🌱 Why Wiscasset’s Subway suddenly shut its doors without warning

Good day Wiscasset! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Why Wiscasset’s Subway suddenly shut its doors without warning
• What really happened at Wiscasset’s old Maine Yankee nuclear plant?

Also on today's calendar: Fall Session 3: Handmade Cards and 1 more event.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 36 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 42, low: 24.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 47 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 7 Subway Shops in Maine Shut Down After State Revokes Registrations (wjbq.com) — Subway’s Wiscasset shop was abruptly ordered to close after the state revoked its seller registration certificate, leaving employees unpaid and confused. It’s one of seven Maine locations owned by franchisee MTF Subs that shut down without a clear explanation or reopening timeline, as state officials cite confidentiality rules.
   

• Wild Conspiracy Theory That Surrounds Old Maine Yankee Power Plant (wcyy.com) — Residents may recognize the Maine Yankee nuclear plant site on Bailey Peninsula in Wiscasset, which closed after only 24 years despite a 40‑year license. The piece revisits its high construction costs, safety concerns, expensive decommissioning, and the lingering nuclear waste now guarded around the clock, while noting the conspiracy theories that have grown since its shutdown.
   

📸 Around Wiscasset

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wiscasset

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Airport Committee
  Wiscasset Airport, 96 Chewonki Neck Rd Unit A, Wiscasset
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Fall Session 3: Handmade Cards
  Wiscasset Middle High School , 272 Gardiner Rd , Wiscasset
  6:00 pm

Monday January 12

• Spring Session 1: Child & Babysitter Safety (CABS) - Wiscasset, ME 2026
  Wiscasset Middle High School , 272 Gardiner Rd , Wiscasset
  4:00 pm
• Spring Session 1: Child & Babysitter Safety (CABS)
  Wiscasset Middle High School , 272 Gardiner Rd , Wiscasset
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Weekly Fiber Arts Club
  Skidompha Public Library , 184 Main St , Damariscotta
  2:00 pm
• Winter Concert (Band and Chorus 6th-8th)
  Bristol Consolidated School
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Girls BB Home vs Nobleboro
  South Bristol Public Schools South Bristol, ME 04568
  5:00 pm
• At the Opera House: Holiday Potluck & Carol Sing
  Opera House at Boothbay Harbor , 86 Townsend Ave , Boothbay Harbor
  5:45 pm

Thursday December 18

• Budget and Operations Meeting
  Central Office , 7 Reed St , Hallowell
  5:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Bath Farmers Market
  Bath Freight Shed , 27 Commercial St , Bath
  9:00 am
• Naturalist Workshop Series — Midcoast Conservancy
  Midcoast Conservancy , 290 U.S. Rte 1 , Edgecomb
  10:00 am
• North Pole Express
  Boothbay Railway Village , 586 Wiscasset Road , Boothbay
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Wiscasset. Apply here.
• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Wiscasset. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wiscasset here.

🗞 Nearby News

Boothbay

• Pemaquid Chapter NSDAR (boothbayregister.com)
• Gale E. Hodgdon (boothbayregister.com)
• Court rules in favor of waterfront park, decision contested days later (boothbayregister.com)

Damariscotta

• Gale E. Hodgdon (wiscassetnewspaper.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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