Nov. 13 is lucky this Saturday, for those looking for deals. And at this year’s Wiscasset Early Bird, plenty of the deals await shoppers who get a little more sleep…
Commerce
New Ventures Maine has announced tuition-free online workshops and classes for November. Classes are designed to…
Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons is announcing that the current owners of the primary school property on Gardiner Road, JSJ Holdings, h…
Earlier this month, selectmen requested a more detailed sketch of Lester Spear’s plans for the Boothbay Winter Festival scheduled during Gardens Aglow. On Oct. 27, Spear participated via…
Demand for single-family existing homes across Maine continues to be steady, exceeding pre-COVID numbers. According to Maine Listings, while sales statistics decreased 9.74 percent in September,…
Do you know where your yarn is grown?
On Sunday, Oct. 10, join Real Maine members for the first Maine Fiber Tour and Trail. Celebrate Maine grown fiber and support your local farms.…
Press release
Food Trucks A-Go and C C Snack Co. are pleased to announce the annual Boothbay Winter Festival will take place this winter on the Boothbay Common, and we’re inviting everyone to participate! Join…
A realtor.com advertisement changed following a call from Edgecomb Selectman Dawn Murray. She heard about the online advertisement describing Gateway Condominiums on the Route 1-Route 27…
First National Bank recently announced that it has made donations totaling over $29,000 to 35 organizations fighting food insecurity in the bank’s market area in response to its program Dream…
Sales of Maine’s single-family existing homes eased a slight 4.76 percent last month, according to Maine Listings. Realtors reported that 2,063 homes changed hands in August 2021, compared to 2,…
Knickerbocker Group, the award-winning design, construction, and property management firm based in Boothbay and Portland, is delighted to announce that Danielle Betts, after 14 years with the…
A wonderful time was had by all at the Boothbay Harbor Chamber of Commerce Business After-Hours and Ribbon Cutting held at Smuggler’s Cove Inn, East Boothbay, on Aug. 25.
Thirty-five…
Before the pandemic, Allen “Big Al” Cohen figured he would keep his Big Al’s Super Values store on Route 1, Wiscasset open another 10 years. Starting Monday, he’s selling everything at 33% off. He…
Boothbay’s longtime medical cannabis store Highly Cannaco opened as a recreational store next to the current location Sept. 4. Owner Jan Martin said the move was over a year in the making waiting…
“J Edward Knight will now be advising our clients on their Medicare plan options,” said Robert Wheeler, president of J. Edward Knight, in a news release.
Wheeler went on to say: “After…
As Labor Day approached, the Boothbay Register reached out to several businesses in Boothbay Harbor to see how they fared this summer. The unanimous answer was that business had been extremely…
Owner Annette Nager has announced that Ruby Sargent is the new cosmetologist at Shear Artistry Family Hair Salon in Boothbay Harbor.
“I enjoy cutting and styling…
The Hot Spot Diner, the former Ship’s Chow Hall, at 277 Bath Road, Wiscasset is no more, and the property’s owners would like to see it stay a restaurant, Midcoast Properties General Manager Linda…
helping Maine people access and connect to the outdoors
The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Land Protection grant program seeks proposals from organizations and projects in Maine dedicated to helping Maine people access and connect to the outdoors…
Carole McCarthy, volunteer manager of St. Andrews Thrift Store in Boothbay Harbor since 2018, said she is proud of its new premises. The store moved a few doors down in the Meadow Mall to the old…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in July:
Alna: Sniffen, Peter to Suchoff, Jessica O'Rourke, Gardner, Kaitlyn and O'…
AUGUSTA (Aug 23, 2021)—Home buyers are still out in force across Maine’s 16 counties. According to Maine Listings, home sales decreased 4.86 percent and prices rose 23.58 percent comparing July…
Innovative companies in Wiscasset and Biddeford engaged in developing clean energy technology have each been awarded $250,000 through the Maine Clean Energy Innovation Challenge, a joint…
AUGUSTA — For the week ending August 7, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 800 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 100 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic…
Tristan Koehling never had the chance to eat at Miss Wiscasset Diner. “But from what I understand, it was a good place to eat.”
