Elizabeth C. Stetser
Elizabeth Cornwell Stetser, 102, of Wiscasset, died Saturday, December 22, at a Brunswick Hospital. She was the eldest daughter of Eppa Luther and Portia Smith Cornwell of Manassas...

Helena S. Perkins
Helena S. Perkins, 82, of Boothbay Harbor, died Wednesday, December 26 at St. Andrews Gregory Wing in Boothbay Harbor. ...

Christa A. Colby
Christa A. Colby, 58, of Portland passed away unexpectedly December 23 at Maine Medical Center from heart failure. ...

Charles L. Hinckley
Charles Lewellyn Hinckley, 75, of Alna, died unexpectedly Wednesday in Lewiston with his wife Sally at his side. ...

Leah N. Nadeau
Leah Phoebe (Nash) Nadeau, 86, died Saturday, December 22, 2007, at the Heritage Rehabilitation Center in Winthrop. ...

Russell D. Wellman
Russell Dana Wellman, 80, of Waldoboro, passed away Saturday, December 22, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, after a brief illness, with his loving family at his side. ...

Di Vece seeks support
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Classifieds
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"Bids For Kids" raise $10,000
The eleventh annual Bids For Kids' Wreath Auction was again a huge holiday success for Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Midcoast Maine. Hundreds of bidders turned out for the five live and silent auctions throughout Knox, Lincoln and Waldo Counties. - Alex Gaeth

A birthday to remember
Anyone born on December 21, or on other days near Christmas, gets ripped off (mom digs out a couple Christmas presents and gives them to you early, presents are wrapped in Christmas paper, or worst of all, they forget). - Paula Gibbs

Big Box Store issue to be raised again
A law passed in 2007 designed to make it tougher for big-box stores to come into town and take business away from local retailers will be up for discussion again in 2008, with an amendment proposed to allow communities to opt out of the new rule. - Victoria Wallack

Couple opens business
One of Wiscasset's newest businesses is an electric service owned by a young local couple who were born and raised in Maine, loves Maine, wants to stay in Maine, and raise their children here. - Charlotte Boynton

Coupons available for converter boxes
Coupons are now available to consumers who need to purchase TV converter boxes for their analog television sets, State Rep. Jon McKane announced this week. McKane represents Edgecomb, Newcastle, Bristol, South Bristol, Monhegan Island, and Damariscotta.

Edgecomb
Edgecomb weekly column - Jo Cameron

Ken Honey will not seek re-election
Ken Honey announced this week that he will not be a candidate for County Commissioner for Lincoln County in the upcoming 2008 elections in November. Ongoing health reasons have prompted his decision.

Legislature will cut its budget, but at its own discretion
The Legislature plans to do its part to reduce the state's budget deficit, but doesn't want to be told by the governor how much to give. - Victoria Wallack

Nor'easters entertain Lincoln Home residents
Lincoln Home residents welcomed a nor'easter on Tuesday evening, December 18. This time the nor'easter was the Nor'easters Barbershop Chorus, not the snow and wind and rain of the previous weekend. - Herbert G. McKinney

State Rep honored
State Rep. Jon McKane (R-Newcastle) has been honored for his support of policies to create and preserve jobs and help build a vibrant Maine economy. He also has been recognized for his commitment to protect Maine's environment.

SVCA completes trail improvements
Combined efforts of a team from the Maine Conservation Corps and volunteers from the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association (SCVA) have brought major improvements to the mile and a half of trails on SVCA's Whitefield Salmon Preserve. - Kristin Pennock

Tom Allen to speak on renewable energy policy
The Hydrogen Energy Center and kindred organizations will present a talk by Tom Allen on the status and trends in US federal government renewable energy policy, on Wednesday, January 9, at 7 p.m., at the Frontier Cafe in Brunswick. - Jack Bash

We Twa Hae Run About The Braes
I almost made it. It was very close. Indeed, even as I closed in on the possibility with just hours to go, only the formality of a few hours of thinking and ordering and typing would have landed me at dawn's early light. - Christopher Cooper

Welcome!
Welcome to a good old-fashioned Maine winter! When you saw that postcard of the old farmhouse with the white picket fence and the beautiful trees with snow on them you instantly thought you'd like to live here. - The Way, I Wouldn't Use The Fireplace. We Have A Few Mainiacs Wh

Whiner's Day appeals to "woe is me" crowd
Tired of trimming trees, wrapping and unwrapping presents 'til it hurts, while enduring endless warm wishes followed by unsolicited, sloppy kisses? Has bah-humbug become your personal mantra, and what you're really dreaming of is a holiday without elves? - Barbara Martin

Wiscasset Senior Center
Wiscasset Senior Center news - Doc Schilke