Life

• BRHS Champions of Change

  Graduation costs for students

  Mon, 06/27/2022 - 3:30pm

  As a rising senior here at BRHS, I have just gone through the process of planning prom and recently found out, along with over 50% of the surveyed students, that the estimated cost of graduation and Project Graduation is around $26,000 (class of 2022 spending) and must be entirely funded by students. We as a class found this jarring along with 75% of the surveyed BRHS students and I want to relieve this pressure off of future students. The $26,000 breakdown: for graduation “[t]he target for...

• BEC talks community meetings

  Mon, 06/27/2022 - 12:00pm

  

  Lavallee Brensinger Architects (LBPA) presented more information on the Community School District campus development project and proposed dates for community engagement sessions June 22. The first community meeting, July 14, will cover the BEC's work to date and will include tours of the schools to show the elements of the conditions reports. The second and third community meetings will gather feedback and direction on what action to take for the schools: update structures or build a new high...

• Bake sale

  Mon, 06/27/2022 - 9:15am

  Saturday, July 2 Decorate your table this weekend with something sweet or savory. Choose from a variety of pies and baked goods made with love by the East Boothbay United Methodist Women. Sale starts at 9 a.m. Come early (before they sell out) to the lawn at the East Boothbay Fire Station on the corner of Route 96 and School Street.

• Stories of the Sea celebrated at Merry Barn

  Mon, 06/27/2022 - 9:15am

  

  Happy Windjammers week! Thank you to all who joined us at the Merry Barn on Sunday for our first annual Stories of the Sea! Folks from age five to eighty-five came together to partake in song, story, and art. Round Pond duo Castlebay treated us to a decade of their research in sea shanty history, and sung to us of fisherman, ships, storms and mermaids. Stephanie read “The Sea Chest,” a mysterious story inspired by a legend from Southport, and together we painted lobsters, whales, fish, and...

• Finding Our Voices is going to the movies

  Sun, 06/26/2022 - 10:00am

  

  Two movies starring Maine domestic violence survivors are premiering Saturday, July 16 at the 25th Maine International Film Festival in Waterville, sharing the stage with the award-winning documentary “And So I Stayed,” about women serving long prison sentences for killing their abusers. The Finding Our Voices short documentaries feature Courtney and Christine of Midcoast Maine recounting how they were pulled into the nightmare of domestic violence, and how they escaped. The Saturday, 3:15 p.m...

• From Saratoga Springs and Ocean Point to Strawberry Festival: Renewed Wiscasset tradition draws crowd

  Sun, 06/26/2022 - 8:45am

  

  “This side is the outside,” Aoife Cunningham explained of the seashell in her hand. The Edgecomb 5-year-old got it at Strawberry Festival at St. Philip’s Church, Hodge Street, Wiscasset. Saturday was her and father Will Cunningham’s first time at the annual event. They loved every second, he said. What was the best part? “Strawberries,” she answered. The family is new to the area and had been seeing the event signs along Route 1 last week. Father and daughter were leaving Saturday with...

• Opera House: Tom Rush with Matt Nakoa and The Kruger Brothers

  Sat, 06/25/2022 - 8:30am

  

  During the height of the pandemic touring musicians were forced into hibernation and live performances were few and far between. The summer of 2022 at Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House is now experiencing the opposite, with dozens of nationally touring acts scheduled to come to this historic stage over the coming month including the upcoming Thursday, July 7 concert featuring folk icon Tom Rush alongside singer-songwriter Matt Nakoa, and on Friday, July 8 a concert by the acclaimed trio The Kruger...

• Project M opens at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts

  Fri, 06/24/2022 - 1:45pm

  

  In collaboration with The Color Network (TCN), Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts presents Project M, an exhibition of work by nine artists who took part in TCN’s 2021 residency at Watershed. The show features pieces by Isolina Minjeong Alva, Natalia Arbelaez, Adam Chau, April D. Felipe, Corrin Grooms, Salvador Jiménez-Flores, Sana Musasama, Alex Paat, and Isaac Scott. The Color Network’s mission is to aid in the advancement of people of color in the ceramic arts. They offer opportunities...

