Arnie Gamage, of South Bristol, caught a rare tan lobster on Oct. 6 off the South Bristol coastline. “I’ve been fishing for 40 years. I have caught red ones, black ones, and blue ones, but I’ve never seen anything like this,” Gamage said of the rare crustacean.

Maine’s First Lady Ann LePage and former U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills kicked off The Maine Values Veterans: Employment and Community Engagement conference in Edgecomb, which focused on helping to create jobs for Maine’s veterans.

Meggan Peters and Josh Meklin, of Cushing, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, MacKenzie Sue-Elin Meklin.

A Jefferson man was indicted by grand jury Sept. 10 on charges of aggravated assault, a class B felony, and domestic violence assault, a class D misdemeanor, for allegedly choking, slapping, and throwing a woman across a room in July.

The Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department’s seventh annual Scarecrow Festival held Saturday, Oct. 18, was a very successful event according to Parks and Recreation Director Todd Souza.

After an extensive nationwide search, the Board of Directors of the Central Lincoln County YMCA has announced Meagan Hamblett as the Y’s new CEO.

Power outages were on the increase in Lincoln County following a night with high winds and heavy rainfall. Power outages increased from 27 to 81 during the overnight hours, with households in six Lincoln County towns affected by the outages. Boothbay and Nobleboro were hardest hit, with 25 households in each town suffering from power outages.

Sunday, Oct. 5: here we are in the middle of the month of October which doesn’t seem possible. This is my first column of the month and a new week of my life at Crawford Commons.

Motorists on Rt. 1 in Wiscasset reported Oct. 14 that a number of campaign signs for U.S. Senator Susan Collins had been vandalized by someone who spray painted a symbol resembling a swastika on them. While the swastika image was painted in reverse, the intent of the vandal was clear, according to observers including Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline.

There are very few people living in Wiscasset that didn’t know William J. “Bill” Curtis. He was a man that served his country in the time of war, and a man that served his community until the very end. He completed his last term as selectman in June 2013, at the age of 85.

Wiscasset Town Planner Misty Parker submitted her resignation to the town Sept. 22, and her last day on the job will be Friday, Oct. 3.

Five Midcoast residents are facing drug possession charges after they were arrested by local law enforcement and Maine Drug Enforcement agents in Waldoboro Oct. 17.

A 20-year-old Brooklyn man pleaded guilty Sept. 25 to a class B felony charge of unlawful trafficking in schedule W drugs (oxycodone) and will serve two years in prison.

Government Notices Bristol TOWN OF BRISTOL Wind Power Advisory Committee Wednesday, November 5 at 6:30pm Bristol Town Office Public Invited TOWN OF BRISTOL Office of the Registrar The Bristol Registrar’s Office will be accepting voter registrations during the hours of 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday and will hold evening hours on Thursday, […]