When I first started personal training, I thought it was critical to pull out all the stops; use every piece of gym equipment, keep up with the latest and greatest fitness trends and put my…
Columns
As we close the last vestiges of summer, I wanted to also take this opportunity to shift gears from our typical fire prevention and education topics and discuss with you two very important issues…
First a correction of last week’s column. I had written that Mel Rines was an Air Force pilot. Kathy Bugbee informed me that he flew for the Navy. Thanks, Kathy.
Our library was overflowing…
After a great social time and dinner entertaining several fun guests, we all “galloped” into a fun evening of horse racing Aug. 29.
Our social committee outdid themselves. Charlotte Jameson…
What beautiful days we have had at the end of August. It was a low tide week at the beach. The cooler temperatures and long afternoon shadows of the trees made it…
Boothbay Region YMCA Community Catalyst for Good
It’s that time of year again, when summer bends toward fall and back-to-school. Kids enter the classroom. Happy yellow busses make their way through neighborhoods. As we all engage in back-…
From the Maine House
This time of year, the Maine Legislature is fairly quiet, with members getting an opportunity to spend some time in their home districts to enjoy the summer and meet with constituents. It’s also a…
Many Americans are on the hunt for the perfect remote job or side hustle, and criminal scammers are ready to exploit these ambitions. With work-from-home jobs increasing in popularity and…
Wow! The weather gods are behaving! What a beautiful weekend we had last weekend! Gotta keep our fingers crossed for this coming week. May have a few sprinkles, but still nice late summer…
A Bird’s Tale
We wrote last week about our luck visiting Wharton Point in Brunswick as the tide turned and shorebirds of various kinds made themselves visible on the expanding mudflats. Well, someone else was…
Joe’s Journal
Well, kiddies. Did you stay up too late to watch the overproduced GOP and Demo conventions?
Have you caught up on your ZZZ’s?
Did you come away with a strong sense that your favorite…
’Round Town
Is it time to rejoice, or time to buck up some firewood? Clearly, we just got a touch of fall in the recent weather shift. And I love the fall!
After some very warm and humid (un-Maine like…
It’s official; our summer activity season has ended. I can say with absolute certainty that it ended in the most wonderful way. Ocean…
Sorry for the old news Bayville, but as promised, here is part one of the column written after the BVC/ Lobster Bake blowout, but deemed too long for the print version of the Register. Welcome to…
I started this article on Sunday, Aug. 25, just after I arrived at the University of Vermont when we (wife Mary and I) delivered our grandson for the start of his sophomore year. When I…
Well known columnist, Anne Dooley, left Boothbay Harbor briefly for the mecca of summer opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She asked me to write the JPVIS column during her absence. I have labored…
Beautiful Maine August weather, warm days, lower humidity, and cooler nights. Like others, our cabin is getting quieter by the day. The last of the New Yorkers left Thursday, the North Carolina…
The crowd turning up for the Firemen’s auction last Saturday overflowed the chairs provided, and the cars filled all spaces assigned and spilled onto the sides of the road. An article elsewhere in…
Have you been affected by a scam? Know that you are not alone.
AARP Fraud Watch Network™ offers free emotional support sessions for people affected by fraud. Trained peer facilitators…
A Bird’s Tale
A few weeks ago, in early August, we were lucky.
Without having glanced at a tide chart, we happened to stop by Wharton Point in Brunswick just as the tide was receding from its high point…
’Round Town
The plans for our next annual family gathering on Monhegan Island begin on the boat ride back to the mainland after our stay. We so look forward to this event that little time is wasted planning…
Joe’s Journal
The other day, while at Hannaford's, I helped a young mother push her overloaded cart as she wrestled with a 2-year-old.
