On this next to last installment of 2025's five good things that happened in or near Wiscasset, we start with a November classic, one to always be thankful for: People voted. Area residents, on…
Editorial
From the editor
I’m just gonna come out and say it – Larry Brown has been a great addition to our community over the many years and, because it is Giving Tuesday while I write this, it only seems fitting because…
From the assistant editor
Either thing we mention here might also make it into next edition's planned list of five good things that happened in or near Wiscasset in November. But these are so good, the extra recognition is…
From the assistant editor
Did you know a sailboat in Wiscasset harbor broke its mast at the bridge in a recent storm?
You did if you read it at wiscasset.gov, like I got around to doing in the hours before press…
From the editor
The annual holiday season is upon us. Wiscasset’s Early Riser sale is in the books, Gardens Aglow is shining brightly, holiday sales (Early Bird Sale this Saturday in Boothbay Harbor), craft fairs…
From the assistant editor
For I think the first time this fall, the chance of brief, likely non-accumulating snow was forecast for our area earlier this week. At press time, the chance was dimming, which was fine by me,…
From the editor
It is amazing how this region pulls together for those in need, the most recent helping those affected by the government shutdown and the hold on SNAP benefits. Hannaford gift cards from the…
From the assistant editor
With that headline, you might think we're about to endorse one of the numerous ideas for Wiscasset's acreage opposite the former Maine Yankee nuclear power plant.
Not even close. No, this…
From the assistant editor
Continuing our five good things a month in 2025, Wiscasset and its neighbor towns exercised a lot of American democracy in October, particularly in the free speech department.
This month's…
From the editor
Congratulations to the Boothbay Region High School fall sports teams.
The field hockey team finished their spectacular regular season 11-1-2 and placed first in Class C South. Their first…
Dear data center inquirer (in other words, whoever is scouting a site for one of those techno-storage centers I don't think I had heard of before this came up in Wiscasset),
We've…
From the editor
About 15 months ago, I wrote about my childhood neighborhoods in Boothbay Harbor, reminiscing about our neighbors on our street, Gilead Street, and friends on Union…
From the assistant editor
With yet another potential, significant project on Wiscasset's horizon, in the form of Peregrine Turbine Technologies, LLC's would-be research and development campus, the prospects for economic…
From the assistant editor
What's better than looking back at a month of five good things that happened in or near Wiscasset? A fast-paced roundup of 10, covering two months. August and September were full of events and…
From the editor
Once in a while, especially when a new month arrives (and I don’t know what this week’s column is going to be about), I pop into the National Day Calendar to see what types of celebrations are…
From the editor
Nauseated and upset with the world news, psyched about fall school sports, college and pro football starting, hoping the newspaper continues to get support for its digitizing project, wondering…
From the editor
Sometimes you fall behind on things you want to accomplish. This column is one of them.
I have been meaning to congratulate Katie Sibley, Bill Tompkins and Don Brewer for being chosen to…
From the assistant editor
It can be hard for a town to keep its personnel long term, just like in the private sector these days (our employer thankfully being an exception).
Just ask Alna how many times it has had…
From the editor
From my perspective – if you value it at all – the local tourism season seems to have been very good, as we roll into the unofficial end of summer with the arrival of Labor Day Sept. 1. The…
From the editor
My wife and I have been enjoying the late afternoons this month sitting on our deck, recapping our work day, what the world is going through, planning the days ahead, and more. As the sun sets…
From the assistant editor
Looking back to July before August is also in the rear view, we continue noting five good things that happened in or near Wiscasset each month of 2025.
One is Wiscasset Future of the…
From the editor
va•ca•tion (veɪˈkeɪ ʃən, və-) n. 1. a period of suspension of regular work, study, or other activity, used for rest, recreation, or travel.
