It seems the only thing stopping a steady stream of patrons to the Ports of Italy is bad weather. The snowstorms last week threatened to put a damper on Ports of Italy’s last week before closing…
Life
While bragging rights are a nice payoff for a daring dip into Maine’s frigid waters on the first day of the New Year, it is a community cause, paired with recognition of a local hero, that draws…
Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), a nonprofit community development organization, with the support of Maine State Housing Authority, will offer the Homebuyer Education class, a four-session course…
The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper have discontinued a few email addresses and if correspondents use them, the email will be bounced back.
Please update your address book for the…
Last summer the Zalucky connection to Poland resulted in a visit to the Boothbay peninsula by 19-year-old Karolina Lukaszewicz of Warsaw, Poland who, almost immediately, felt herself at home in…
Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine (SASSMM) is excited to announce the 2017 Yoga for Survivors Support Group. The group is specifically designed for adult, female identified…
Boothbay Region YMCA
Making New Year’s resolutions is a tradition for millions of Americans. However, while choosing a resolution is easy, sticking to it can be…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation invites residents and part-time residents to enter up to three images for the chance to be selected for the Maine Photography Show 2017 exhibition. This BRAF…
Nick Buck on adventure, handling mules, and letting life come to you
By now, many people around Lincoln County are familiar with the…
New Year's Eve. It has a nice ring to it. Say it out loud: “New Year's Eve.”
What words come to mind? Nostalgia. Love. Friends.…
On Eating and Loving Food
So, it’s the day after Christmas.
I woke up this morning and resolved to stop eating crap for the foreseeable future.
I headed to the kitchen and started dictating this column to the…
One in three U.S. adults has prediabetes. In addition to the high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, people with prediabetes are also at risk of developing other…
Courtney Brewer, a 2015 graduate of Boothbay Region High School, now a sophomore studying animation at Mount Ida College, class of 2019, has been accepted into the Walt Disney World Disney College…
After a selective application process, Gizmo Garden has admitted 23 sixth through ninth graders from 11 schools for this year’s February break creative electronics program. At…
What better time than the new year to take a look at trying a new form of exercise or getting back into the groove and making sure that you incorporate a focus on wellness, movement and exercise…
Families from across the country and here in the Midcoast region have already experienced the peace of mind that comes with knowing their loved ones are receiving quality in-home care through…
Come in out of the cold! Coastal Senior College invites you to take one or more of the following eight winter classes and join folks who find the stress-free environment — no homework, no tests —…
Caroline Canning saves dogs' lives.
She's not a veterinarian. She just has a huge heart and a soft spot for dogs and other creatures.
…Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Board of Trustees, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 5 p.m., Boothbay Region High School Library
AOS 98 annual meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 6 p.m., Boothbay Region Elementary…
Originally, I wrote this complete piece as a rant against fruitcake, and a large part of it will remain a rant. I judge, I know, but I'm willing to bet a lot of us don't like fruitcake, and the…
In a world where constant change is the only reliable certainty, it is nice to know that some traditions still withstand the test of time. It was probably some 30 years or so ago that the St.…
Boothbay Region Elementary School
The Boothbay Region Elementary School gym was almost standing room only as parents, family members, friends and neighbors waited for the K-4 holiday concert to begin.
Excitement began to…
Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
The Second Congregational Church, UCC in Newcastle is inviting one and all to come and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve, preservice music…
A new non-profit cooking school is in the works in Midcoast Maine.
Isabella Mastroianni, just back from Ireland, where she attended a…
Holy Gingerbread Spectacular! The inventive gingerbread architects among us did not disappoint at the annual event at the Opera House last weekend, from a Faberge egg to the Cheshire Cat to a bust…
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has announced the first round of grants that are part of her signature leadership initiative, …
Newcastle’s Herbert Smith added sit-ups to his daily exercise regimen a couple of years ago. Last summer, Smith, 75, was glad he did — for an unexpected reason.
In an 80-year-old, canvas-…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Start the New Year right by fulfilling a resolve to brush up on your painting and drawing skills.
Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) is offering classes by local artist, John Butke, who…
On Eating and Loving Food
Polar vortex, cold, wind chill, chilly: All references to the weather last weekend, when the polar vortex descended in full force. Temperatures hovered around zero,…
Rev. Erika Hewitt of the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will lead a candlelit Christmas Eve service for all ages on Saturday, Dec. 24 at 4 p.m. in the Atrium at Skidompha Library. The…
Throughout the halls of Boothbay Region Elementary School are posters containing these words: “A REMINDER: There is more good than bad…
After months of planning, preparation and development, all five law enforcement agencies in Lincoln County are ready to launch the Bridges to Treatment Program.…
River Arts Gallery
It’s time for the annual Creative Expressions Art Show at River Arts Gallery! This event is open to everyone and admission is free.
Mobius Incorporated is holding a show…
Join us! LincolnHealth and 5-2-1-0 Let’s Go! Lincoln County, along with local non-profits, schools and others, are supporting the 14th annual Winter Physical Activity Challenge. Last year it was “…
If you're at risk for type 2 diabetes, you can make small, measurable changes that can reduce your risk and help you live a happier, healthier life. Change is tough - we can help.
Enroll now…
Mary Baudo sat on the floor surrounded by playground equipment catalogs, the pages filled with well-thumbed stickies. Design drawings from equipment companies Miracle and Playworld were strewn…
For the past ten years, thousands of packages are delivered to the Lincoln County Animal Shelter (LCAS) on Christmas Eve, filled with food, supplements, remedies, toys, medications, beds, litter…
The Parent Support Group at the Community Center in the Meadow Mall, started meeting this fall every other Saturday morning. The Parent Support Group…
The phrase “a picture is worth 1,000 words” is an apt description for the 10…
Skidompha Public Library
Skidompha Public Library is offering several opportunities in the coming weeks for those interested in family history research. Perhaps you’ve been given a subscription to Ancestry.com…
This Sunday, Dec. 18, during worship, there will be an old-fashioned Christmas Pageant led by Magen Chryplewicz, children's education director, and Cama Hagerthy, pageant assistant. Following…
On Eating and Loving Food
Fall is when I start thinking about apples and apple pie. I rarely have either in the summer.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t care less about eating an apple. A fresh, crunchy cold apple just…
'Tis the season of giving and, Leslie Cook, BRGC Youth Program chair (and honorary elf) has been busy distributing a gift to the young children of the Boothbay…
It wasn't very long ago that our temperatures here on the peninsula were still warm enough to make a deposit of bulbs in the ground for a return of beautiful flowers in the spring. The Interact…
The Boothbay Region Elementary School Parents and Teachers Organization Holiday Sale for Kids is up and running in the BRES school lobby…
Music classes are being offered for homeschool students starting Jan. 12 at Preston Music Studio in Damariscotta. The instructor, Carol Preston, believes homeschoolers deserve excellent…
Difficulty finding substitute teachers and bus drivers, meeting the needs of students with behavioral needs, and accommodating band and chorus into school…
You may have noticed our local porcine celebrity, Miss Piggy, is missing from her pedestal.
Edgecomb’s Harbor Master Corning Townsend was so concerned…
BRES/BRHS holiday band concert
When the lone fourth grade trombone player stood up for a solo demonstration of his musical progress during the Boothbay Region Elementary School/Boothbay Region High School music department…
This year the Tree of Giving is supporting 48 local families and 114 children to brighten their holidays with 456 gifts! As of today, 45 mittens remain on the tree.
Consider stopping at the…
