Of the four questions on the state ballot – Question 1, the York County casino issue; Question 2, Medicaid expansion; Question 3, the transportation bond; and Question 4, a constitutional…
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Lincoln County Commissioners
The Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency and the Communications Department had something of a trial by fire the week of Oct. 30. And as of Tuesday, Nov. 7, the county still had 1,743 roads…
Suicide is an often preventable tragedy that has touched too many families in this community and beyond. Help for someone who is struggling with hopelessness and distress…
Boothbay Harbor voted Tuesday on five separate articles outlining prohibitions of specific retail marijuana functions – stores, social clubs, and cultivation, manufacturing and testing facilities…
It has taken about 350 man hours in the past week for Edgecomb firefighters to remove debris from the town’s roads. Fire Chief Roy Potter and Edgecomb Emergency Management Agency Director Bill…
One of the casualties of last week’s storm in Lincoln County was the annual Haiti Benefit Dinner. Power was not restored to St Patrick’s in time to hold the dinner on Nov. 3 as originally…
A sturdy bridge has withstood all types of weather to connect Westport Island with the mainland. But the same could not be said for the island’s main power and telephone lines, brought down by the…
Obituary
Phillip J. Shepherd, 79, of Wiscasset, died Nov. 5, 2017 at Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick.
Phillip was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 12, 1938, a son of…
As a result of the cancellation of the Nov. 1 Southport Planning Board meeting due to the power outage, the November meeting has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. at the Southport…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 17 emergencies in town and three mutual aid calls between Oct. 3 and 31.
On Oct. 3, the department responded to a medical call on McKay Road for a…
Over 60 members attended the annual meeting of the St. Andrews Auxiliary on Wednesday, Oct. 18. The delicious luncheon, always a draw for many, was…
The town of Boothbay has contracted with John E. O’Donnell and Associates (www.jeodonnell.com) to complete a review of all taxable properties and to set…
Obituary
Robert Allen Marden died at his Waterville home on Oct. 29 at the age of 90.
“Bob,” as his friends knew him, was born in Waterville on Jan. 4, 1927, the son of Harold Chesterfield Marden…
Boothbay Harbor Sewer District
Boothbay Harbor Sewer District Superintendent Chris Higgins said Sargent Corporation is two or three days behind schedule due to issues with the bypass pumps being used to continue operations…
The YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program, offered by the Boothbay Region YMCA and the Central Lincoln County YMCA in partnership with LincolnHealth, is encouraging residents of Lincoln County to…
It’s become easier for Edgecomb residents to get a quick bite to eat or pick up some household items. The town is no longer without a general store. A Boothbay Harbor couple is leasing the former…
A smoke detector woke a woman at 497 Lowelltown Road, Wiscasset, Sunday morning and she escaped the fire that claimed the home she was renting, she and a fire official said.
The fire was…
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce will host a Business After Hours for Kyndall Schmidt, a representative of New York Life, at the Boathouse Bistro and Tapas Bar on Wednesday, Nov. 15…
It’s been a trying week in the Boothbay area, along with many other towns all over Maine, after a severe wind and rain storm devastated the state last Sunday night. Many weren’t prepared for the…
Acting on its goal to expand activities for local residents “beyond the walls of the Community Center and out into the world,” the Center’s van has been in overdrive since it was acquired in April…
Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Eileen King and Facilities-Transportation Director…
Chris Buchanan, chair of the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Board of Trustees, began the Wednesday, Nov. 1 meeting by addressing the elephant in the room — AOS 98 Superintendent Eileen King would be…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation
Owing to lack of power in town and rain in Friday’s forecast, the Halloween parade and block party rescheduled for Nov. 3 will be moved to the Wiscasset Community Center. Parade lineup begins at 4…
The usual out-of-state visitors at Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna come for a train ride or to volunteer, but on Thursday morning, Nov. 2, Ohio and New York crews…
Event rescheduled
A collection of rare and unusual items never before placed on the market will be made available at a public auction to benefit Chop Point School. Due to the storm on Oct. 30,…
