The annual National Day of Prayer is Thursday, May 3. The call has gone out from the NDP Task Force asking Christians to pray for unity in America. The Scriptural theme for this year’s event is…
Life
On Eating and Loving Food
Sometime last year I made an olive oil cake. I shared the recipe in a column. It was good, but what made it great was the ricotta, whipped up with some sugar and fresh-squeezed lemon juice, fresh…
CHANS Home Health & Hospice recently received a 4-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The rating is based on data collected in a nationally standardized…
It’s been a long time since the former Montsweag Roadhouse has been called Montsweag Farm Restaurant, and the establishment has been through a lot of changes over the 60-plus years since its…
On Jan. 30, fire destroyed the Boothbay home of the Andrea Giles family. Five of the eight occupants escaped, and the other three, Gracie, 14, Vincent, 15, and Valerie, 16, were all at Sugarloaf…
The following students were named to Boothbay Region High School’s 2017-2018 third quarter honor roll.
Seniors
High Honors: Page Brown, Evy Case, Summer Chamberlin, Sydney Meader,…
The Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset will again provide a venue for promising artists from seven local schools with an exhibit running May 5-20. The gallery will be open weekends from noon to 4 p…
The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C-based organization aiming to improve health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers, has announced…
It’s an expression Connie Jones has seen on a hospice patient’s face many times. It’s one of serenity moments after the Homeward Bound Hospice Choir begins a bedside sing.
Jones is the…
As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, it is critical for our students to become more culturally aware, explore new ideas, and grow their potential. We believe that…
Open to all high school string players in and outside of Maine
The DaPonte String Quartet is accepting applications to its annual three-day Quartet Workshop for High School String Players at Camp Kieve’s Wavus campus in Jefferson Sept. 21-23.
Twenty…
American Legion Post #36 will serve up one of its tasty family buffet breakfasts Sunday, April 22 from 7-9 a.m. at Sherman Hall, 25 Industrial Park Rd./Route 27, Boothbay. On the menu: Belgian…
Knox-Lincoln County Beekeepers (KLCB) will host their first outdoor meeting of the season on Saturday, April 28 (rain date April 29). The topic is “Managing for and Collecting of Bee Swarms” and…
On Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office along with the police departments of Boothbay Harbor, Damariscotta, Waldoboro, and Wiscasset will host the semi-…
Boothbay Region YMCA
The Boothbay Region YMCA will be adding a familiar face to its summer team.
Camp Knickerbocker Director Emily Mirabile said she and Youth Sports Coordinator Joe Clark directed all summer…
They came back: a mini series
The conventional thinking is, upon graduation from high school Maine’s best and brightest leave the state only to return on holidays and for two weeks in the summer. Not so for Caitlin…
The Community Center is kicking off springtime with a promotional drawing and readying for the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club’s third annual Kentucky Derby event.
The Center’s “Just Sew” group…
Boothbay’s newest health facility, Boothbay Region Health Center, has been offering walk-in family care services every day since January.
Those who have sought medical assistance on the…
On Saturday, April 21, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens horticulturists Syretha Brooks and Will…
A new art exhibit opens Saturday, May 5 at Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery. The work of Annette Fox will be featured through Friday, June 15.
Fox’s work is based on a unique technique…
A free meditation group will begin on Thursday, April 26 from 4 to 5 p.m. at St. Columba’s Church in Boothbay Harbor. Judy Milinowski, inter-faith minister and holistic practitioner/life coach,…
On Eating and Loving Food
Mark Twain once wrote, "Training is everything. A peach was once a bitter almond; a cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education."
Whatever that means.
