Central Maine Power Co. is reaching out to customers to help them understand why portions of their bills may be higher in 2019.
Beginning in January, residential customers will receive a…
Commerce
AUGUSTA (December 19, 2018)—Values are increasing for Maine’s single-family existing homes. According to the Maine Listings, the median sales price (MSP) for homes sold in November reached $219,…
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Liberty Consulting, the group the Maine Public Utilities Commission hired to conduct an audit into higher than expected electric bills for Central Maine Power customers at the start of 2018 and…
Tidewater Telecom’s try at ConnectME Authority funds to expand its service in Alna was a miss Friday. But Tidewater and Alna will try again next round, Third Selectman Doug Baston said in a phone…
For the second year in a row, Woolwich Historical Society will benefit from Bath Subaru’s “Share the Love” campaign.
Bruce McElman, owner and manager of the family-owned dealership at 116…
6.7 percent monthly bill increase
In competitive solicitations concluded Dec. 10, the Maine Public Utilities Commission accepted bids and set new prices for standard offer electricity supply for customers of Central Maine Power (…
Among wreath entries from Big Al’s, BIRCH, Burgess Technology Services, Carl Larrabee Insurance Agency, Casey’s Wood Products, Cromwell Coastal Properties, Morris Farm Trust, Sarah’s Café,…
Inside the barn of Nickels-Sortwell House Saturday, Melissa Hunniwell told Natalie Dunbar and her grandmother Sherri Dunbar of Wiscasset, the 8-year-old was right: A fortune cookie starts as a…
Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest kicked off Dec. 6 with festivities on the Main Street Pier. Bundled up against the cold, families, carolers, and even the man in the red suit himself kept warm with…
Famous Wiscasset food stand Red's Eats is representing Maine in msn.com's…
Los Angeles-based Khanlarian Entertainment has optioned Kay Stephens’ 2009 novel, The Ghost Trap, for an independent film.
Stephens’s debut novel tells the story of Jamie Eugley, a…
No New England kitchen should be without one, Westport Island's Art Weber said about his unique, handmade scooper, Maudie’s Super Squash Scooper. He has found a growing market for it.
The…
AUGUSTA (Nov. 21, 2018)— Statewide real estate sales were positive for the kick-off of…
Friends of Wiscasset Village
A new volunteer group called the Friends of Wiscasset Village wants to get the word out that Wiscasset is more than just a pretty village, and they want to welcome you.
According to FOWV…
If it’s November, it’s Early Bird sales season. Early bird shoppers have flown to Bath, Wiscasset and Damariscotta this month and on Saturday, Nov. 17 they will be flocking to the Boothbay region…
Living in New York City, Helen Mohney couldn't get to Saturday's Early Bird sale in Wiscasset. But an Instagram she shared that one of the participating businesses, Rock Paper Scissors, sent out…
Twenty-five percent off is a sale so big, some fireworks will be below cost, Big Al's Super Values and Big Al's Fireworks owner Al Cohen said about his stores' early bird sales on everything, from…
Sawyer’s Way Auction Company is pleased to announce auctioneer Jeff Dowdy has joined his wife Jen to become a REALTOR® team with Keller Williams Realty. Jen has served as a licensed REALTOR® since…
Kirsten Ingram recently joined Newcastle Realty as an associate broker.
Ingram said she found the group of brokers at Newcastle Realty to be a supportive, welcoming, and enthusiastic team…
The Bath Antique Sale kicks off its 30th season on Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Bath Middle School at 6 Old Brunswick Road in Bath, Maine.
