Knickerbocker Group, the award-winning design, construction, and property management firm based in Boothbay and Portland, is delighted to announce that Danielle Betts, after 14 years with the…
Commerce
Before the pandemic, Allen “Big Al” Cohen figured he would keep his Big Al’s Super Values store on Route 1, Wiscasset open another 10 years. Starting Monday, he’s selling everything at 33% off. He…
Wiscasset planning board
Wiscasset’s planning board on Monday night approved Chandler Sowden’s transfer of business from 65 Main St. to 51 Water St. Sowden owns In a Silent Way, a wine bar, which was in the historic…
Alna selectmen
Drawing five bidders to engineer work at the Ben Brook bridge on Egypt Road was “pretty awesome,” Alna Third Selectman Charlie Culbertson said over Zoom Wednesday night, Sept. 8. Selectmen said…
“J Edward Knight will now be advising our clients on their Medicare plan options,” said Robert Wheeler, president of J. Edward Knight, in a news release.
Wheeler went on to say: “After…
Woolwich selectmen
Woolwich could eventually have two businesses less than a mile apart on Route 1 selling recreational marijuana. Following a public hearing with no comments in support or opposition Tuesday night,…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen Tuesday night set the property tax rate at $20.08 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation, a four-cent drop from last year’s rate. Meeting on Zoom, the board took two votes…
The Hot Spot Diner, the former Ship’s Chow Hall, at 277 Bath Road, Wiscasset is no more, and the property’s owners would like to see it stay a restaurant, Midcoast Properties General Manager Linda…
helping Maine people access and connect to the outdoors
The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Land Protection grant program seeks proposals from organizations and projects in Maine dedicated to helping Maine people access and connect to the outdoors…
Carole McCarthy, volunteer manager of St. Andrews Thrift Store in Boothbay Harbor since 2018, said she is proud of its new premises. The store moved a few doors down in the Meadow Mall to the old…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in July:
Alna: Sniffen, Peter to Suchoff, Jessica O'Rourke, Gardner, Kaitlyn and O'…
AUGUSTA (Aug 23, 2021)—Home buyers are still out in force across Maine’s 16 counties. According to Maine Listings, home sales decreased 4.86 percent and prices rose 23.58 percent comparing July…
Innovative companies in Wiscasset and Biddeford engaged in developing clean energy technology have each been awarded $250,000 through the Maine Clean Energy Innovation Challenge, a joint…
Alna’s planning board Aug. 3 passed Central Maine Power’s corridor expansion 4-0. En route to that vote in the in-person and Zoom meeting, the board also passed verbatim CMP’s proposed…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending August 7, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 800 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 100 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
Westport Island selectmen
Westport Island selectmen learned Monday, Charter Communications has requested a contract directly with the town rather than through ConnectME Authority. In April, the town approved seeking a…
Tristan Koehling never had the chance to eat at Miss Wiscasset Diner. “But from what I understand, it was a good place to eat.”
The Bath man is working to make 762 Bath Road a good place to…
Selectmen raised questions about the 50-year-old Wiscasset Municipal Airport Aug. 3. First, when Airport Manager Rick Tetrev said he was working on how to fund work on the fuel farm, Selectman…
The Art For Art’s Sake Show and Sale will be held Aug. 12-15. This favorite event of locals and visitors kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 12, but not at Hodgdon Yachts. For this year only, the venue…
When the Americans with Disabilities Act became law July 26, 1990, it concerned access to physical property, but an area business was recently threatened with an accessibility lawsuit due to its…
“Exciting times here at Peregrine (Turbine Technologies). Wiscasset is birthing new technology,” Chief Executive Officer David Stapp told Wiscasset Newspaper via email July 22. He shared a press…
AUGUSTA — Demand continues to drive up the values of Maine’s single-family existing homes. Maine Listings reported a statewide median sales price (MSP) of $310,000 in June—a 24.5 percent increase…
Shortly after arriving, invitees to Water's Edge Restaurant and Bar's grand opening celebration July 21 huddled shoulder to shoulder under a couple of awnings on the Edgecomb business's rooftop…
Drivers and walkers frustrated at traffic lights’ duration downtown have been going against them, Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen in his report for the board’s July 20 meeting…
Get a broadband committee and learn from and maybe work with other towns on fiber, three people advised Wiscasset July 14. The town has internet service, but that and Wiscasset’s relatively low…
Maine’s Public Utilities Commission said July 15 that five storms in 2020, plus rising transmission rates approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, has resulted in an approved Central…
Central Maine Power will get back to Alna’s planning board on fire control and other questions the board asked over Zoom July 6. CMP plans about 5.3 miles of new line and 48 poles in Alna as part…
After a seven-minute public hearing, the Wiscasset Planning Board approved Central Maine Power’s site plan application for its transmission line corridor construction and improvements. The…
UPDATE: The start date for this project has been pushed to Sunday, July 18, according to The Maine Department of Transportation, in a news release.