• Bryer named to dean’s list

  Fri, 06/24/2022 - 11:15am

  Annie M. Bryer of Trevett was named to the spring 2022 dean’s list at Husson University in Bangor. Bryer is enrolled in Husson’s bachelor of science in nursing program. Students who make the dean's list must be enrolled as an undergraduate student, carry a full-time load of 12 credit hours, complete all attempted courses in the time allotted for the semester, and achieve a 3.60 to 3.79 semester grade-point average.

• Densmore receives Georgia Tech degree

  Fri, 06/24/2022 - 11:00am

  Aaron Densmore of Edgecomb has earned a bachelor of science in civil engineering with highest honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Densmore was among more than 4,500 undergraduate and graduate students to be presented Georgia Tech degrees during the Institute's 262nd Commencement exercises May 6-7, at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

• BRLT summer staff return

  Fri, 06/24/2022 - 8:45am

  

  Summer has arrived to the Boothbay region, and that means the return of seasonal staff on Damariscove Island as well as the arrival of BRLT’s summer intern at Oak Point Farm. These supporting staff help ensure that the land trust’s public lands are accessible and well-maintained during the growing season, and provide essential support for BRLT’s programming and operations during the busy summer months. At Damariscove Island, BRLT is pleased to welcome back returning caretakers Aiko Pandorf and...

• Workers from away welcome

  Fri, 06/24/2022 - 8:45am

  

  The Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor invite all summer workers from away who are working seasonally in the Boothbay region to a welcome gathering at the church, 125 Townsend Ave., on Monday, June 27 from noon to 2 p.m. The gathering, held in the church’s hall (entrance off the parking lot), will feature information on the resources designed to help seasonal workers. A warm lunch will be served and a to-go bag of snacks will be offered. The Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club will have bicycles...

• ‘Wild Child’ series of nature events

  Fri, 06/24/2022 - 8:30am

  

  Midcoast Conservancy and the Jefferson Public Library are partnering to offer the “Wild Child” series of nature events. Each one offers kids 6-18 years old a chance to explore some aspect of the natural world as part of fun learning opportunities during the summer break. The events are free, although registration is required. The first event, “Fungi Frolic,” is on June 29, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Davis Stream Preserve in Jefferson. From mushrooms in the yard to lichen on a gravestone to yeast...

• Two on UMA dean’s list

  Thu, 06/23/2022 - 1:45pm

  Chris Hamblett of East Boothbay and Lily Benner of Westport Island were named to the spring 2022 part-time student dean’s list at the University of Maine at Augusta.

• Full-time students on UMA’s president’s list

  Thu, 06/23/2022 - 1:45pm

  University of Maine at Augusta interim President Joseph Szakas has announced the 2022 spring full-time president’s list. The following local students were named to the list: Julie Markee, Boothbay; Kaleb Ames, Southport; Sydnie Thayer, Whitefield; Joarn Farrin, Wiscasset; Christina Doucette, Wiscasset; and Kari McArdle, Wiscasset. To qualify for the full-time president’s list, students must a) complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of 100-level or higher UMA coursework (exclusive of pass/fail...

• History, STEAM combine at BRHS

  Thu, 06/23/2022 - 8:45am

  

  Boothbay Region High School students will be leaving exhibits on the history of the Boothbay region up in the school library for the summer. The exhibits are one of the final pieces to the science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) historical inquiry and field research class. Social Sciences teacher Nick Scott and STEM teacher Chip Schwehm lead the biyearly course together. They said the student-centered, inquiry-based course combines history and industrial arts and culminates in...

• Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund grants available to BRHS alumni 

  Thu, 06/23/2022 - 8:30am

  

  As the region celebrates the graduating class of 2022, the Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund (BRSAF) would like to remind the community that it offers grants to all eligible BRHS graduates. Much like the Grand March, this is a truly unique feature to our school. This year the fund will be disbursing $420,000 to 16 members of the class of 2022 and over 40 returning upperclassmen. The generosity of the local community through contributions to our annual campaign and capital gifts to named funds...

