Update: According to Steve McCausland, State Public Information officer, the state fire marshal’s office says two people have been killed and four…
News
Bath’s Leeman Highway (Route One) superstructure known as the viaduct will close on Tuesday, Oct. 11. The structure will be completely replaced because of significant problems in the subsurface of…
Pumpkinfest 2016
Drought conditions failed to keep 70 giant pumpkins from lining Main Street in Damariscotta and Newcastle for the 10th annual carving and painting competition on Friday, Oct. 7.
Artist Susan…
obituary
Dr. Robert Guillard, 95, died peacefully in his sleep on Sept. 25, 2016 at the Gregory Wing, St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.
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The landscape is changing at Griffin Law Offices, both inside and outside. Employees Anne Mosher, Sandy Paxson, and Toni Lowery took advantage of the nice weather Monday, Oct. 3 to replace the old…
Boothbay Region High School
There will be a lot of cheering and happiness at Boothbay Region High School beginning Tuesday, Oct. 11 when the students return to school from the long weekend and…
Maya Schwehm, a Boothbay native and student at the College of the Atlantic, worked last summer as an intern for the Boothbay Region Water District. Among her accomplishments for the season,…
Lincoln County Commisioners
The Lincoln County Commissioners, in a light meeting, approved a snowplow contract with Steele’s Landscaping, and a couple of purchase orders for ammunition and Net Motion wireless software for…
Town of Newcastle and Maine Department of Transportation
Newcastle held a meeting Monday night to give Sherman Marsh residents another chance to hear from the Interagency Review Team that is trying to form a wetland bank for Department of Transportation…
The new deck Pam Logan is putting on Wiscasset’s “Tiny House” is no longer under challenge from a neighbor. The Wiscasset Board of Appeals on Oct. 5 let stand the nod the deck got this summer from…
If the extent of your knowledge about ticks is that you should tuck your pants cuffs into your socks when hiking, come to Midcoast Conservancy on Monday, Oct. 17 from 5 to 6:30 p.…
Wiscasset District and Superior Courts
Rachel E. Anderson, 35, of East Boothbay was arraigned Sept. 26 on one count of Tampering with a Witness or Informant in connection to several child pornography charges she pleaded guilty to in…
LincolnHealth and the United Way of Mid Coast Maine have joined forces for the first two weeks of October to fight hunger in Lincoln County. The Food Security…
Careless disposal of smoking materials appears to have caused the Oct. 2 fire at the Freedom Center transitional home in Dresden, Sgt. Ken Grimes of the State Fire Marshal’s Office said Thursday…
Fun for all ages on Tuesday, Oct. 11, when the Lincoln Home hosts the Maine3Railers Model Railroad Club. A fully operational model railroad will be set up in our Activity Room. Stop by the Lincoln…
Does your home have a smoke alarm? According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the answer is likely yes: NFPA research shows that most American homes have at least one. But do…
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
The 2016 fall foliage report from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry reports moderate to high color spreading throughout Maine. Northern Maine and the western mountains…
Midcoast Conservancy is delighted to announce the addition of Hannah Chamberlain to its staff as its new land steward. Chamberlain brings a range of experience to…
Are you confused about the details of Question 3 on the Maine ballot in November? Sometimes it is hard to determine how to vote if our information comes from TV ads…
Donald and Eileen Higgins and Jeff and Melinda Browne, all of Boothbay, are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Julie Higgins and Thomas Quincy Browne.
Julie graduated from…
Monday, Oct. 10 is a holiday, but we will still be meeting at the Faith Baptist Church on the Mills Road in Newcastle. We'll begin with our informal sew and chat at 2 p.m. Bring projects of your…
Obituary
Christopher Dean Whittaker, 58, of Woolwich died Sept. 30, 2016. He died doing what he loved, fishing for striped bass at Small Point. He had caught…
Due to the lack of available players, the Lincoln County club football team has canceled the game against Boothbay Region High School at Sherman Field on Friday, Oct. 7, according to BRHS Athletic…
After 40 years as a nurse, Rachel Manning, RN, still loves the challenge of building a connection with patients in those first critical minutes after they arrive at the Urgent Care…
The Community Center is celebrating its first anniversary and the addition of a 645-square-foot space that will “Get people moving,” according to Director Jane Good.
