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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...
Wiscasset selectmen Dec. 5 amended the longtime, midnight to 6 a.m. Nov. 15 to April 15, on-street parking ban to instead have public works place a ban as needed, based on the weather. That is what a lot of towns do, Town Manager Dennis Simmons said...
Passenger rail is returning to Wiscasset with weekend trips planned soon, a Damariscotta man told Wiscasset selectmen Aug. 1. The “Coastliner” Brunswick-Rockland rail line is an “informed experiment,” George Betke said. Betke is a founder and vice...
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...
Farmers markets aren’t just for summer anymore. As the season takes hold, winter farmers markets are being offered in many towns, giving residents a chance to shop locally for produce, dairy, eggs and more while also supporting Maine farmers. It’s tough for farmers to reach customers during their off season, but the winter markets […]