May 1 to 5 will be a particularly busy time at Boothbay Region Elementary School. For one thing, this is Teacher Appreciation Week, and the BRES Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is honoring its…
Life
It’s almost time to forage
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has investigated a number of outbreaks of food-borne illness associated with fiddleheads. The implicated ferns were eaten either raw…
Southport Central School
Chipmunk Island Forest is a small, green place tucked away in back of Southport Central School. It's a hidden world in plain sight of the back of the building. A trail…
Gain the skills necessary to get a good job by attending two free job seeker workshops being offered through a partnership of Central Lincoln County Adult Education and Goodwill…
Biologist Tim Forrester, a wetland scientist, is an environmental consultant.
Forrester lives with his wife, Bethany, and their children, Ben and Lily, in Woolwich. In the expansive…
At the age of 80, Newcastle resident Joan Yeaton spends her week days helping care for young children. But when a wound on her leg refused to heal, she worried that…
Whether you have a small yard or acres of property, you can garden and landscape to entice many of your favorite birds to your home. Jody Telfair will help participants work to create a bird-…
Midcoast Conservancy is offering an Invasive Plant Identification workshop on Thursday, May 25, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at its Damariscotta Lake office. This kickoff event for Midcoast Conservancy’s…
On Tuesday, May 2, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Boothbay Region Elementary School students from grades 2 through 8 who have collected donations for the American Heart…
Samantha Carter of East Boothbay was inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society at Becker College in Worcester, Massachusetts. Carter is a freshman pursuing a degree in veterinary science/…
During the next few weeks, Boothbay Region High School will offer the ImPACT Concussion Management baseline testing for all 8th and 10th grade students. The testing is mandatory for participation…
Members of Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR) and students from Bowdoin College will share experiences related to unintended pregnancies and difficult choices at a forum Tuesday, May 9 at…
Vu Ho, MD, has joined Mid Coast Medical Group–Pulmonology, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine and the active medical staff of Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. He joins the team of four board-…
Wednesday, May 3: CSD Board of Trustees, 5 p.m.; CSD School Committee, 6 p.m. Both meetings will be held in the Boothbay Region High School library.
Monday, May 8: Southport School…
Parents of children participating in the Title I (Reading Lab) program are invited to attend the annual parent night on May 2 between 4:30 and 5 p.m at the Boothbay…
If you think the bread and pastries at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club were good last summer, you're in for a treat when you dine there, and at the new Boothbay Harbor Oceanside Golf Resort's…
Wagging tails, flapping wings and flashing eyes brought to life the electronic pets 15 students created at Skidompha Library in Damariscotta, April 18-21. Gizmo Sprouts, a new spring break…
A candid look at a Down East storyteller’s career
ROCKPORT – In the 1960s, Maine humorist Tim Sample worked at the shipyard in Boothbay Harbor. Back then, the octogenarians would sit around the dock, spinning oakum, puffing clay pipes, and…
The following Boothbay Region High School students were named to the third quarter honor roll:
Seniors
High Honors: Sam Betts, Erica Eames, Kathryne Friant, Seth Nager, Madison…
Boothbay Region High School students in Mark Gorey's AP English Literature class put together a hilarious YouTube video that earned them first place in their division in…
The Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb is now screening children for the kindergarten class of 2017-2018. Please call 882-9706 and ask for School Manager Maggie Limm to schedule a half-…
On Tuesday, May 2 at Boothbay Region Adult Ed Chip Griffin, co-author of “Coming of Age on Damariscove Island,” will be giving a talk about the pirates, ghosts, and remarkable…
On Eating and Loving Food
So really – does anything sound more appealing than a warm, flaky chocolate biscuit with butter melting on it? Besides an ice cold manhattan with a cherry?
I love biscuits. I wrote about…
It’s 4:30 on a Friday afternoon and three Interact Club members are ready and waiting at the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club to serve spaghetti. The dinner is a fundraiser for the Boothbay Region…
The Rev. Sarah Foulger returns from vacation this Sunday, April 30 to lead worship. On behalf of the Mission Committee, she will welcome the Rev. Darren L. Morgan, associate conference minister of…
From the very beginning, before Ken and Jane Solorzano were sure, their community was sure: Sure the Solorzanos should buy The Alna Store. Sellers Mike and Amy…
Navigating Mid-Coast Maineis a four-session boating course taught by U.S.Coast Guard Auxilary instructors on May 9, 11, 16 and 18 at Boothbay Region Adult Ed.
