Joyce Hines says she has been an artist all of her life. But, as she puts it, “life and kids took over.”

But her love of painting had never gone unrecognized by her husband. Once the children were in school full time, she received a  welcome surprise.

As we mentioned in last week’s column, we had the amazing opportunity a few weeks ago to tour through one of America’s most famous natural areas, Yellowstone National Park. The popularity and accessibility of Yellowstone to human visitors and the success in conserving and growing populations of some of the large mammals that are gone from most of their North American range means that humans and these large animals come into close contact.

The Boothbay Lobster Jam is anything but your typical summer high school basketball tournament. The fouls count. The points count. And more importantly, the games all count toward crowning a champion. The Boothbay Region High School girls basketball program hosted the fourth annual Lobster Jam tournament on July 25 and 26.

Nick Upham, who has been working as a reserve police officer, was unanimously granted full-time status at the July 28 Boothbay Harbor selectmen's meeting.

The promotion was at the recommendation of Police Chief Robert Hasch.

“Nick does a great job,” Hasch said to the selectmen. “He is a good representative of this town, and he's practically full-time anyways.”

Dear Readers,

August is almost here and that means our summer season is in full swing, although our children and grandchildren are already looking forward to getting back into the classroom.

Hundreds of years ago, a piece for some kind of game found its way to Thwing’s Point in Woolwich. A recent archaeological dig brought it back up to the light of day.

The circular, ceramic, tin-glazed find turned up on Claire and Michael Robinson’s Thwing’s Point Road property along the Kennebec River. The land was the site of three different English settlements in about 1650, 1720 and 1750, retired historic archaeologist Lee Cranmer said.

On Friday, July 18, Lincoln County Healthcare CEO Jim Donovan and LCH Board President Jeff Curtis sat down with the Boothbay Register to answer questions about programs, finances and plans for the coming year.