Thanks, she said. Then she noticed my USMC cap and added – Thanks…
As I’m writing News and Notes this week, it’s cold, clammy, wet, and just plain yucky. And the weather was like that for most of the weekend! Have patience though. By the end of the week, we’ll be…
Unfortunately our activities have come to an end for the season; however, thanks to the efforts of many it was quite a successful one. Thank you to all who chaired, volunteered, participated and…
Fogged in! The cabin is overflowing with children, granddaughters, relatives, and friends; the best time of year! We are checking off the bucket lists of the little ones, Sprucewold Beach, Barrett…
Boothbay Region YMCA Community Catalyst for Good
What are your fondest summer memories from childhood? For the lucky among us, they include discovery, adventure, and having a blast with a best friend by our side. Cultivating idyllic…
On Sheepscot Bay
“The sea, the sky, the very air
Bring ecstasy to me.
The islands green, the pink…
From the Senate
Aug. 18, 2024 marked the 104-year anniversary of women earning the right to vote…
First, a big than you to the community for supporting the V.E.T.S. Inc. annual BBQ fundraiser! As usual, the Boothbay Region demonstrated our support for veterans! The BBQ was also a great…
This week we’re reporting on winners and champions.
After the JPVIS Tennis Tournament the following will have their names painted on the Community House…
Rotary de-stigmatizes the opioid epidemic
This is the story of a man who – both in his career and in his family – came up against a largely unmentioned crisis in our society, and how he turned to his Rotary connections to help mitigate…
For those still waiting to read about the BVC Annual Meeting and Lobster Bake weekend, I was informed after the fact that that edition of the Buzz was too long (I guess there was other news that…
“Jurassic Park” - (PG-13; 2 hours, 6 minutes) - The final film in our 2024 Summer Blockbuster series. A select group is chosen to tour an island theme park populated by dinosaurs…
Olympic athletes aren't the only ones after gold this summer. Criminal scammers are increasingly trying to steal your savings through gold bar schemes.
Criminals may impersonate…
“Janet Planet” - (PG13; 1 hour, 53 minutes) - In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination…
And the winner is ... Here’s another opportunity to win 10 more lobsters. The drawing will be held on Aug. 29, just in time for Labor Day Weekend! Each Thursday morning, we will be selling raffle…
A Bird’s Tale
On cooler, early evenings these August days, we have been out sitting comfortably on our porch, our little black dog happily beside us sniffing the air. We haven’t been using our noses but instead…
Joe’s Journal
Dear Reader,
Well, the Olympics concluded with a fitting ending as the U.S. women’s basketball team pulled off a come-from-behind win in grand fashion.
If you don’t think it was a…
’Round Town
To me, one of the more fascinating things about folks who perform at the Opera House is their observations about visiting Maine and Boothbay Harbor in particular. People come from far and wide to…
We have been lucky to have beautiful summer weather with just the right amount of rain. Like many others, August is our family vacation time. Two of my brothers are here, one from New York with…
As you know by now, the rain last Friday and the predicted rain/thunderstorms this past weekend caused us to reschedule the annual Legion fundraiser Yard Sale and Craft Fair We have now scheduled…
To say August is flying by is an understatement! Many residents have or are in the process of leaving to head back for school openings.
If you are fortunate enough to be staying it looks…
Chief’s Corner
In this edition of the Chief’s Corner, we will highlight grill and barbecue fire safety, and continue our Boothbay firefighter profile series. Today we are featuring Nick Giles, a 17-year-old…
You may talk about old ‘Emerald Isle”
Or the island of ‘Capree’,
But the isle that I love best of all
Is Southport by the sea.
Above is…
With August in full swing, we are savoring the last weeks of summer with our favorite events of August. Saturday’s Annual Meeting was well-attended. The exciting part of the meeting…
Out of Our Past
Many of this column's over 735 articles have begun with my mentioning how I got started researching local history through the Milton Giles family. Well, this is another one which I wrote back in…
JPVIS rockers just about owned the top floor at Mine Oyster last Friday night. Christie Gillies and the band, Ruckus, did not disappoint. Seen on the dance floor were three generations of Gillies…
Since Jeff is in Florida visiting his Dad, he asked if someone could write this week’s Buzz.
Junior Buzz Reporters Hannah Srojny, Mallory Strogny, and Presley Frascella…
I spent last Saturday morning at the Rotary barn, greeting purchasers and selling furniture (mostly), and we had a great day. Good conversations, good times, and sales-wise,…
