A decision made last summer to separate emergency management and emergency response in Lincoln County has resulted in two new directors, and the departure of Tod…
News
Join Midcoast Conservancy at their Wiscasset office for an evening with beaver expert Skip Lisle on Friday, Feb. 24 from 6-8 p.m. Lisle will be talking about his work with beavers, and his unique…
Jessica Richards has joined the Midcoast Conservancy staff through a position with the Maine Conservation Corps, whose mission …
For the 18th year, the Institute for Family-Owned Business (IFOB) will honor the best Maine businesses owned by families. Nominations are open now and will close Feb. 17.
The Maine Family…
On Friday, Feb. 3, the Portland Museum of Art will reopen after being closed for more than one month, welcoming visitors and members into a completely reinstalled and re-envisioned museum,…
Death notice
In Memoriam
Jan Christiaan Havinga
Born: Nijmegen, The Netherlands, July 20, 1920
…The Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation has awarded a $1 million matching gift to endow the vice president for research and education position at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences…
Icy road conditions are being cited as the cause of a school bus accident Thursday morning, Jan. 26 in Boothbay. AOS 98 bus driver Bob Jacobson encountered ice-covered roads as he began his route…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission
Municipal attorney Ted Kelleher of Drummond Woodsum appeared Jan. 25 at the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission’s workshop on the marijuana initiative for town officials, “Weeding Through…
Free income tax help is being offered in several Midcoast locations. The assistance is for low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those 60 or older. You do not…
It’s going to cost a little more to operate the Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District in the next fiscal year. The trustees approved a $1,668,367 fiscal year 2018 budget Jan. 12, a $42,200…
A Wiscasset man escaped serious injuries but not arrest in a one-car crash on Middle Road in Boothbay Harbor on Sunday, Jan. 23.
The Boothbay Harbor Police Department reports that Cainin…
Coastal Studies for Girls
The board of trustees at Coastal Studies for Girls (CSG) in Freeport has formally announced that Jennifer Mathews has been unanimously selected as the school’s interim…
Boothbay Town Manager Dan Bryer said this afternoon that tonight’s (Jan. 25) board of selectmen’s meeting has been canceled because the board wouldn’t have a quorum.
Officers for the 2017-19 term of the Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) were elected at its Jan. 18 meeting. With over 70 people in attendance and 56 Committee members present and voting,…
Obituary
John Ludlow Ogden died peacefully with family and friends in attendance on Jan. 7, 2017, at his home in East Boothbay.
John was a gifted artist, a humanist, and a true renaissance man. He…
Newcastle Board of Selectmen
The Newcastle Board of Selectmen agreed Jan. 23 to start logging the site surrounding the old town dump to create a new recreation area there.
The parcel, about 43 acres, is on the north…
It’s not often one sees State Rep. Stephanie Hawke and Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson in the same place. But there they both were on Jan. 20 attending President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration…
In keeping with their decades of support for the LincolnHealth-Miles Campus organizations, the Miles League has pledged $250,000 in support of a new outpatient Health Center. The two and a half…
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce held its first Chamber Chat luncheon Jan. 19 at the Boothbay Region YMCA. About 25 attendees…
On Saturday, Jan. 21, Boy Scout Troop 238 earned their Fingerprinting and Crime Prevention merit badges. The Scouts attended the physical fitness testing for new Lincoln County Sheriff's…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission
According to Lincoln County planners, nearly everyone agrees reliable internet access is a requirement for everything from education to health care and economic development, but in rural areas, it…
Obituary
Nancy R. Holmes, 81, died at her home in South Portland on Jan. 21, 2017.
Nancy was…
Wiscasset downtown project
The Advisory Committee for Wiscasset’s Downtown Project got its first look at a modified plan that includes a delivery drop-off area on Main Street. State staff have talked previously about…
The Central Lincoln County YMCA announced Friday an update on its progress and path forward with the capital campaign.
