It didn't take long for the Wiscasset High School girls varsity softball team to strike on Friday, April 24.
It took about the same…
News
Shalimar Poulin, who teaches art at Wiscasset High School, recently announced to her colleagues and students that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
“The treatment I'm going through…
Obituary
A woman who inspired everyone she met with her grace, her joy, her flair, her doll-like style, her huge curiosity, and her unlimited capacity for courage…
The Wizard of Odds and Ends, 45 Head Tide Road, Alna, will hold an open house with food, music, art and more May 9 and 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
There will be affordable artwork by…
Fifty years ago, a small bookstore opened in Damariscotta to answer the needs of year round and seasonal residents as well as ever increasing numbers of tourists.
Under the guidance and…
Just a reminder that the Garden Club of Wiscasset will hold its annual plant sale on May 9 from 8:30 a.m. until noon indoors at the Municipal Building in Wiscasset, located on the corner of Routes…
The sound of the cradle at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard is a unique racket.
There's the lurching of the platform as it makes its way up…
Join Tim Dinsmore, local historian and archaeologist, Monday, May 4 from 3 to 4 p.m. to hear about the "Birth of Shipbuilding on the Damariscotta River." …
Lisa Perry is trying to help raise donations for baby Isaac.
Kirstie Farnham is expecting baby Isaac to arrive Aug.…
Two Salty Dogs in Boothbay Harbor, the store that has twice won Downeast Dog News's reader poll for “Best Pet Store in Maine,” needs your help to capture the title…
All meetings at town offices unless otherwise noted
BOOTHBAY
Annual Town Meeting (by referendum): May 4, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Civic Association annual…
Boothbay Harbor
Chris Leeman was promoted to director of public works at the Boothbay Harbor Selectmen's meeting on Monday, April 27.
The promotion was on the recommendation of Town Manager Tom Woodin, and…
Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center announces its May 2015 Lunch and Learn Series. The center is located at 521 Main Street…
People from near and far have often said that visiting the 1811 Lincoln County Museum and Old Jail in Wiscasset is like stepping into the past. Its curator, the Lincoln County…
Barbara W. Keyes died Jan. 13, 2015 at the Vicarage by the Sea in Harpswell. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, May 16 at 11 a.m. at the Sheepscot Community Church on The King's…
Town of Boothbay
The Boothbay selectmen want to reexamine how Ulmer Scholarship funds are dispersed. The selectmen tabled an April 22 request made by a high school student requesting $850 for airfare. Boothbay…
Would you like to learn from an expert how to turn a so-so garden into a fertile growing place? You’ll have that opportunity on…
Obituary
Robert E. Sutter, 75, of Birch Point Road, Wiscasset, died April 16 at Maine Medical Center.
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Charlotte Nutt is living in Nepal in Udaypur in the Gaighat region about 200 kilometers east of Kathmandu. The earthquake was very powerful in her area, but the damage was not to the extent that…
The 53rd annual Windjammer Days Festival is just a few months away. Work behind the scenes is intensifying for the Friends of Windjammer Days.
“As the festival…
Boothbay Harbor
Voters in Boothbay Harbor will head to the polls on May 1 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. to make their pick for one school committee member, and one trustee of the school, sewer district,…
The Boothbay Region High School girls’ tennis team opened the regular season on Friday, April 24 with a 4-1 loss at home against Carrabec High School.
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The first summer supper of the season will be held at the Edgecomb Congregational Church on Saturday, May 16. Guests start arriving at 4 p.m. for the supper that is…
The Boothbay Railway Village is gearing up for its 50th season and the museum needs the help of…
On Saturday, April 25 during the Fishermen's Festival, employees at Hannaford could be found outside raising money for the March of Dimes.