• Maine CASA to hold online training Aug. 16-19

  Thu, 06/23/2022 - 7:45am

  Interested in advocating for the best interests of a Maine child? The Maine Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program is holding its fall training for volunteer advocates on Aug. 16-19. This four-day, online training is free and is designed to prepare attendees for certification as volunteer guardians ad litem (GALs) in Maine child protection cases. The foundation of a CASA’s work is learning about the case and then advising the court what the CASA believes is in the child’s best...

• Third annual quilt sale July 8-9

  Thu, 06/23/2022 - 7:45am

  Kwiltz 4 Kidz is a group pf quilters in Boothbay whose mission is to create comfort quilts for children and adults facing a difficult time. The quilts we make are given to people going through treatment for cancer and other serious illnesses, have suffered the loss of a loved one, experienced a fire or other major challenges in life. We also support local nursing home residents with seasonal gifts and patriotic quilts for the veteran residents at St. Andrews Village. This year the group showed...

• Summer marine ecology research opportunity for high school students

  Wed, 06/22/2022 - 10:45am

  

  This summer high school students, including rising freshmen and recent graduates, have an opportunity to learn about marine ecology while getting muddy in the Damariscotta River estuary. The Darling Marine Center based research team is inviting high school students to apply to participate in shellfish surveys as part of an ongoing community science research program in the Damariscotta River estuary. Sarah Risley, a University of Maine graduate student based at the Darling Marine Center, will...
• University of Maine Cooperative Extension

  Sustainable fishing, solar energy topics of new 4-H STEM toolkits

  Wed, 06/22/2022 - 8:00am

  

  University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H has two new STEM toolkits available for use by formal and informal educators in hands-on science-based activities with youth. The Sky’s the Limit is designed to increase awareness and understanding of solar energy through basic circuitry; energy collection and transfer; engineering design principles; and building design challenges. Suitable for grades 6-8. Support for this toolkit is from the Maine 4-H Foundation and RLC Engineering. The Sustainable...

• Last call for crafters

  Tue, 06/21/2022 - 10:00am

  On Wednesday, July 20, the Southport Methodist Church’s United Methodist Women will be hosting a craft fair in conjunction with their annual “Lobster Roll Lunch To Go” and cookie sale event at the Church. The craft fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Southport’s Town Hall, across the street from the Church. There is plenty of parking. The UMW group is seeking handcrafted in Maine items, only. The UMW will be charging $25 for an 8-foot by 30-inch table. Call Sue Kibbe at 633-3624 by July...
• BRHS Champions of Change

  Class needed to teach social awareness

  Mon, 06/20/2022 - 3:15pm

  “Way to [sic] many people ‘feel gay’ nowadays.” This is one of the replies to a student survey I sent out. This and many other negative replies to my survey show the issue that is prevalent in our school and society. Other students write that we aren’t allowed to bully like we used to so kids never grow out of their “weird phases.” Other replies to the survey detail them being called the f-slur on the bus, or not being able to use the bathroom of their preference. My name is Grace Campbell and...

• Pie sales

  Mon, 06/20/2022 - 2:30pm

  Saturday, June 25 The Pie Ladies will have pies to satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth at 9 a.m. on the Boothbay Harbor Methodist Church lawn, 81 Townsend Ave. Don’t wait too long or they’ll all be gone!

• Fourth of July pie sale

  Mon, 06/20/2022 - 2:30pm

  Saturday, July 2 Nothing says Fourth of July like blueberry pie - apple pie too! Get yours - or other tasty variety - at the Boothbay Harbor Methodist Church, 81 Townsend Ave. at 9 a.m. The Pie Ladies will be expecting you!

