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Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Board of Trustees, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, Boothbay Region High School Library

There’s a new guy in town.

The Boothbay Region Community Television (BRCTV) team of two has now officially become a team of three. Channel 7 in Boothbay Harbor…

Four Edgecomb Eddy School students have been caught in the act ... of doing a good deed this year. And the school’s staff is recognizing those good deeds by presenting these students with MADE (…

The Stephanie Ann Smith Traveling Trophy for Garden Therapy is awarded annually to a Garden Club demonstrating the best, active Garden Therapy program. This year…

Every Friday during the season Hope Orchards grinds apples into raw cider

HOPE — At the beginning of November, Hope Orchards’ cider press will come to a grinding halt—literally.  From the last week of September to the first week of November, every Friday is cider-making…

With the success of “High School Musical” last spring, this year the fall musical for the drama club is the next installment in the series, “High School Musical 2,” again directed by 2008 BRHS…

Thanks, but no thanks was the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen’s response to a real estate deal offered by a local private school. The Deck House School offered to sell a .75 acre parcel to the town.…

Fifty-five very excited students from Great Salt Bay Community School gathered under the tent at the Damariscotta River Association Salt Bay Farm in Damariscotta on…

In November and December, Andrea Lani will be offering two great opportunities at Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) to show participants how keen observation,…

Nancie Atwell, founder of Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning and the inaugural winner of the Global Teacher Prize, has had a busy fall.…

During early November, Boothbay Region Adult Ed has some fun, interesting and informative classes scheduled! Don't miss out on the class you want to take! Be sure…

Over 45 people who care about fuel assistance and meeting the needs of people at risk during the winter gathered at United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s annual Heating and Supplemental Assistance…

Chef Matt Ginn of EVO was crowned Maine Lobster Chef of the Year before a sold-out crowd and a panel of judges at the signature event of Harvest on the Harbor, Maine’s premier food and wine…

The Darling Marine Center in Walpole is pleased to welcome Dr. Jeremy Rich, the newest faculty member of the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences.

Rich…

Irene Wanjiru

On the midsummer day when Kenyan artist Irene Wanjiru arrived in Southport to begin her 10-week residency, she didn’t picture her closing exhibition taking place in wintery conditions. But nature…

Healthy Lincoln County has received a grant for $125,000 per year for up to five years to prevent youth substance abuse in Lincoln County communities. This is one of 697 Drug-Free…

With more than 100 individuals representing dozens of local organizations and agencies in attendance, the focus was on youth in the Boothbay region at a special conference sponsored by the…

The Chocolate Church Arts Center will be offering a movement workshop for actors on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon. This workshop, taught by choreographer Ashley Steeves of Resurgence Dance…

Carlton Plummer

Paintings by East Boothbay artist Carlton Plummer and Bath-based artist Sandy Crabtree have been selected as Pine Tree Society’s  2015 Holiday Cards. Since 1969, the holiday cards have been a…

The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) is hosting an invasive plant identification and management class on Friday, October 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. This class will be…

Teacher Mark Gorey brought two of students to present their “Champions of Change” projects from last year at the Oct. 14 CSD School Committee meeting.

Each year, students in Gorey's class…

Mary Miller and Manon Lewis of Boothbay Region High School are leading a four day/three night trip to New York City in March 2016. Student price is only $800 and…

Patti Corscaden, LMT, a nationally board certified massage therapist from Newcastle presented at the Southern Maine Oncology Nursing Society's (SMONS) 6th annual conference in Portland on October…

Local students from Boothbay, Edgecomb, Southport and Boothbay Harbor were treated to a “KinderKonzert” by the wind ensemble of the Portland Symphony Orchestra at the Opera House on Thursday, Oct…

The Rev. Dr. Kenneth A. Dale was recently recognized by the hospice team of Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice for his exemplary work as a hospice…

Boothbay Region High School

The study of the art of theater is alive and well at Boothbay Region High School. Read on to find out what's happening “back stage!”