The Bath man is working to make 762 Bath Road a good place to…
The Art For Art’s Sake Show and Sale will be held Aug. 12-15. This favorite event of locals and visitors kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 12, but not at Hodgdon Yachts. For this year only, the venue…
When the Americans with Disabilities Act became law July 26, 1990, it concerned access to physical property, but an area business was recently threatened with an accessibility lawsuit due to its…
Southport selectmen signed a contract with Axiom Technologies Chief Executive Officer Mark Ouellette July 28. The signing means work can begin to bring fiber network internet services to town.…
Boothbay may go where no other Maine municipality has gone before. For a couple months, Boothbay has discussed entering into a 10-year broadband agreement with Spectrum which would provide…
It may have taken a few years after first asking “How about it?” but Ben and Tim Stover got their answer from Steve Solario June 15, when they signed paperwork making them the new owners of Conley…
Southport selectmen have agreed to a contract with Axiom Technologies, LLC of Machias for the design, build-out and operation of a town-wide fiber-to-the-premises broadband network.
“We are…
“Exciting times here at Peregrine (Turbine Technologies). Wiscasset is birthing new technology,” Chief Executive Officer David Stapp told Wiscasset Newspaper via email July 22. He shared a press…
AUGUSTA — Demand continues to drive up the values of Maine’s single-family existing homes. Maine Listings reported a statewide median sales price (MSP) of $310,000 in June—a 24.5 percent increase…
Shortly after arriving, invitees to Water's Edge Restaurant and Bar's grand opening celebration July 21 huddled shoulder to shoulder under a couple of awnings on the Edgecomb business's rooftop…
Drivers and walkers frustrated at traffic lights’ duration downtown have been going against them, Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen in his report for the board’s July 20 meeting…
Maine’s Public Utilities Commission said July 15 that five storms in 2020, plus rising transmission rates approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, has resulted in an approved Central…
New Boothbay Harbor restaurant Craft Kitchen and Tavern opened officially after a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce July 7. Owner Chef Rick Koplau and wife…
The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) recently polled its members about July 4th weekend business, visitor trends, and how the workforce shortage is affecting business.
According to Tony…
Freedom Boat Club made its partnership with Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce official with a ribbon cutting June 23. The club on the Linekin Bay Resort shore is FBC’s fifth spot in Maine…
The Edgecomb Planning Board voted 4-0 for a change of use application for a U.S. Route 1 property to serve as a tattoo parlor and body piercing studio. The board approved Kat Stewart’s application…
All her life, Mary Blanchard has loved really good food and baking. Now she is sharing her passion for making delicious homemade ice cream and baked goods and putting smiles on people’s faces with…
A new proposal to expand broadband internet access town wide had one Boothbay selectman saying June 23, Spectrum’s new community program was “too good to be true.” For several months, the town…
Sales of single-family existing homes in Maine continue a double-digit increase trend. Statistics released June 22 by the Maine Association of Realtors show 1,1613 homes changed hands across the…
...which is actually in Wiscasset, not Bath
WISCASSET—Ironically, Wiscasset’s first brewery is named after the nearby town 10 minutes away, but there’s a story for that. On Route 1, opposite from the Shaw’s Supermarket, Bath Ale Works, co-…
In February 2020, Alex and Maria Nikolic bought Harborage Inn in Boothbay Harbor and looked forward to a robust tourist season. In March, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and curtailed any hopes they had…
With businesses in the Boothbay region and beyond looking to hire, an in-person hiring fair is being organized locally for noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 15 at Sherman Field, Boothbay Region High…
Marc Brewer of Boothbay Harbor was a friend and neighbor of Terry Lewis. Lewis, who was a merchant marine, collected many items in his travels around the world. After Lewis died in 2006, Brewer…
Boothbay Region High School Class of 2021 has been celebrating “21 Days of May” with daily surprises and weekly activities. Local businesses have been keeping the Senior Surprise Bags filled daily…
pressing needs
NEWCASTLE — The Frances Perkins Center has received a conservation grant from The 1772 Foundation in partnership with Maine Preservation for the France Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark…