The YMCA to date has raised $5.3 million toward its $6 million phase…
Shelly Shehan, daughter of Leila Barter of Boothbay Harbor and the late Herman Reed, and Jeffrey Clifford, son of Claire and Earle Clifford of Boothbay, exchanged their wedding vows at the…
The Boothbay Region High School basketball games scheduled at BRHS and Madison tonight have been postponed due to the weather. The BRHS j.v. and varsity boys will now face Madison at home on…
Southport Planning Board Chairman Skip Simonds announced this week that the board will not meet in February due to no building permit applications being submitted. The board will hold its next…
Town of Edgecomb
The Edgecomb Planning Board reluctantly approved a permit Jan. 19 for extending an Emerson Farm subdivision road. The board ultimately voted unanimously to approve the request after several…
A very excited group of Boothbay Region High School students will embark on the experience of a lifetime during April vacation, when they will travel to France. They will be holding a fundraising…
Did you send money via Western Union to a scammer claiming to be a relative in trouble? Or for a supposed job? Or because you “won” a prize?
If you did, there may be some compensation in…
According to the National Weather Service in Gray, a winter storm watch has been issued for Monday night, Jan. 23, into Tuesday, Jan. 24, with different types of precipitation possible.
The…
Obituary
Martin James Koughan, 75, of Gardiner Road, Wiscasset died Jan. 18, 2017 at his residence.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Jan. 10, 1942, a son of…
Lincoln County Democrats unanimously elected former State Senator Chris Johnson of Somerville as their new chair on Jan. 18. He succeeds his wife, Valarie Johnson. Also elected were Lincoln County…
LincolnHealth Director of Volunteer Services Connie Bright will discuss the many health benefits of volunteering at the Diabetes Support Group meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 1:15. The group will…
The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta will open in its new, waterfront location at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1. The new place is at 17 Backstreet Landing (behind Elm Street…
Lucille Machon was born at St. Andrews Hospital in Boothbay Harbor on Jan. 22, 1917. On Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, she celebrated her 100th birthday at the House of Pizza in her town. The place was…
A Woolwich husband and wife have died as a result of a crash on Woolwich’s Route One on Saturday evening.
At 6:07 p.m. Jan. 21, the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an…
Initiated as domestic disturbance call early Sunday morning...
WALDOBORO — Two men, one of them a Waldoboro police officer, were shot in an exchange of gunfire in Waldoboro overnight, resulting in the death of River Bend Road resident Jon Alspaugh.
In a…
A group of Lincoln County grassroots political activists wants to make Maine great, again! Taking a cue from the new president, Damariscotta businessman Norm Hunt is organizing “Let’s Make Maine…
Students from the Boothbay Region YMCA Y-Arts group won national awards at the 2017 iTheatrics Junior Theater Festival Atlanta, Jan…
Boy Scouts working on their Eagle Scout service projects in Kennebec, Lincoln, Knox, Somerset and Franklin counties in 2016 provided more than 6,500…
Have you been looking for a place to lift up your voice to sing? Do you enjoy getting together with people to sing a variety of music? Well, here is your chance! The Edgecomb Community Church, UCC…
Merriment abounded at a medieval banquet Thursday, Jan. 19, at Boothbay Region High School, when Mary Miller’s performing arts class provided a comedic twist to William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth…
The bowling alley at 19 Bridge Street in Boothbay Harbor, owned by Charlie Rowe and his family for 70 years, will be going through some major changes soon. Since Rowe’s death in 2011, the space…
The Boothbay Region Elementary School Wildcat basketball teams will begin the Busline League playoffs on Monday, Jan. 23, with games also on Wednesday, Jan. 25 and…
A coin and stamp show will be held in the Exhibition Hall at the Topsham Fairgrounds in Topsham on Sunday, Feb. 5 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Coin & Stamp Club of Brunswick, the…
State Police say Robert Frith, 62, of West Gardiner died Friday afternoon, Jan. 20, after the dump truck he was driving overturned in Whitefield. Frith worked for BHS Inc. of Farmingdale.
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