• Wiscasset Art Walk season opener June 30

  Mon, 06/20/2022 - 11:15am

  

  Celebrating its 10th year, Wiscasset Art Walk (WAW) will be presenting a series of summertime evenings that highlight art and art-making, music and performance, and community connections. The 2022 season kicks off on Thursday, June 30 from 5 to 8 p.m. Wiscasset Art Walk invites visitors to stroll the sidewalks and meander down the side streets of the Village, stopping into the exceptional galleries and the one-of-a-kind specialty shops along the way. Accomplished musicians will be playing in...

• Camp Knickerbocker readies for season

  Mon, 06/20/2022 - 10:45am

  

  Camp Knickerbocker opens June 27 and has been busy since last season getting ready for the coming year. There are many new additions this year, such as magic camp, outdoor cooking camp, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) specialty camp, and sewing camp. By adding all of these, Senior Program Director Erin Gray hopes to attract more campers. Gray has been going to summer camps since she was little. She started working at Camp Pondicherry when she was older. She said she is very...

• Calling all singers!

  Mon, 06/20/2022 - 8:30am

  

  Join the Lincoln Festival Chorus on Monday, June 20, at 7 p.m. - registration at 6:30 p.m. Rehearsals are at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, usually on Monday. Membership dues are $40 per person, no charge for students. Lincoln Festival Chorus, under the direction of Artistic Director Linda Blanchard and accompanist Sean Fleming, will be performing Hayn’s “Lord Nelson Mass” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12 and Sunday, Aug. 14, at Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, 125...

• Edgecomb Eddy graduates 16 sixth graders

  Sat, 06/18/2022 - 8:45am

  

  For one Edgecomb Eddy sixth grader, graduation, on June 16, proved to be a Shakespearean experience. Eliza Chase was one of two student speakers. She described how much her time at Edgecomb Eddy meant. “I’m not ready to leave. My classmates have helped me in so many ways, through tough times, and we shared smiles in good times,” she said. For Chase, the graduation experience reminded her of a beloved play. “I’d like to quote Juliet Capulet, “parting is such sweet sorrow.” Chase was one of 16...
• Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

  Louis Prima Jr. and The Witnesses in concert

  Sat, 06/18/2022 - 8:45am

  

  Louis Prima Jr. and The Witnesses is a boisterous, horn-driven, 10-piece New Orleans-style band known for their energetic performances that raise the roof and bring audiences to their feet. On Saturday, July 2, the band arrives in Boothbay Harbor to play the historic Opera House. The band’s eclectic and rowdy style crosses several genres, from big band and swing to rock and blues, combining original music from their albums with foot stompin’ favorites from the five-decade career of Louis Prima...

• BRES 8th graders receive awards and get promoted

  Fri, 06/17/2022 - 12:45pm

  

  Fifty-three eighth graders at Boothbay Region Elementary School received certificates of promotion and many received Harold Clifford awards in various subjects at the BRES Eighth Grade Recognition Night on Thursday, June 16. The BRES gym was packed with family and friends as the graduates walked into the gym to applause to take their seats. Principal Shawna Kurr welcomed everyone and congratulated the eighth graders during her speech. The BRES Chorus, under the direction of music teacher Nancy...

• BRES 8th Grade Promotion parade

  Fri, 06/17/2022 - 11:00am

  

  Boothbay Region Elementary School held its Promotion and Recognition Night on Thursday, June 16. Following the ceremony in the school gym, most, if not all, of the 53 graduates were paraded around town in cars, trucks, SUVs and fire engines. Here are some scenes from that fun event.

• Boothbay Railway Village Museum opens Father’s Day

  Fri, 06/17/2022 - 8:30am

  

  On Sunday, June 19 at 10 a.m., the Boothbay Railway Village Museum, Route 27, Boothbay will open for the season. It’s Father’s Day on Sunday and all Dads get to ride the train for free. Come check out what the staff and volunteers have been working on since the facility closed last December. Be sure to read the June 2022 edition of the Village Voice, attached here, for more information. The newsletter includes a list of some of the main events during the summer. Some of the things “new” this...

