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Woolwich selectmen declared a certified ratio of 65% to Maine Revenue Services, which in the coming year will mean lower state reimbursements for things like the homestead exemption, tree growth and veteran benefits. The actual certified ratio came...

Woolwich selectmen April 17 commended the efforts of first responders and Fire Chief Shaun Merrill in containing a fire authorities said was deliberately set in a vacant building early Sunday morning, April 14. Arrests have been made following that...

The Woolwich selectboard on April 3 again took up the deteriorating condition of State Route 127. The two-lane highway, also known as Middle Road, runs roughly north/south from Route One by Cumberland Farms to the Dresden line. The road temporarily...

The Woolwich ambulance service has been on the go the past few weeks having responded to 20 calls so far in February, and 52 since the start of the new year, according to EMS Director Danny Evarts. Evarts gave his bi-weekly report to the selectboard...

Due to unseasonably warm temperatures Woolwich’s heavy load limits for vehicular traffic are going into effect about a week earlier than usual, according to Road Commissioner Jack Shaw. “The posting goes by the weather, not the date on the calendar...

The Woolwich selectboard lent its support Wednesday, Jan. 17 to the planned expansion of a small oyster farm operating in Montsweag Bay. It was the selectboard’s first meeting at its new 5 p.m. start time. Luke Saindon’s oyster farm is off Oak...

In 2023, Wiscasset and other towns dealt with how to get and keep workers, improve residents’ and businesses’ internet access and, in Wiscasset’s case, how to protect the wastewater treatment plant from the rising water of climate change...

Woolwich, a town with many traditions, hosted its most colorful one Sunday evening – the annual Yuletide sing-along and holiday tree lighting. A good crowd turned out in the colonial-era Nequasset Meetinghouse as guests of all ages gathered to...

Woolwich voters will be asked to consider a land sale and other articles at a special town meeting in the municipal building at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6. The selectboard finalized the warrant Wednesday night, Nov. 15. It asks permission to sell a...

Three years after voters approved the purchase of a two-acre wooded lot on George Wright Road, the Woolwich selectboard is seeking a buyer for the property. Before selectmen can sell the lot, they will need voter approval at a special town meeting...