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During the past month, many hands have shaped bark, bent ribs, split and lashed spruce roots, laid in planks, wedged ribs into place, and sealed seams. Master canoe builder Steve Cayard, interns…
The state’s top high school principal lives in Boothbay. Dan Welch was named Principal of the Year during a ceremony at Boothbay Region High School Monday morning, April 24. Welch, 37, has served…
On Wednesday, May 10, screening for incoming kindergarteners for the 2017-2018 school year will be held at Edgecomb Eddy School. Parents of children who will be 5 years…
To close the chapter on our recent bout of late but intense wintry bluster, the Boothbay Region Garden Club was delighted to host local Master Gardener Linton Studdiford for the April general…
LincolnHealth recently received a $150,000 gift from Spectrum Medical Group in support of the new health center project on the Miles campus, Damariscotta.
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Chances are the first animal you’ll meet if you go to Blue Tin Farm on Cross Point Road in Edgecomb is a 1-year-old Gloucestershire Old Spot pig named Rosie. She weighs 450 pounds, and she’s a…
Jacob Leonard, a Boothbay Region High School senior, was recently awarded the Thomas College Dirigo Award.
The…
Lisa Bird, director of public and media relations for Special Olympics Maine, said she tried to come up with some terms to describe Toby LeConte. She came up with the terms "advocate," "unsung…
Learn how to safely manage your diabetes at one of LincolnHealth’s free, three-part Diabetes Education Class Series. The series of classes will be offered in Boothbay Harbor in May, in Waldoboro…
“If I had to describe baking in a single word? Happiness.”
That’s what April Morrison says about her occupation. Creating elegant confections makes her happy. So does dressing up in…
Have you ever wanted to capture a memory so others could share it, too? Maybe it was a particular person or event or feeling you experienced. If so, the Community Center is offering a workshop to…
The retrospective show featuring the works of the late East Boothbay artists and ceramists Brenda and Weston Andersen is opening with a reception on Saturday, April 22 from 5-7 p.m. The show also…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 will seek a deal to offer Alna and Westport Island families pre-kindergarten at Edgecomb Eddy School, Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle said April 19…
Prior to announcing the Boothbay Region High School Class of 2017 top 10 honor students at the April 12 Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District school committee meeting, Principal Dan…
After a long winter, there’s nothing more revitalizing than the smell and feel of freshly turned earth and the sight of bright green seedlings pushing up toward the sunlight. For those who lack…
Down one kidney from cancer and already living with two heart devices in her, Kimberly Emerson, 33, has faced one medical challenge after another since childhood. It’s all she’s ever known, she…
Capers Catering is moving to a new location in Boothbay Harbor. The restaurant and retail shop will move from 12 Oak Street to 25 Townsend Avenue.
Owner Stacey McLellan said it had been a…
Boothbay Region High School junior Eve Dolloff has already been to Germany and is ready to go back. Dolloff spent three weeks in Germany last year and now she and 12…
On Eating and Loving Food
So this week we’re going to talk about creamed asparagus on toast. Don't stop reading! I say that because I mentioned creamed asparagus at work the other day and the three or four people who were…
On Tuesday, May 2 at Boothbay Region Adult Ed, Chip Griffin, co-author of "Coming of Age on Damariscove Island," will give a talk about the pirates, ghosts, and remarkable history…
Edgecomb Eddy School held a wild and crazy dance party fundraiser called “Jiggle for Jamison” on Friday afternoon, April 14, in honor of the school’s student and friend…
Are you coping with your own, or a loved one’s mental health challenges? NAMI Maine (the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Maine) will sponsor a free combined support group in the Boothbay…
Volunteers are very special people, and that is never more evident than at the LincolnHealth facilities in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta.
“Over the last…