• Peace Gallery announces mindful living series

  Fri, 06/17/2022 - 8:15am

  

  The Peace Gallery, located on Main Street in Damariscotta, announced an upcoming three-part series focusing on wellness and well-being. The series is facilitated by certified mindfulness teacher and facilitator, Jane Bjerklie-Barry of New Harbor. On three consecutive Monday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30 beginning on July 11, (July 18, 25) the 2-hour workshops will begin with establishing a baseline of mindful living through dialogue and short exercises. In week two, participants move outdoors for...

• LincolnHealth reports 19 COVID-19 cases for week of May 30, 10 for week of June 6

  Thu, 06/16/2022 - 2:00pm

  

  LincolnHealth reported 19 new COVID-19 cases and 10 new cases for the weeks of May 30 and June 6 respectively. The positivity rate fell from the week of May 23’s 9.77% to 6.25% and then to 3.89%. Positive cases are at their lowest since mid-July 2021. Breakthrough cases, those who have been vaccinated and contracted the virus, are at their lowest since March, though they continue to represent nearly three quarters of all cases. LincolnHealth attributes the higher number of breakthrough cases to...

• Harkins on dean’s list

  Thu, 06/16/2022 - 12:15pm

  Isabel Harkins of Southport was named to the spring 2022 dean’s list at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where she is enrolled in the Medill School of Journalism.

• Amateur Radio Field Day June 25-26

  Thu, 06/16/2022 - 10:45am

  

  ARRL, the American Radio Relay League, Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the U.S. and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June of each year, thousands of radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or simply friends to operate from remote locations. Field Day is a picnic, a camp out, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and most of all, fun! It is a time where many aspects of Amateur Radio come together to highlight our many roles. While some will...
• Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

  Voters pass $11M CSD budget

  Thu, 06/16/2022 - 8:45am

  

  Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor voters passed an $11,057,515 budget for the Community School District June 15. The budget, up 1.5% from last year’s $10,898,543, will cost taxpayers 6.8% or $601,468 less with $2,884,368 in appropriations – non-tax funding sources which include tuitions, special education-related services, state subsidy and use of fund balance. This year’s budget uses $1,025,000 from the fund balance, 64% more than last year’s $625,000; elementary tuition rose 33%, from last year’s...

• Boothbay V.E.T.S named Coulombe Center Innovation Award winner

  Thu, 06/16/2022 - 8:45am

  

  An innovative program to help veterans who are homeless was selected as the 2022 Coulombe Center for Health Improvement recipient. The award was presented at a small ceremony at Coastal Prime in Boothbay Harbor on June 14. Boothbay Veteran’s Emergency Temporary Shelters (V.E.T.S), its president, Ed Harmon and a handful of volunteers have been building small, portable trailers that are designed to provide temporary shelter for homeless veterans. The trailers can be can be used during all weather...

• Barbara Chase and the impressionist twist

  Thu, 06/16/2022 - 8:00am

  

  The eyes are the windows to the soul. That’s why, for Barbara Chase, capturing the look in an animal’s eye is essential to her painting process. Chase’s subjects range from domesticated pets to wildlife, but she admits some animals are harder, emotionally, to paint than others. Her recent series on barnyard animals forced her to rationalize her own feelings and the realities of the farming industry and slaughter. “It's different from how I see them. I see them as beautiful creatures, so it's...

• Yowza!

  Wed, 06/15/2022 - 2:00pm

  

  The first big thunderstorm of the season in the Boothbay region on Monday, June 13 brought rain, wind and lightning. Here, contributing photographer Mike Leonard of Yarmouth and Squirrel Island captured this shot of Cuckolds Island off Southport Island around 8:43 p.m.

• Qigong in Barrett’s Park

  Wed, 06/15/2022 - 1:30pm

  MONDAYS & SATURDAYS Qigong in Barrett Park, Lobster Cove Road, Boothbay Harbor with National Qigong Association Certified Teacher Judy Milinowski. 8 a.m. June - September. Easy, gentle, meditative movement. By donation with a portion going to the Twin Farms Food Insecurity Program. All are welcome.

