Construction is underway on a new, permanent 1,000-square-foot exhibit at Maine Maritime Museum dedicated to Bath Iron Works, past, present, and future. BIW: Building America’s Navy, produced in…
Life
Come to Henhouse Sugaring, 232 Cross Point Road, Edgecomb Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 25 to celebrate Maine Maple Sunday.
There will be a lot going on including: Sugarhouse tours, a…
The third annual Community Connections will be held on Wednesday, April 25 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Boothbay Region High School gymnasium. This event focuses on connecting students…
The weekend of April 13 and 14 exemplifies the diverse…
The Medomak District of the Garden Club Federation of Maine to have its annual meeting May 7 at the 1812 Farm, 1297 Bristol Road, Bristol, Maine. The District clubs include, Bath, Boothbay Region…
On Thursday, March 29 at 10 a.m. in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library, Chats with Champions will present Randall Liberty, warden at the Maine State Prison in Warren. His talk is…
It’s spring – according to the calendar, anyway. But, like me you’ve probably been planning your gardens all winter – and it’s been a beaut for dreaming about warm sunshine, blue skies and being…
Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice (MSAHHH) will be offering a free hospice training course for all those interested in becoming a hospice volunteer. The training will held on April…
"Cure Your Spring Fever" is the theme of the Health Center's first party in 2018. It will be held on Friday, April 20 at the Tugboat Inn & Restaurant, 80 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor, from…
U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 2-5
Would you enjoy boating more if you knew more about boats and navigation? That’s the purpose of boating courses offered by U. S. Coast Guard Flotilla Boothbay Harbor. They are designed to help you…
Zaid Osman, fifth grade student at Boothbay Region Elementary School, has been invited to join the Duke University Talent Identification Program’s (TIP) prestigious 4th–6th Grade Talent Search.…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee
On March 14, the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee heard from College Access Coordinator Hannah Johnson and her predecessor Kerrin Erhard on all the…
The Rotary Club of Brunswick is now accepting application for the 2018 edition of “Midcoast Maine’s Got Talent!” In its seventh year, this fun and well-attended local talent show will be held on…
First National Bank recently presented Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences with $10,000 for the Bank’s sponsorship of the Keller BLOOM Program.
“First National Bank is honored to support…
The 20th annual Leprechaun Leap at Hendricks Head Beach on Southport Island on March 15 saw the most participants ever plunging into the icy surf.
It was a chilly day by March in Maine…
Boothbay Region High School Class of 1998 member Christine Leonard is living in California practicing holistic health and working toward her master’s degree in creative health. Leonard said…
What started as a fun job with a friend right out of high school has turned into a rewarding healthcare career at St. Andrews Village for Tori Brewer.
“I really enjoy being able to help…
Boothbay Region High School
At 10 a.m. Thursday, March 15 – a month and a day after the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida – over 30 Boothbay Region High School students emerged from the…
A Boothbay Region High School team placed as a state runner-up March 6 at the 2018 VEX Robotics Championships at Biddeford High School.
A quartet of BRHS students — Hayden Brewer, Connor…
When mindfully engaged with technology like computers and smartphones, we have incredible access to information and one another. However, when not approached with discipline, they can snap up our…
Oxbow Brewing Company will hold its third annual egg hunt on Saturday, March 24 at the farmhouse brewery in Newcastle (274 Jones Woods Road). This year’s event will again raise funds for the Maine…
Drama Festival One Act Competition
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances ...,” muses Shakespearean character Jaques in “As You Like It.” And he was right.
…
On Eating and Loving Food
On the day of that gorgeous, serene snowfall last week (easy for me to say – I didn’t lose power) Sue Mello sent me a link to a recipe for bread: “Slow bread.”
The headline, on Slate.com,…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Board of Trustees
In a letter to the parents, guardians and communities of students at Boothbay Region elementary and high schools, Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Interim Superintendent Bob Webster…
MSAD #40 and the Morris Farm are jointly offering a field course on old barns to begin on March 20 in Waldoboro. The course will be taught by Les Fossel.
