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Well, I didn’t realize how much I really missed y’all ... and it’s taken me some weeks to process it. Nashville will give you tunnel vision if you play on the strip too long.…

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When I first learned about our failing high school building it struck me that it was time to consider a regional solution. Yes, the cost of a new school in Edgecomb would be…

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I believe local school officials are doing Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor a huge disservice by not fully exploring all the long-term options for educating our students going…

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As an avid reader, I’ll begin with a compliment that I often read Joe’s Journal “early and often,” even though often I may agree to disagree.

Joe’s column (Rough Road…

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Maine people should be appalled: Maine Governor Janet Mills proposed and Maine Legislators, both House and Senate, passed a bill allowing abortion until birth.

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Try that in a small town. The hit song tells it like it is. The entire country is fed-up.

Woke progressive democrats are pro crime and devastation. One political party…

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Recently a dear friend and visitor to Boothbay Harbor fell off our porch resulting in fractured bones in both feet, a left ankle, and an injured right shoulder. We took her to…

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It has been years since I read the “Hunchback of Notre Dame,” but I still remember that it begins with a treatise on architecture as the conveyor of ideas before the printing…

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Re; the letter in the Boothbay Register, July 11, "Abortion: Above Everything Else," I always find it interesting that the loudest and boldest anti-abortionists are men. This is…

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Our local American Legion Auxiliary Unit #36 would like to thank everyone who unselfishly gave though donations and time during our two most recent fundraising events. The…

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Thank you to the Harbor Theater and the patron who made it possible to see the documentary movie, “Sound of Freedom,” on Saturday afternoon, July 8.

It was an…

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Livingston Taylor's recent performance at the Opera House was magical. With a wave of his guitar and a tap of his toe, he transported an entire room of boomers back to their…

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Devil's Shoelaces, Witch's Hair, Dodder, Cuscata ... no matter what you call this invasive plant, it's a pest.  If left alone, this parasitic member of the morning glory…

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On Wednesday, June 28, I attended the well-advertised opening of the Maine State Aquarium in West Boothbay Harbor.  What had been advertised as a re-opening in the past is now…

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Abortion “über alles.” Infanticide in Maine is now in full swing.

When Janet Mills first learned the news that Roe v. Wade was abolished, she is recorded on video as…

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On behalf of the graduates and parents of the Boothbay Region High School Class of 2023, we are extremely thankful for the amazing support of this community. Thank you to all…

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I am a Boothbay Region High School student and a teacher at the YMCA Montessori School and Child Enrichment Center. Being both a teacher and student, I see the many challenges…

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As a Boothbay Region High School junior who has completed three years of education at BRHS, I have not once been through a “lockdown” drill. Living in our Boothbay Harbor…

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I am a Boothbay Region High School junior. 

I have one concern which is the cost of applying to the Windjammer Days Street Parade, which…

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Maine has a chance to be at the forefront of a new offshore wind industry. The winds in the Gulf of Maine are strong and some of the most consistent in the world.  We can turn…

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On June 12 the replacement school charter was enacted by the Maine Legislature, respecting school board member Bruce McDonald’s suggested amendment but during the legislative…

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The recent rate hikes that the Publlic Utilities Commission just granted to Central Maine Power and Versant sting a bit as we pay our monthly bills, but they really hurt when…

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The cost of a four-year high school education for Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor students is now well over $100,000.  But other area towns pay only about $50,000 for each of…

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The Boothbay Region is lucky to still have a local newspaper -- an award-winning one to boot. As a regular reader for 30+ years, I appreciate the paper’s overall high quality…

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I am a resident of Boothbay Harbor. I started visiting in 1955 and from a few days I grew to a permanent resident in 2011. During those years I’ve seen a lot of changes in both…

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For 112 years Boothbay High School, now Boothbay Region High School, has staged a Grand March as part of the end of the year for seniors. What…

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To the BRHS class of 2023:

I have a nesting box for birds in my back garden in England that is home every spring to a new family of baby perching birds. I watch the…

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Maine’s motto is Dirigo, however that motto falls drastically short regarding the rights of indigenous people in Maine. Of the 570 tribes in the U.S., Maine is the only state…

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The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library held its bi-annual plant sale Saturday, June 3 and we raised just under $3,000.

Many people helped to make the sale a success and…

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Several generations of my family have come to the region since the 1890s and visited St. Andrews Hospital since its inception. We were sorry to see its passing. However, the…

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"... and to the republic for which it stands ...."

R.  I.  P. The Republic of the United State of America. July 4, 1776-January 20, 2021.

It was a good run.…

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I would like to add to your column regarding Route 27.

From my personal experience, traveling up and down that route for doctor…

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The other day I received a nice letter from the Southport Community Project asking for a donation to enhance the wooded play space at our island school. The committee’s goal…

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It was a wonderful grand opening on Friday, May 26 for the Clifford Park upgrade and the weather was great.

We thank Paul Coloumbe for his generosity and, of course,…

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If you haven’t read “101 Reasons to Love Summer in Maine,” it is the feature article in Down East magazine’s May edition. The article includes Burnt Island’s Living Lighthouse…

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Thanks to everyone who turned out from Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor to attend the annual meeting of the Community School District ( the CSD) to discuss and approve the school…

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I would like to thank all the people who nominated me to be a grand marshal of the Memorial Day Parade. It was a great honor and I really appreciate it.

Eighty years…

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To add a little perspective to the stories about the cement mixer that is Route 27 from Edgecomb to the Harbor, consider our experience a couple of days ago.

We were…

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If someone were to prove to you that $255,000,000 of Central Maine Power’s 2021 profits left Maine and the United States, to enrich Iberdrola — a Spanish multinational…

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Because it continues, and with Flag Day coming up in a couple of weeks, I will repeat myself.

Before our political leaders let our country go completely down the drain,…

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We recently offered the communities we serve the opportunity to make a difference…

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On Saturday, May 20, the American Legion, area Boy and Girl Scouts, and other volunteers placed the American flags on each of the veterans graves at our local cemeteries.…