Taking on the job of librarian for Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD would be a big task for anybody. That’s the way it goes when your predecessor spent nearly three decades in the job among 33 years…
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Clamshell Quilters
Clamshell Quilters, in conjunction with Area 2 of Pine Tree Quilters Guild, will be hosting a trunk show by Beth Helfter of EvaPaige Quilt Designs on Friday, Sept. 14 at 5:30 p.m. at the Alna Fire…
The Fifth annual Fishin’ For Fashion Show was nothing short of spectacular!
This year’s Carousel Music Theater cast – Megan Jane McGuinness, Matthew Anderson, Morgan Siegel, Monica Meng-…
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce is pleased to host a Business After Hours to celebrate Edgecomb Potters 40th Anniversary. The event will be held Wednesday, Sept. 12 at the Edgecomb…
Once again, the Shamrocks of St. Patrick Church in Newcastle, along with volunteer helpers from the Lincoln County area, will be joining to create cheerful, one-of-a-kind pillowcases for our local…
Every new school year is a beginning. That’s true for some more so than for others.
Take Lacey Phelps. The new fifth-sixth English language arts teacher at Boothbay Region Elementary School…
Celebrate the bounty of autumn during Family Harvest Days at Boothbay Railway Village with hayrides and train rides, pumpkin picking and decorating, make-and-take crafts, butter churning, cider…
Captain Sherman Brewer graduated on Saturday, Sept. 8 from Northeast Maritime Institute (NMI) with an associate in applied science in nautical science degree with honors. He made the Captain…
Magnifying the World of Arthropods. Is a bug an insect? Is a spider a bug? Using models, costumes, and live specimens, Chewonki’s staff will explain the unique characteristics of four major groups…
It wasn’t that long ago when Soren Barker was a Boothbay Region Elementary School student, but now he’s one of the teachers. Barker is the new BRES seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher…
The Midcoast Maine Community Action Head Start and Early Head Start centers in Topsham, Brunswick, Bath, Newcastle, Waldoboro, Somerville and Whitefield are looking for families to apply for the…
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is providing two free workshops focused on managing invasive plants on Sept. 16. Both programs will be held at KELT’s Sewall Woods Preserve and provide…
“Traveling by a work site and seeing rebar, or the smell of wet smoke can take me right back.”
For Lynn Tierney, former deputy fire commissioner of the New York City Fire Department, there…
Duncan C. Drapeau of Boothbay has been named to second honors on the Clark University dean's list. This selection marks…
This summer was filled with things that I would have never pictured myself doing when I first graduated high school and decided on my career path of nursing. As my junior year at Walsh University…
A two-day course chainsaw safety course designed for women will be held Nov. 3-4 at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson. Most participants will have little or no experience with a chainsaw,…
BOOTHBAY HARBOR FEST ONGOING EVENTS
The following events are featured daily throughout the festival. All events are in…
The Ghost of Paul Revere will be the headlining act during the Boothbay Food & Music Festival (Sept. 20-22), taking center stage on Saturday, Sept. 22! This Maine based-band has a large…
Lincoln County Historical Association is gaining a reputation for giving good parties. The organization will cap off the summer season with a fashion show and luncheon at Water’s Edge in Edgecomb…
Rob Vail and Katie Hawkins were married on Aug. 11 at the Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth.
Rob is the son of Bob and Ingrid Vail of Ocean Point and Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Katie is…
The Lincoln Home will kicking off National Assisted Living Week on Monday, Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. with the multi-talented Sean Fleming. He will play an eclectic program of classical and popular music…
This Sunday morning, Sept. 9, is Rally Day, the start of an exciting new year of Sunday school at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor. Magen Chryplewicz, children’s education director,…
Both the Middle School and Senior High Youth Groups will start the fall season this Sunday, Sept. 9, with new Youth Ministry Coordinator, Roosevelt “Robo” Bishop. Bishop, a 26-year-old Boothbay…
Come to the Meadow Mall on Sunday, Sept. 16 from 2 to 5 p.m. for an interactive discussion and brainstorming about how to provide better local services for patients suffering from, or concerned…
The youth choral program at St. Andrew's Church in Newcastle had a great start last spring. Kids learned to sing and read music while having fun. After the summer break the choirs will meet again…
Conductor Linda Blanchard and pianist Sean Fleming, married musical duo, have been collaborating in creating choral music in the Midcoast of Maine for over 20 years, leading Sheepscot Valley…
Boothbay Region Elementary School parents who find their child absorbed in an iPad may be delighted to learn it’s not due to social media. The devices are part of their education.
