The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office was directing Biscay Road traffic away from Lessner Lane in Damariscotta at midday Thursday as fire crews from multiple towns worked at the scene of a structure…
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Obituary
Elizabeth Chicoine Eldridge, 93, formerly of Newark, Delaware, died peacefully at her home in Boothbay on April 6, 2016.
At her bedside were her children, Phoebe A. Eldridge of Newark,…
Edgecomb Eddy School
Edgecomb officials are investigating a mysterious spike into Edgecomb Eddy School’s electrical and heating fuel consumption.
The school’s year-to-date kilowatt per hour usage was 161,760 in…
Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) is offering its annual Barge/McKee Scholarship for students involved in the study of the environment. This is very…
There were 300 people in the House, the Opera House, that is, for the 8th annual Hometown Hootenanny organized (once again) by Garry Blackman. Pictured are the members of Murky Water Band, from…
Jenny E. Ley and Ian Clifford Reynolds married on January 17, 2016 at Devil's Thumb Ranch in Tabernash, Colorado.
The…
Midcoast Conservancy is delighted to have Brianna Smith on staff as the crew leader for its summer Youth Conservation Corps. She brings a wealth of…
On Eating and Loving Food
Can anyone resist whipped cream? I can’t. I once asked my mother for a whipped cream pie instead of a birthday cake. A pie shell filled with whipped cream.
I grew up during a time before…
The Central Lincoln County YMCA, in partnership with the Boothbay Region YMCA, is offering a YMCA Midcoast Lacrosse League for girls and boys, grades 3-8. LAX…
On Sunday, May 1, the Opus One Big Band will be performing at Wiscasset Middle High School at 5 p.m.
The Opus One Big…
Adams Pond watershed
What do you like in your drinking water? Cigarette butts, styrofoam, plastic bags or how about dried-up strips of road sealant?
On March 30, the Boothbay Region Water District held its…
A Wiscasset man plans to run 31 miles to raise money and awareness for Parkinson's disease.
Hunter de Garmo, 36, began running seven years ago to fight drug and alcohol addiction. Now he…
Westport Island’s Dick Tucker joined Wiscasset Community Center’s FitCLASS Challenge to help make it enjoyable for his wife Pat Smith to take it. She had knee surgery in December.
But in a…
With the Maine craft beer craze in full frenzy and showing no signs of slowing down, Southport resident Mike Barker has launched a hop-growing operation in Alna in hopes of providing local brewers…
The “Seniors Walk Free at the Y” program has just celebrated its second anniversary. Connie and Ira Machon have been the leaders and role models for this program,…
After moving out of their shop in Damariscotta in November, Cara and Michael Gaffney have relocated. They took over the new retail space on the street level of 8 Wharf Street, Boothbay Harbor in…
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A parent who had four children attend Edgecomb Eddy School is seeking a school committee seat. Mark Graham, 48, plans on submitting his nomination papers…
The Damariscotta Police report the following activity from March 28 to April 3, 2016.
March 28
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On Thursday, April 7 at 6 p.m., the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts will hold the 20th annual Soup Bowl Supper at the American…
The Edgecomb Planning Board approved sending the revised land use ordinance to the selectmen for review following a 44-minute March 31 public hearing. Three residents attended the meeting held in…
Nancy, a resident at St. Andrews Village Gregory Wing, has a volunteer place headphones over her ears and press play on her iPod shuffle. Nancy’s iPod is filled…
It’s often said that it’s difficult for more than one person to keep a secret. Imagine how difficult it is to keep a secret among dozens of people and officials of…
Woolwich Fire Department responded along with Bath Fire and Police, West Bath Fire, and the Sagadahoc and Lincoln County sheriff’s offices, to a horrific accident at about 3 p.m. Monday, on the…
Wiscasset officials invited
The nuclear waste stored at the former Maine Yankee nuclear power plant on Bailey Point, Wiscasset won’t be going anywhere soon, although the Department of Energy (DOE) is showing a renewed…
As the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor's spring schedule approaches, the partial restoration of the iconic building on Townsend Avenue is nearing completion, according to Executive Director Cathy…
Southport selectmen on March 30 provided the final list of recent appointees and committee members.
