An Inconvenient Truth
The documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," will be shown at Senior Spectrum's Coastal Community Center on Friday, February 16 at noon.

Ruth W. McLellan
Ruth Wagstaff McLellan of Boothbay Harbor, died suddenly on Thursday, February 1. ...

Earl W. Tomlinson
Earl Whitaker Tomlinson, of Wiscasset, died on Friday, February 2, at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, after a month-long battle with cancer. ...

A Tale of Two Hirings
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Sand, salt and facility saga
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Prisoner phone calls
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More about sand and salt facility
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Wiscasset has no leadership memory
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Observing Westport Islanders
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A ticket to ride, but what's the cost?
Always of concern, recent initiatives such as T.A.B.O.R. and Governor Baldacci's consolidation proposal have aimed a spotlight at the cost of education in Maine and have citizens looking closely at how money is spent. - Comparison, Shuttleworth Provided The Per Mile Cost That Is Paid

Adoption support group forming
State Senator Paula Benoit of Phippsburg, an adoptee, and Martha Hulbert of Woolwich, a birth parent, know how the power of shared experience can change lives. - Martha Hulbert

Boat launch appeal filed
It looks like the taxpayers of Westport Island will be paying more in legal fees, following an appeal made of a recent planning board action. - Charlotte Boynton

Chewonki head tells tales of faraway places
After a year of waiting, the Garden Club of Wiscasset was happy to again welcome Don Hudson, President of the Chewonki Foundation, as its speaker at its February 1 monthly meeting. - Wendy Eichler

Correction
In last week's issue of this newspaper it was incorrectly reported that the Edgecomb Planning Board would hold two public meetings, on February 24 and March 8, with a public hearing on March 24.

County in talks with state on renting old jail space
Lincoln County Commissioners are negotiating with the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) on renting space at the old Lincoln County Jail. The state is interested in renting about 722 square feet. - Charlotte Boynton

Decision long overdue
Editorial - Paula Gibbs

Dresden meets Tuesday night
Dresden selectmen Monday night reviewed the warrant that will go before residents at the special town meeting on Tuesday, February 13, unanimously agreeing to recommend a yes vote to each question. - Barbara Martin

Edgecomb
Edgecomb weekly column - Jo Cameron

Family shares boating journey at Senior Spectrum
On Wednesday, February 7 the lunch guests at the Senior Spectrum in Damariscotta had the opportunity to view "Ice Blink," the remarkable story of Dave and Jaia Martin and their three children.

Five school redistricting plans floating around
It appeared there was not much support for Governor John Baldacci's school redistricting proposal at the Edgecomb Eddy School last week from over 100 people who attended. - Charlotte Boynton

I'll fight for this, but I'll listen, governor says
Vowing on the one hand that he will fight hard for his school consolidation proposal, Governor John Baldacci said last week, "We'll have a discussion - believe me, that's the way Maine works." - Paula Gibbs

Jefferson landowner gives second large tract to SVCA
Jefferson resident Janet Stetser has donated a 90-acre woodland property in the Sheepscot River watershed to the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association (SVCA). - Kristin Pennock

Mud Season in January
Wow…Nick can tell you all about it.  He is covered every day from his running. This dog even runs in the rain.  Well so do the joggers! - Diane Longley

Outreach coordinator out speaking the word
It was volunteers who began the effort, and volunteers who sustain it to this day. In 1983, three women got together in response to the rape of a woman they knew who had nowhere to turn for support in getting her life back together. - Paula Gibbs

Tell It To George
Tell It To George is a collection of thoughts from here and away, from people who want to get their two cents worth in, without using their names.

Tolling For The Luckless, The Abandoned And Forsaked
No two toilets, I've observed, flush in exactly the same way. The uniqueness of the snowflake, we receive without question or objection at a very early age; it is part of our cultural heritage. - Christopher Cooper

Town `moving forward' on police chief issue
Selectmen are "moving forward" on resolving the future status of the town's police chief, Wiscasset's chairman of the board of selectmen said Tuesday night. - Paula Gibbs

Trash talk continues
Talk of switching from the Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District (BRRDD) to the Wiscasset Transfer Station continued at Monday's Edgecomb Selectmen's meeting. - Charlotte Boynton

Westport Island
Westport Island weekly column - Brenda Bonyun

What the Wiscasset Senior Center and Community Center can do
If you are new in town - and we hasten to add - or new to one of the towns adjoining, why not drop in at the Wiscasset Community Center at 242 Gardiner Rd. (Rt. 27 north 1.1 miles from Rt. 1) and check out the many good programs available to you. - Jo Bryer

Wiscasset Senior Center
Wiscasset Senior Center news - Jo Bryer

Woolwich now accepting single steam recycling
Pine Tree Waste, which holds a contract for Woolwich's solid waste and recycling services, has recently implemented single stream recycling at no additional cost to the town. - Charlotte Boynton