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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens re-opens for the season on May 1 with exciting plans for the future
The Gardens, now in its 16th year, opens for the season on May 1 and continues to meet the demands of visitation and ever-growing climate concerns through investments in the Horticulture and Plant Science teams, community partnerships, and family-oriented programs. Gretchen Ostherr, Gardens President and CEO, shares “we are currently...
Wiscasset Ford gets project nod and Shep Rust’s ‘Bravo’
Wiscasset’s planning board Monday night nodded Wiscasset Ford’s request for an addition, a new entrance and service canopies and inside renovations. The project at 378 Bath Road is pegged at $4.5 million, according to Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Emily Rabbe’s memo to the board earlier Monday.
Volunteers gather in Lewiston to help pick up litter ahead of Earth Day
LEWISTON (WGME) - Monday is Earth Day, and some folks are getting a head start to help clean up the planet. It may not always be noticeable, but trash is there. Some tucked away under bushes or in plain sight like here at Lewiston's Kennedy Park. Harrison Kenmp is the...
Wiscasset Speedway beats the rain and hosts successful 2024 season opener
There’s one common demon that race tracks in the Northeast fought all last season: rain. Unfortunately, Mother Nature reared her ugly head once again on Saturday for Wiscasset Speedway’s Group 1 season opener. As fans rolled into the stands in heightened anticipation for the festivities, rain started to...
Vote for Wiscasset school budget
I am writing today as a Wiscasset School District Committee member, a parent of a child in the Wiscasset School District, and as a tax-paying community member. I am asking for your Wiscasset reader’s support of the Wiscasset School District 2024 -2025 budget. Please join me on April 30 at 6 p.m. in the Wiscasset Middle-High School Gymnasium for the Budget Validation Vote.
Planning board approves riprap for East Boothbay property
The Boothbay Planning Board conditionally approved one application April 17 to repair shoreline with riprap. Steve Roberge of SJR Engineering in Augusta represented the Jennifer W. Teschner Trust of Toledo, Ohio which sought approval for its property on East Tibbetts Road. The property is zoned in a coastal residential and shoreland overlay district. The applicant is required to provide an Army Corps of Engineers permit and merge two lots into one on a recorded deed.
Reflecting one year later: The Bowdoin quadruple murder and its enduring impact
BATH (WGME) – Thursday marks one year since a man is accused of murdering four people in a Bowdoin home, including his parents. Joseph Eaton is accused of gunning down his parents and their friends at their friends’ home, before going on a shooting spree on the highway – creating a panic and a massive police response.
CTL middle schoolers entertain audiences with one-act play
On April 10, middle school students at Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning transformed themselves into ancient Greek gods and goddesses for two performances of Tristan Jackson-Pate's one-act play, “Myth.” Spectators laughed, gasped, and danced as CTL's student thespians delivered engaging dramatic performances and sang Myth's catchy songs.
'Worst day of my life': Maine father recounts day his children were shot on I-295
It's been one year since police found four people murdered in a Bowdoin home allegedly at the hands of one of the couple's own son. Murder suspect Joseph Eaton’s parents, David and Cynthia Eaton, along with the Eaton's close friends, Bobby and Patti Eger, were found dead in the Eger's home.
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