Initial press release:
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The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) recently polled its members about July 4th weekend business, visitor trends, and how the workforce shortage is affecting business.
According to Tony…
Wiscasset selectmen
When is 2-1 a losing vote? When Wiscasset’s selectboard of five has two members abstaining. Member Pam Dunning explained Tuesday night, July 6, the vote to propose Schoonerfest aid at a special…
Alna selectmen are addressing potential legal issues over some town rules. The board voted 2-0 over Zoom Wednesday night, July 7 to give out no permits for accessory apartments or for two homes on…
The Edgecomb Planning Board voted 4-0 for a change of use application for a U.S. Route 1 property to serve as a tattoo parlor and body piercing studio. The board approved Kat Stewart’s application…
All her life, Mary Blanchard has loved really good food and baking. Now she is sharing her passion for making delicious homemade ice cream and baked goods and putting smiles on people’s faces with…
Wiscasset Planning Board
Central Maine Power was back in front of the Wiscasset Planning Board Monday night seeking a vote on the completeness of the company’s site plan application for a transmission line. Since the last…
Sales of single-family existing homes in Maine continue a double-digit increase trend. Statistics released June 22 by the Maine Association of Realtors show 1,1613 homes changed hands across the…
Where in Wiscasset will Sea Bags set up to sell its well-known bags made of sails? Selectmen and Town Manager Dennis Simmons were not sure June 15, when the board approved Sea Bags’ latest…
“That was awesome. It’s amazing what thrills you can feel at 72. Almost 73,” Cheryl “Shep” Rust said exiting Wiscasset Speedway’s pace car that took her and other Wiscasset Area Chamber of…
...which is actually in Wiscasset, not Bath
WISCASSET—Ironically, Wiscasset’s first brewery is named after the nearby town 10 minutes away, but there’s a story for that. On Route 1, opposite from the Shaw’s Supermarket, Bath Ale Works, co-…
Central Maine Power was back for the Wiscasset planning board’s latest look Monday night at the company’s site plan application for a transmission line project. Lincoln County Regional Planning…
Wiscasset selectmen
Wiscasset selectmen on June 1 passed a policy letting merchants seek annual licenses from the town clerk for sidewalk space and letting other applicants seek selectmen’s OK. In any conflicts for…
In February 2020, Alex and Maria Nikolic bought Harborage Inn in Boothbay Harbor and looked forward to a robust tourist season. In March, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and curtailed any hopes they had…
With businesses in the Boothbay region and beyond looking to hire, an in-person hiring fair is being organized locally for noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 15 at Sherman Field, Boothbay Region High…
ConnectME Authority on Wednesday approved Westport Island’s $225,542 request to expand broadband.
“Oh, fantastic,” town broadband and cable committee member Jeff Tarbox said when Wiscasset…
Monday’s Wiscasset Planning Board Zoom meeting began with a quiet public hearing on the solar facility project at Wiscasset Municipal Airport. Stephen Barrett of Barrett Energy Resources Group…
A Maine Office of Marijuana Policy (OMP) official told a Wiscasset panel Monday, some towns write their rules before opting into business types. “(Then) you’re not in the unfortunate situation…
pressing needs
NEWCASTLE — The Frances Perkins Center has received a conservation grant from The 1772 Foundation in partnership with Maine Preservation for the France Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark…
Highly motivated buyers of single-family existing homes continue to pursue Maine real estate options. Statistics released today by Maine Listings show a 35.68 percent sales leap in April 2021…
About a month ago, Francie Siegfried was still living in Norfolk, Virginia. Now the past high school English teacher, writer-editor, retail worker and social worker is living in Wiscasset over the…
