Kimberly Smith of Riverdog Yoga in Edgecomb will host a class to benefit the Boothbay Region Community Resource Council…
Life
The following Boothbay Region High School students were named to the 2017-2018 second quarter honor roll.
Seniors
High Honors: Page Brown, Annie Bryer, Summer Chamberlin, JoAnna…
Boothbay Region High School senior Isabelle Curtis has received a Gold Key from the Maine Scholastic Writing Awards. Her eight-piece portfolio “Fact and Fiction” earned her the prestigious award…
Beginning Feb. 10, the hallways of the Miles Memorial Hospital will be filled with landscapes, seascapes, flowers and creatures, an array of bright paintings by local artist Judy…
Grants of up to $20,000 are available through the Maine Community Foundation to help nonprofits implement energy efficiency measures in historic buildings they own.
The community…
It’s that time of year again! Rising Tide Co+op is now receiving nominations for our Co+ops for Community Day (CCD) program.
Do you know a nonprofit doing good work in our community? …
The new year brought about new changes at Crow Point Yoga—namely, the introduction of Karma Yoga on Sundays from 9-10:15 a.m.…
The following local students were named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Maine Maritime Academy.
Myron Hahn of Boothbay, Elliot Roberts of Boothbay Harbor, Avae Traina of Edgecomb, Collin…
KINDNESS MATTERS is a campaign designed to change the way people interact with each other. It is the legacy of a 13-year old who took his own life after…
Debbie Gagnon loves dogs. She loves all animals. When not serving lobster rolls to her customers at her eatery Red’s Eats in Wiscasset, you can generally find her…
Last spring, local school officials projected a record low enrollment. Edgecomb Eddy School projected 59 students for 2017-18. But a new pre-kindergarten program, an agreement with Alna and…
On Eating and Loving Food
Roast a chicken. It costs somewhere around 6 or 7 bucks for a smallish one, and if you live alone, like I do, you can get a lot of mileage out of it. I love that,…
St. Andrews Auxiliary was started more than 60 years ago to serve St. Andrews Hospital. Times have changed and now the Auxiliary has need for volunteers in many areas.
Members, both men and…
A public forum was held Jan. 31 to ask what qualities the community wants to see in a new superintendent for Alternative Organizational Structure 98. Steve Bailey, executive director for the Maine…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library is thrilled to announce that we have added a new librarian to our team. We’re thrilled to have the library once again fully staffed; we’ve had a vacancy since…
Looks like Mother Nature is coming down on us again this week but here is what we have planned—all of which is subject to change if it gets bad out there.
For you veterans and families of…
Boothbay Region Food Pantry
The food trucks of the Good Shepherd Food Bank will visit the Boothbay region on Wednesday, Feb. 14 and on Wednesday, March 14. They will be located in the…
Children ages six to 14 are invited to take part in a new choral singing program at St. Andrew’s Church in Newcastle.
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In 2015 the Boothbay Region Food Pantry initiated its three-month Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Voucher Program, which provides pantry clients with vouchers worth $10 each, redeemable at our local…
Morris Farm
Did you know that the young shoots of hosta lilies can be prepared and eaten like asparagus?
Join Aaron Parker for a …
The following area students made the honor roll for the 2017-2018 fall semester at North Yarmouth Academy:
Highest…
It’s that time of year again! Even though it is still snowing, it’s not too early to plan for spring. This year we have our largest offering ever: 167 varieties, 36…
Boothbay Region Elementary School
Boothbay Region Elementary School fourth grade teachers Kathy Hartley and Jennifer Lassen have committed themselves and their students to a new concept of learning called oracy. Much like literacy…
Damariscotta
With the Super Bowl coming up, Lincoln Academy YMCA Teen Leaders and local law enforcement partnered with Healthy Lincoln County and businesses to conduct a Sticker Shock event in five alcohol…
“Into the Light,” a new PBS documentary about a psychologist who, while counseling veterans with PTSD, comes to terms with her own emotional trauma will play in a free…
Just in case you have been thinking about what it would be like to begin a new adventure as a beekeeper, the opportunity to do so is just around the corner.
