The Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission approved a single banner sign for three businesses operating at the former Wiscasset Hardware building at Water and Main streets. The sign still…
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Midcoast Conservancy
When Midcoast Conservancy holds timber frame courses at Hidden Valley Nature Center, more than post-and-beam frames are built: partnerships, friendships and new skill sets are regular features of…
The push is on in Alna as a June 12 deadline nears for the town and Tidewater Telecom to apply for a grant to aid broadband access and internet speed for about 120 underserved properties. Over…
Some things old, others new, always unique is how Betsy Kyle described White Pine Home, a new business in Wiscasset Village specializing in vintage and antique home décor.
It is in the…
Becky Doughty, assistant show director, has announced the following dates for the 2019 craft shows on the Boothbay Common:
Memorial Day Show – May 25, 26
Windjammer Days Show – June…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce
A month into her job as Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce’s marketing and membership coordinator, Newcastle’s Rebecca Telega was smiling and getting to meet people at Wiscasset Area Chamber…
Construction will start on Dollar General's Route 1, Wiscasset store by the end of June, and the store will "certainly" open by Christmas, Chris Nadeau of Concord, New Hampshire-based engineering…
Dollar General accepts Wiscasset's rejection of the business's signage request and will use smaller signage that meets town rules, a representative said Wednesday, May 8. She received the sign…
Wiscasset board of appeals
Dollar General has lost its bid for signage bigger than Wiscasset allows. The appeals board Monday night rejected the request 3-0-1, John Blagdon abstaining.
Blagdon told Chair Susan…
Something's brewing in Boothbay Harbor. A new internet café opens May 8 at Harbor Tech Solutions. Owners Nick and Emily Mirabile will debut Java Tech providing customers with internet access and a…
The Wiscasset Planning Board on Monday considered an application for a tavern in the Wawenock Block.
Daniel Dyer, who owns Wild Burrito restaurant in Portland, plans to offer food, adult…
Members of the Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce got up to date on the Chamber’s next guidebook and looked ahead to summer as they gathered at the Nickels-Sortwell House on the corner of Main and…
Tourism is one of Maine’s largest industries providing jobs and supporting local, regional and state-wide economies. At the Governor’s Conference on Tourism held April 9 and 10, the Maine Office…
Many businesses in the Boothbay region have banded together for the first-ever Boothbay Harbor Spring Fling on Saturday, April 13.
Organized by Julie Roberts of Coastal Maine Popcorn as a…
The Bath Antique Sale will host the final show of its 2018-19 season on Sunday, April…
Employees of First National Bank recently raised $835.12 for Wiscasset’s Museum in the Streets through the bank’s Casual for a Cause program. Employees contribute to a nominated nonprofit in…
Live, laugh and love!
First off… I really want to congratulate Lilly Carol Brown (my granddaughter) and her teammates. Wow, what an awesome little team they’ve become. I can’t say how proud I am of all of them. We had…
HALLOWELL – The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) is proud to announce that this year’s inductees into the Association’s Hall of Fame are Ed Palmer of Sable Oaks and Tom Palmer of…
Does your small business need money for marketing? New Ventures Maine's marketing mini-grant/Pitch program strengthens access to markets for entrepreneurs by supporting the development of…
AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development and Maine Office of Tourism announced Wednesday that Maine’s 2019 Governor’s Conference on Tourism will be held in Augusta on…
Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission
On March 21, the Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission approved a certificate of appropriateness for a property Dion West owns at 5 Evergreen St. The COA had been tabled so West could bring…
AUGUSTA (March 22, 2019)—Sales of single-family existing homes in Maine eased slightly, while prices rose 2.85 percent comparing February 2019 to February…
Everyone is invited to the all-day “Spring for Books” party at Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta on Saturday, March 30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This celebration of…
Tony C. McKim, president and CEO of First National Bank and its parent company, The First Bancorp, recently announced a new role for Sherry Smith.
