Columns

• News and Notes from the Community Center

  Mon, 06/05/2023 - 5:00pm

  We will be holding our semi-annual Lobster Raffle fundraiser on June 30. Raffle tickets are available at The Community Center Monday – Friday and Thursday at the Farmers Market. Come check us out. Here’s the bargain! If you buy one ticket for $10, you have a chance of winning 10 lobsters. If you buy three tickets for $20, you triple your chances of winning 10 lobsters! Yummy! All lobsters are donated by Atlantic Edge lobstermen. And another good thing – you don’t have to be present to win. We...

• Down East Yacht Club

  Mon, 06/05/2023 - 11:45am

  

  A change of venue was just what the Commodore ordered! The familiar setting at Tugboat Inn was the perfect location for the traditionally well- attended annual DEYC meeting. As is normal for the authors of this accounting of the event, we drove into the jam-packed parking lot two minutes before the scheduled start of the lunch to find the lot already overcrowded. As luck would have it, there was one available “Handicapped Space” located at the rear entrance to the restaurant! It was going to be...

• American Legion Post 36

  Mon, 06/05/2023 - 10:45am

  

  As has been mentioned in previous articles, and will be repeated periodically until the event, the Legion Community Yard sale is Saturday, Aug. 5. It will be held on Boothbay Common this year which should attract a great turnout. Besides having the Post Yard Sale tables, the community is invited to set up their own tables. The Post will offer the 10-foot by 20-foot piece of beautiful Boothbay Common grass for just $25. The “profits” from the yard sale will be used to support our Rowe...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  Mon, 06/05/2023 - 10:15am

  

  What a joy. What an honor. Youth, energy, and creativity. Tonight, our club welcomed the Boothbay Region High School seniors for dinner. Always a fun time, so much youthful enthusiasm. Four of the seniors wrote essays and were chosen by the Rotary Scholarship Committee to receive a "Service Above Self" scholarship of $2,000 and one senior won the “Vocational” award for $2,000. The “Service Above Self” awards went to: Gryffin Kristan, Grace Campbell, Ryan Clark and Rachel Barter. The “Vocational...
• Keepers’ Klippings

  The Birth and Rebirth of the Hendricks Head Lighthouse

  Thu, 06/01/2023 - 8:45am

  

  Why Build a Lighthouse on the Sheepscot River? In the early 1800s, mariners involved in fishing and maritime trade were in need of a navigational aid to guide them safely in and out of the Sheepscot River. This commercially important waterway was their vital link between the Gulf of Maine and the inland port of Wiscasset, a town recognized at that time to be the busiest seaport north of Boston. Just fifteen miles upriver, a deep and sheltered harbor formed the hub of a prosperous trade center...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Piping Up for Piping Plovers and Other Endangered Birds

  Wed, 05/31/2023 - 10:00am

  

  Like many people on the recent very warm, sunny Memorial Day weekend, we decided to head to the beach, where the temps were markedly cooler. We went to a spot that is a favorite of many Mainers including ourselves, Reid State Park, at the end of the Georgetown Peninsula. As we strolled down the path toward the beach at the Todd’s Point side (note that construction has closed portions of the park so check the official park website before visiting), we passed signs reminding us that we would be...
• Joe’s Journal

  Memorial Day

  Wed, 05/31/2023 - 7:45am

  

  Did you view our Memorial Day parades? Do you know why we cheered the old marching veterans? Today, our newspapers, television sets and smartphones bring us the news of a European war half a world away from our beautiful peninsula. Usually, the video war stories come from reporters wearing helmets and bulletproof vests. They tell us of struggles and destruction in towns whose names and locations sound strange to most of us. They interview victims who have lost children and relatives. The...
• ’Round Town

  Hugh

  Wed, 05/31/2023 - 7:00am

  

  Alice Hodgdon Thompson, Hugh’s mother, was a bright and shining light when I photographed at the Hodgdon Yachts yard on Murray Hill Road in East Boothbay. She would always alert the crew when she joined them at break time, “Watch the language.” For the most part everyone obeyed with an occasional slip up Alice seemed to manage quite well in the shipbuilding environment, partly, and probably because she had grown up around boats and the workers who built them. Famous for building many...

