Dec. 4 #4296: James Carroll 16 Beach Road, blasting Permitp

Dec. 4 #4297: Jana Morehouse 36 Plummer Road, temporary garage and shed addition

Dec. 9 #4298: PG 10 LLC 32 Town Landing Road, interior alterations

Dec. 16 #4299: John Abbe 920 Hendricks Hill Road, new barn

Dec. 18 #4300: Libby Cameron 20 Blair Ro…

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The Trustees of the Union Fair / Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival are launching our annual contest to choose a design suitable for use in publicizing the 2026 Union Fair which will occur on Aug. 5 - 9. Please note that the deadlines and poster contest rules and requirements have changed.  

Presented by the Friends of the Waldoboro Library, "The Librarians" comes to The Waldo Jan. 11! Librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy and our First Amendment Rights. As they well know, controlling the flow of ideas means control over communities.

The Bremen Library is pleased to be hosting Joy Vaughan as our first 2026 Artist of the Month!

The Boothbay Harbor comprehensive plan process is making progress, according to Selectboard Chair Michael Tomko. Tomko gave his peers an update Dec. 22.   

The Visually Impaired Persons meeting is held the first Tuesday of each month, and the first one in 2026 falls on Jan. 6, Epiphany. This will be a discussion meeting where members update the group and share their experiences in adapting to visual loss.

In October 2024, three federal officials arrived at the library for an in-depth site visit. Dispatched from Washington, D.C., they came to assess the physical condition of the building and to better understand the operational challenges of delivering modern library services in a repurpose…

The Southport Planning Board will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 7 in the Southport Town Hall starting at 5 p.m. 

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Entries are now being accepted for the 2026 Maine Constitution Poster and Essay Contests. The deadline is March 13, 2026.

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust naturalist Sarah Gladu will lead a gentle winter walk at Pemaquid Pond Preserve in Bremen from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10.  

Covering the various events -- towns, schools, organizations, etc. -- is what we do here at the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper and photographs add a lot to the reporting of the events. Staff members have submitted their best photos here for our annual end-of-the-year gallery for our readers to reminisce and enjoy. Got some time off during…

MaineHealth is offering a new virtual support group for people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), providing an opportunity for connection, encouragement and shared understanding for patients across Maine. 

The county's low-powered AM radio transmitter in Newcastle's days maybe numbered. Dec. 16, County Emergency Management Agency Director Emily Huber proposed abandoning ownership due to constant winter maintenance for a seldom used service.

Boothbay region schools will soon get a lighting upgrade from conventional lights to LED systems. Dec. 11, the Community School District (CSD) board of trustees approved an over half-million-dollar purchase from Affinity LED Light, LLC after months of consideration.

A kitchen manager's position along with shared costs for a new Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 assistant superintendent and a shared Individualized education program coordinator position are among potential additions to next year's Edgecomb school budget. Dec. 15, the school committee dis…

The film industry is an equation. There's the director with a vision, the crew who make it come to life, and the audience members who hang on the edge of their seats, but there's an often overlooked variable: the regional cinemas that disperse that movie magic to the masses. 

Southport selectmen will have plenty of time in preparing for a meeting with their Cozy's Dockside tenants about 2024-25 maintenance and repairs. On Dec. 17, selectmen received an email from Louise Monroe about the past two years' upkeep.

The United Methodist Churches of Southport and East Boothbay invite you to join us for a special Christmas Eve service on Wednesday, Dec. 24. Our Christmas Eve service in Southport will be offered at 2 p.m.

Shoppers moved from store to store which were decked out in holiday lights on Men's Night, Dec. 17 enjoying sales with Christmas songs outdoors, to hum or sing along to, thanks to Janson's Clothing Store. 

Last year, the Lincoln County Commissioners took a community-centered approach to allocating opioid settlement funds, inviting local organizations to apply based on needs they were seeing firsthand.

Boothbay Harbor Sewer District (BHSD) has begun work on its phase 1 construction projects, Operator-in-Charge Chris Higgins told trustees Dec. 16. Crooker Construction has been conducting exploratory groundwork on BHSD property on Sea Street through test pits and radar scans to identify elevations, soil types and underground pip…

The deadline for advertisements, classifieds, press releases, letters, columns and community news, for the Thursday, Dec. 25 edition will be at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19.

Maine State Aquarium invites visitors to enjoy an under-the-sea holiday during its first “Sea of Lights” festivities. The aquarium will be open on Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., until Jan. 3.