The family friendly one-act play, “The Audition,” will be…

The 15th annual Lincoln County TRIAD Senior Appreciation Day was a success. There were a few rough edges to the day but even those became good…

Blueberry Pines Bed and Breakfast will host a Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours on Wednesday, Oct. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. The event will take place at the bed and…

The Good Shepherd Food Mobile will be in Boothbay Harbor on the following dates: Thursday, Oct. 22 from 10-11:30 a.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 11 from 1-2:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Dec. 16 from 1:30-3 p.m.…

During the first week of November at Boothbay Region Adult Ed you can take a class to make a Felted Flower Pin, improve your computer skills in Advanced Excel, or get tips on how to Take Great…

Boothbay Region High School

The old bleachers in the high school gym are in the process of coming down, to be replaced by brand new ones over the next couple of weeks.

If anyone is interested in the old bleacher boards…

Fall 2015: Video

It's hard to quantify pumpkin destruction, but here goes:

Three cameras, one waterproof housing, two clunkers, one pool, hundreds of people, 180 feet, more than a ton of pumpkins and more…

The iconic Bluebird Café of Nashville, the venue where Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Josh Turner Kathy Mattea, Taylor Swift and many more got their start,…

A Bird’s Tale

The leaves are finally turning and the nights are getting cold—we even had to scrape the frost off the car windows last week — so we know that snow is coming sooner or later. The birds are way…

For Your Health

Like most professions, there are plenty of stereotypes about physicians. For emergency physicians, the stereotype is adrenalin junky.

There is some truth to this. Emergency physicians must…

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Helen never expected she would be a victim of domestic violence. But she was.

Helen (a pseudonym) is no longer a victim of domestic violence. She is a survivor.

But it was a harrowing…

Fire Prevention Week

In honor of Fire Prevention Week, Edgecomb Eddy School students in grades kindergarten through grade three were treated to a tour of the Edgecomb Fire Department.

While there, they learned…

BRHS Community Service

Thirteen freshmen from Boothbay Region High School trudged onto the Rittall farm in Boothbay bright and early on Wednesday, Oct. 14. They were there to fulfill their community service requirement…

Lincoln Academy Drama and Heartwood Regional Theater continue a collaboration which is more than a decade in the making. “One Man, Two Guvnors,” by Richard Bean, is…

The leaves are turning red and gold, and orange pumpkins line the streets of the Twin Villages, but now is the time to think pink.

A quilt raffle to benefit the American Cancer Society will take place on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ames True Value in Wiscasset.

Members of Beta Rho chapter of Beta Sigma…

Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay will be honored by Disabilities Rights Maine (DRM) at DRM's 15th annual Membership Dinner at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport on Friday, Oct. 16.

For Timea Hajdu and Edward Eichler, having their second child at the Miles Campus of LincolnHealth was worth a trip halfway around the world.…

During the last week of October at Boothbay Region Adult Ed, you can unlock the potential of your iPad or iPhone, learn more about using your digital camera, and hear ghost stories of the Boothbay…

CSD Trustees

The Community School District Trustees are in the home stretch of the crosswalk improvement project. After some delays in shipment, the new signal poles for each side of the crosswalk have arrived…

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Wiscasset Maine Memory Tree

A purple display in Wiscasset, and all others like it, often appear in prominent locations in Maine towns at different times of the year.

During October, purple displays are for National…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library is now registering entries for their Benefit Chili Cook-Off on Friday, Oct. 30 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. The event will be held in…

On Oct. 21, the Health & Wellness Foundation will be sponsoring another Wellness Forum at the Boothbay Firehouse beginning with dinner at 5:30 p…

The fifth and final Damariscotta-Newcastle Twin Villages ArtWalk of 2015 is happening Friday, Oct. 16. This month brings huge bonuses of giant pumpkins used as palettes along the…

Eighteen students from Bad Harzburg, Germany, have been attending Boothbay Region High School since late September. These students are part of the German American Partnership Program, or GAPP, and…