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Wiscasset selectmen Jan. 17 approved 5-0 a letter of support for Consolidated Communications’ would-be application for a Maine Connectivity Authority (MCA) grant toward a broadband project. Consolidated’s Simon Thorpe told selectmen, depending on...

With Wiscasset selectmen and the broadband committee set to talk Jan. 17, the possible cost of one option looks steeper than at the committee’s last meeting, said committee member and Lincoln County Connectivity Booster Evan Goodkowsy. He told...

Wiscasset’s two proposed marijuana ordinances will go to public hearing at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at the town office. Selectmen Oct. 18 sent the proposals onto the planning board for a hearing. And Monday night, the planning board set it. The Oct. 10, draft...

File photo Wiscasset selectmen plan to ask voters for a committee about education in town. Will the question call it a committee on schools’ future or come closer to residents Judy Colby and Bill Maloney’s proposed wording to evaluate the financial impact of tuitioning out the high school grades? The board was not sure Tuesday night, Feb. 16. But after member Jeff Slack reiterated he was seeking a vote that night to commit the board to proposing a committee to voters, Chair Pam Dunning said...