The Boothbay Region High School swim team hosted their very first meet ever on December 6 against the St. Dominic Saints and the Lincoln Academy Eagles. Seahawks took first place in three events, second place in 5 events, third place in six events and fourth and sixth place in one event each.

Dear Editor:

This letter has to do with the state of Maine's use of liquid salt or brine on roads. The company that produces this product lobbied the states and the insurance companies so they could get them to use it under the falsehood it would save lives.

After taking a short poll about Damariscotta's municipal parking lot, two things became clear.

The parking lot should be rebuilt with more amenities, and pay-for-parking isn't the way to do it.

The job Wiscasset Speedway's owners have done reopening the track has put them in the running for an award.

Stephen Perry, owner and host of the television show “Mainely Motorsports,” has nominated Richard and Vanessa Jordan's efforts in the “Big Accomplishment” category for the show's sixth annual Mainely awards.

For years, I’ve recommended bringing house plants indoors by Labor Day. The system has always worked for me; the plants have settled into their winter quarters without dropping leaves or gone into cool-weather dormancy.

This year, so many plants grew on my porch that I left most of the geraniums just where they’d spent the summer. Days have grown shorter and sometimes colder, but the geraniums looked fine, blossoming or no.

The first-ever online Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper Staff Pro Football Challenge continues deeper into the second half of the NFL season.

The Edgecomb Congregational Church, located at 15 Cross Point Road, Edgecomb, welcomes all to its first-ever Christmas Open House on Saturday, Dec. 14 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The church will be full of holiday cheer offering a shrimp and corn chowder luncheon, baked goods including specialty Christmas cookies and handcrafted items for sale.