With BRES…
Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
The Second Congregational Church, UCC in Newcastle will hold its annual end-of-season service at Pemaquid Lighthouse Park in Bristol on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 10:30 a.m., rain or shine. The service…
Pat O’Brien, director of marketing for Fiore Artisan Olive Oils and Vinegars, will be the speaker at Skidompha’s Chats with Champions on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 10 a.m. in the Porter Hall…
Miles and St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice (MSAHHH), the LincolnHealth-based agency that serves residents of Lincoln County, will merge into MaineHealth Care at Home on Oct. 1, 2018, agency…
Boothbay Region High School
Kyle Canada is the new Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District’s security director. Try not to confuse the new job and new face as a replacement of School Resource Officer Larry Brown.…
Healthy Kids will be offering Active Parenting: The First Five Years to parents and caregivers of children in that age range. The program covers child development, temperament, mindfulness, brain…
AOS 98
When the schools opened for Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 students this week, the doors didn’t just open for school-aged children. They also opened for adults to complete or…
Boothbay Region High School
Dennis Dacus is an experienced and respected physical education teacher in Maine, and he is now the new Boothbay Region High School physical education…
The Labor Day holiday is fast approaching, signaling the unofficial end of summer and time for that last hurrah of summer fun. The American Red Cross has steps everyone can take to help stay safe…
Join professional dog trainer Jean Conte for the Central Lincoln County YMCA's dog obedience classes to learn the best basic training for your dog. Held each Tuesday, the next…
Boothbay Region High School 1990 graduate Evelyn Andrews is the new executive assistant in the Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 superintendent’s office. She takes over for Mary Knapp…
Join The Lady in the Red Cloak for a lantern lit walking tour of Boothbay Harbor. Discover the back streets and hidden stories of Boothbay Harbor, its mysteries and haunts.
See the "…
WHO will be voted Best Local Taste in 2018? Remember last year that honor went to Dick Reid of the Thistle Inn.
FIRST: Buy your Taste of Local Flavor Passport - $15 pp
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The Passport for the Taste of Local Flavor tells all ... which 16 restaurants, cafes and pubs are participating in the signature food and adult beverage competition. Passports are $15! Sample …
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
There is a phrase that the Lyme community uses that has upset the rest of the medical world — Lyme Literate Doctor. This phrase has been developed and used to specifically to highlight those who…
Boothbay Harbor Fest
On the lawn of the Boothbay Harbor Inn overlooking the harbor it will be a special night of food, music and memory making on Monday, Sept. 3 from 1-5 p.m.
Chef Steve (Richards) has come up…
LincolnHealth/St. Andrews Campus
The Wellness/Rehab Department of Lincoln Health, St. Andrews Campus, has been the location of Chair Feldenkrais classes being offered by exercise physiologist Dianne Daniels, and the students are…
Did you know over 50 percent of folks in our area nursing homes have no friends or family? Our Direct Care Volunteers visit area nursing homes and private residences offering companionship and…
“Until quite recently, the notion of reversing human aging was mere fantasy, absent scientific support. The fact that we never really understood aging, made it extremely unlikely we could…
Girl Scouts of Maine (GSME) announces that it will host Discover Girl Scout events for potential members and volunteers at locations throughout the state every month.
The local event will…
This September, in honor of pediatric cancer awareness month, Southern Maine and Midcoast Maine will honor a young child’s cancer battle with a memorial blood drive. Community members are…
