Effective Aug. 26, Community Navigator Michaela Stone has resigned from her unique position as the go-to person for those in need in the Boothbay region.

For the past three years, Stone has been the focal point for connecting those in need with the services and information necessary to get help. The Community Navigator position envisioned by the Boothbay Community Resources Group and brought to life by Stone is the first of its kind in Maine, and perhaps, nationwide.

Rev. Sarah Foulger, of the Boothbay Region Community Resources Group, said the group is working to find a replacement for Stone.

“We are working on hiring a new Community Navigator as quickly as possible,” Foulger wrote in an email. “We will miss Michaela but certainly understand her need to have less demanding hours while she has young children at home. Thankfully, Carolyn (Shubert) is still in the office part-time.

“It is impossible to offer case management services until we hire another navigator. Other forms of assistance continue to be available through the churches and through agencies like Sweetser.”

Attempts to reach Stone this morning at her home in Alna were unsuccessful.

In a letter to the editor, Stone thanked the community for its support and offered best wishes to her successor.

“I would like to thank all the wonderful people of the Boothbay region that connected with me over the last three years in my role as Community Navigator for the Boothbay Region Community Resources,” Stone wrote in her letter. “Your community embraced and supported me as well as the people I served.”