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Wiscasset selectmen Nov. 7 agreed to appeal in Lincoln County Superior Court last month’s Maine Board of Environmental Protection decision in Maine Yankee’s favor. Oct. 19, the BEP upheld Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s decision to...

State environmental regulators are seeking to further limit coastal development to protect sand dunes from rising sea levels. The new rule would require that planning be based on new dune maps created by the Maine Geological Survey.

The Legislature will consider the rule changes next year.

Wiscasset selectmen decided Sept. 5 to talk again Sept. 19 about the Wawenock building repair project downtown. Town Manager Dennis Simmons told the board, town counsel has drafted a letter to the owner; so far, the board has opted not to send it. “...

Update: As it said it would in the original article below, Wawenock has gotten back to Wiscasset Newspaper with a timeframe for the repairs that have kept scaffolding in front of the Main Street, Wiscasset building. Doering family spokesman Mark...

Changing the name of Brantford’s Kiev Boulevard would cause inconvenience and accomplish little to help Ukraine in its war against Russia, according to some…

A group of 23 people is suing a group of property owners over beach access Author: Jackie Mundry (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 5:20 PM EDT April 26, 2021 Updated: 7:23 PM EDT April 26, 2021 MAINE, USA — Maines tidal coastline is 3,500 miles long, but only 1 percent of that is made up of publicly owned beaches. A new lawsuit aims to change how much access the public gets to the other 99 percent.  "In 1989 there was what was last of a series of ...