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Dec 27, 2007 "Serving Alna, Dresden, Edgecomb, Westport, Wiscasset and Woolwich" Vol 38, Number 52



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Add fresh greens to the holidays at Green Gourmet Market
Some say that it's not easy being green, but it comes naturally for the owners of The Green Gourmet Market & Deli, located at 510 Bath Road, in Wiscasset. - Barbara Martin

Alna Town Clerk appears in court
Alna Town Clerk Donna Wallace pled guilty to the charge of Negotiating a worthless Instrument Class E on December 20 in Wiscasset District Court. She was ordered to pay a total of $310 by February 21, 2008. - Barbara Martin

Book selection made for Midcoast Read
This winter, midcoast Maine will dive into Robert Kurson's "Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries Of World War II," a riveting and vivid non-fiction account of two deep wreck divers. - Pamela Dunning

Chewonki earns accredited status
For camps, campers and their families, fall is still a hot time of the year! Summer 2007 is long gone and plans for summer 2008 are well underway. That is where the American Camp Association, New England comes in. And part of that planning includes the a - Kathi Jordan

Democrats, Legion honor Rep. Peter Rines
Lincoln County Democrats and the Wiscasset American Legion Post honored State Representative Peter Rines at Le Garage Restaurant December 18. - Charlotte Boynton

Edgecomb
Edgecomb weekly column - Jo Cameron

Faucher says "yes" to third year
Wiscasset town manager Arthur Faucher, hired under a two-year contract, has been asked by selectmen to stay on for at least another year after this contract runs out. - Paula Gibbs

Fellowship hears TV violence talk
Television violence has been misinterpreted says Jib Fowles, Wiscasset resident, author, and Professor of Media Culture and Communication at the University of Houston in Texas. Fowles spoke to the men's fellowship of the First Congregational Church at the

Hopes for the New Year
Editorial - Paula Gibbs

Maine Legislators want laptops to replace paper
Legislative leaders are considering a proposal to put laptops in the House and Senate for a cost of $550,000 to $640,000 - a plan Minority Leader Sen. Carol Weston says should be out of the question when state government has a $95 million budget hole. - Victoria Wallack

R.O.A.D. submits comments and requests to MDOT
The newly-formed R.O.A.D. organization (Route One Alternative Decisions) sent to MDOT on Friday its formal opposition to the proposed northern bypass routes. In addition, it made three requests to assist in the long term effort to ameliorate the traffic p - Morrison Bonpasse

Westrum named interim correctional administrator
The Lincoln/Sagadahoc Jail Authority has appointed Sagadahoc County Sheriff Mark Westrum to the interim Correctional Administrator position at the Two Bridges Regional Jail, six to eight weeks. - Charlotte Boynton

Wiscasset has permit to dump snow in Sheepscot River
Wiscasset residents that have express concern to the state about the town dumping snow in the Sheepscot River can put their minds ease, the town does have a permit to do so. - Charlotte Boynton

Wiscasset Senior Center
Wiscasset Senior Center news - Doc Schilke

Wiscasset slated for transmission upgrade
Central Maine Power's transmission lines in Wiscasset are included in the company's plans to upgrade 475 miles of transmission lines throughout southern Maine, Wiscasset officials learned recently. - Paula Gibbs

Woolwich voters separate CEO/Fire Chief position
A few Woolwich voters took care of town business last Wednesday afternoon, at the town office, in about ten minutes. They elected a moderator, and approved an article to separate the positions of fire chief and the codes enforcement office. (CEO) - Charlotte Boynton

Yes to consolidation, no to
Smaller schools are better, the Maine Coalition to Save Schools says. The group is trying to get enough petition signatures to overturn Governor John Baldacci's decision to reduce the number of school districts from 290 to 89. - Paula Gibbs



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