With only two…
Alna’s attorney is reviewing documents that spell out new details of a scenario to aid fish passage at Head Tide Dam.
Third Selectman Doug Baston sent attorney David Soule the information…
Wiscasset has hired two men to carry out the duties of interim police chief.
Town Manager Marian Anderson said Michael W. Pardue and Jerry A. Hinton, a retired Brunswick police chief, were…
On March 31, hundreds of people came to the Taste of Maine in Woolwich to lend support to the family of Kimi Hill, the Wiscasset woman who died March 20 in a fall from a truck near The Forks in…
Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch reported that a person who had overdosed in a Boothbay Harbor apartment was revived early Saturday morning, March 26.
Lincoln County 911 dispatchers…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
On March 28, the Senate passed LD 1614, an emergency bill to approve an additional $2.4 million to support the county jail system.
The…
Six Boothbay Region Elementary and High School students were injured March 31 in a two-vehicle accident involving a 2003 International school bus and 2003 Oldsmobile Bravado on Back Narrows Road…
Damariscotta Board of Selectmen
On March 31, Town Manager Matt Lutkus sent a disappointing email to residents of Elm Street and Theater Street in Damariscotta, who were looking forward to having sidewalks fixed and water pipes…
A few months ago, Lincoln Medical Partners Surgeon Dr. Garth Miller was rounding on surgical patients on the Miles Campus of LincolnHealth when a man he had operated on just hours…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Today at 2:49 p.m., the Lincoln County Communications Center received a 9-1-1 call reporting a traffic crash involving a school bus in the area of 364 Back Narrows Road in Boothbay. Lincoln…
Obituary
A life well traveled and well lived, Marcelle Kilpatrick of Boothbay Harbor sailed in her 91st year for a new port on March 31, 2016.
She was born on Bastille Day July 14, 1925 in the mill…
Skidompha’s Chats with Champions Committee and Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop are delighted to announce that Boothbay Register/…
On Wednesday, April 6, the Southport Planning Board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 5 p.m. at the Town Offices to consider the application of Charles and Jennifer Stewart…
Seaside Lodge #144, A.F. & A.M. will hold its monthly stated meeting on Monday, April 4 at 7 p.m. at the Masonic Hall, Route 96, East Boothbay. There will be a dinner in the…
Boothbay Region Adult Ed
On Tuesday, April 12 at 6 p.m. at Boothbay Region Adult Ed, Chip Griffin, attorney, author and local historian, will be giving a talk about the…
Members of the Twin Village Women's Club hosted a charming tea on Wednesday, March 22 at the Lincoln Home. Colored cloths of light greens, pinks and…
Edgecomb
Edgecomb School Committee: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, Edgecomb Eddy School
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD
Board of…
Don’t forget to purchase your ticket to the Boothbay Region YMCA’s annual dinner on Tuesday, April 12.
The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres, followed by the dinner and…
Monday, March 21
Chief Troy Cline investigated a case of two trucks tearing up the yard in back of Miss Wiscasset Diner. The drivers of the pickups left the scene, then one returned. Cline…
The battle for a three-year term on the school committee is the only contested race on the Boothbay municipal ballot. Former state legislator Bruce MacDonald is challenging first-term school…
Lincoln Academy students Liam Cullina, Will Shaffer and Kathryn Colomb served as honorary pages in the Maine Senate on March 24 as guests of Sen. Chris Johnson of Somerville. The students were…
One of the primary reasons Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay has grown to be one of the top cultural and tourist attractions in the state in such a short amount of time is the incredible…
On Friday, March 18, the Awesome Seniors’ walkers, who participate in the “Seniors Walk Free at the Y” program, joined with the Active Older Adult Y-…