This is a course for people who…
Join us Monday, March 19 from 3 to 4 p.m. to hear Patti Corscaden, licensed massage therapist, discuss the many benefits of therapeutic massage as we age. Patti will demonstrate how massage can…
An annual collaborative luncheon with Y members and the Community Center Walkers will be held Tuesday, March 20, the first day of spring, at noon in the Y Coastal Room.
The Y will offer a…
Duncan C. Drapeau of Boothbay has been named to second honors on the Clark University dean’s list at the Worcester, Massachusetts school. This selection marks…
Aaron C. Dickinson was named to the Southern Maine Community College dean’s list with a 3.94 average for the first semester while pursing his studies in the field of…
Seacoast Community Orchestra’s Silent Auction can be viewed at Skidompha Public Library, 184 Main St., Damariscotta, through Saturday, March 17. The bidding ends Saturday at 11 a.m.
Items…
On Saturday, March 3, 111 students, community members, and representatives from local organizations and businesses participated in the fourth annual Community Forum on Food Security in…
How do you identify a tree if it has no leaves? The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) invites the public to the first event in the Stewardship Series to learn how to identify trees in winter on…
I had a skin cancer cut out of my shin almost a month ago. It hasn’t been a fun month. The skin cancer looked little. The hole left behind isn’t.
It’s been painful since the night of the…
Boothbay Region High School
Boothbay Region High School teacher Emily Higgins has been treating her AP biology class to as many class outings and lectures with professionals as possible. Higgins started teaching the class…
Spots are already filling in Heartwood’s 16th session of summer camp for students entering grades 3-12, scheduled to run July 2-12. Heartwood’s theater camps teach performance skills and promote…
Midcoast Conservancy
Join Midcoast Conservancy April 28 and 29 for a one-and-a-half day course on chainsaw safety designed for beginners at Hidden…
Boothbay Region High School
On Wednesday, March 14, high schools across the United States will be emptying in protest to gun violence in schools – Boothbay Region High School will be among them. The 17-minute walk-out is as…
Joseph DiMauro of East Boothbay was named to the fall 2017 President’s List at the University of Hartford’s Barney School of Business.
Live! At the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor Friday, March 9, it’s ... YOU!
Or it could be.
If you’re ready to take your singing act out of the shower or the car and into the public…
Every year approximately two thirds of Americans get a flu shot which provides protection from the flu or limits its effect. Up to 49,000 Americans, primarily older adults die of…
Boothbay Region High School senior Tyler Field has been accepted into Mount Ida College’s School of Design as an animations major. Field’s drive for purpose, thought and understanding in animation…
It’s the weekend of the Maine Regional Drama Festival! Thespians from Maine’s high schools will compete at one of two locations – Medomak Valley High School…
The United States Power Squadron, aka, America's Boating Club will be teaching a one-day recreational boating safety course at the Boothbay Region YMCA on Saturday, May 5. This is…
Two dozen children from Boothbay Region YMCA’s FitKidz afterschool program and the Montessori class from the Y’s Child Enrichment Center got to meet Ellie, a 6-foot, 5-inch talking robotic…
A local private school has taught the four R’s — reading, writing, (a)rithmetic, and religion for 39 years. Bible Baptist Church started Wiscasset Christian Academy in 1979 to provide families…
Chantalle Lavertu and Alex Arsenault were married Aug. 12, 2017 at the Holy Cross Church in Lewiston, with a reception following at the Martindale Country Club in Auburn.
Chantalle is the…
MaineGeneral Health is expanding its nursing team and looks forward to meeting prospective RNs, CNAs and MAs at its annual job fair. The fair will be held Saturday, March 3 from 9 a.m. to noon at…
Linda Brewer retired as Southport Memorial Library’s sixth librarian a couple months ago. A much-loved figure at the library for 30 years, she wasn’t your typical librarian.
If you went in…