…The Maine Community Foundation offers 576 scholarships that support students pursuing music, journalism, teaching, horticulture, technology, the arts, and many other fields. They are available for…
It was like Christmas all over again for three families in the Boothbay region Jan. 27 and Southport artist Sue Heil Kibbe got to be Santa, again.
You may recall…
The following full-time local students attending the University of Maine at Augusta were named to the 2017 fall semester dean’s list: Reilly Kane, Boothbay; Shyanne Bryant, Dresden; Ida Chapman,…
Throughout the fall of 2017, CHANS Home Health & Hospice offered a vigorous schedule of community vaccination clinics throughout the Midcoast region. Offered in…
From the venue that brought you Body Worlds and Titanic, comes a thrilling exhibition, participants can really sink their teeth into, The Portland Science Center is pleased to…
It was graffiti of a gracious kind.
When Boothbay Region High School students came to school Monday morning, Jan. 29, most of them— if not all of them — were surprised to find their…
Some school delays have now changed to closings:
Lincoln Academy - No school
Two hour delays today, Feb. 2 for the following schools:
Boothbay -Boothbay Harbor
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More than thirty 3rd-8th grade students from 10 Midcoast schools and homeschools, are spending their January afternoons rehearsing in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy, in Heartwood Theater…
A group of BRHS students is heading to Germany this month.
The 12 students, ranging from sophomores to seniors, with German teacher Ingrid Merrill, will leave the high school on Feb. 15 on…
Alna’s Jenny Jordan grew up poor in Massachusetts. “I’d get bread from one neighbor, I’d get peanut butter from another neighbor, and jelly from another neighbor,” she said.
At about 21,…
A community forum on food security in Lincoln County will be held Saturday, March 3 (snow date March 10) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at The Center for Environmental Education at Chewonki,…
Melissa Nein is probably best known for teaching the region’s kids the art of dance at the Boothbay Region YMCA, but the whole story behind how she got here, and why she stayed, is fascinating.…
The following University of Maine students in the readership area were named to the fall 2017 dean’s list:
Alna: Andrew Hutchins
Boothbay: Kylemartin Alamo
Boothbay Harbor:…
This year’s influenza strain is affecting a significant number of people in every U.S. state. According to a report on National Public Radio last weekend, those 65 and older are the highest number…
Wednesday, Feb. 7
Join the Class of 2018 for a Crock-Pot dinner from 5-7 p.m. at Boothbay Region High School’s cafeteria. Just a $5 donation per person is requested.
Those with a sweet tooth can have their cake and cheese it, too, in the upcoming one-night Central Lincoln County Adult Education course, “Say Cheese, Please!”
The class will be held on…
“Human Flow,” a film about the global human refugee crisis, will be shown at Harbor Theater on Thursday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m., and Friday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. On Thursday, free refreshments will be…
Free income tax help is once again being offered by AARP Tax-Aides for low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those 60 or older. You do not need to be an AARP member or…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee invites the public to a lasagna dinner on Sunday Feb. 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Mobius, 319 Main Street in Damariscotta.
Need some camaraderie to get…
A Boothbay standout high school basketball player has accepted a full scholarship to play Division I basketball in our nation’s capital. Boothbay Region High School junior Faith Blethen will…
Edgecomb School Committee, Monday, Feb. 5, 5:30 p.m., Edgecomb Eddy School
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Board of Trustees, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 5:15 p.m., Boothbay Region High School library…
I had a colonoscopy on Jan. 16, and in part one, last week, I talked about the days leading up to the procedure.…
Today’s writers must also be marketers of their work. Learn how with author and teacher Lee Heffner. Register now for “Define Your Role as Author and Create Your Writers Platform.” This one-night…
AOS 98 interim superintendent Bob Webster said due to the use of snow days — particularly the October windstorm — days need to be made up to avoid cutting into summer. Webster and the CSD board…