The space, which is…
The sights and sounds of fall include many things like crisp mornings, apple picking and cider season, and the leaves changing color. Most of all, autumn makes us…
First Advisors, the trust and investment services division of First National Bank, invites you to join them for a financial and retirement planning seminar on Oct. 20 at the…
St. Andrew’s Community Design Showhouse in Newcastle, which took place this past week, has been extended for another week. The church’s Parish House on Glidden…
Lincoln County Regional Planning and New Ventures Maine are teaming up to provide Lincoln County and especially Wiscasset area residents with opportunities for individual career and small business…
A Friday deadline approaches. In observance of the Columbus Day holiday, all copy, press releases, advertising … you name it … for the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper is due Friday, Oct…
Paul Coulombe dismissed criticism Monday that two of his Boothbay properties would be the main beneficiaries of the proposed roundabout. Coulombe, who owns the Boothbay Harbor Country Club and is…
Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland announced in an email at 5:38 p.m. Tuesday, 3-year-old Lenore Wilson, for whom an Amber Alert had been issued earlier Tuesday, is safe…
Boothbay Harbor Town Manager Tom Woodin has announced today that the town footbridge will be closed for an undetermined amount of time.
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Obituary
Gilbert Jean Charbonneau, 73, died on the morning of Sept. 26, 2016, at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.
Born in…
Americans have a day for giving thanks. We have two for getting deals (Black Friday & Cyber Monday). There is also Giving Tuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back.
On Tuesday, Nov…
The Southport United Methodist Church will hold a memorial service in honor of Phyllis Pinkham Cook on Sunday, Oct. 16 at 1 p.m. Reception to follow. Please join us to help celebrate her life.…
Obituary
Duane H. Dunbar, 69, died Oct. 1, 2016 at his home in Boothbay Harbor.
He was born June 28, 1947 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont to Harold J. Dunbar Jr. and Barbara…
Water of Life Lutheran Church of Newcastle invites the public to attend a dinner and program on Saturday, Oct. 29 to benefit the Lincoln County branch of New Hope For Women. The dinner is being…
U.S. Constitution
The United States Constitution does not allow citizens to directly vote for the president. Even though the election ballots in Maine and in most states will list the names of the…
Area veterans will be thanking local lobstermen for their participation in the cruise and cookout event held for Lincoln County veterans recently, by holding a dinner in their honor on Saturday,…
Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta
Pumpkinfest is just around the corner, and on Saturday morning, from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Damariscotta Post Office at 173 Main Street, visitors can obtain a special postmark bearing a picture…
On Friday, Sept, 30, a 93-foot tugboat was launched at Washburn & Doughty Associates in East Boothbay. The Maxwell Paul Moran is the 39th tugboat built for Moran Towing Corporation of…
Obituary
Gloria M. Goud, 86 of Dresden died September 30, 2016 in Freeport at the Hawthorne House after a long fight with Alzheimer's.
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David Stapp is a pilot. He loves aviation. He loves planes and flying. Until recently the headquarters for the enterprise he founded, and is president of — Peregrine…
Obituary
Robert R. Potter, 85, of Boothbay, died Sept. 29, 2016 at the Hill House (Hospice Care) Facility in Bath, Maine.
He…
Obituary
Ellen M. Wanser, 71, of Flood Avenue, Wiscasset, Maine died Sept. 30, 2016.
She was…
Obituary
Joan Etta (McEathron) LaBar, 74, of Dresden, Maine, died Sept. 29, 2016 from complications of pneumonia.
She was born…
Known as “Mrs. Hospitality” on the Boothbay peninsula and beyond, Laura Honey will give a presentation on Oct. 13 at the Boothbay Region Historical Society museum…
