Commerce

On Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 members of the Etsy Maine Team will be hosting an online cash mob event, one of the first of its kind.

A cash mob is a group of people who all shop at a locally-…

Wiscasset Chamber of Commerce

The Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for volunteers to operate the Information Center by providing information to visitors, answering the phone and responding to…

Wiscasset Chamber of Commerce
Local representatives, business owners and residents attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Wiscasset Chamber of Commerce location on August 30. JOHN MAGUIRE/Wiscasset Newspaper

Wiscasset Chamber of Commerce opened a new location at 524 Bath Road on August 30.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony brought together state and local representatives, business owners and residents:…

Ame's Supply's Mike and Jeff Averill accept the Lincoln County Fire Chiefs’ Association’s Community Merit Award. KATHY ONORATO/Wiscasset Newspaper

Ames Supply of Wiscasset was recently awarded the Community Merit Award by the Lincoln County Fire Chiefs’ Association at their annual clambake in South Bristol on August 15. This…

Wiscasset Chamber of Commerce

The Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce invites you to join them on Thursday, Aug. 30 at 5:30 p.m. to celebrate the grand opening of their new welcome center located at 524 Bath…

Wiscasset

The chamber is looking for business owners interested in helping launch a buy local campaign for the Wiscasset area.

What does buy local mean for the…

Elected officials from the town of Wiscasset officially welcomed another new business on August 28. Kidz Closet, located in the Market Place Plaza at 681 Bath Road, Route 1 in…

Wiscasset Raceway
Jay Verney of Alna Wiscasset Raceway SUSAN JOHNS Wiscasset Newspaper

They came with tractors. They came with weed-whackers. A former employee of Wiscasset Raceway came with his knowledge of where the holes are, so he could point them out to the people bush-hogging…

Downtown Wiscasset
courtesy of Deirdre Jewett

Cindy Collamore and Debbie Cronk, the women in red wearing hats, welcome the Alan-Dee Dairy  4-H club and some Morris Farm calves to lunch last week. The club is grateful for the $100 donation and…

Richard Jordan, new owner of the Wiscasset Raceway, shakes hand with Wiscasset Town Manager Laurie Smith. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

A Kingfield man and his wife bought the Wiscasset Raceway at auction July 12.

Richard and Vanessa Jordan will pay $130,000 for the foreclosed property, which they plan to re-open. Richard…

The Wiscasset Airport is a home base for many visiting and local pilots and its manager anticipates business there will continue to grow since the town took over all operations there.

Over…

The Lil' Mart car wash on Route One Wiscasset has re-opened. A car caught fire in the car wash building in April causing extensive damage, said site manager Bill Meehan. “We replaced the whole…

Shawn and Lanee Barnes opened the Hunter's Breakfast Restaurant in June 2007 and it soon became a popular stop for locals, as well as tourists traveling down Route 27.

With the loss of his…

The former Native Arts building on Route 1 in Woolwich has a new look.

Jeff Peters, the founder of Georgetown Pottery, opened his newest showroom there on June 16.

The transformation…

Despite all the bad news facing Maine’s seafood industry, the silver lining will be industry-led initiatives to sustain it, said Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Pat…