I would like to take a look at the Route 1 controversy in Wiscasset one more time from a different angle. Currently, we have a two-lane highway running through the town. One lane goes north and the other goes south. When, and if, the project is completed, we will still have a two-lane highway running […]

“MDOT we need to talk” is something we’ve been seeing since December of last year. In fact MDOT has done a lot of talking, and listening since Option 2 was unveiled and voted on overwhelmingly by Wiscasset voters. Since the summer of 2016 through to the end of 2017, MDOT has had meetings with the […]

One of the great assets of living in Wiscasset is how handy our downtown businesses are. On a wet fall day or an icy winter one, I can pull my car right up in front of Treats to grab a bite and a hot cup of tea. Just a few steps down the sidewalk and […]

I have read the studies and this is what I know. • MDOT’s most recent traffic study was completed in 1997. That study examined 17 alternatives to moving traffic through Wiscasset, including “downtown changes” (now known as Options 1 and 2). A graph in the study titled “Reductions in Study Area Congestion” shows three of […]

The proposed 2019 budget is about 2.7 percent higher than last year’s budget

The Town of Wiscasset sued the Maine Department of Transportation in November over the state’s $5 million plan to ease the summertime traffic jams in the village.

Entry forms for Bath’s annual Citywide Yard Sale can be downloaded here.