Bath Savings has been selected to participate in two home-buying assistance programs: Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston’s (FHLBank Boston) Housing Our Workforce (HOW) program…
Commerce
Availability of properties for sale continues to be an issue for buyers of single-family existing homes across Maine. According to Maine Listings, Realtors sold 708 homes last month—a dip of 19.4…
As part of the Pendleton family that had Wiscasset’s Pendleton’s Market about 60 years, Jeff Pendleton worked there in high school. He worked at Mason Station power plant in Wiscasset 28 years as…
Water that, for weeks, was sometimes off, is back on and, knock on wood, will stay on, a lawyer representing Whippoorwill Mobile Home Park’s management firm, Maine Real Estate Management (MREM),…
A Rockland man is interested in transforming the Pyro City Maine building into a restaurant. Edgecomb selectmen received a request from businessman Steve Stinson about fire and sewer…
This is a short story of an “American Dream.”
At the age of 17, a young Mark Rigas left his homeland of Greece and set off with nothing more than determination and hunger to succeed in…
Alna selectmen
Alna selectmen Feb. 22 set public hearings to be held at the fire station at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 9 for a building ordinance update and two proposed moratoriums. Voters face the…
Wiscasset Planning Board Chair Karl Olson said Monday night via email, two members of the public were present for that night’s hearings on the proposed Adult Use Cannabis Business…
Those searching for a place to return their bottles and cans have found redemption at 15 Hardwick Road in Boothbay. Loriann and Stanley Barter Sr. have opened the region’s only redemption center.…
It’s time to prepare for your spring bird-feeding as we eagerly anticipate the arrival of our colorful migrants! Mid-Coast Audubon will be accepting bird seed orders until March 11 to raise funds…
Sales of single-family existing homes in Maine continue to be affected by rising mortgage interest rates and a smaller number of available homes for sale. Maine Listings announced a 34.99 percent…
To support and expand Maine’s food production capabilities, CEI is offering its Tastemakers Initiative for a fifth time. Applications are open to Maine-based companies that produce food and…
Selectmen
In the recent extreme cold, TextMyGov announced the warming center at Wiscasset Community Center for people and pets. The new texting service is free, and the town would like more signups, Town…
Girl Scout Cookie season takes off with business boost thanks to investment from First National Bank
America’s favorite cookie sale began earlier this month, ushering in a new wave of Maine’s youngest entrepreneurs: Girl Scouts. Thanks to a $5,000 investment from First National Bank for the…
What will it take for Maine Yankee’s nuclear waste to leave Wiscasset? It will take the federal government meeting the responsibility it took on around 1950 to get, somewhere in the country, high-…
In recognition of the heart health of its customers and associates and in conjunction with American Heart Month, Hannaford Supermarkets has announced that all 185 stores throughout New England and…
A new report released this week by MaineHousing is meant to help both key policymakers and Maine citizens better understand the state of affordable housing development in Maine as we head into…
Taste of Maine on Route 1 in Woolwich is up for sale and that will not affect next season, according to the restaurant’s Facebook post last week.