• News and Notes from the Community Center

  Tue, 05/30/2023 - 8:15am

  Our annual Indoor Yard Sale is coming up soon – Friday, June 2, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturday, June 3, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Mark your calendars! Come join the fun picking up your next little treasure. Are you a seller? Would you like to purchase a table to show off your treasures and gifts? The cost for one table is $20 for one day or $35 for both days. And you keep all your sale proceeds. Please call the Community Center at 633-9876 to make your table reservation. Tables are still available...

• Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

  Tue, 05/30/2023 - 8:00am

  

  With the warm weather approaching, the Mystery Book Club will take a summer break. Over the past four years, the MBC has read many enthralling mysteries. Our stories have taken us from the Maine woods, through America and then across the globe. What a wonderful way to meet the characters in our books and experience the world! As a group, we have learned much about human nature - both bad and good. Some of our characters have been subjected to bias, bigotry and indifference. The author's subject...

• Southport Column: SYC potluck, Memorial Day ceremonies and more

  Fri, 05/26/2023 - 3:00pm

  Summer friends and summer activities are surfacing with a bounce, so have your calendars ready. If you are reading this column online in time, the fi rst news is that the Southport Yacht Club members will gather for the traditional Memorial Day potluck supper at the club house on Saturday, May 27. Come at 6 p.m. for food and fellowship, bringing your favorite food to share. This is the yacht club’s centennial summer, so more celebrations will follow. Recognition and celebration of our veterans...
• A Bird’s Tale

  The Familiar and Fascinating Blue Jay

  Wed, 05/24/2023 - 10:00am

  

  It should come as no surprise to learn that some of the greatest mysteries of the bird world are within some of our most common and familiar birds. Take the ever-present blue jay, for example. On a recent trip to Monhegan Island by one of us (Jeff. Leading a tour for LL Bean’s Outdoor Discovery School), saw high-flying flocks of blue jays leaving the island toward the mainland, about 10 miles distant. This was the case throughout the day. The group estimated that the total number of jays in...
• ’Round Town

  Spring

  Wed, 05/24/2023 - 8:00am

  

  Spring is springing little by little. Here on Southport Island things are moving along at a snail’s pace. Wiscasset is in full bloom along the Route One corridor. We know this because in the last week we have driven through Wiscasset Village six times – somewhat of a record for us! Down and back to Bedford, New York, for a memorial service. Down and back to Falmouth for another memorial service. And to Ames Supply for a bale of straw to cover the churned up bare spots in the lawn from grub-...
• Joe’s Journal

  Of funerals and fun

  Wed, 05/24/2023 - 7:00am

  

  Dear Reader, Last weekend, I was in the produce aisle of Hannaford market when I got a pointed suggestion from one of my favorite readers. No, it was not one of the three online musketeers who chided me for failing to note that Hunter Biden’s mysterious laptop contains treasonous information on a par with the info the Rosenbergs gave to the Commies in 1950. No, sorry, it was not one of those faithful and valued readers. It was a lovely East Boothbay woman, an old friend, who told me I should...

• News and Notes from the Community Center

  Tue, 05/23/2023 - 3:00pm

  Our annual Indoor Yard Sale is coming up soon – Friday, June 2 and Saturday, June 3. Mark your calendars! Come join the fun picking up your next little treasure. Are you a seller? Would you like to purchase a table to show off your treasures and gifts? The cost for one table is $20 for one day or $35 for both days. And you keep all your sale proceeds. Please call the Community Center to make your table reservation. Tables are still available. Call 633-9876. Beginning Tuesday, May 30 at 10 to 11...

• American Legion Post 36

  Tue, 05/23/2023 - 10:00am

  

  As you drive down Route 27 from the Boothbay Town Hall into Boothbay Harbor, you are reminded that we are about to honor our veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice for this great country and are now, once again, watching over us from a difference place. This is the time when some of our area veterans gather to once again march reminding us of the many hours so many years ago when we tried so hard to ensure the left foot went ahead of the right at the same time all the other left feet went...

