DAMARISCOTTA — A Sabattus man was one of eight people charged in a prostitution sting earlier this week in Lincoln County. James Carville, 32, was charged with engaging a prostitute, accused of responding to an ad on Craigslist for what police described as a sex-for-money exchange. Carville, in an interview with WGME, has denied the […]
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Gov. Paul LePage dicusses Narcan, spending at Damariscotta town hall
Social media coverage of Gov. Paul LePage’s town hall Wednesday night in Damariscotta. [View the story “Gov. Paul LePage at Damarsicotta town hall” on Storify]
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Video: What happens when you drop 1,200-pound pumpkins on things
Most people who grow 1,200-pound pumpkins would make a lot of pumpkin pie. But the organizers of the 2015 Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta must have figured they had enough pie. So they dropped the ginormos gourds on things. Things like vehicles and an inflatable pool. The Wiscasset Newspaper’s Ben Bulkeley captured the squashaggedon from various […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: Ghost walk with ME
On the first date with her future husband, Sally Lobkowicz visited a Jefferson-area cemetery and the scene of an old sea serpent sighting in Boothbay Harbor. “When he called, he said, ‘I’m working on a book and have some research to do, I thought you might want to go with me,’” she said. “I don’t […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Arrgh, there be beavers, Obama heads
Far be it for Bliss to let a pirate pass it by. When Bag Lady saw the Pirate Rendezvous scheduled for June 21 in Damariscotta — The Mystic Pirates, cannon fire, re-enactments, pirate-themed menus at local restaurants — that date went right down on ye olde calendar. There be swashbuckling, Bag Lady be there.* (* […]
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David Bryer
1930 – 2014 WISCASSET — David Bryer, 83, of Tower Road, Vienna, died Sunday, April 27, at his daughter Jeanette Reed’s home. He was born in Damariscotta on Nov. 3, 1930, a son of Harold A. and Susan E. (Gray) Bryer. He graduated from Boothbay High School and entered the United States Army. On Jan. […]
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Martha “Tiny” Belknap Reed
1920 – 2014 AUGUSTA — Martha “Tiny” Belknap Reed, 93, died on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at MaineGeneral in Augusta. She was born in Cambridge, Mass., on Aug. 16, 1920, and was the daughter of Dr. Robert W. and Martha Chapman Belknap. She grew up in Damariscotta. She married Howard William Reed on May 17, 1943. […]
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Waterborne gourds to close out Damariscotta festival
DAMARISCOTTA (AP) — Damariscotta’s seventh annual Pumpkinfest is ending on a wet note. The Pumpkinfest kicked off Oct. 5 and ends Monday with a regatta on the Damariscotta River featuring people piloting giant, carved-out gourds that have been transformed into boats. There are separate “Paddleboat” and “Powerboat” divisions. All teams in both divisions will be […]