Wiscasset Newspaper

01/07/2026

“We are so excited that an amazing couple from Edgecomb are stepping in to take the helm of this amazing and iconic bakery and community space!”

Longtime owners of TREATS in Wiscasset village, Stacy and Ryan Linehan, have announced the following: "It is with great joy and a little bit of mixed feelings that Ryan and I have sold TREATS!

01/05/2026

Chrostowsky said the stations would add to foot traffic for businesses, and have other benefits.

Wiscasset selectmen Jan. 6 are set to eye letting a company keep electric vehicle charging stations in the park and ride lot at the town office. Economic Development Director Aaron Chrostowsky tells the board in a Dec. 30 memo, Railroad Avenue would have been preferable, but was a no-go because the....

12/22/2025

Culverts and beavers have a history together in Alna that has cost the town about $700-$1,000 a year and cost some beavers their lives, according to Third Selectman Coreysha Stone. Dec. 18, the board welcomed wildlife expert and "Beaver Deceiver" inventor Skip Lisle, via Zoom from home in Grafton, V...

12/16/2025

Editor's note: The following is Wiscasset Economic Development Director Aaron Chrostowsky's Dec. 10 memo in connection with an item that appears on selectmen's 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16 agenda, to accept funds and technical help toward writing a strategic energy plan:

12/16/2025

In Woolwich Dec. 13, Camden Paquin of Camden's Mission gathered with his Maine Gladiators teammates and coaches, along with family and friends, at Laurel Grove Cemetery to remember, honor and teach in observance of Wreaths Across America Day. During the ceremony, Paquin taught his teammates the prop...

12/11/2025

Our thanks to Bob Bond of 40 Federal Studio for these moments from Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest. The festivities ran from Dec. 5 to 7.

12/11/2025

“If anybody out there knows anyone who wants to drive a van part-time or work very flexible custodial subbing, I mean you can almost make your own hours. We would welcome you.” Contact the superintendent’s office to apply, Andersson said.

Parts of custodial shifts are going uncovered in Wiscasset School Department, Maintenance and Transportation Director John Merry said. The cause is the continuing "struggle" to find substitutes, Merry's written monthly report stated. Dec. 10, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson told school c...

12/10/2025

Selectmen’s decision last night to put the petition’s question to voters in June was unanimous

It was unanimous among Wiscasset's five selectmen Dec. 9. Faced with residents' petition that fell short on certified valid signatures, the board said it would put the sewer plant/public works location question on the June ballot, anyway. "I don't think there's any reason to make it harder" for the....

12/09/2025

According to Town Clerk Linda Perry's petition certification, the petition, filed with Perry Nov. 12, needed 198 valid signatures of registered Wiscasset voters, and had 193 valid ones.

A group of Wiscasset residents opposing the sewer plant's move to where public works sits has petitioned to repeal the November 2024 town vote that OK'd selectmen to move the plant there and move public works to the transfer station. Town officials said the petition fell short on valid signatures. D...

12/05/2025

At Richmond Dec. 4, the Wiscasset Middle High School high school girls lost 30-32 and the Wolverine boys won, 58-28. Julian King had 16 points.

12/02/2025

Due to the snowstorm, the Tuesday, Dec. 2 Wiscasset selectmen's meeting is postponed until Tuesday, Dec. 9, the town announced.

12/01/2025

A six-month window "creates an additional hurdle for property owners, developers and small businesses seeking to invest or reinvest in our town," said Selectmen's Chair Sarah Whitfield, on the selectboard's behalf.

At the urging of selectmen, the town's economic development director and most residents who spoke, Wiscasset's planning board Nov. 24 did not make a policy of defining a recent survey as one from the last six months. Chair Karl Olson said the board has gone by six months for years, has waived it man...