• Southport Column: Memorial Day, water and more

  Tue, 05/23/2023 - 8:00am

  Recognition and celebration of our fallen veterans’ service to our country will begin at the normal times and places on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29. We will gather at the Southport Memorial Library in Newagen at 8:30 a.m. and then at the Monument by the Southport General Store at 9 a.m. Hope to see you there. The hearing to learn why the Boothbay Region Water District needs to raise their debt ceiling from $12 million to $19 million began with a report by representatives from the Clean...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  Mon, 05/22/2023 - 1:00pm

  

  Last Thursday a stalwart gang of Rotarians raked, mowed, shoved and weed whacked the Rotary Club grounds in our annual spring clean up. The hillside of very invasive Japanese knotweed was leveled, the hydrangeas trimmed and the flower pots planted. The place sure looks spiffy now. After all that hard work a very informal summer dinner was enjoyed by this hard working crew. As usual there was lots of conversation and laughter during dinner. We’re very good at talking and laughing together. After...
• From the House of Representatives

  Requesting upgrades to Route 27

  Wed, 05/17/2023 - 12:45pm

  

  I have written and submitted the following letter on May 15 to Commissioner Bruce Van Note, Maine Department of Transportation, following my attendance at the Edgecomb Selectmen’s meeting May 2 regarding the hazardous road conditions on Route 27. Dear Commissioner Van Note, I attended the May 2nd meeting held by the Edgecomb Selectmen regarding the hazardous road conditions on Route 27 and the ME-DOT plans to replace the road in 2024. I appreciate Senior Project Manager, Rob Betz and Shawn...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Migration a Thousand Miles from Home

  Wed, 05/17/2023 - 10:00am

  

  We have had the good fortune to be able to be spending time with family in Central Florida, from where we are writing this column. While many birds are just returning to Maine in mid-May, the bulk of migratory birds have left or passed through down here in Florida, a thousand miles or so to the south of Maine. The greatest number of migrant birds that pass north through Florida on spring migration are the songbirds that winter in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean—the big islands of Cuba,...
• Out of Our Past

  The Footbridge, Part II

  Wed, 05/17/2023 - 10:00am

  

  Cut Off Remember we're still before the age of the widespread use of motorized land transport. Cut off by the footbridge from waterborne access were a number of businesses at the head of the harbor. The old grain mill, then run by Harold W. Bishop, was the largest of them, with constant schooner deliveries of flour, grain, kerosene, brick, hay, fertilizer, pipe, cement, and other products. Later a small tanker carrying heating oil came in. Lumber arrived for the Boyd business, on the site of...
• ’Round Town

  Remembering Pat

  Wed, 05/17/2023 - 7:45am

  

  It was a packed house! Hundreds of people coming to pay their respects on a beautiful spring day when anyone could have been elsewhere – a very impressive gathering for Mr. Farrin and his family. There was plenty of food and refreshment. The Opera House staff and catering service made heroic efforts on behalf of all. Speakers spoke, musicians played and everyone remembered times gone by with someone well known throughout the region. Patrick had a long history and managed to interact with many...
• Joe’s Journal

  In Praise of Posies and Pals

  Wed, 05/17/2023 - 7:00am

  

  Dear Reader, The last thing I want to do on this sunny Sunday morning is sit in the house and pound out a column. But duty calls. On a normal week, as if there is ever a normal week, I would have completed my task on Saturday, leaving me a free day to putter around the yard doing chores I usually avoid. But, as you remember, Saturday was a glorious spring day, and, like much of Lincoln and Waldo counties, I heard the call of the Moose. For some reason, I felt compelled to roll out some of my...

• News and Notes from the Community Center

  Tue, 05/16/2023 - 11:15am

  Our annual Indoor Yard Sale is coming up soon – Friday, June 2 and Saturday, June 3. Mark your calendars! Come join the fun picking up your next little treasure. Are you a seller? Would you like to purchase a table to show off your treasures and gifts? The cost for one table is $20 for one day or $35 for both days. And you keep all your sale proceeds. Please call the Community Center to make your table reservation. Three tables have been sold so far ... 633-9876. Beginning Tuesday, May 23, from...

• Southport Column: Public hearing May 17, Barn classes and more

  Tue, 05/16/2023 - 7:00am

  Hear ye, hear ye! Things are beginning to change around the island. One more week for spring hours at the Southport General Store: weekdays 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to noon. The hours will expand beginning Memorial Day weekend: Monday through Saturday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Barn will be open Thursday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to noon. A reminder of the public hearing on Wednesday May 17 at 6 p.m. at the...

