Boothbay Harbor is undergoing a few changes as it gears up for the summer. Some businesses have closed, some have changed hands, some are adding on, and some are going to be entirely new to the harbor.

Among the exciting things to look forward to in the coming months is a new brick oven pizzeria. Located between the post office and the library, in the building that formerly housed Moosehead Cafe, Mel’s Place will feature a wood-fired brick oven that heats to 1,000 F. Owners Chris Graham and Michele Green plan to open their doors by the end of June.

Another new pizza business, CRUST, owned by Shelley and Katie McLellan and Eric Cornell, which took off with flying colors last summer at the Boothbay Farmers’ Market in Boothbay Center, will be located on Route 27, across from Hammond Lumber. It will feature pizza using mostly local ingredients, and olive oil exclusively from Eventide’s. The pizzas are fired in a state-of-the-art, custom-made wood-fired copper oven.

At 93 Townsend Avenue, Alison Evans and her husband Chris Fritz are getting the building ready for a ceramics showplace and studio. Evans, who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, and worked for artist Katy Schimert in New York, creates dinnerware and tableware ceramics in shapes inspired by the sea. AE Ceramics are sold in retail stores around the U.S., and in England, Australia, Canada and the Virgin Islands. Opening is planned for mid to late July.

The former D’Ellie's, on the wharf between Pier One Pizza and The Smiling Cow, will be morphing into a new deli and convenience store, Ava’s Seaside Deli. Tom and Kristen Dugay are the new proprietors, which is opening soon.

Gimbel & Sons Country Store will keep its name and owners, Mark and Dianne Gimbel, but has added lots of convenience items, including a bank of coolers filled with juice, energy drinks and teas; milk, cheese, yogurt and eggs; and some essential sundries like sunscreen, shampoo and aspirin. It’s open now.

Maria Boord and Jeff Curtis have started a new business called TidePools, an indoor marketplace in the former Village Market, in the heart of downtown Boothbay Harbor. Opening this weekend, there will be a mix of interesting items including handcrafts, vintage pieces and yummy stuff.

Sea Glass Spa, in the building on Route 27 that formerly housed the Men’s Club Barber Shop, is a newly renovated space owned by Sarah Hodgdon, who has been in the skincare industry for nine years. A nice place to relax and unwind, Sea Glass offers facials and massages; and it’s also open now.

Herringbones Pub & Grill, opening on May 22, will occupy the space that was formerly Knot Gray’s Wharf. Owners Deb and Jon Hodgdon, along with manager Clint Erwin (also of Dockside Grill) will be serving up home-style meals, like pot roast and meatloaf, with weekly specials. Their signature dish will the Herringbone Burger.

And on the lawn outside Coastal Shipping, across the street from Two Salty Dogs, Mountain Man Hot Dogs, which resided here during the summer of 2012, is returning to peddle his scrumptious fare.

More new businesses are in the works, but aren’t yet finalized.

If you have plans for opening a new business in the harbor, call Suzi Thayer at the Boothbay Register, 207-844-1640 or email suzithayer@boothbayregister.com.