The combined websites for the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper were judged top in the state for small weekly newspapers at the Maine Press Association’s 2014 Better Newspaper Contest on…
News
Dick Mayer was in charge of the traffic coming into and out of Damariscotta for the Oct. 10-14…
Susanna Norwood-Burns has joined the New Hope for Woman staff as a community advocate in Waldoboro.
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The Boothbay Police Department arrested four people between Oct. 7-13.
On Oct. 8, police arrested…
Open enrollment begins Nov. 15, 2014 and ends Feb. 15, 2015. Get ready to renew or enroll in health insurance before the deadline for the Health…
Edgecomb School Committee
A higher than normal iron content and slightly elevated magnesium level has produced discoloration in the Edgecomb Eddy School’s drinking water, according to principal Lisa Clarke.
Clarke…
Boards, staff and members from Lincoln County's many historical societies, museums and history-oriented organizations will attend the 2014 gathering of Lincoln County's historical organizations on…
CHANS Hospice Care program will be holding an interfaith memorial event for anyone who has lost a loved one in the past year.
A Time for Remembering will be held on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 2 p.m.…
Bath Trails is calling all adventuresome kids to complete the 5 miles long Whiskeag Trail on Sunday, Oct. 19. Parents and kids can park cars at the Bath YMCA at 1 p…
Elections 2014
Sen. Chris Johnson said his reelection is about the people who put him in the Maine state senate to begin with. The Democrat state senator from Somerville is seeking…
Election 2014
Les Fossel is a busy man.
The Republican state senator candidate from Alna serves on eight boards serving Lincoln County and the…
Obituary
Rona Mary Metcalf, a resident of Southport since 1979, died of natural causes on Oct. 4 at her home, surrounded by her children. She was 85.
Born in Winchester, Massachusetts to Wilfred…
Elections 2014
Regardless of whether or not voters hand Republicans control of the U.S. Senate in November, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she will keep working across the aisle to form bipartisan coalitions…
Get to Know...
“The World of Wooden Bobbins” is a book about, well, bobbins. Much of the material provided for the production of the book was supplied by experts on the subject: Ann…
Bay View Lodge will host an open house at the Masonic Hall on Route 96 in East Boothbay on Saturday, Oct. 18.
Open houses are being held throughout the northeastern United States on Saturday…
South Bristol Fire Chief Mark Carrothers said, "My wife is going to be happy with me tonight," shortly after his name was drawn as the winner of the $1,000 home heating oil raffle recently…
Election 2014
The Boothbay peninsula’s next representative to the Maine House of Representatives will be substantially younger than his/her predecessor, will have been born in Connecticut, but lived mostly in…
Stephanie Hawke is well-known in the Boothbay region as a hard working, honest and personable member of the business community.
She lives in Boothbay Harbor, with her husband Andrew and her…
When voters read the ballot to elect a new Lincoln County Register of Probate they won’t see any names, but there are three candidates. No major party candidates sought the nomination in June to…
At their regular meeting Oct. 1, Boothbay Harbor Sewer District (BHSD) Trustees reviewed a packed agenda which included expansion of the relining project and changes to the plant heating system.…
Fall is the perfect season for motorists age 50 and older to sharpen their driving skills and update their driving knowledge by participating in the AARP Smart Driver program.
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The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Literary Luncheon for the month of October featured an average guy named “Joe Wright,” a self-proclaimed middle-aged man who is hopelessly…
Obituary
Neil T. Greenleaf, 69, of Westport Island, died Oct. 9, 2014 at his residence, surrounded by family.
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Take out your calendars: The dates for the 53rd annual Windjammer Days in Boothbay Harbor will be June 21-27, 2015.
At an Oct. 14 meeting…
Hundreds came out to the Boothbay Railway Village on Oct. 11 and 12 for the 47th annual Fall Foliage Festival.
Dozens of crafters and vendor tents were set up on the field, selling…
Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson is pleased to announce that they will host George Mason as this year’s artist in residence.
As the artist in residence, Mason will spend two…
The Boothbay Region YMCA, in partnership with Lincoln Health, is hosting a flu clinic at the YMCA on Thursday, Oct. 16, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Coastal Club room.…
Obituary
Leonard Schork, 94, of Westfield, New Jersey and Southport, died peacefully on Oct. 11, 2014 at the Center for Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains, New…
At least one Susan Collins, U.S. Senate campaign sign was defaced with a spray-painted swastika, probably overnight Sunday into Monday, Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline said Oct. 14.
A…
The eighth annual Damariscotta Pumpkinfest Regatta ended much the same way it typically does: with a flourish, some floundering and a whole lot of pulp.
The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and…
Obituary
Wallace H. Brewer Jr., 67, of Boothbay died suddenly on Oct. 11, 2014 at his favorite camping spot in The West Forks after a long struggle with health issues.
…The Otto and Fran Walter Foundation has awarded a grant to Friends of Thai Daughters (FTD), a nonprofit organization, preventing child trafficking…
The Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission will host a field workshop on Stream-Smart Road Crossings coordinated by Maine Audubon. The workshop will be held Thursday, Oct. 23 (Oct. 24 rain…
Obituary
Roger A. Kingsbury, 69, of Lumberbridge, North Carolina, died Oct. 8, 2014 after a long illness.
He was born in Bath, the son of Robert E. Kingsbury Sr. and Rose V. Higgins. He attended…
The Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education group will hold a free showing of "Under Our Skin 2: Emergence (From…
Boothbay Region Land Trust
Now that the events of the summer and early fall are passed, those of us at Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) are turning our primary focus towards the improvements…
A trip into the attic of a family home is often poignant, full of objects that remind us of the generations that have gone before. Imagine the attic of a building that holds items that reflect 200…
As has been the policy of this newspaper for several years, we will not be publishing political letters to the editor in the issue before the election.
All political letters must be received…
After work at BK Auto in Litchfield, Dane Bonang would come home to Wiscasset and go for a walk-run in the neighborhoods of Fowle Hill, Huntoon Hill and West Alna roads. It was part of his…
#1813: Arthur Paquett, 306 Hendricks Road, garage
#1814: Newagen Inn, 60 Newagen Colony, pier and dock
#1815: Kenneth MacCormac, 413 Hendricks Hill Road, addition
#1816: George…
On Wednesday, October 15 at 7 p.m., We The People Maine will conduct a workshop at Savory Maine on 11 Water Street in Damariscotta. People from Damariscotta and surrounding towns who are…
The Merrymeeting chapter of the National Active of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) will be held Oct. 15 at 11:15 a.m. at the Fairground Café, Topsham Fair Mall, Topsham.
Chapter 1796 of…
The public is invited to the Lincoln County Community Resources Expo from 1 to 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 17 at St. Patrick’s Church in Newcastle.
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Pumpkinfest 2014
To be a human or a zombie: That was the question October 11 at CLC YMCA’s second annual Zombie Run, during Pumpkinfest in Damariscotta. The 31 entrants who opted for human received a minute’s head…
There were 28 entries to the pumpkin dessert contest at Skidompha Library on Saturday, Oct. 11 as part of the Pumpkinfest weekend in Damariscotta.
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Edna Sukeforth calls being a Certified Nursing Assistant “the hardest job you will ever love.”
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Small businesses in Lincoln County are invited to a Business Resource Workshop on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 8 to 10 am at the Water’s Edge Banquet Facility in Edgecomb. Federal, state and local…
