Education

Cap-tossing following the 2025 BRHS graduation ceremony. File photo

In May, the Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund (BRSAF) concluded its 2024-2025 Annual Fund Drive

Free screening and author talk Aug. 10 at 6 p.m. at the Harbor Theater. Courtesy of the author

Join us at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 10 for a special screening of “Found in Korea” followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Nam Holtz. Meggin “Nam” Holtz spent summers in the Boothbay Harbor region…

Brad Pitt stars in "F1 The Movie" opening Friday, Aug. 1 at the Lincoln. Courtesy of the venue

“The Goonies” - (PG; 1 hour, 54 minutes) - When two brothers find out they might lose their house they are desperate to find a way to keep their home. They find a treasure map and…

Oceans On Tap
Courtesy of the author

Join local author Shannon M. Parker on Thursday, July 31 at 6 p.m. at Footbridge Brewery in Boothbay Harbor as she discusses her third novel, “Love & Lobsters."  Celebrated by Down East…

Your History, Your Story
Sarah Morley and Larry Brown take a turn scanning a historical Boothbay Register on the Maine State Library's state-of-the-art machine. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register

Whether it's graduations, town meetings or bake sales, for almost 150 years, the Boothbay Register has covered community news, big and small, for all 52 weeks of the year. Soon, all that…

Teacher’s desk

With Wiscasset's Future of the Schools Committee report done, reported on, and headed to selectmen,…

Coastal Senior College logo

Coastal Senior College (CSC) is pleased to announce its series of fall 2025…

Sarah Redmond, owner of Springtide Seaweed located in Gouldsboro, Maine, presents a program at Boothbay Sea and Science Center. Courtesy photo

Last week, the Stays’l's and Mizzens at BSSC unpacked our “Maine Ingredient” - seaweed! Starting small, we looked at micro-algae, which are the basis of our food chains. By Tuesday, our…

The Monhegan Memorial Library, at 1 Library Lane, will welcome Peter Brown for our Sixth Distinguished Writers Series. An author and illustrator, Peter Brown has created numerous books for…

Cafe Sci - Healthy waterways

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (BLOS) hosted the second science talk of its 2025 Café Sci series July 23 on the East Boothbay campus. Partitions…

Tanner Grover partners with Harbor Theater to create a free, monthly movie club. Courtesy photo

It’s time to pop some popcorn, grab your favorite theater candy, and lean back for the newest film-going experience at Harbor Theater.  

Tanner Grover is launching “The Cinema…

ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register

First National Bank recognized the late I.J. Pinkham’s legacy during the bank's Business After Hours event July 23. The Pinkham family received an engraved plaque and a $250 donation to the…

Hearty Roots' privy palace. Riley Stevenson photo

As anyone who has launched a business knows, it can’t be done alone. The engagement of local community is…

Teacher’s desk

Speaking strictly for herself Monday night, Wiscasset Selectmen's Chair Sarah Whitfield said of Wiscasset's future of the schools committee's final report, 69 pages including the appendix, "As a…

Marieke Van Der Steenhoven

Join the Friends of the Southport Historical Society on Monday, Aug. 4 at the Southport Town Hall (361 Hendricks Hill Road) for 'Cookbooks as Historical Evidence', a three-part event including…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library event
Raza Patel

Raza Patel, an 11-year-old chess…

Whales in the Forecast: Using 21st Century Tools to Understand an Endangered Species.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (BLOS) hosted its first Café Sci of the 2025 season July 16. Over 200 seats were filled; other attendees stood…

X marks the spot! Kids embrace their inner pirate as they hunt for treasure in downtown Boothbay Harbor. Courtesy of Elaine Jones.