“I’m sure some of you have seen the “For…
AUGUSTA —The real estate market in Maine adjusted during the 2022 sales year due to an increase in mortgage interest rates and a shortage of available homes…
Wiscasset selectmen Jan. 17 approved 5-0 a letter of support for Consolidated Communications’ would-be application for a Maine Connectivity Authority (MCA) grant toward a broadband project.…
Wiscasset selectmen
With Wiscasset selectmen and the broadband committee set to talk Jan. 17, the possible cost of one option looks steeper than at the committee’s last meeting, said committee member and Lincoln…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Mary Ellen Barnes told Wiscasset’s broadband committee Jan. 5, applying without other towns would not hurt…
Wiscasset selectmen
Axiom Chief Executive Officer Mark Ouellette told Wiscasset selectmen Dec. 20, “it is relatively clear that the numbers do work” for publicly owned broadband. Or he said the town could stick with…
Buyers of single-family existing homes across Maine are still encountering a lower-than-normal inventory of homes available for purchase. According to Maine Listings, 1,289 homes changed hands in…
“A little bit happy right now, because the state found out about the difference in the problem in the hotel and the problem here” at Taste of Orient, Cecilio Juntura told Wiscasset Newspaper Dec.…
Lincoln County has received a Regional Broadband Partnership Grant for digital inclusion and digital equity planning. Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Mary Ellen…
The extent of federal aid coming to Maine for broadband access is unprecedented and “will never happen again,” Axiom’s Mark Ouellette told Wiscasset, Woolwich and Dresden selectmen, broadband…
Alna selectmen
The vote is on in Alna for the rest of the funds to cover a one-year, $325,000 plow deal after a Woolwich firm’s pullout last month. Selectmen Nov. 30 agreed on the warrant for a special town…
Route 27 holds a special place in Katherine LaMontagne’s heart. As a child, she traveled summers from Boston to Boothbay Harbor to spend time with her grandparents John and Natalie Richardson.…
Alna selectmen plan to ask voters to tap surplus to further fund this snowplowing season. With attendees’ input, selectmen Nov. 22 favored low bidder Mike Jewett of Whitefield and planned a town…
Alna selectmen
Alna did not go looking for trouble or for something to do, First Selectman Ed Pentaleri said Nov. 16 about winter plowing. He had been fielding residents’ questions and comments about the town’s…
Saturday, Nov. 19 in the streets of downtown Boothbay Harbor, flocks of shoppers took advantage of the super sales and camaraderie of the annual Early Bird Sale & Pajama Party.
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It’s that time of year, time to rise and shine, grab a cup of coffee, throw on your best robe and join your friends and family and flock together in Boothbay Harbor for the Early Bird Sale…
Come for the shopping and stay for the seasonal activities throughout Wiscasset Village during Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest, Friday, Dec. 2 through Sunday, Dec. 4. From visits with…
Neither the winds nor the occasional rain from Hurricane Nicole’s remnants stopped the Wiscasset Early Riser, aka Early Bird, sale Nov. 12. According to shop owners reached Nov. 13, shoppers still…
Holbrook Excavating is no longer Alna’s plowing contractor, First Selectman Ed Pentaleri and the Woolwich firm’s owner Evan Holbrook each confirmed Nov. 10: Pentaleri, responding to questions via…
Set your alarm to wake you up early Saturday, Nov. 12 because you won’t want to miss Wiscasset’s annual Early Bird shopping event. With businesses offering special…
Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest’s Holiday Gift Shop, a pop-up in the Nickels-Sortwell House barn on Federal Street, has become a Christmas season tradition in Wiscasset. For several years now, the…
The pandemic drove Cynthia Brown’s yoga teaching online. The change worked so well, including drawing students from around the country,…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset’s two proposed marijuana ordinances will go to public hearing at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at the town office. Selectmen Oct. 18 sent the proposals onto the planning board for a hearing. And Monday…
AUGUSTA — Home prices may be stabilizing, according to the Maine Association of Realtors. Sales remain strong; Maine Listings today reported a median sales price (MSP) of $330,000 for the 1,890…
Wiscasset selectmen
When Wiscasset Speedway needs someone taken to a hospital, that can tie up a Wiscasset ambulance about four hours and cost the town $800 for any mutual aid, Emergency Medical Services Director…
Wiscasset planning board
J.V. Properties’ proposed expansion of NAPA Auto Parts, 693 Bath Road, passed Monday night, Wiscasset Planning Board Chair Karl Olson said after the meeting. The meeting at the town office was…
Among the treasures of the Boothbay peninsula are its three general stores, offering sustenance, warmth and a gathering place for the communities they have served for more than a century.
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Wiscasset selectmen
No one spoke Sept. 20 for or against tapping surplus for the $23,982 overdraft in Parks and Recreation’s last…
AUGUSTA — Sales of single-family existing homes across Maine in August dipped 9.89 percent compared to August 2021, according to Maine Listings. Values remain high in August, as the median sales…
Born and raised in Boothbay, Evie and I are very excited for our new endeavor – opening a small med-spa in the heart of Boothbay Harbor. We have landed on the name The Skin Twin RNs LLC, which…
Carmel, California’s Molly Martin and Gary Feldstein were seeing New England last week when their travels brought the engaged couple to Wiscasset and Red’s Eats. As he waited in line for the food…
Kamala Boutique is coming to Edgecomb in November. The Edgecomb Planning Board voted unanimously Sept. 1 to approve a change-of-use permit for Katherine Mary and Mo LaMontagne who recently moved…
