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Once upon a time there was the Wiscasset Theater, a movie house downtown offering more than just Hollywood films. Its front entrance didn’t have a glitzy marque of flashing lights, but inside there was a stage where high school plays and other live...

The second Wiscasset Art Walk of the summer went on as planned Thursday, July 27. A thunderstorm arrived as predicted at 5 p.m. but quickly passed and the sun returned. “It just goes to prove the old New England saying, if you don’t like the weather...

Live music, crafts, pooches on parade and more made for a memorable 40th Summerfest celebration Saturday on the Wiscasset Town Common. First Congregational Church’s midsummer fair, a tradition since 1983, continues to grow in popularity. Proceeds go...

Three years from now on July 4, 2026, America will celebrate its "Semiquincentennial,” our nation’s 250th year of independence. Here in “Maine’s Prettiest Village,” there’s also a 250th birthday event that’s taking shape. Parishioners of Wiscasset’s...

“Just superb,” Wiscasset’s Julie Olsen said. “A perfect day for planting,” Bath’s Margaret Leitch Copeland said. “Could not be better,” with the breeze and without bugs, Wiscasset’s Jan Whitfield said. Everyone Wiscasset Newspaper asked at Garden...

At the June Wiscasset Art Walk, Topsham’s Heather MacLeod played her penne whistle. She crossed Main Street and joined in some impromptu playing with other musicians. Sept. 29, she was spectating instead of performing. “And I’m the roadie for the...

First Congregational Church’s Summerfest, a Wiscasset tradition since 1983, returned to Wiscasset Common Saturday and what a wonderful morning it was weatherwise for this year’s event; warm but not so much that people could not come enjoy the live...