'Round Town

My search for Larry Knapp turned into quite an adventure. Since I don’t pick up bait early enough, that option was out.So I needed to do a little detective work. Where have I seen Larry lately? I recalled seeing him at the East Side Park dock during the tribute…

BRHS alum Grace Campbell is spending part of her junior year in Edinburgh, Scotland, to learn more about archaeological field work. Courtesy of Grace Campbell.

Grace Campbell digs the past

When it comes to history and archaeology, dual major Grace Campbell’s chosen field of study, she’s heard it all before, from fellow students in her Boothbay Region High School days: That it is all memorization, and how could she even be interested. Campbell’…

Teaming up for teens

Boothbay Region High School/Rotary Interact Club, Boothbay Region YMCA, and Whale’s Tale and Seafarer’s Pub teamed up for teens Tuesday, Feb. 10, hosting a free dinner specifically designed for anyone in grades 9-12. The popular event, attended by 41 local teens…

The bohemian waxwing is the boisterous and more colorful out-of-town cousin of the usually more common cedar waxwing. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wells

A Bird's Tale

Watch for Waxwings

It was winter of 1996. The David Cup and McIlroy Award birding competitions were in full swing in the Ithaca, New York, area where Cornell University and its famous Lab of Ornithology are located. We were in the midst of it all, along with our birders colleagues…

Maine Supreme Court rules in school district's favor

Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of the Community School District (CSD). The court released the decision Feb. 10, ruling against each of the plaintiffs' issues around the $30 million referendum for renovations to Boothbay Region Elementary School…

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Thank you to everyone who participated in our annual Cookie Walk. The volunteer bakers did a…

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'Pride & Prejudice': Courtship, chaos and comebacks

Eleanor Busby and Nick Azzaretti. Courtesy of River Company

Join River Company on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. in Skidompha's Porter Meeting…

Midcoast Senior College announces spring term courses

Midcoast Senior College (MSC) is pleased to announce its Spring Term II…

AARP scam alert: Helpline Alert: Government impostors rampant

The AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline (877-908-3360) has seen a rise in…

Midcoast District 9 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings

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DAMARISCOTTA - Happy Destiny Group…

Southport approves Lincoln County's Hazard Mitigation Plan Update

Mission accomplished for the team of Emma McKearney and John Oakes as they received approvals from two…

UMA announces fall 2025 president’s and dean’s lists

University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Provost Joseph Szakas announces the …

CTL student is the Telling Room’s Lincoln County winner in writing

The Telling Room has named Center for Teaching and Learning sixth-grade…

Unified Basketball underway

The Morse High School Shipbuilders beat the Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) Seahawks, 78-50, in…

‘Antiques Roadshow’ at Botanical Gardens to air Feb. 16 and 23 on MPBN

An "Antiques Roadshow" scene from June 18, 2025 at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. File photo

The “Antiques Roadshow”…

Southport Planning Board nods 2 applications

The Southport Planning Board took swift action Feb. 11 in approving both applications…

January home sales ease, prices rise 0.65 percent

AUGUSTA (February 12, 2026)— Although the Maine winter season brought out…

Churches raise over $8,200 for heating assistance

A coalition of Midcoast Christian churches banded together to raise funds for heating…

Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School

Applications for 'Young Stars of Maine' accepted through mid-April

Young Stars of Maine 2025. Courtesy of Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School

Bay Chamber is accepting applications for the Young Stars of Maine…

"A Room of One's Own" in Rockland

Writer’s residency to open at Edna St. Vincent Millay's birthplace

"Writers craving time, solitude, and salt air will soon have a rare…

Winter migratory bird walk at Reid State Park

Join Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s Community Engagement Manager, Tyler Pascocello and Maine…

What is the Community Fridge?

In a quiet corner of the Boothbay peninsula, a refrigerator hums gently inside a small shed outside the Boothbay…

The Waldo Theatre

Audition for 'Don't Dress For Dinner' March 1, 2

The Waldo Theatre in Waldoboro has announced an open casting call for its upcoming…

Coastal Senior College program: ‘Reagan and the Russians’

This winter’s Noontime Series programs feature a trio of CSC members whose…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library: I love a mystery!

On this cold winter day those of us who are not snowbirds are bundled up in warm…

Lincoln County Republican Committee to host Lincoln Day Brunch and biennial municipal caucuses

The Lincoln County Republican Committee…

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All in all

Maybe it's because I slept through the second half of the Super Bowl, after a first half that, to me, had looked like New…

From the editor

A sense of spring?

The cloudless sky. A somewhat warm southerly breeze kicked up the roadside leaves up and over the snowbanks. The dog…

Coastal Rivers to host wooden spoon carving workshop

Wood carving is a great way to…

Tides

Sunday, 02/15
3:20 AM	Low	1.31`
9:48 AM	High	9.70`
4:00 PM	Low	0.22`
10:24 PM	High	8.66`

Monday, 02/16
4:01 AM	Low	0.88`
10:28 AM	High	10.04`
4:37 PM	Low	-0.14`
11:01 PM	High	9.08`

Marine Forecast
Data courtesy of NOAA

Tides

Sunday, 02/15
3:08 AM	Low	1.24`
9:26 AM	High	9.13`
3:48 PM	Low	0.20`
10:02 PM	High	8.15`

Monday, 02/16
3:49 AM	Low	0.83`
10:06 AM	High	9.46`
4:25 PM	Low	-0.13`
10:39 PM	High	8.55`

Marine Forecast
Data courtesy of NOAA

Rockland Tides

Sunday, 02/15
3:03 AM	Low	1.70`
9:22 AM	High	10.17`
3:44 PM	Low	0.51`
9:59 PM	High	9.06`

Monday, 02/16
3:46 AM	Low	1.35`
10:01 AM	High	10.46`
4:23 PM	Low	0.21`
10:36 PM	High	9.42`

Marine Forecast
Data courtesy of NOAA

Belfast Tides

Sunday, 02/15
3:03 AM	Low	1.47`
9:17 AM	High	10.45`
3:38 PM	Low	0.32`
9:50 PM	High	9.50`

Monday, 02/16
3:44 AM	Low	1.02`
9:58 AM	High	10.85`
4:16 PM	Low	-0.06`
10:27 PM	High	9.97`

Marine Forecast
Data courtesy of NOAA

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Blue Café Book Release and Performance featuring Peter Gallway and his book, "Hardtail Strat - Guitars, Heroin, Songs, and Stories"

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Evergreen Home Performance named top insulation rebate contractor in Maine

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Blue Café Book Release and Performance featuring Peter Gallway and his book, "Hardtail Strat - Guitars, Heroin, Songs, and Stories"

Camden Opera House

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Evergreen Home Performance named top insulation rebate contractor in Maine

Evergreen Home Performance

Brady's to host all day Super Bowl Event and open for the BIG GAME!

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Buy a bouquet & help Meals on Wheels serve a meal!

MCH Making Community Happen

Winter Supper Series at Southport General Store

Southport General Store & Barn

Baby Back Ribs & All You Can Eat Haddock Thursday open 11-5

Brady’s

We're Still Here!! open 6 days a week... and Community Lunch Monday

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Kahil El’Zabar at The Waldo Feb. 18

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Southport General Store Winter Supper Series: Baked Bean & Book Swap

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Bean supper & book swap

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Cary Grant Film Series: His Girl Friday

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Walter Parks Trio & The Unlawful Assembly featuring Ada Dyer

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