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THE MOOD WAS TENSE LEADING UP TO 11:30 A.M. on Thursday, November 12 at the Boothbay Region High School. At 11:10 that morning, a bomb threat was discovered in the boys’ restroom and reported to Principal Dan Welch. From left: Welch, Superintendent of Schools Eileen King, Boothbay Harbor Fire Department Captain Dave Benner and Sergeant Jason Nein, confer with each other and members of the Boothbay Harbor Police Department, Lincoln County Sherriff’s Office and the peninsula fire departments. At 2:40 p.m. the all-clear was given; teachers and students (not taking the bus home) were then permitted to return to the campus for their personal items.
Staff Photo/Lisa Kristoff
Bomb threat at BRHS a false alarm
By LISA KRISTOFF
Staff Reporter
The handwriting was on the wall - in a stall in the boys’ restroom at the Boothbay Region High School which read: "I’m sick of this place. I’m going to blow it up at 11:30. Call my bluff."
The message was found at 11:10 a.m. by two students on Thursday, November 12 and reported to BRHS Principal Dan Welch. Welch called Superintendent of Schools Eileen King and the evacuation of both BRHS and the Boothbay Region Elementary School began immediately.
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Dilley voluntarily withdraws petition for post conviction review
By LISA KRISTOFF
Staff Reporter
Jon Dilley is now serving two consecutive 30-year sentences for the shooting deaths of his mother, Sally Murray, and his wife, Chelli Calloway on August 21, 2004, in front of his children, and there he will remain.
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Wind energy test site in local waters?
By JOE ORCHULLI II
Staff Reporter
About a dozen fishermen and lobstermen from the Boothbay region and other interested parties gathered at a special meeting at Chewonki in Wiscasset, Tuesday, November 10, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. to hear and discuss Maine’s Offshore Ocean Energy Demonstration Siting Initiative put on by the University of Maine and the Maine Department of Conservation.
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Rotarians serve those who have
served our country
BY DIANE RANDLETT
Staff Reporter
"I’m proud to be a veteran," said Vice Admiral James B. Perkins at the Thursday, November 12, Rotary dinner. He declared that we should celebrate Armistice Day by acknowledging all of the branches of the service including the Merchant Marines who are often forgotten. Vice Admiral Perkins remarked that there has been a change, a noteworthy phenomenon, where the support of our troops is expressed openly in our current day.
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Boothbay Region Community Trail Project to receive support from RTCA
Submitted Article
The National Park Service announced the Boothbay Region Community Trail Project
has been selected to receive assistance from the NPS’s Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA).
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Southport school board discusses
Georgetown and Montreal trip
BY DIANE RANDLETT
Staff Reporter
The Thursday, November 12, Southport School Committee meeting began with a report from school Principal Mike McGuire. He told board members Amy Shaw, Bruce White and chairman Kathy Tibbetts of a request that he had received from Dick Snyder of the Southport Historical Society. The request was for Southport Central School to contribute to a fund-raiser to furnish the Southport Town Hall with a computer projector and stage equipment.
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Ocean Classroom Foundation
appeals for your vote
Submitted Article
Ocean Classroom is announcing that their Annual Appeal is underway for 2009, and they are hoping they can count on your "vote."
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From "Surviving to Thriving" in Cincinnati
Submitted Article
Three adults and four students attended the Healthy Communities/Healthy Youth Conference in Cincinnati from November 5-7. This is the fourth year in a row that students have accompanied staff from the schools and the YMCA to this yearly event focusing on the 40 Developmental Assets.
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Ocean Classroom Foundation and the University of Maine SEAmester sailing partners
By LISA KRISTOFF
Staff Reporter
The SEAmester Web site, opens with the following quote by Mark Twain: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
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From "Surviving to Thriving" in Cincinnati
Submitted Article
Three adults and four students attended the Healthy Communities/Healthy Youth Conference in Cincinnati from November 5-7. This is the fourth year in a row that students have accompanied staff from the schools and the YMCA to this yearly event focusing on the 40 Developmental Assets.
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Russell Brackett to open new Radio Shack in Damariscotta
By JOE ORCHULLI II
Staff Reporter
Boothbay Harbor native Russell Brackett opened his first Video Loft store in Boothbay Harbor in September of 1984.
"We started out downtown on McKown Street where we were located for a year and then we moved to the Meadow Mall in the corner slot where the Savings Bank of Maine is now.
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Maine Photography Show 2010 Call For Entries
December 1 through February 1 is the window of opportunity to enter the 5th annual Maine Photography Show for 2010. The judge will be John Paul Caponigro.
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Come with Alice to Wonderland Nov. 19 - 22
Submitted Article
The Boothbay Playhouse brings the curtain up on the magical world of "Alice in Wonderland" and invites you to take the leap down the rabbit hole into a nonsensical world of fun, music and clever wordplay.
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The rules of bail
Part III of IV
By Steve Edmondson
Domestic Violence Investigator
Sagadahoc County
District Attorney's Office
In my previous column on bail, I described the factors that go into the decision of setting the bail amount for a person in custody of law enforcement. Once the amount of bail has been established and the defendant has acquired the appropriate money, the bail commissioner then springs into action and performs the necessary function.
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Winter Art Classes at Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Now is the time to take the art class you’ve promised yourself. Classes in drawing, life drawing, calligraphy, and painting... in watercolor, oils or acrylics. Starting in January 2010 and through March. Most are 10 sessions long.
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Medication collections to be held November 20
The Boothbay Harbor Municipal Building on Howard Street will be one of several locations in the Midcoast region where people can drop off their unused, unwanted and outdated household pills, ointments and drops on Friday, November 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Boothbay Register News - November 19, 2009 |