• 59 and counting

  Wed, 06/15/2022 - 12:00pm

  

  Howard Wright Sr. of East Boothbay loves his wife, Dee. They celebrated 59 years of marriage this week. They were married in Wayne, Pennsylvania on June 15, 1963. “I know people celebrate milestone birthdays, such as the 60th, in the newspaper but I wanted express my love to Dee because next week I will turn 93 and who knows ...,” said Wright. Instead of submitting a photo of Dee donning a red flapper dress, Howard chose this childhood photo of Dee to accompany this article.

• Community partners to host a Unity and Community Pride event

  Wed, 06/15/2022 - 11:00am

  Healthy Lincoln County, in partnership with local businesses and nonprofit organizations, are banding together to host a Unity & Community event to commemorate Pride Month and celebrate the diversity of the Lincoln County community. The nationwide analysis of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey findings that was completed by the Human Rights Campaign and Project Thrive in 2020 showed that LGBTQ+ youth generally felt unsafe in both their homes and their schools, faced rejection, and lived in a...

• Midcoast Literacy Readers Ride connects students and horses in Brunswick

  Wed, 06/15/2022 - 10:00am

  

  On Saturday, June 4, Midcoast Literacy held its first Readers Ride fundraising event in partnership with Sable Oak Equestrian Center in Brunswick. Thanks to the generous support of 15 local businesses, students in Midcoast Literacy’s Read Together tutoring program – most of whom had never ridden a horse before – toured Sable Oak’s stables and got up in the saddle for the very first time with the help of equestrian center staff. Afterwards, the participating students got to take home a free,...

• Morley on dean’s list

  Wed, 06/15/2022 - 7:45am

  Hannah Morley of East Boothbay has been named to the spring 2022 dean's list at the University of Rhode Island. To be included on the dean's list, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter grades which are GPA applicable during a semester and achieved at least a 3.30 quality point average.

• Mugnai graduates from St. Lawrence University

  Wed, 06/15/2022 - 7:45am

  Clara Mugnai of Alna was one of the more than 500 members of St. Lawrence University's Class of 2022 who earned their degree following the University's Commencement ceremonies, held Sunday, May 22, at Newell Field House in Canton, New York. Mugnai graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor of science degree in statistics. Mugnai attended Wiscasset High School and is the daughter of George and Kristen Mugnai of Alna.
• Kefauver Studio & Gallery

  Food journalism workshop in October

  Tue, 06/14/2022 - 11:15am

  

  Round Table Productions presents the second in its series of “Writers’ Workshops” with a presentation by award-winning food journalist Kathy Gunst. The workshop will be held in the Barn Loft Apartment at the Kefauver Studio & Gallery, Damariscotta, on Saturday, Oct. 15. Have you always wanted to write about food and the experience of eating, cooking, shopping, and sharing a meal? This workshop will explore what makes great food writing. The focus of this workshop is finding your voice in...

• Father's Day: Health Center auction extended 1 week

  Mon, 06/13/2022 - 11:30am

  

  Auction items are still arriving for the Boothbay Region Health Center's Online/Mobile Charity Auction. So, the board has extended the auction to close on Saturday, June 18 at 8 p.m. That means you still have time to select a great Father's Day Gift at inflation-beating prices and give forward to support convenient, affordable health care on the Boothbay peninsula. Here are some of the most recent auction items: • 8-Course Gourmet Dinner for 10 – Personal Chef Michael Feldman specializing in...

• Summer Story Time

  Mon, 06/13/2022 - 10:45am

  Tuesdays The Southport Memorial Library will have a summer story time on the following Tuesdays at 10 a.m: July 5, 12, 19, 26 and Aug. 2, 9, 16 and 23. The library is at 1032 Hendricks Hill Road, Southport Island. FMI: https://www.southportlibrary.org or call 633-2741.

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