Fifty dealers of quality country antiques,…
New and returning vendors have reserved tables at St. Patrick’s Christmas Fair and will sell locally made items on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Cheverus Hall. Cheverus Hall is…
For the fourth year running, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is welcoming visitors back to Gardens Aglow, its festive seasonal celebration. With more than 650,000 LED lights woven through 14 acres…
HALLOWELL – The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) is proud to announce that it will soon begin operating a staffing service for its members to address the workforce shortage in the…
Although Monday, Oct. 22 is the deadline for submitting political letters to the editor for Election Day 2018, the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper will accept paid political…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in September:
Alna:
Spinney, Jeffry Alan to Olson, James G and Olson,…
Wiscasset Public Library
As the daylight hours shrink, it’s time to curl up with a good book during the long fall and winter nights. The Friends of Wiscasset Public Library are offering a wonderful opportunity to stock up…
Along with other towns, Edgecomb is considering its options for implementing the recreational marijuana law voters approved in 2016. The town’s ordinance review committee discussed it Oct. 4.…
Central Maine Power no longer has Alna's support to expand the transmission lines that run through it and some of its neighbor towns. After hearing from CMP's project spokesman, selectmen voted 3-…
The Woolwich select board will meet with the planning board at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15 at the town office to discuss codes and ordinances including the possible regulation of recreational retail…
The grabber is the color scheme of her signs, Carole Jordan said. Brown and pink, the placards for Boothbay Canine Daycare & Boarding are hard to miss…
The so far unnamed downtown Wiscasset group focused on promoting the downtown during and after the Maine Department of Transportation’s construction project met at Sarah’s Cafe Sept. 21 to…
Patti Corscaden, board certified, licensed massage therapist, is expanding her Newcastle practice and offering therapeutic massage at 56 Maine Street in Brunswick. In private practice since 1994,…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in August:
Alna:
Vonfrank, Arlene R. to Vonfrank, Andrew and Vonfrank, Sarah…
Three men have bought the 1852, former Musical Wonder House on Wiscasset's High Street to live in, and they plan to open a tavern further north into the village. Planning board members were…
The flavors are as exotic as the name of the company behind them: Radiant Red Zingerberry, Cosmic Cold Brew, and Night Blooming Jasmine. They’re the offerings of Wild Island, a Boothbay Harbor-…
The Twin Villages Business Forum returns to Lincoln County Friday, Sept. 28. The day-long event will take place in the newly renovated Central Lincoln County YMCA in Damariscotta…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce its next Business After Hours Event hosted by Downeast Medicinals, LLC.
The Business After Hours…
Bruce Burnham’s photography exhibit will be on display in the lobby throughout August and September and can be viewed during normal banking hours. The show, at 77 Oak Street in Boothbay Harbor, is…
Elizabeth Berg, the best-selling author of more than 30 books, including novels and short story collections will visit Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions program on Thursday, Aug. 9 at 10 a.…
The National Safety Council announced last month that six Hammond Lumber Company stores have won the 2018 Industry Leader Award for outstanding safety. The award goes to the top five percent of…
The words apothecary shop might bring thoughts of a dim room filled with herbs, hanging to dry, potions, tinctures in small vials, mortars and pestles filled with creams and dried plants, and hand…
As a key date nears on Wiscasset’s possible easement at Chewonki Campground, the town and business have been working toward a deal, Town Manager Marian Anderson and one of the campground’s owners…
Sarah's Cafe catered Al Roker, Craig Melvin and a crew from NBC's “Today” show this week. The Water Street, Wiscasset business got the request last week, to be ready to cater a lobster bake Monday…
Living history has a new meaning in Wiscasset in the form of a unique seasonal rental at the landmark Nickels-Sortwell House. Reservations are available to lease a two-bedroom apartment occupying…
AUGUSTA (July 23, 2018)—The Maine summer real estate sales season is in full swing. According to the Maine Association of REALTORS®, REALTORS® around the state sold 1,937…
Woolwich contractor Jack A. Shaw & Sons will carry out Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements at the Nequasset Park boat launch and swimming area.
The select board voted 4-0…
Would you like to be surrounded by history and imagine what it was like to have lived in a house in the 1700s or 1800s yet still enjoy all the amenities of today’s world? The website…
On Saturday, Sept. 8, chefs from central and Midcoast Maine will compete in the 6th annual Celebrity Chef Challenge. This year’s event will be held with Spectrum Generations’ partner, the Central…
The meeting on July 12 at the Lincoln County Planning Commission, in conjunction with the Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce, was supposed to bring downtown merchants together to create activities…
Christopher Juntura said outside the Wiscasset municipal building Monday night, he was feeling relieved he can start building his brewery on Wood Lane. He has a hop farm there. And in a majority…
