Atlantic Edge owners Kathy and Ed Tibbetts have handed over the business’s keys to Andy, Nick and Kristin Page after 19 years of building the lobster pound. The Pages began talking to the…
Commerce
The annual Boothbay Harbor Men’s Night could hardly be called just an evening affair as shoppers hit the shelves and racks all day for last minute gifts. By the time evening rolled around, but for…
Maine Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Nirav Shah announced Dec. 7 the CDC has launched an investigation into East Boothbay shipyard Washburn & Doughty for a COVID-19 outbreak.
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The Boothbay Harbor broadband committee learned Dec. 7, broadband provider Lincolnville Communications (LCI) has shifted all its December efforts to build-out elsewhere. The committee has been…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Friday she will extend the requirement for certain businesses statewide to close by 9 p.m. through Sunday, January 3, 2021.
The extension is aimed…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Monday an economic recovery grant program to support Maine’s tourism, hospitality, and retail small businesses, according to a news release.
Backed…
UMaine Extension
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two opportunities for livestock owners to get updates on forage resources and crop insurance starting at 10 a.m and again at 6 p.m.…
It wasn’t the same old Early Bird Sale in Boothbay Harbor. The crowds were smaller and special sales lasted a little longer due to concerns about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But hundreds of…
After the closure of its summer 2020 season in May, Maine State Music Theatre’s 22 Elm Street offices have been quiet. The more than 150 summer staff and crew never arrived and there has been no…
The summer season shook out better than expected for business owners in the Boothbay and Wiscasset regions. Last spring, most just wanted to come out of it able to pay their rent and bills, and…
The Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest tradition continues in 2020. Visitors can expect a delightful shopping experience with added seasonal activities to bolster Christmas cheer. While Santa and…
Boothbay is providing Spectrum with tax maps and street addresses of residents who are either unserved or underserved with cable television access. Selectmen met with Spectrum Regional Senior…
Gregory McAllister has been playing the same numbers in the Tri-State Megabucks game since his 27th birthday, including the number 27, for 35 years. On Oct. 28, those numbers matched the winning…
Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the new Member Money E-Gift Card, a community-based digital gift card that makes it fun and easy to keep local spending local…
Next to the gnomes and other festive decor that greets BIRCH customers is something else red and white, a sign saying “Cover your face, shop safe.” That precaution and the hand sanitizer are some…
First National Bank recently announced contributions to the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce’s Boothbay Lights, Coastal Maine Botanical Garden’s Gardens Aglow, and the Opera House’s…
Update Nov. 3: Maine State Lottery spokesman Angie Helton confirmed Tuesday morning, “the winner did claim the ticket,” but no name or other information has been released. Due to a five-day wait…
Extended Benefit Program likely to end mid-November
AUGUSTA — For the week ending October 24, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 1,500 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 700 initial claims filed for federal…
Maine Small Business Development Center (SBDC) announces the official launch of a new resource center that will help equip Maine’s small businesses with the tools and training they need to respond…
The 32nd annual Early Bird Sale & Pajama Party, that jumpstart on holiday shopping in the Boothbay region, is still happening as always the weekend before Thanksgiving. On Saturday, Nov. 21…
Water Street Kitchen & Bar owner Ed Colburn said Friday, the restaurant is putting safety first as it reopens, starting Saturday with takeout only, a week after an employee reported they and a…
AUGUSTA — With historically-low interest rates, and more buyers than sellers, sales of single-family existing homes increased 22.78 percent comparing September 2020 to September 2019. According to…
The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) reports on the state of tourism and surveyed tourism businesses to determine how they fared over Indigenous People’s Day weekend compared to 2019.
Some…
to sustain viability of small businesses; to help stabilize Maine’s economy
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills and Commissioner of Economic and Community Development Heather Johnson announced Thursday, Oct. 15 that the Mills Administration has begun distributing the first…
CEO Tony Cameron is pleased to announce that Tim Gatz has been hired as the Maine Tourism Association’s membership sales manager. As such, Tim will be responsible for acquiring new members,…
Press release
Amy Cowles Keenan has joined the William Raveis staff in Bath.