• American Legion Post 36

  Mon, 05/15/2023 - 12:00pm

  

  One of the great things about having been in the military is that from the time you rose your right hand and swore allegiance to this country, you became one of the less than 10% who made this commitment, you joined a band of brothers and sisters who paved the way for all of us to enjoy the freedoms of this great country. When you meet a fellow veteran, you automatically share a common bond. But we also come from all walks of life, dissimilar backgrounds, different experience both in the...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  Mon, 05/15/2023 - 8:45am

  

  The guests welcomed to our meeting were Ann Prost and Holly Stover, our speaker. Judi White shared a recent exciting trip to Portsmouth where she met the Rotary pilots of “Flight To End Polio.” A self-funded philanthropy where all donations go to the Polio Plus Fund. She also reminded us to make our yearly donation to the Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Foundation is the home of Polio Plus and many other programs and projects that "build goodwill and peace in the world." Our club is part of more...
• Joe’s Journal

  Home and away

  Wed, 05/10/2023 - 8:00am

  Last week, my younger (and much brighter) brother invited me to visit with him and his talented wife. As many know, for the last year or so, I have been holed up in the house, so I thought why not go. They live in New Orleans, where it is warm, and the Jazz Fest is in full swing. Might be fun. So I did and had a wonderful visit. And it gave me a chance to compare our quiet rural environment with their boisterous and unique city. For example, here in Maine, trees are sacrosanct. The idea that...
• Column

  Ocean Point

  Wed, 05/10/2023 - 7:30am

  As each weekend passes it is wonderful to see Ocean Point slowly coming alive again. For those lucky enough to be at the Point this past weekend we were treated to some spectacular weather, almost summer-like really. It won’t be long now before we are in full swing with activities, sports and social events. Just a reminder that this Saturday, May 13 a celebration of life will be held for our dear Ocean Point friend Pat Farrin from 1-4 p.m. at the Opera House. Shuttle service will be provided...
• Column

  Southport

  Wed, 05/10/2023 - 7:30am

  UPDATED: Reminder of the public hearing on May 17 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Southport Town Hall to allow citizens to listen to the reasons the Boothbay Region Water District needs to raise its debt ceiling. A vote on this issue will take place May 30 at the town hall from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Even though everyone on the island cannot hook up to town water, some people can, and I guess that gives us all a vote. With warm weather and sunny skies, many people turned out to eat hotdogs, gather a...

• Trevett column

  Tue, 05/09/2023 - 2:45pm

  There won’t be a taco Tuesday but tacos will be on the menu at the Wednesday, April 17 potluck. Hosts, Paul and Louise, will be providing the main dish of tacos with the trimmings and are asking that you bring either a side dish, a salad or a dessert to share. You are welcome to bring you own appetizers for this gathering. You should also bring your beverage of choice and BICA will have coffee and water available. Hope to see you at the BICA hall for the fiesta starting at 5:30 p.m. The potluck...
• Column

  American Legion

  Tue, 05/09/2023 - 1:30pm

  

  This past weekend was beautiful, signs of spring everywhere, and thoughts of getting the kayak out and the bike tuned up in the foremost of my mind. Guess I need to put the skis away first (already have my Sunday River/Sugarloaf season pass in my pocket, however). The lawn is growing fast with the beautiful yellow dandelions peppered through the grass. Needs to be cut but have it on good authority not to do that just yet as it is the only source of food at the moment for the bee population...
• ’Round Town

  Barney

  Tue, 05/09/2023 - 12:00pm

  

  One of the things that struck me during a recent visit with Dr. William M. “Barney” Balch, senior research scientist at Bigelow Lab, was his sense of curiosity. Our conversation reminded me of our very earliest interactions at the old Bigelow Lab in West Boothbay Harbor when I photographed with and for Clarice and Charlie Yentsch. Barney was there from the beginning of Bigelow at that location, a devoted associate of the Yentsch tenure. Barney got bitten by the curiosity bug at an early age and...

