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$1.4 million project nearly done
There will be some happy commuters and homeowners next week, when the Route 1 stretch of road in Woolwich is re-opened, and the residents of the George Wright Road will no longer have the heavy traffic of Route 1 on their road. - Charlotte Boynton

Alna awards plowing contract
Alna Selectmen granted a three- year snow plowing bid from Hanley Construction of Bristol on May 7. Of the seven bids submitted, Hanley's was the lowest, at $149,495 for the first year of the contract. - Kate Kastelein

Area garden clubs recognized
Some 60 members of the garden clubs of Bath, Belfast, the Boothbay region, Camden, Topsham, and Wiscasset, called the Medomak District of the Garden Club Federation of Maine, Inc., attended the district's annual meeting May 5 at the Maine Maritime Museum. - Wendy Ross Eichler

County receives $125,000 from jail
Lincoln County Commissioners got some good news at their meeting last week from County Administrator James McMahon when he told them a check for $125,000 had been received from the Lincoln Sagadahoc Jail Authority. - Charlotte Boynton

Diane Longley guest speaker
Diane G. Longley of Woolwich, formerly of Bath, was guest speaker at the weekly Coasters Dinner held at the Bath Area Senior Citizens Activity Hall recently.

Edgecomb
Edgecomb weekly column - Jo Cameron

Edgecomb Town Meeting Saturday
On Saturday, Edgecomb residents are invited to exercise their American given rights and attend their annual town meeting to vote on 53 questions that will define how their hometown is governed over the next fiscal year. - Petition

Humane society has non-profit status
The Wiscasset Newspaper has obtained a copy of an Internal Revenue Service 990 form, filed by the Boothbay Region Humane Society in 1999, which confirms its status as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. - Kate Kastelein

Library offers free internet talk
Wiscasset Public Library is hosting "Project Internet: Exploration and Safety," presented by Sexual Assault Support Services in partnership with Verizon Foundation. This free workshop will be held on Wednesday, May 21 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. - Pamela Dunning

Lincoln County to take Boothbay compost
Lincoln County and the Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District are about to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow the district to bring leaves, manure, and grass clippings from its transfer station to the Lincoln County facility. - Charlotte Boynton

Moratorium `too vague,' selectmen told
Wording in a citizens' petition, calling for a moratorium on all "commercial use" buildings is too vague, according to the Maine Municipal Association, Edgecomb Selectman Stuart Smith reported to his fellow selectmen at their weekly meeting. - Kate Kastelein

Over 500 respond to state rep's opinion survey
Representative Jonathan McKane has announced that he received the greatest number of constituent responses ever to a survey he conducted recently. 

Railroad recognized by Travel Guide
The Eastern Railroad has been recognized as a 2008 Editors' Choice in Yankee Magazine's "Travel Guide to New England - Gordon V. Page Sr.

Repairs on Davey Bridge start next week
Next week, starting on Monday, May 19 through Friday, May 23, the Maine Department of Transportation bridge maintenance division crews will be doing repairs to the concrete headers (bridge ends) on the Donald E. Davey Bridge, which carries Route 1.

School budget too high budget committee says
Wiscasset's proposed school budget is too high, members of the town's budget committee and four candidates for selectmen's positions said Tuesday. - Paula Gibbs

School union agree on contract
Wiscasset school teachers will be receiving back pay to September of 2006, following settlement of their union contract with the town. The teachers' last contract ended in August of 2006. - Paula Gibbs

Sheriff's Office Completes Taser Investigation
The internal investigation into the alleged improper use of a Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Taser is complete.

Sheriff's office report finished
The county hired Attorney Jonathan Goodman to investigate allegations of retaliation of employment by Westrum toward Deputy Mark Damren, following Damren's accusation that Westrum touched him inappropriately. - Charlotte Boynton

Spend Saturday at the farm
This Saturday, May 17 is the Morris Farm Volunteer Work Day. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., friends of the farm will help with various projects, uplifting the farm as we enter into our busy spring and summer seasons. - Bo Gallop

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.

There's still a chance to throw out this lousy school law
Editorial - Paula Gibbs

Tiny fire out quick
Firefighters from Wiscasset and Edgecomb responded to a reported fire Monday morning at one of the condominiums at Bintliff's Sheepscot Harbor Inn & Resort on Davis Island in Edgecomb, Edgecomb Fire Chief Barry Johnston reported this week. - Paula Gibbs

Westport Island
Westport Island weekly column - Brenda Bonyun

Westport Island Selectmen unreceptive
The Westport Island selectmen have replied to a letter from Curt Downer who had requested three warrant articles be placed on the upcoming town meeting warrant. In their letter, the selectmen gave an explanation as to why. - Charlotte Boynton

Wiscasset Senior Center
Wiscasset Senior Center news - Doc Schilke

Wiscasset Yacht Club
Wiscasset Yacht Club news - Barry Todd

Woolwich says yes to library, no to rescue boat
Emotions ran high at the Woolwich town meeting last week on a couple of issues, but not nearly as high as near the end of the meeting, around 11 p.m., when a motion was made to reconsider an article that had failed earlier. - Charlotte Boynton