Isabel L. Crocker
Isabel L. Crocker, 83, life-long resident of Wiscasset, passed away Monday, July 16, at a Brunswick hospital. ...

Leonarda Coolidge
Leonarda "Lee" Coolidge, 83, of Newcastle, passed away on the afternoon of Friday, July 13, at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta. ...

John S. Okie
John Stewart Okie, local artisan, died on Monday, July 16, in his home in Newcastle. ...

L. Richard Holbrook
L. Richard "Dick" Holbrook succumbed Monday evening at Mid Coast Hospital to respiratory failure, a complication of the bone cancer that had only been diagnosed two months earlier. His fiancée...

A great lawn party
Letters to the editor

Wiscasset Tax Revolt
Letters to the editor

Classifieds
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE ...

Alna Fire Department clarifies building issues
The Alna Fire Department wishes to correct an article which appeared in one of last week's local papers about the cost of the proposed new Alna firehouse.

Boat Launch Facility schedule announced
The schedule for Ferry Landing Boat launching facility has been released by Pine Tree Engineering, the firm hired by the town to design and build the facility along with a parking lot. - Charlotte Boynton

Dresden selectmen shop and save
Dresden selectmen voted to begin the bidding process to accept contracts to paint the sand and salt shed and to replace the roof on Fire Station #2, as approved at the annual town meeting. - Barbara Martin

Edgecomb
Edgecomb weekly column - Jo Cameron

Selectmen discuss assisted living facility proposal
The Edgecomb selectmen spent some time during their weekly meeting Monday, July 23, to discuss the assisted living facility being proposed at the site of "Mostly Maine," on Route 1, on Davis Island, and the use of the Tax Increment Financing (TIF). - Charlotte Boynton

Growstown Steam Ale making debut in midcoast
Growstown Steam Ale, produced at a Brunswick microbrewery, is only a year old, but is already making a considerable splash in the midcoast area. - Paula Gibbs

Historic camp promises families fun, relaxation
The Chewonki campus is situated on a 400-acre peninsula in micoast Maine, with three and a half miles of stunning rocky coastline. The campus has run a popular summer camp since 1915. - Betta Stothart Connor

Lobster dinner August 4
The Edgecomb Congregational church on the Cross Point Road is sponsoring a lobster dinner on Saturday, August 4 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. to benefit the farmhouse rebuilding project at H.O.M.E. in Orland.

Mid Coast Chapter names new director
The American Red Cross recently named Carol McAllister as its new Executive Director. - Holly Fletcher And Lisa Wells

Road work begins on Arrowsic Road overpass in Woolwich
The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) says work began this week on the Arrowsic Road Overpass Bridge, located on Route 127 in Woolwich. - Mike Eldridge

See You Can't Please Everyone So You Got To Please Yourself
I make some effort to give you people what you want. Some. Nothing heroic, but some. I wouldn't pander, and I won't sell out. Not for what they pay me now. - Christopher Cooper

Skepticism raised on gasification plant
The proposed gasification plant being proposed on the former Maine Yankee property has raised some concerns among Westport Island, Newcastle, Edgecomb, Woolwich, and West Bath residents, as well as those at the public informational meeting. - Charlotte Boynton

Tired of traffic jams - try the train
Does the mystique of the era of classic train travel sound romantic and inviting? Do you ever fantasize about riding the rails to embark on new adventures in style? If not, try biking. If so, try a magical ride on Maine Eastern Railroad's passenger servic - Barbara Martin

Townhouses at Davis Island - mission possible?
We may have outlived the time when good fences made good neighbors. We now peer over the boundaries, asking many more questions of neighboring projects that come to our communities…and maybe we should. - Barbara Martin

Traffic: Will It/Can It Ever Improve?
Editorial - Mary Brewer

Voters to decide on school administration budget Tuesday
Wiscasset voters will go to the polls Tuesday, July 31, to vote on the school administrative budget that was turned down the first time, June 12 at the annual town election. - Charlotte Boynton

Water District sails through annual and monthly meetings
The Wiscasset Water District held its annual meeting recently back to back with their monthly Trustees meeting. - Barbara Martin

Westport Island
Westport Island weekly column - Brenda Bonyun

Westport Island going digital
The Westport Island board of selectmen recently approved a project to update and convert the town's tax maps by digital formatting, a project approved by the voters at the annual town meeting in June. - Charlotte Boynton

Westport Island land owner under fire
The selectmen have scheduled a meeting with the Susan Leeman, the property owner who has allegedly violated the Shoreland Zoning ordinance by improper clearing of trees within the 75-foot buffer zone, at their meeting Wednesday, July 18. - Charlotte Boynton

WICIC: What we hope to accomplish
WICIC formed at a time of voter apathy. The Island's affairs were being decided by a small core of people who cared about what happened at Town Meetings. - Alan Bebout

Wiscasset Senior Center
Wiscasset Senior Center news - Doc Schilke