One man’s photos of Monday’s storm damage looks like a skidder went through the area near his home on Lakeside Drive, Boothbay Harbor. The accompanying photos were taken on Wednesday, Nov. 1.…
It wasn’t him. President Barack Obama did not march in the annual Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Halloween Parade. It was a former U.S. Army veteran who moved to Edgecomb this summer bearing a…
NOAA Fisheries has released the “Fisheries of the U.S.” 2016 report, and once again New Bedford, Mass. was the leading U.S. port by value for the 17th consecutive year and American…
United Way of Mid Coast Maine
Lincoln County
American Legion Post #36 Christmas Dinner for Boothbay and the surrounding areas. Christmas meal served Monday, Dec. 25 at noon. Reservations recommended; transportation…
The following is a list of voting locations for Election Day, Nov. 7. All locations will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Boothbay Town Office, 1011 Wiscasset Road
Boothbay Harbor…
Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Eileen King is resigning effective Dec. 31. King has accepted the position of executive director of the Maine State Superintendents…
We’ve added a couple of photos that didn’t appear in print this week to this week’s At a Glance. One of the photos has to do with Halloween and we try not to use old news in print (…
According to Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch, the Oceanside Golf Resort (former Rocktide Inn) on Atlantic Avenue is offering free rooms to people in need until the power is restored.
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Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency
Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency reported the following updates to road closures and warming stations in Lincoln County, as of 11:30 a.m., Nov. 3:
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You may ask yourself, “How much wood can a woodchuck chuck?” and the answer these days is more if we had some help! The Woodchucks is a program of the Boothbay Region Community Resource Council…
According to board chairman Skip Simonds, tonight's Southport Planning Board meeting has been canceled due to the power outage. Also, the public hearing to consider changes to the Southport Land…
Elections 2017
On Election Day, Boothbay residents will vote on proposals regarding adopting an ordinance regulating retail marijuana and establishing nine drug-free zones.
The local special town meeting…
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, the town of Boothbay Harbor will have five articles to vote on on the local town ballot in addition to the four state referendum questions on the state ballot. The five…
The Lincoln County Budget Committee wrapped up deliberations Oct. 26 by reviewing the county’s single largest budget, the Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff Todd Brackett justified the increase…
Emergency Management Director Casey Stevens said Lincoln County was surprisingly hard hit by Sunday night’s storm. “Almost everyone was out of power at some point in Lincoln County. The (county’s…
Obituary
Joseph Francis Cook Sr., 69, of East Boothbay, died at his home in the early morning hours of Oct. 28, 2017 with his beloved family by his side.
Joe was born on July 2, 1948 in Fall River,…
The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library reports that the annual Halloween parade through downtown Boothbay Harbor is still on for 4 p.m. today.
Matthew Edney from the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education at the University of Southern Maine will be Skidompha Library's “Chats with Champions” guest speaker…
Bob MacDonald of Wiscasset Parks and Recreation said Tuesday, Tuesday’s Halloween parade and all other Nightmare on Federal Street activities will happen Friday instead, at all the same times as…
Obituary
Westford (Wes) Milton Hannan, 79, of Greene, died peacefully in his sleep in the early morning hours of Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017 at the Hospice House in Auburn, after a long courageous battle with…
The Maine Lobstermen's Association (MLA) again this year is providing free enrollment assistance to Maine fishermen who wish to sign up or reenroll in Affordable Care Act…
“A Coastal Christmas” Festival of Trees will be Dec. 1, 2 and 3 at the Opera House, Boothbay Harbor. Admission is free. The Festival will be part of the “Boothbay Festival of Lights.”
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The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce a new lighting contest to help celebrate the 32nd annual Harbor Lights Festival and the Boothbay Festival of Lights. The new…
Damariscotta
The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in Damariscotta will have a special sale during Early Bird festivities, the first time it has participated in the popular downtown…
As of 4:30 p.m., Central Maine Power reports that there were still over 21,000 of the over 26,000 customers in Lincoln County without power as trees and power lines were brought down by the early…
