During a July 13 Boothbay Harbor selectboard meeting, the abutters of Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation (BBHWP)’s Eastside Park, Joe and Jill Doyle, alleged there had been an inappropriate meeting at the town office between Select

Cross Point Road in Edgecomb is hosting its annual 5-mile yard sale Saturday, Aug. 8, beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 1 p.m. The Edgecomb Community Church will be the first stop on the road holding its annual yard sale and bake sale. The Thrift Store will also be open from 8 to 1 along with a bake sale and Busy Hands homemade items hos…

The Rev. Scott Planting, former president of Maine Seacoast Mission, will lead the service at the Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point on Sunday, Aug. 2. This will be Maine Seacoast Mission's 102nd year leading service at Wilson Memorial Chapel. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome!

The Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame announces its Induction Class for 2026. Eight individuals will be honored at the 19th annual Induction Banquet on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Rockland Elks Lodge.

Fans of Jerry Farnham’s “Red At Night” series about the Finn family will soon learn how it all works out in the end when “Last Light” is published early in the fall. This final installment picks up four years after “Red in the Morning.”

Since 2019, the Edgecomb Building Committee has explored potential upgrades to the town hall. Selectmen created the committee to develop a strategy for the historic town hall's future use.  

From Portland to Pleasant Point, 10 communities came together July 21 to honor the lives of commercial fishermen lost at sea in Maine's first statewide celebration. Boothbay Harbor held a ceremony at the Fishermen's Memorial with speakers including Gov. Janet Mills, and White and Green Hope Founder and Downeast native Liz Micha…

Readers may wonder how the Boothbay Region Historical Society, the Elizabeth Freeman Reed House at 72 Oak Street, the Boothbay Harbor Monday Club, and Tea are woven together in the fabric of history. Everyone driving into Boothbay Harbor past the triangle passes by the tall stately bui…

Edgecomb is down a selectman. George Chase, elected in 2024, has resigned. Chase didn't attend the July 21 board meeting.

Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Junior Sailing and Tennis will be hosting another night of functional and decorative knotwork where participants can learn to tie 3-strand splices, make sailors' bracelets (turks heads), keychains (monkey's fi

Burnt Island Light is once again open for the season! After some unavoidable delays in getting to the island to clean up after a long winter, the island is looking beautiful and ready to welcome visitors.

Sunshine and sea breezes lightened the atmosphere at our annual St. Andrews Auxiliary Volunteer Recognition Luncheon July 15 at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club.

Lincoln County Sheriff's Department has an automated license plate reader (ALPR), but nowhere to place it. On July 21, Sheriff Todd Brackett told commissioners his recent conversations with Maine Department of Transportation about placing the ALPR on their traffic lights at the intersection of routes One and 27 in Wisc…

The Boothbay Railway Village Museum will be hosting the third annual Cocktails & Chrome event on Saturday, Aug. 29 – a community-wide celebration in support of Maine's automotive heritage.

Community members gathered at Veterans Park in Newcastle July 18 to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the death of civil rights leader and longtime U.S. Congressman John Lewis, celebrating his enduring call to make "Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble."

The countdown is on for Veggies to Table's biggest event of the year: the To the Nines Auction & Gala. The online silent auction goes live Sunday.

Wiscasset selectmen July 21 were set to consider asking voters in November this non-binding referendum question: "Should Wiscasset explore the possibility of a single regional high school serving students from multiple area towns?"

As America celebrates its 250th birthday and looks back on the legacy of our founding fathers, a local talk July 15 looked back at the enlisted men and bodyguards, shipbuilders and boat captains, indigenous chiefs and everyday Maine civilians who helped win the American Revolution. 

“Boscar” is bringing his 2008 AM General HMMWV U.S. Marine vehicle to the 2026 OBD Williams-Fossett Vintage Car Show on Saturday morning, Aug. 8 to be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The Rev. Charles Carrick will lead the service at Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point this Sunday, July 26. Margaret Mceldowney will serve as organist. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome!

Fort Edgecomb, a historic gem in Edgecomb’s front yard, is perched high on a peaceful, scenic bluff at the tip of Davis Island, with breathtaking views down the Sheepscot River.

July 9, Community School District (CSD) trustees floated getting legal counsel for general representation, following an exploratory search by Chair Sewall Maddocks.  

St. Giles Jefferson mounts its annual Country Fair and fundraiser under the tall pines on the church grounds Saturday, July 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Giles Episcopal is located at 72 Gardiner Road (Route 126) in Jefferson.

The fair has activities for all ages. Plus, 21 local artists and craft…

On July 11, twenty-two members of the Boothbay Region High School Class of 1971 gathered for a reunion at the high school. Classmates first met in the gym for a photo.