Education

Come to the Southport Town Hall on May 8 for the Southport PTO fundraiser. File photo

Friends of the Southport Central School (PTO) is excited to announce our upcoming fundraising event to support the 6th grade field trip. Each year our 6th grade…

Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney will be at Lincoln Theater May 2. Courtesy photo

Lincoln Theater is pleased to present a powerful evening of film and conversation. Join us Saturday, May 2 at 7 p.m. for a special screening of “Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie,” a…

Students at Southport Central School lay cardboard and wood chips to create paths in preparation for another planting season at the community garden. Courtesy of Shawn Gallagher

It's planting season, and Southport Central School students are hard at work preparing their community garden for another bountiful harvest. The garden began last year as a passion project…

CSD school committee approves warrants for public vote during an April 14 meeting. ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register

April 14, the Community School District (CSD) school committee voted 4-1 to approve the fiscal year 2026-27 warrant and set a June 9 budget validation referendum. Tom Perkins…

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MaineHealth is now recruiting for its next certified nursing assistant training program in the c

Stacey Adams, far left, and Angela Lathem-Ballard, far right, welcome visiting teachers into their writing and reading classrooms at CTL. Courtesy photo

The Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb hosted two groups of teacher-interns this month. The intern program is part of CTL’s mission as a demonstration…

BRHS Drama production

Past, present and future unite as BRHS Drama stages Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera” (Hart, Stilgoe, based on the novel by Gaston Leroux) and licensed through Concord Theatricals.…

Celebrate Earth Day at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library April 25. Courtesy photo

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library will offer a week of Spring Break fun in partnership with organizations from around the peninsula. Join us for a week full of free, fun activities for all ages!…

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April 9, the Community School District (CSD) trustees unanimously approved securing a $2.5 million Bond Anticipation Note (BAN), allowing repairs for Boothbay Region…

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April 9, Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District (CSD) trustees and committee members approved the CSD fiscal year…

Monhegan Island
Edward Potthast (1857–1927), "Lavender Shack," 1926, oil on board, 12 x 16 inches. Courtesy of Jennifer Pye, Director Monhegan Museum of Art & History

The Monhegan Museum of Art & History is pleased to present "To Monhegan, With Love: The Susan Bateson and Stephen S. Fuller Collection," on view July 1 through Sept. 30. Showcasing 91 works,…

The following local students were…

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Join Tristan Taber, Water Quality Program Director for Lake Stewards of Maine, Tuesday, April 14 from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Bosarge Education Center at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

Taber…

Bigelow Laboratory

Join scientists at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences for a behind-the-scenes tour of our campus in East Boothbay. Guided tours will run daily over school holidays, April 20-24, and will…

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The Boothbay Region Elementary School gym got “carnival-ized” Wednesday night, April 8 with fun games, snacks and more to raise money for the BRES 8th grade end-of-the-school-year trip.

“It…

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In the battle to become known as the school's slowest biker, Dylan Chryplewicz won the honor.  Chryplewicz posted the slowest time April 8, in Boothbay Regional High…

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As part of an intergenerational series St. Andrews Village is holding, 40 students from the Wiscasset…

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Mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 8, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., when the Boothbay Region Elementary School 8th grade class will be hosting a Carnival Night to raise funds for its end-of-the-year…

Square Foot Gardening

The Boothbay Region Garden Club will be hosting the first of two evening meetings this year on

Maine Art Gallery
Student Art Show at Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset

It’s always a delight to see the world we live in through the eyes of young artists, and Maine Art Gallery is pleased to launch each new season with an exhibit of fresh and lively work by students…

Enjoy the "Tide Pool Adventures" in East Boothbay April 22. Bethany Schmidt photo

The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) and Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) are bringing back the popular “…

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A new business is in the basement of Boothbay Region High School (BRHS). Led by Nick Scott and Chip Schwehm, students are gaining firsthand experience of what it's like…

Garden Club of Wiscasset
Monarch butterfly in Wiscasset Library's Children’s Garden. Emily Adler pho

The Garden Club of Wiscasset is pleased to announce the offering of two $5,000 scholarships to Lincoln County high school seniors or graduates who meet eligibility requirements.

For over 20…

CTL welcomes the community to attend its spring open house on Sunday, April 12. Courtesy of CTL

The Center for Teaching and…

"Quiet the Sirens" follows the lives of three firefighters suffering from PTSD. Courtesy of Lincoln Theater

Lincoln Theater is pleased to present a free community screening of the documentary film “Quiet the Sirens,” followed by a talkback, Wednesday, April 15 at 7 p.m…

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Ocean on Tap is an informal, ocean-centric speaker series organized by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory. Our goal is to bring people of the…

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Community members banded together March 24 for music education during a Community School District (CSD) School Committee and trustee budget workshop. This comes after…

On Thursday, April 2, from 8 a.m. to noon, the Maine Department of Education (DOE), in collaboration with the Maine Adult Education Association, will host an event at the Hall of Flags in the…

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U Maine's University Singers
UniveristyUniversity Singers made a first ever appearance at Boothbay Region High School Friday, March 20. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

University of Maine’s University Singers peformed for the first time at Boothbay Region High School March 20. Among the acapella performers was BRHS 2024 graduate Suzannah “Suzie” Edwards.

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It never ceases to intrigue me. I have lived in an area for several years and drive the roads and pass places and tell myself, "Someday, I will go see what that…

Coastal Senior College Course

Beginning on Wednesday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to noon. Instructor Cynthia Dias will lead “Introduction to Watercolor Painting,” a four-week class on Zoom.

This…

CTL's Mathcounts team at the state competition: Eni Burns, Adeline Inman, Charlie Record and Toby McKenzie. Courtesy photo

The MathCounts team from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb participated in the state competition which coincided with Pi Day, March 14. The event was held at Kennebec Valley…

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After an overwhelming response to its debut event, the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, Boothbay Region Land Trust, and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences are…

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Community School District (CSD) trustees talked next

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Grade 4-6 category winner by Madison Woodbine

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water…

Residents gather March 17 to approve the $2.4 million AOS 98 budget for FY27. ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register

Voters passed a $2,432,590 budget for the 2027 fiscal year at the Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 annual budget meeting March 17. Around 20 residents from…

Writing

Do you have a story to tell…

 Chris Toy demonstrates how to season a new wok in the fall session of Wok & Cleaver Boot Camp. Courtesy photo

April enrichment classes close out the program year for Boothbay-Wiscasset Regional Adult Education, and now is the time to sign up. 

First up is…

Instructor Ted Williams. Courtesy photo

For six weeks beginning on Thursday, April 9, instructors Tim Barrows and Ted Williams will lead a wild ride through the history of quantum mechanics on Zoom, from 10 a.m. to noon.

The…

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The Boothbay Region High School Class of 2026 is fundraising for its Project Graduation trip. Project Graduation provides…

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A longtime participant of the Sheepscot Regional Education Program (SREP), the Community School District (CSD) School Committee voted unanimously March 10 to become a program member.

SREP…

Edgecomb Eddy School

It's time to start thinking about…

BRAS tour

Recently I arranged a tour of the Boothbay Region Ambulance Service facility for three Boothbay Region High School students, who shared with me an interest in health care. Eleanor Erwin, Arabella…

Women's History Month
Daughter of the American Revolution members gather at the Boothbay Harbor Historical Society to celebrate the chapter's 92nd birthday. ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register

The patriotism of Revolutionary War soldiers lives on through the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)’s Pemaquid Chapter.   

The members’…