Smith is a long-time…
After her sophomore year at Wiscasset High School, Elizabeth Rose, an emancipated teen, headed to Texas thinking she knew it all. She did not. But Rose said her early independence helped prepare…
Wiscasset Planning Board
On March 11, the Wiscasset Planning Board held a public hearing and voted to approve the Dollar General project, to be sited at the former location of Huber’s Market at 279 Main St. Matt Casey,…
Atlantic Motorcar
Tall ships, the Irish countryside, dreamy castles and nautical scenes are all being showcased on the walls at Atlantic Motorcar (AMC) until June. Maureen Dittmer, a lifelong photographer and New…
Press release
AUGUSTA (February 21, 2019)—Home values are holding steady in Maine, while sales during the month of January 2019 declined compared to January 2018. According to Maine Listings, sales of…
Wiscasset’s Le Garage at 15 Water St., shuttered since Cheryl Rust closed the 40-year-old restaurant in 2017, has a new owner and a new lease on life.
Ed Colburn and Rust closed on the sale…
The Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce held its eighth annual award dinner Thursday, Feb. 7 at the 1812 Farm in Bristol. Stone Cove Catering catered. Wonderfully attended and with the crowd ready…
Harbor Theater
The Harbor Theater will offer a free screening of the documentary "Lobster War" on Saturday, March 2 at 2 p.m., accompanied by a Q&A session with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean…
Meeting Thursday evening, Feb. 7, the Edgecomb planning board quickly approved the site plan for a visitor information center and market-café on Route 1. Gayle Hunt and Bill Burge represented…
Things will be buzzing in downtown Bath this February and March as Main Street Bath’s annual Be Bath, Buy Bath promotion returns. Over forty businesses in the city downtown are participating in a…
Cleanup work is underway at the Mason Station powerhouse, the only part of the peninsula currently owned by Mason Station LLC, according to Steve Dyer at Ransom Engineering, the company performing…
When the Edgecomb planning board meets Thursday, Feb. 7, it will be asked to review and approve the site plan for a Midcoast Gateway Visitor Information Center and market/café on Route 1.
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Do you have a business idea you want to put into action? New Ventures Maine (newventuresmaine.org) will offer a free…
Energy, Technology and Utilities Committee
Rep. Seth Berry (D-Bowdoinham), has proposed a bill to buy Central Maine Power and Emera using revenue bonds, creating the new entity “Maine Power Delivery,"owned by taxpayers and known as a “…
The former Huber’s Market building on Route 1 will be razed to make way for a proposed Dollar General if the project wins approval from the Wiscasset Planning Board. The board reviewed plans for…
Living in Connecticut in the 1960s with her first husband, Pat Cloutier worked several years as a dental assistant. Then she got pregnant. It cost her her job, the Wiscasset resident of five years…
Maine experienced positive growth and set new records in the single-family existing homes…
“Give a girl the right support and watch her conquer the world.”
There are many rites of passage in our lives. For most girls, their first bra marks the first rite of puberty. Most girls will always remember wearing that first bra - and depending on what…
The Brunswick Area Coin & Stamp Club in Brunswick will hold a winter Coin & Stamp Show on Sunday, Feb. 3 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Exhibition Hall, Topsham Fairgrounds, Topsham.…
Tony McKim, president and chief executive officer at First National Bank, has announced that the bank’s trust and investment management division, currently known as First Advisors, is changing its…
Nancy Kennedy, vice president for Camp Chewonki, has been named to the Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce.
As a major employer and an educational partner with local public schools, Chewonki…
Le Garage, the waterfront restaurant in Wiscasset which has been closed since the retirement of owner Cheryl Rust in April 2017, is now under contract, Rust said.
Reached by telephone Jan.…
For Ryan McPherson, the third time before Edgecomb’s planning board was the charm. After a Nov. 15 meeting was cancelled due to a lack of quorum, at the Dec. 6 meeting he was asked to return with…
Begin the New Year with a visit to the Bath Antique Sale. This antiques and collectibles marketplace offers a one-stop venue for the curious shopper and seasoned collector alike. The gymnasium of…
Perry, Fitts, Boulette & Fitton CPAs (PFBF CPAs) with offices in Bath and Oakland, have taken steps to solidify their brand reputation within the community and beyond.
The firm is…
The Friends of Wiscasset Village will meet at 8 a.m. Jan. 18 at Sarah’s Cafe over coffee and tea, to further plan spring events and communication through the winter.
On Dec. 14, the group…
Greg Uthoff of BIRCH, a gift shop on Main Street in Wiscasset, said the holiday shopping season was very busy. “It was a good year,” he said. He…