• Floods and Fish-eating Birds

  Tue, 05/09/2023 - 8:00am

  

  The heavy rains last week in Central Maine brought some major flooding across many parts of our region. By one estimate, a month’s worth of rain fell in about 24 hours. As that water collected upstream and began flowing together from various tributaries, the result was an unstoppable massive force. Culverts overflowed, roads were damaged and in a few cases, washed away. Electricity was knocked out for thousands, and in places like Augusta, Hallowell, and Gardiner along the banks of the Kennebec...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  Mon, 05/08/2023 - 12:00pm

  

  Nothing brightens a rainy day like a fun Rotary Meeting! President Bruce Harris began our May 4 meeting sharing a recent report from the U. S. Surgeon General revealing that loneliness is bad for your health, and it’s rampant in post-pandemic America. People who are lonely are at increased risk for physical and emotional illness, including heart disease and Alzheimer’s. Friendship, socialization, and small acts of service are good for your heart in more ways than one. If you’d like to start...
• A Bird’s Tale

  An Appreciation for Trees

  Wed, 05/03/2023 - 10:00am

  

  Looking across the valley during a noontime dog walk around our neighborhood a few weeks ago, there among the drab, gray trunks and limbs of yet-to-leaf-out maples and oaks was a burst of yellow. A singlel tree, towering on the opposite hill, just behind the big white church, seemed like the only sign of spring that day. It was so striking that we went looking for it the next day. The tree, it turned out, was a willow just as we suspected based on the yellow color. Nonetheless, this surprised...
• ’Round Town

  Kirsten wins!

  Wed, 05/03/2023 - 7:45am

  

  For almost 235 days Kirsten Nueschafer sailed alone via the three Capes and just over 30,000 miles to win the Golden Globe Race around the world. She was one of 16 sailors who set off from Les Sables - d’Olonne, France, on Sep. 4, 2022, and one of three who finished. Others met with a variety of complications that took them out of the race. Kirsten actually deviated from her intended path to rescue a fellow Finnish sailor, Tapio Lehtinen, from the Indian Ocean. She was 95 miles from Lehtinen...
• Joe’s Journal

  Scam, Scam, Scam

  Wed, 05/03/2023 - 7:00am

  

  Yes, Dear Readers, I am a Dummy. Let me explain. This tale began last Christmas when I put up a few decorations and got out my favorite Christmas music CDs. With apologies to Bobby Helms, there is just something about classical Christmas music that does something good for my soul. First out of the stack was a collection of the Trapp Family’s favorite Christmas music. You remember the Trapp family. They were the real folks who lived the story that became “The Sound of Music.” I stuck the CD into...

• Ocean Point Column: Water, remembering Pat and more

  Tue, 05/02/2023 - 10:30am

  Thanks to the BRWD for their efforts in restoring the seasonal water service last week. We so appreciate all of your time and attentiveness in providing us with water so we are able to return to Ocean Point; I must also include our awesome plumber Scott Yereance and his crew as they are always there to make sure we are up and running. A Celebration of Life in memory of our dear Ocean Point friend Pat Farrin will be held on Saturday, May 13 at the Opera House, 86 Townsend Avenue from 1 to 4 p.m...

• News and Notes from the Community Center

  Tue, 05/02/2023 - 10:15am

  Beginning Tuesday, May 9, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and continuing for four weeks, we will hold a special class with our renown Nationally Certified Master Flower Show Judge, Sandra Leonard, who will teach us how to make beautiful creations. You can do one class or all four classes. The benefit of doing all four classes is that each class will build on the preceding class. All you need to bring is some flowers and a vase and let the magic happen! Each class is limited to the first 10 people, so...

• Southport Column: Clean up rescheduled, great Talent Show and more

  Tue, 05/02/2023 - 8:30am

  Due to the heavy rain on April 30 the Southport Island Association (SIA) has rescheduled the Island Clean-Up for next Sunday, May 7 at 11 a.m. But instead of the Southport Town Hall, we will gather at the Southport Central School for a hot dog feast cooked by grill master, Gerry Gamage, and then sign up for your clean up route, or clean up first and then come back for a hot dog. All will be finished about 2 p.m. Two more Southport families have lost a loved one. Phillips Smith died Sunday,...