I think…
The game show host instructs the day’s contestants to write down a word that will finish the following rhyme: Dracula turned to the waitress and said …
The host then turns to the six-member…
Join the library and our co-sponsors for a fun and fact-filled community event celebrating our one and only planet earth. The library’s second annual Earth Day Fest will be held Saturday, April 21…
The annual Wiscasset High School Alumni Banquet will be Saturday June 2 at the Wiscasset Middle High School Gymnasium. Social time will start at 5 p.m. followed by dinner and the program at 6.…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee
On April 19, when the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee heard updates from Boothbay Region High and Elementary schools, BRHS Principal Dan Welch announced the BRHS food closet has…
Volunteers are the heart of LincolnHealth. They greet patients and visitors, lead bingo games, help landscape the grounds, provide companionship to residents and patients, (sometimes with a…
For the second year, Boothbay Railway Village hosted Tartan Day on Saturday, April 14.
The event was in coordination with the Saint Andrews Society of Maine, according to…
On Friday, April 6, Lucille Machon was presented the Boothbay Harbor Boston Post Cane, a 109-year-old New England tradition…
Healthy Lincoln County has partnered with four local schools to conduct PhotoVoice with students from grades 6-12. PhotoVoice is participatory-action research strategy by which students capture…
The Wednesday, May 2 deadline for the Maine Arts Commission’s dance education grants for PK-12 schools and teaching artists is quickly approaching. Applications must be filed by 5 p.m. in the…
A little brotherly love inspired a local student who has now become the state’s top high school volunteer. In an April 10 school assembly, Lilly Sherburne received Prudential Financial’s Spirit of…
If you had asked me three years ago, “What is the role of a forensic nurse in our community?” I probably would have guessed that their work was like something you…
On April 10, The Lincoln Home was proud and delighted to honor its resident, Dr. Douglas Tigert of Bremen, at the Maine Health Care Association's annual Remember ME…
Andy Hamblett has made it a great day for many people since becoming Boothbay Region YMCA executive director in 2003. But April 10 was a great day for him. At the Y's 38th annual celebration in…
Join Hildy Ellis,Coordinator at Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, as she leads participants on a walk along the margins of the bog at Midcoast Conservancy’s Hidden…
Come out of the shower and join other men who like to sing — in a barbershop chorus!
The Nor-easters practice at 7 p.m. every Tuesday night at the Bath United Methodist Church, 340 Oak…
Spring is in the air, and that means garden time! Add some gorgeous native plants from Rebel Hill Farm to your yard this spring. Organic perennials can help create…
Boothbay Region Garden Club
Nan Jackson, current co-chair of the Garden Therapy team for the Boothbay Region Garden Club, is very adept at creating interesting and timely projects for the residents at St Andrews Village.…
River Arts is inviting the public to a free artist demonstration, Sunday, April 15 at 2 p.m. by Linda Packard. Packard will be demonstrating how she builds her abstracted landscapes, working from…
On Eating and Loving Food
No matter how you look at it, noodles are good. They’re comforting. They’re soft and chewy. They’re fattening ...
Noodles can be a base for pretty much anything. What is pasta? Noodles.…
A special showing of the documentary “Walk with Me” is scheduled for Thursday, April 12, 7 p.m. at the Harbor Theater. The film centers on the teachings of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese…
Boothbay Region Elementary School
On a freezing March afternoon, 24 children and adults braved cold water for a good cause on Hendricks Head Beach. The annual Leprechaun Leap, usually pulling in $1,000 to $3,000 for Special…
Spring is here and it’s time to get out from under all the trash that has accumulated along our roadways.
The Boothbay Craft Brewery and Boothbay Region Water District are sponsoring a…
The print copy of the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District Spring Plant Sale Catalog is now available. This year’s sale will be held at the Union Fairgrounds on the weekend before…
The Friends of the Southport Historical Society will meet Monday, April 9 at 1:30 p.m. at the Hendrick's Hill Museum. Anyone interested in learning more about our island community and in helping…
It appears spring may finally be taking hold in Midcoast Maine. Damariscotta River Association (DRA) is offering two opportunities in the coming weeks to get outdoors and explore signs of the…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is again offering local residents the opportunity to improve soil and…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Board of Trustees
The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District trustees on April 5 discussed items on a possible loan that would take a petition and voter approval.
Items discussed were the…
Lindsey (Ingraham) and Christopher Williams of Damariscotta are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Oakley Winslow Williams, on March 27, 2018 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. Maternal…
