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Breaking News -- Attorney General Orders Boothbay Region Humane Society to Cease and Desist

Attorney General Steven Rowe's office has issued a decision regarding licensure of the Boothbay Region Humane Society. The organization is ordered to cease and desist from soliciting funds from the public until ...

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Clam Flat Closures Push Diggers Over Poverty Line
The July 25 movement of a pollution line, closing much of Broad Cove in Bremen to the harvesting of shellfish, has caused a big stink and is a pattern that has rippled from one working waterfront in Maine to the ...
Options for Schools Closure
Architects and engineers concerned with the proposed closing of one of the three Wiscasset schools will air options in a two-hour public presentations on Sept. 4 followed by a Sept. 18 session.
Wiscasset school ...
Waldoboro Hires Planning and Development Director
The Town of Waldoboro has hired Patrick Wright to fill the position of Planning and Development Director, which was confirmed at the Board of Selectmen meeting on Tues., Aug. 12.
"I look forward to working with ...
The latest in Lincoln County Community
Wiscasset Board Agrees to Send RSU Plan to State
Despite ambivalence about the current plan for the proposed Regional School Unit (RSU), the Wiscasset school board voted 4-1 Monday to submit it to the Maine Education Commissioner for review.
The decision, however, ...
JVS Building Project Could Move Forward on Site of Original School
A special school committee meeting will be held at the Jefferson Village School gym on Thurs., Aug. 14 to discuss the construction of a new school on the site of the current school property.
Town officers, the ...
First Wind Energy System To Go Up in Wiscasset
The first small wind energy conversion system in Wiscasset, since voters approved a small wind ordinance allowing it last year, met final local planning board approval Monday. The vote followed no public comment ...
Animal Abuse Case on Hold
The case against Fern Clark of Somerville for alleged animal abuse has been put on hold, a docket from the Maine State Superior Court dated July 28 states. Her lawyer argued that the search warrant officers used ...
Whitefield Voters Pass School Budget
Whitefield voters went to the polls again on Aug. 11 and passed (validated) the 2008-09 school budget by a vote of 114 to 77, approved during the latest special town meeting last week.
The voters approved the ...
Three-Car Accident on Bristol Rd
A three-car collision occurred on the Bristol Road near Miles Memorial Hospital around 4:30 p.m. Aug. 10, resulting in seven people being taken to the hospital.
A 2002 tan Chevy Impala, driven by Victor Macomber, ...
New Officer Joins Waldoboro Police Dept.
Tom Hoepner worked as an officer for the Damariscotta Police Dept. for 13 years. He was Lincoln Academy's School Resource Officer (RSO) and taught grade school children about making the right choices in the Drugs ...
Wiscasset Police Grant Provides New Instruments
Wiscasset police now have several new high-tech instruments to use in law enforcement, including at Maine Yankee, because of a $28,000 Federal Homeland Security grant.
Lt. John Allen displayed the items Tuesday ...
Fieldcrest Manor Purchased by LC Healthcare
Lincoln County Healthcare (LCH), the parent company of Miles and St. Andrews hospitals, has purchased Fieldcrest Manor in Waldoboro to maintain the possibility of bringing long-term care beds back to the Waldoboro ...
Newcastle Selectmen Continue Road Maintenance
It's not just consumers and businesses feeling the pinch from rising prices; increasing costs are hitting municipalities now, too.
The Newcastle Board of Selectman are taking a pro-active approach to managing ...
Fish Ladder Review
Members of the Alewives Fish Ladder Committee, Jim Brinkler, Deb Wilson, and Stanley Wallace, presented the Newcastle Board of Selectmen with an overview of this season and plans for upcoming improvements to the ...
Logan Rowing for Gold in Beijing on Sunday
Elle Logan, of Boothbay Harbor, will be rowing for a Gold medal in Beijing, China at 5:20 a.m. on Sunday. It is the first Olympic experience for the 20-year-old, who is competing with the two time defending world ...
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