• American Legion Post 36

  Mon, 05/01/2023 - 12:15pm

  

  This past week I was part of the Military Officers Association (MOAA) team (two of us) to brief our congressional delegation on issues important to our military and veterans. National MOAA briefed the State Chapters on the priority issues we were to focus one. The overall issue was/is recruiting and retention for the services. I did not appreciate the severity of the problem until we were given the facts. Since the creation of the all-volunteer military in 1973, recruiting has not been an issue...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  Mon, 05/01/2023 - 10:00am

  

  Our April 27 evening was blessed with a robust attendance of Rotarians, many of our beloved “summer” folks were welcomed back, as well as some great guest speakers. The meeting offered much laughter and sharing of current joys and initiatives. The Rotary Barn brought in close to $4,300 last Saturday; a sum equal to our most successful summer months. And, our most acclaimed acquisition to go on sale this weekend is a magnificent “ladies leg table lamp complete with fishnet stockings, heels, and...

• AARP scam alert: Staying safe online

  Sat, 04/29/2023 - 8:00am

  

  Criminals have so many ways to getting in touch with us these days. According to new data from the Federal Trade Commission, the winning entry path in 2022 was the internet. About one fourth of fraud reports indicate the contact method was an online source (website, app, pop up add or social media) and in 6 out of 10 cases, the victim lost money. One reason these attacks are so successful is that criminals make it very hard to tell the difference between a legitimate website and a fake one. The...
• A Bird’s Tale

  The Persistence of Ospreys

  Wed, 04/26/2023 - 10:00am

  

  Mistakes happen. Even in the bird world. Take for example the osprey that recently tried repeatedly to place sticks atop a tall light pole, high above the Bates College athletic field in Lewiston. The sticks kept falling off and landing in the field, apparently because there was not enough of a platform for them to stay in place. We have probably all seen osprey nests on light poles at school athletic fields and on the cross bars of large utility poles throughout the state. Such places often...
• ’Round Town

  Artificial Intelligence

  Wed, 04/26/2023 - 7:15am

  

  Recently, during a drive to doggie day care, my car radio, tuned to NPR, revealed a most interesting bit of news. It seems that an artist won a photography contest with an AI-generated image. Boris Eldagsen won the World Photography Organization’s Sony World Photography Awards for a piece titled “The Electrician.” This is pretty amazing stuff! Perhaps the most amazing part, to me, photo person that I have been for well over 50 years, is that the image was made by submitting language to an AI...
• Joe’s Journal

  Election Time

  Wed, 04/26/2023 - 7:00am

  

  Note: For the record, Boothbay Harbor residents will elect local officials on May 5. Boothbay town residents will vote on May 1. No, it is not time to elect a president. We will leave that topic for another day. It is not time to elect anyone to the Congress/Senate and or the Maine Statehouse/Blaine House. We did that a few months ago. Now is the time to elect folks who matter to us – a lot. We call them selectmen. The title of the office has nothing to do with gender. For years, our local...

• News and Notes from the Community Center

  Tue, 04/25/2023 - 12:00pm

  We all need help with our computers, our laptops, our cell phones occasionally. On May 2, we have a full day. At 1 p.m., Bethany Schmidt, from the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library will come and talk to us about “Talking the Lingo” on computers. Please join us for this educational opportunity to help us join the 21st century. Also on May 2, VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) will meet here at 1:15 p.m. This month’s speaker will be Irene Barber, horticultural therapist for the Coastal Maine...

• Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club

  Tue, 04/25/2023 - 10:15am

  

  The High School Sailing program is off to another strong start with 24 sailors from BRHS, Lincoln Academy and several home schoolers participating. The BRHS team has seen strong growth and is expected to qualify to compete in some challenging regattas this season. The Lincoln Academy team is ranked number 1 in the state which is a first for the program. With three regattas already behind them they are gearing up for another event this weekend in Portland. The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club hosted a...

• Keepers’ Klippings

  Tue, 04/25/2023 - 8:45am

  

  On a recent trip to Washington, D.C., I gathered historical information about Maine’s lighthouses with a special focus on those in Boothbay Harbor. After an intense week of research, I had unveiled many hidden gems that described site selections and building processes for the harbor’s three lighthouses: Burnt Island, Ram Island, and the Cuckolds. In this article, I will focus on the path to acquiring Burnt Island as the region’s first lighthouse site. As a former teacher, I know that primary...

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