Land ho! There be treasure in these parts. Downtown Boothbay Harbor has become the locale for a multi-stage pirate treasure hunt hosted by the non-profit organization Lighthouse Education and…

Heartwood Summer Camp cast of "Beowulf." Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 17 and Friday, July 18. Courtesy of Joy Braley

Three weeks of intensive Heartwood Summer Camp training with Griff Braley and Teralyn Reiter will culminate in a devised performance of "The Epic of Beowulf" in the air-conditioned Poe Theater…

Finding Our Voices
 Simon Griffiths, CEO of Camden National Bank, with, from left, Finding Our Voices Board Member Elizabeth True; CEO and Founder Patrisha McLean, and Tina Flewelling, manager of the Blue Hill branch of Camden National Bank.  Photo courtesy Finding Our Voices

Finding Our Voices has received $10,000 from a Camden National Bank grant that brings the bank's total donation, since 2020, to the grassroots nonprofit to $65,000.  …

BSSC students rowing on the river. Courtesy photo

Week four at the Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) was quite jam-packed. We…

Midcoast Senior College
Midcoast Senior College

Midcoast Senior College has announced its list of new courses for seniors in Midcoast Maine who are interested in continuing to learn as they age. Fall Term I begins in September and runs…

Harbor Theater

In light of the ongoing crisis in Gaza, a local group called the People’s Perseverance is hosting a screening of the film "Israelism," an art exhibit, panel discussion, and question and answer…

This coming weekend Friday, July 18 - Sunday, July 20 see 20 games and competitions. Daily entry fee just $5. Concessions will be available. $10 lobster rolls! 

Competitions: Skills,…

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The Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 board welcomed new members and moved forward on establishing policies June 24.

The board also approved several policies for a…

Installation view of sculptures by Keith Plummer, the first of three festival art exhibitions. Courtesy of Peter Bruun

The first-ever Puddle Dock Village Festival launched over the holiday weekend at Alna’s Puddle Dock Village School, featuring an opening reception for Damariscotta artist Keith Plummer’s first…

Seahawk sign

Boothbay Region High School Alumni Association will hold its next meeting Thursday, July 17 at 6 p.m. in the Boothbay Region YMCA's Howard Gordon Lounge. All alumni are invited to attend. 

Open house July 4, 2-6 p.m., at Carousel Marina
The Harvey Gamage under sail during Windjammer Days. File photo

The schooner, Harvey Gamage, will be docked at Carousel Marina, Atlantic Avenue, Boothbay Harbor on Friday, July 4 for an open house from 2 to 6 p.m. to…

"Bradford Road," a watercolor by Deena Ball, courtesy of MAG

Whether you are new to art or more advanced in your skills, the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset offers ways for you to explore a medium, improve your technique, and meet other art enthusiasts.…

Savannah Compare of Boothbay Harbor has…

Collecting items along the shore. Bob Crink photo

During the second week at Boothbay Sea and Science Center, students dove into the science of the sea through hands on learning…

McCullough

Burnt Island Lighthouse tours are now open for the 2025 season.

Steve McCullough and other volunteers from the Department of…

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Boat America

Learn boating skills from experienced boaters who patrol Midcoast coastal waters from Small Point to Port Clyde.

Maine now…

A basic gun safety classwill be held Wednesday, July 9 at the

Cindy Casey

Southport Central School announces that Cindy Casey will be co-teaching with Shawn Gallagher in grades 2 and 3 this fall. Cindy grew up on Southport Island and graduated from the school. She is…

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The Community School District Board of Trustees on June 12 continued plans for priority repairs to both Boothbay region schools. The board discussed lending options for the $1.6 million bond…

The Boothbay Region Elementary School eighth graders on their trip. Courtesy of Jennifer Hyson

The Boothbay Region Class of 2029 (this year's 8th graders, now freshmen) would like to thank the community for their support in making their 8th grade class trip possible.  Without the…

Rafting together to relax on Muscongus Bay. Courtesy of Hearty Roots

Summer in Maine has so much to offer, especially as a camper on one of Hearty Roots’ Coastal Expeditions. These five-day island-based trips invite teens to chill,…

Rising BRHS sophomore Jackson Zehm presents the CSD School Committee with a proposal for a town cleanup day to prevent pollution from accumulating in snowbanks. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register

Students at Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) may be interacting more next year, or at least that’s the hope. The Community…

Brynna Nelson of Edgecomb, a member…