By the time you read this, I will probably be…
From the assistant editor
Last week, I said social media helped spread the word when traffic lights in Wiscasset were stuck on red. And I gave a somewhat vague clue to this week's somewhat related topic that stems from a…
From the editor
The Boothbay region’s laugh meter dropped to near zero last week with the passing of two men who incidentally were named after their fathers and who kept us all laughing during their time here.…
From the assistant editor
Were you in Wiscasset last week when the traffic lights turned red and stayed red?
Did you at first get that feeling not uncommon to sitting at most any intersection, the feeling the light…
From the editor
I celebrated with my high school classmates on Saturday, July 26, 50 years, or approximately 18,300 days after we graduated from Boothbay Region High School. As published in this newspaper, there…
From the assistant editor
Even before the Wiscasset future of the schools committee formed years ago after a town vote, it looked to me obvious that tuitioning out the high schoolers would save at least some money, but at…
From the editor
The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper staff hopes for a good turnout at their Business After Hours gathering on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 5 to 7 p.m., at Boothbay Railway Village Museum’s Town Hall.…
From the editor
I just had five days off from my job as editor, returning Monday morning. Family was in town and we had a good time together. It was a nice break from emails and phone calls.
The day before…
From the assistant editor
We agree with Wiscasset Selectmen's Chair Sarah Whitfield's observation last week that when public engagement is said to be part of local planning, the public input tends to end up coming from, as…
From the editor
Yes, I disdain the humidity that comes with summer like some (or most) people, but the sunshine and longer daylight means being able to get outside to enjoy all kinds of activities.
This…
From the editor
The 63rd Windjammer Days – a week full of events and spectacles – has ended with lots of memories of fun and hard work. Friends of Windjammer Days, made up of lots of volunteers, is to be…
From the assistant editor
They said it couldn't be done.
Just kidding. Anyone would know better than to doubt we could come up with five good things a month that happened in or near Wiscasset, for every month of…
From the editor
The news really poured in for this week’s issue and our coverage of Windjammer Days added to the daily flow. But Houston (and Boothbay, etc.), we have a problem.
Despite being a broadsheet…
From the assistant editor
If it's Saturday on the Midcoast, it might just rain again. That's quite a streak we are on.
If you're reading this the Thursday of our week 24 print edition, Wiscasset's Class of 2025…
From the editor
The fun has just begun. The region has graduated its high school seniors and the ceremonies were a delight to behold. Boothbay’s 114th annual Grand March is a beautiful tradition which will…
From the assistant editor
For the last several years, people have only been able to ride the rails off and on in Wiscasset, mostly off, unless they worked on a freight train. It feels like Maine Switching Services'…
From the editor
Nineteen years ago, I was asked by former Boothbay Region High School Alumni Association president Lynn (Gilley) Martin to be the guest speaker at the former Alumni Banquet (hopefully it will…
From the assistant editor
This week's headline is not referring to this spring's zigzagging temperatures, although it could be. No, this is a combo editorial: The May installment of our yearlong, monthly five good things…
From the editor
First of all, it was so nice to cover the Memorial Day celebrations and observances under blue skies and warm temperatures.
Other coverage highlights:
—Christopher…
From the editor
Should the sun start shining for more that two or three days in a row … and Saturdays being one of those days (it seems every Saturday for the past month has been cloudy, rainy and downright…
From the assistant editor
Yes, this is another of my rare but ever hopeful editorials buoyed by whatever latest prospect for business in Wiscasset has made me dream again of a bowling center here. This latest prospect is…
From the editor
In the past two weeks, we have been asked several times why we did not cover the Rally for Democracy on April 19 on Boothbay Common.
My answer was simply, we didn’t have anyone available. I…
From the assistant editor
Wiscasset and neighbor towns, you're making this so easy, thank you! At the close of the first third of 2025, we're four months into our monthly lists of five good things that happened in or…
From the assistant editor
Wiscasset, like a lot of other towns, doesn't have the numbers of students in its school buildings it once did. Not even close. And last week, for the "peace and usefulness of the schools," in the…
