Wiscasset Newspaper

09/08/2026

Twelve months of a monthly membership at Wiscasset Community Center cost, together, almost 50% more than an annual one, selectmen observed Sept. 1. Board members brainstormed how to make WCC membership more affordable for someone who can't pay the annual, lump sum.

09/05/2026

Hours after Wiscasset School Department's second try at a 2026-27 school budget lost at the polls Sept. 1, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson was up early and went online to check out Richmond's school budget and compare it, line by line, to Wiscasset's. The Sagadahoc County town's school b...

09/04/2026

The 18-year-old charged with aggravated assault against a then-fellow Wiscasset Middle High School student last May has agreed to anger management and mental health counseling in a two-year deal that could lead to the charge's dismissal.

09/03/2026

It’s official: Wiscasset voters have several decisions to make Nov. 3, involving mobile home park rents, data centers, the ordinance review committee (ORC) and use of some fire department services. Selectmen Sept. 1 passed the special town meeting warrant with those questions and this non-binding ...

09/02/2026

From Wiscasset Town Clerk Rebecca Brewer, unofficial results as of Tuesday night, Sept. 1 were that the bond toward moving the sewer plant passed 263-214 and the second try at a school budget lost with 228 yes votes and 250 no's. Official results were expected Wednesday, Sept. 2.

09/02/2026



From Wiscasset Town Clerk Rebecca Brewer, unofficial results as of Tuesday night, Sept. 1 were that the bond toward moving the sewer plant passed 263-214 and the second try at a school budget lost with 228 yes votes and 250 no's. Official results were expected Wednesday, Sept. 2.

08/31/2026

Wiscasset resident after Wiscasset resident Aug. 25 described rent hikes in the hundreds of percent at mobile home parks. Some said they had no other option for a home and would have to leave and have none if their rent goes higher.

08/28/2026

Staying on Wiscasset's school committee would be "untenable," Jonathan Barnes said in resigning Aug. 26.

08/28/2026

Separate faculty meetings Aug. 26 for the middle and high schools were part of the start of giving Wiscasset Middle High School's sixth, seventh and eighth grades an identity separate from the high school, WMHS Principal Christopher Hennessey told the school committee that night in WMHS' library. He...

08/23/2026

“We are not locked into (using) this,” Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons said Aug. 18 about the $10 million sewer plant move bond up for a town vote Sept. 1. A million of it will be forgiven and anything not borrowed does not have be repaid, town officials reiterated.