Tom Junkert News Today

Dear Editor: Just before Christmas, St. Philip's congregation received a gift of bread, with the following greeting, “Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, and a happy, healthy New Year ... A small offering for your coffee hour. All best, Your...

St. Philip’s Church Senior Warden Jon Young said July 26, he will encourage commonspace, formerly Amistad, to keep pursuing a Wiscasset business license for Harbor Peer and Wellness Center at the Hodge Street church. After selectmen’s two-month...

Wiscasset selectmen Tuesday night, July 18 put off until Sept. 19 a decision on Amistad/commonspace’s request for a business license for Harbor Peer and Wellness Center at St. Philip’s Church on Hodge Street. Selectmen and Town Manager Dennis...

Dear Editor: Did you know: –That there had been a ‘warming center’ in St. Philip’s Church in Wiscasset in March and April? –That St. Philip’s, partnering with Amistad, a non-profit based in Portland, had proposed a 12-room SRO (Single Residence...

​Dear Editor: For 167 years, St. Philip ’ s Episcopal Church , 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset has been carrying on its tradition of gathering for weekly worship and then allowing the bright red doors to do the talking during the week. Red doors...

A dozen would be single-room apartments now have St. Philip’s Church’s vestry’s approval. So does another use of space at the Hodge Street church by the same Portland-based organization, Amistad, from which the town code enforcement officer and...

A dozen would be single-room apartments now have St. Philip’s Church’s vestry’s approval. So does another use of space at the Hodge Street church by the same Portland-based organization, Amistad, from which the town code enforcement officer and...

The “brand new” Wiscasset Neighborhood Association has formed around concerns about one use of space at St. Philip’s Church and another possible one, resident Peter Wells said. Referring to a potential dozen single room occupancy units upstairs at...

With a grant Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing) announced Feb. 10 and a nod Feb. 12 from St. Philip’s Church on space, Portland-based Amistad is prepping to offer a warming shelter with food and overnight stays at the Hodge Street,...

From sewer needs, would-be waterfront and Whites Island projects, the ash ponds cleanup, Wawenock block repairs and Optimus Senior Housing, to the first James Weldon Johnson Day, Wiscasset rallying for a teacher’s child who had a stroke, the airport...