A proud Maine native, Keenan has spent the last 18 years focusing on accounting and resource…
Antiquers and vintage seekers will have a new place to peruse essentials and curiosities next May with Iron Horse Antiques & General Store at Boothbay Railway Village. Marketing and events…
First National Bank will soon provide a new way to serve customers with the launch of curbside banking in 15 of its branch locations.
Curbside banking is an additional option to its…
Central Maine Power has notified Lincoln County commissioners it intends to seek Department of Environmental Protection water permits in Alna, Whitefield and Wiscasset. On Oct. 6, County…
William Raveis Real Estate has announced the hiring of Melissa Averill of Alna. She will work out of its Bath office and will also be spending time working in the Boothbay Harbor office.
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Boothbay’s Highly Cannaco is among countless Maine soon-to-be retailers waiting to break into the adult-use cannabis market Oct. 9. Owner Jan Martin – also owner of Highly storefronts in South…
Press release
Suzanne Strachan, president of Cheney Insurance in Damariscotta, was elected to the Maine Insurance Agents Association (MIAA) Board of Directors recently. The MIAA represents and advocates for…
Brown’s Farm Stand is known for selling fresh produce from its Townsend Avenue location for decades. But the stand’s cucumbers, beans, tomatoes and other vegetables have major competition for…
The Boothbay Craft Brewery and Dogfish Head Brewery families celebrated their respective 10th and 25th anniversaries together Sept. 26 with the release of their “second generation collaboration,”…
Ocean Point has history in the making in longtime seasonal resident Ted Fuller’s Cruzer Scooter. He calls the scooter “America’s scooter company.” The small electric equivalent of a 50cc motored…
Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club
Shop now for the best Christmas deals and pay it forward by helping your community through Rotary.
Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club is ready to help you in buy now for Christmas at its sale of…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Monday her Administration will launch a second phase of the Maine Economic Recovery Grant Program beginning Wednesday, September 23.
Phase 2 will…
Jody Lewis and Michael Leighton share several interests. They fish together. Leighton works for Lewis’ excavation business, and now the two are business partners. Lewis and Leighton along with…
Owner Lora Rinow and the crew at Heads of the Harbor salon would like to welcome Solomon Pavon, a licensed cosmetologist and master stylist/colorist with over 23 years experience. He was taught by…
Ardiah Managed Services is pleased to welcome Annette M. Tolman as controller, where she will oversee Ardiah’s accounting team and client accounting oversight. With more than 34 years of…
Sales of single-family existing homes continue to recover from the impacts of the early months of COVID-19; Maine Listings reports a sales jump of 12.43 percent in July 2020, when compared to July…
On Aug. 18, Spruce Point Inn received TripAdvisor’s Annual Traveler’s Choice Award for the eighth consecutive year. According to TripAdvisor, the designation puts Spruce Point in the top 10% of …
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday the formation of the Maine Economic Recovery Grant Program to support Maine…
approval would temporarily add $300 to weekly unemployment benefits
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor announced Friday it will apply for Lost Wages Assistance funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which would temporarily add $300 to…
September town meeting warrant article proposes municipal land lease
THOMASTON — Like his father before him, Michael Hall, president of Hall Funeral Home and Midcoast Crematory, Inc., knows how families want to prepare their loved ones for burial, and how much…
Many thought that Osman Page closed, moved away or perhaps wasn’t taking on new clients. The great news is that we are still here and growing ... just under our new name Ardiah Managed Services…
Boothbay Harbor Planning Board
As businesses continue to feel the squeeze of health and safety restrictions due to COVID-19, Boothbay Harbor’s planning board on Aug. 12 granted Brady’s Restaurant owner Jennie Mitchell an…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen
Boothbay Harbor selectmen unanimously approved new victualer and liquor licenses for Footbridge Brewery Aug. 10, allow the sale of hot food and alcoholic beverages. Co-owner Dan Pangburn said the…
Negotiating committees for General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge S6 (LS6) reached tentative agreement (TA) for a…
