At the first-ever outdoor graduation ceremony held at Boothbay Region High School on June 11, Isaac Bradstreet-Doughty pumps up the crowd for cheers on his way to receiving his diploma. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Gertrude Erskine, 6, heads for the finish line as the youngest competitor in the 2021 Windjammer Days Cod Fish Race on June 30. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Fun with bubbles at a Memorial Library event during Windjammer Days. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register It was turn, turn, turn for these former kids who helped the Barters Island bridge tender in the 1960s and 1970s open the bridge. Their services are no longer needed as a new mechanical bridge was opened Aug. 2. From left are Beck Traquair, Cindy Smalley, Marsha Gamage, Tracey Hyson, Corinne Bryer, Dorinda Howe and Sarah “Sally” Laurie. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register Bruce Harris of Southport realizes his attempt on the Key Log Roller in the Boothbay Region YMCA pool May 7 is about over. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Boothbay Region YMCA’s Marylouise Tandy Cowan field house was used for about six months by LincolnHealth as a COVID-19 vaccination site beginning in January. Over 23,000 vaccinations were given. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register Boothbay Region High School Class of 2021 vice president Mason Erhard celebrates after graduation June 11. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register Several impromptu heroes help a duck family cross Union Street in Boothbay Harbor June 23. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register Boothbay Region High School Class of 2021 students let loose in the last of the “21 Days of May” events May 28. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register Boothbay Region High School’s Class of 2021 held its first outdoor ceremony practice on Sherman Field June 7. Graduation and the Grand March were held outside for the first time. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register Boothbay Region Elementary School Principal Shawna Kurr hands a student a goodie bag during the drive-through eighth grade graduation event at the school June 14. ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register A May 16, memorial boat parade in honor of Donald Brewer Sr. brought 60 fishing vessels to Southport waters. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register September sunrise. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register A peaceful January morning on the Damariscotta River from Back Narrows Road, Boothbay. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Blue sky, blue water and blue boat ... some work going on at Boothbay Harbor Fish Pier on Tuesday morning, March 9. The temperature reached 40F for the first time in a couple of weeks and outside work was becoming a bit more tolerable that week as temperatures were expected to rise into the 50s. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Barry Sherman, Vietnam War veteran and American Legion Post 36 member, begins to place flags on veterans’ graves at Oceanview Cemetery in Boothbay on Saturday morning, May 22 for Memorial Day. Sherman said he has been placing the flags in area cemeteries for 51 years. He led a group of about six volunteers to complete the job. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register It is a sign of the changing seasons as these three Canada geese soak in the sunshine and parade around a field at McKown Point, Boothbay Harbor on Friday afternoon, March 12. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Capt. Richard G. Spear splashes into the Damariscotta River during its launch at Washburn & Doughty Shipyard in East Boothbay on April 9. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Rear Admiral Hugh W. Howard III and veteran Bob Raudenbush salute the Memorial Day wreath during the ceremonies in Southport May 31. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register The Boothbay Region YMCA Dolphin swim team held its final virtual meet of the season March 20. Here are members of the team leaving the blocks at the start of the mixed 200-yard freestyle. From top are Miles Murray, Julian Deliso, Graham Harris, YuJi Smith and Trey Tibbetts. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Boothbay senior Glory Blethen launches a deep 3-pointer Feb. 15 which resulted in her scoring her 1,000th career point against Medomak Valley. She joined her sister Faith and others in the BRHS 1,000-point club. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register Sullivan Rice, a BRHS senior, puts up a baseline jumper during the first quarter of the Jan. 21 game at home against Winthrop. Rice led Boothbay with 17 points in the Seahawks’ 56-41 win. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Since 1993, Gerry Gamage has been the auctioneer at the annual Southport firemen’s fundraiser. Here he tries to sell a fake fish at the 2021 auction on Aug. 21. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register Cooking up the bacon at the Early Bird Sale for Rebuilding Together is Stephanie Hawke. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register Gardens Aglow was another drive-through extravaganza in 2021. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register A pair of Scottish Highland cows graze in their fenced lot off River Road in Boothbay on a June afternoon. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register This familiar scene at Ocean Point, Boothbay was captured at noon on Friday, Feb. 26 – about three weeks before the first day of spring. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Leading the first-ever outdoor Grand March at Boothbay Region High School are Marissa Peters and Mason Erhard. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Participants at A Very Southport Halloween event at Robinson’s Wharf. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Members of Boy Scout Troop 213 exit Sherman Hall in a procession to dispose of retired American flags by burning at the Nov. 11 ceremony at American Legion Post 36 in Boothbay. A ceremony honoring veterans and a demonstration on the proper folding of the flag were held before the disposal of the flags. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register Kayden Ames puts the shot during a May 3 meet in Wiscasset. The sophomore won the event. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper A special greeting for Chief Richard Spofford from his granddaughter, Bristol, who is in the Boothbay Region Elementary School pre-kindergarten class. Bristol and her classmates and teachers, along with other BRES students, attended an open house at the Boothbay Fire Station Oct. 15. JANE CARPENTER/Boothbay Register Final day of shooting of the film “After the Mist Clears,” May 27 at Hendricks Head Light on Southport Island. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register The surf at Ocean Point, Boothbay was roaring Sunday morning, Oct. 31 following the overnight rain and wind storm. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register Bureau of Employment Director Kim Moore, left, and Maine Career Center’s Kim LeClair greet unemployed workers June 18 at a job fair at Boothbay Region YMCA. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register Tall Ship Lynx sails into Boothbay Harbor for the June 25-27 Tall Ships of America Festival, the prelude to the 59th annual Windjammer Days Festival. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register Bradley Simmons of East Boothbay states his concerns during a meeting with New England Aqua Ventus representatives at Boothbay Region YMCA Dec. 3. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register Lobsterman Rusty Court steers a skiff toward his fishing boat in Boothbay Harbor. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register