine a great place to call home. Growing up in East Boothbay, Jessica spent a few years living out of state before inevitably…
Wiscasset Newspaper heard Saturday that a truck struck Red’s Eats deck early that morning. Deb Gagnon, co-owner of the famous business at the corner of Wiscasset’s Water Street and…
Everyone involved in vacation rentals in Maine is invited to attend this the 6th VRPOMe (Vacation Rental Professionals of Maine, Inc) Conference at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport. “Our industry…
Wiscasset selectmen
Passenger rail is returning to Wiscasset with weekend trips planned soon, a Damariscotta man told Wiscasset selectmen Aug. 1. The “Coastliner” Brunswick-Rockland rail line is an “informed…
Lincoln Theater is pleased to present the final conversation in this summer’s Talking Aquaculture in Maine series. Presented in partnership with the Island Institute…
Patti Brown, a successful real estate broker with Newcastle Realty for more than six years, was named the 2023 Realtor of the Year by the Lincoln County Council of the Mountains to Shore Board of…
Yankee Magazine has named the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop “The Best Maine Used Bookstore.”
The designation appears in the Best of New England section of the magazine’s May/June issue. In…
The availability of single-family existing homes for sale across the state of Maine remains tighter than normal, however…
Year after year, century after century, residents and visitors are drawn to Orne’s Candy Store at 11 Commercial St. and there’s no mistaking the sweet smell of chocolate as soon as you enter. …
Lincoln County commissioners
Two southern Maine renewable energy developers think Mason Station in Wiscasset is a great location for their next project. Ryan Gahagan of Treadwood, LLC of Portland and Aaron Svedlow of North…
Last July, Coastal Boatworks & Storage in Newcastle was sold to Mid-Coast Properties. Jim and Liz Duffy of Boothbay Harbor own Mid-Coast Properties which includes Boothbay Self-Storage,…
Beginning Sunday, July 23, all CDs at Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop will be on sale for $1 apiece, or 5 for $4. The sale will run through Monday, Aug. 7.
Music lovers will have hundreds…
Born and raised in the MidCoast region, Alicia Long has strong ties to the local community. A graduate of Lincoln Academy,…
Jodie Roquemore enjoys people. That is a good thing, because on June 27, the owner of Jodie’s Cafe and Bakery on Route One, Wiscasset bought the longtime Sarah’s Cafe property on Water Street.…
It has been about a year since the van der Veen family of Philadelphia took over Carousel Marina and Whale’s Tale Pub after the retirement of former owner Jack…
Hundreds attended Giselaine’s Spa Grand Opening Party, Thursday, June 22, at the spa’s location on the Boothbay Harbor Country Club campus. Music, refreshments and tours of the recently opened spa…
Buyers seeking to purchase single-family existing homes in Maine continue to encounter fewer properties for sale. According to Maine Listings, prices for those homes sold increased 6.57 percent in…
Summer is only days away and the Wiscasset Art Walk, on the last Thursday of the summer months, welcomes area residents and visitors from away to enjoy art, music and performance, indoors and out…
Chef Ralph Smith of Mine Oyster and his team of culinary specialists won big June 15 at Claw Down 2023, a lobster cooking competition hosted by Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce (BHRCC).…
Living in an old East Boothbay chapel, still with its pews, stage and stained glass windows in the early 1980s when the family was renovating it, Sarah Heald rented space at a West Boothbay Harbor…
Press release
A stunning new spa opens at the award-winning Boothbay Harbor Country Club. The…
Footbridge traffic this summer is in for a real treat. A new shop will serve coffee and morning pastries beginning at 7 a.m. and ice cream and other sweet delights as late as 10 p.m. Harbor Treats…
