Philanthropist Paul Coulombe’s gift of $1.1 million for a new health improvement center at…

Jane Elizabeth (Winters) Meister died peacefully on May 10, 2015 at the Gregory Wing in Boothbay Harbor.

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Edgecomb’s town meeting and municipal election this week promises to settle several lingering issues facing the community. Residents will assemble at 10 a.m. on Saturday in the town hall to vote…

Could tenpin bowling be coming to Wiscasset? How about six lanes, along with indoor batting cages, billiards, virtual golf, video gaming, a dance club, an ice cream shop and dining, all in a two-…

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds recorded the following land transfers during the month of April 2015:

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A former Wiscasset man who was convicted of assault on a baby has been rearrested.

Tylor Miller, 20, formerly of Wiscasset and…

In April, FARMS began a series of morning cooking classes to be enjoyed with Popovers and Tea, at the Community Kitchen (above the Rising Tide…

While buying local is clearly on the rise, the stories in “Growing Local” make clear that small farms and access to locally produced food are no sure thing. In…

Tony C. McKim, president and CEO of The First, N.A. and its parent company, The First Bancorp, recently announced several staff appointments in the bank’s Boothbay Harbor and Wiscasset offices.…

Salt Bay Trading, an oriental rug shop located on Route 1 in Newcastle, will donate a portion of all rugs sales made in May and June to Nepali…

A graveside service for Elizabeth M. Brown, who died Jan. 24, 2015 in Zephyrhills, Florida, will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19 in Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath. Arrangements are by Daigle…

A Maine Department of Transportation Grant has already proven successful for the Damariscotta Police Department.

Sgt. Jason Warlick…

Loretta (DesJardins) “Lu” McCaffery of Stonington, Connecticut, formerly of Boothbay Harbor, died April 20, 2015.

Lu was born in Norwich, Connecticut, and married James McCaffery, also of…

Tickets are now on sale for Boothbay Region High School's spring musical production, “Disney's High School Musical: On Stage!” directed by 2008 BRHS alum Christopher Holmes with music direction by…

In 2015, the Colonial Pemaquid State Historic site once again will host a series of living history events and lectures to showcase various aspects of life in Midcoast Maine during the 17th…

A Tuesday, May 5 meeting of the Lincoln County Commissioners included discussion and approval of the 2015 tax commitment. The total budget for the county for 2015…

The Coastal Humane Society will host its 13th anniversary plant sale to raise money for shelter animals on Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17. The sale will be held at 190 Pleasant Street,…

It’s that time of year again when the tide comes in. Not the twice-daily ocean tides. We’re talking about the bird tide, that incredible movement of billions of birds from south to north every…

On Saturday, May 2, the Down East Yacht Club gathered at the Kennebec Tavern restaurant in Bath to celebrate the new Commodore Dave Quist.

A full house of 88 members were on board to enjoy a…

Bobby Reed’s favorite thing about the music business is that feeling he gets when he looks out on an audience and sees smiling faces.

“When I am standing on a…

Carol Adams was a voice for justice whether protesting against racism in the ’60s and ’70s or embarking on a new career on the forefront of affirmative action after her children…

The Bath Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale on May 16, from 8 a.m. to noon, at City/Library Park, Washington Street, Bath. Perennials, herbs, native shrubs, geraniums, annuals and many…

After the final bell sounded, more than 30 hearty kids bounced through the gymnasium doors at Boothbay Region Elementary School on May 7, eager to skip some rope. …

Treat your mom to an ice cream cone or sundae on Sunday!

Alden Green and Mary Alice White, owners of The Ice Cream Factory on Pier One in Boothbay Harbor, announced that the business is…

For any lobsterman missing a buoy, they may want to check with a man living on Scotland’s west coast along the country’s Orkney Mainland. Martin Gray, a Scottish beachcomber, found one of Boothbay…

Convergent Energy + Power, an integrated energy storage asset developer, has announced the completion and commissioning of a 3 megawatt per hour energy storage system in Boothbay. This is the…

The Clamshell Quilters will host quilter and collector Mary Lou Newstead for a trunk show of her vintage quilts at our May 11 meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the Faith…

The May 13 meeting of the Boothbay Region Garden Club will feature an explanation of Duo Design by Sandra Leonard, a member of the club.…

The Boothbay Farmers Market starts its season on the Boothbay Town Common, 1 Common Drive, on Thursday, May 14. Vendors will set up on the common from 9 a.m. to…

If all goes well, the Twin Villages could potentially look a bit like twin towns to the south.

With the recent Damariscotta and…

Students, parents and teachers joined together at Boothbay Region Elementary School on Tuesday, May 5 for the Scholastic Book Fair and Ice Cream Social.

Most families checked out the book…

Like the weather, the Boothbay Region High School track and field season is heating up. On Tuesday, May 5, BRHS athletes faced competitors from Hall-Dale, Monmouth, Richmond and Wiscasset at…

Four years ago, several churches in the Damariscotta area discovered an unmet need that was literally under their nose — a homeless young man was…

Edgecomb selectmen want an explanation why the municipal audit isn’t complete.

With less than two weeks before the May 16 town meeting, town auditor Fred Brewer hasn’t submitted the final…

M. Wray Witten, 66, of Athens, Georgia died Dec. 3, 2014 following a battle with cancer. He was a noted environmentalist and attorney in Colorado, Ethiopia,…

Celebrate National Nurses’ Week by having your blood pressure checked by a LincolnHealth nurse or reviewing your medications with a registered pharmacist at the Boothbay Region and Central Lincoln…

As its major fundraiser this year for its local and international Outreach partners, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Newcastle is planning two days…

Delbert “Del” Ketcham died April 29, 2015 in Hendersonville, North Carolina, after a five month battle with lung cancer. Del and his wife, Sheila deBettencourt,…

Maxine V. (Rittall) Greenleaf Saltmarsh, 96, died May 3, 2015 at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Concord, New Hampshire.

Boothbay is disputing a man’s claim that he was hurt in a mowing incident last summer as a result of the town’s negligence. Suing the town was the last thing that Harold Siagel, 84, a summer…

Matthew Hansbury, collection manager for the Knox Museum, will share with us the life of Henry Knox and his time in Maine on Monday, May 11 from 3 to 4 p.m.

Born and raised in Boston,…

It has been an eventful 24 seasons for Dolphin Mini Golf.

The 18-hole miniature golf course hosted the 2008 U.S. Open championships, the only sanctioned Maine professional tournament by the…

Even when asked if they would reconsider, a group of Damariscotta voters still said no to the proposed secondary regular instruction and special education budget during the Wednesday, May 6 town…

The Boothbay Region High School girls tennis team defeated Lisbon and Dirigo recently to bring the regular season record to 3-2…

Clara Holland Chase, 98, died peacefully May 5, 2015 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.

Born Feb. 1, 1917 in Andover,…

Tim Sample is coming to the Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta on Friday, May 15 for a rousing morning performance from 10 a.m. to noon. If he can't wake you up then…

Maine State Police say three cars and a tractor trailer have been involved a series of crashes on Interstate 295 in Brunswick on Wednesday afternoon.  One of the cars overturned.

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Watching fish struggle and succeed in their climb to Nequasset Lake by way of the Nequasset Fish Ladder is an exciting and triumphant experience.

Join the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT)…