According to Evelyn Andrews, Hannaford associate…
Registration has begun for the Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce education program entitled “Local Access to Healthcare Services: Today’s…
Runners of all levels are invited to join a community of runners at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson for six weeks of trail running. Whether you’re trying to get back into running shape…
The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the owner of a Waldoboro auto repair shop is missing following a fire that destroyed his Route 1 business early Friday morning, April 24.
The body of a…
Sophia Gudroe was crowned the 2015 Shrimp Princess during a the April 23 pageant held in the Boothbay Harbor Opera House. Gudroe, 12, of Boothbay was one of five pageant contests.
Gudroe…
This summer Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson is excited to kick off the Little Dyer Adventure Club for youth ages 8-14. In collaboration with the Maine Winter Sports Center (MWSC)…
Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency has begun to review the Lincoln County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan using the guidelines as provided by the Federal Emergency Management…
PC Construction joined local nonprofit leaders at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath on April 15 to present three Maine-based nonprofits with donations…
The Margaret Ellis Community Garden, located at the Morris Farm Trust in Wiscasset, is now accepting applications for garden plots for the 2015…
Local emergency and fire crews fought a fully involved structure fire on Hunter Road in Dresden on Friday afternoon, April 24.
Dresden Fire Chief Steven Lilly said the house, owned by Janet…
Harbor Fest
Last year's Harbor Fest event, Fishin' for Fashion, was so much fun that we are doing it again. On Saturday, Sept. 12 designers will showcase their original designs using only materials from the…
The Boothbay selectmen didn’t have far to look for a new town manager. The selectmen concluded their search on April 22 by appointing Daniel Bryer Jr.
Bryer, 42, is a lifelong Boothbay…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) invites the public to the Bath Community Storm Drain Stenciling Blitz on Sunday, April 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. Teams of 2 to 5 members can register up to the…
Boothbay Region High School junior Hannah Morley won a basketball shooting contest at the KVYMCA/MAC All-Star game on March 25.
The All-Star game followed a tournament where she played with…
Boothbay Harbor Sewer District
A local resident has asked the trustees of the Boothbay Harbor Sewer District if they have a plan for landscaping along the…
On Tuesday, April 28, 5-8 p.m., the FARMS Community Kitchen (upstairs over the Rising Tide Market) in Damariscotta will welcome noted local baker Debra Arter, who will share tips and rules of…
As April draws to an end, the FARMS Community Kitchen (upstairs above the Rising Tide Market) in Damariscotta invites the public to find out what’s cooking in the…
A stunning, hand-appliqued quilt was donated to the Damariscotta Mills fish ladder restoration project by Damariscotta Mills resident Betty Lu Brydges.
“Wow, it’s one of the most beautiful…
Boothbay Region Health and Wellness Foundation
Some Boothbay region residents are taking healthcare into their own hands. They haven’t given up on doctors or hospitals, but they have given up being passive consumers of healthcare.
…
Jim Torbert, chairman of the Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC), announced at the start of LCDC’s April 13 meeting that the release of “A Better Deal for Maine,” the Democrats’ counter to…
Come aboard and set sail with Bud Warren out of Camden Harbor on the windjammer Angelique. We will follow Bud’s journey along Maine’s majestic coast under…
The Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum will be holding its annual spring work weekend Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26.
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Lincoln County Commissioners
An email sent to Lincoln County’s legislative delegation on Friday by County Administrator John O’Connell was direct and to-the-point concerning the county jail…
Saturday, May 9 is Rebuilding Day this year. Gather up your hammers, rakes and paint brushes. Skilled and unskilled laborers needed — bakers, rakers, builders, painters, etc. Anything you can do…
From the fluffy tail to the fuzzy ears, rabbits were seen hopping everywhere in Mrs. Lucy Spaulding's Kindergarten class on Friday, April 17 at Boothbay Region Elementary School.
But these…
Mid Coast Hospital
The annual “Grand and Glorious” yard sale sponsored by Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary will be held May 8, 9 and 10 at the old Borders bookstore, Merrymeeting Plaza,…
