At Wiscasset’s Chewonki Foundation, they are looking to grow things.
Not just fruits and vegetables, however.
The first Youth Agricultural Day, which debuted Thursday, Aug. 7, featured…
Life
The Rev. Peter Panagore will lead Ocean Point Wilson Memorial Chapel's 9:30 a. m. service on August 17. All are welcome.
You can also see and hear Panagore on TV every morning on WCSH 6 TV…
Allen Bunker, who for many years was an integral part of Boothbay Harbor’s art scene, will exhibit his most recent works “Landscape Allusions,” at Damariscotta’s Savory Maine Restaurant, now…
Cafe Scientifique
This past Tuesday, Dr. Nichole Price discussed the past, present, and possible future of the world's coral reefs to a packed room in the main hall…
What’s Cooking
I wonder if I am the first food columnist who quotes John Milton to lead you into a wonderful “foodie and friendship” story? Milton coined the phrase “silver lining” in …
This piece is the second in a two-part series on Lincoln County Healthcare. On Friday, July 18, CEO Jim Donovan and Board President Jeff Curtis sat down with the Boothbay Register to answer…
When lost in a car accident in 2005, Edgecomb's Sara Leone inspired the creation of a scholarship to send teens on a 3-week summer wilderness experience providing an extraordinary adventure…
The 15th annual Tour de Farms Bike Ride and Local Foods Barbecue will be held rain or shine on Sunday, Aug. 17. Riders…
Minnesota Orchestra Maestro Osmo Vänskä will make a rare appearance playing clarinet during Salt Bay Chamberfest's concert on August 12 at Darrows Barn in Damariscotta. Maestro Vänskä will perform…
For all those car and truck lovers out there, the Maine Chapter of the March of Dimes has teamed up with Coastal Kids Preschool of Damariscotta to bring a new family-friendly event to the Midcoast…
Boothbay Region Adult Education
Boothbay Region Adult Ed is looking for people who would like to teach a class this fall.
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There will be something special this year in the art display building at the annual Southport Arts and Crafts Show and Sale.
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Technology is a means to an end in the creative process.
The public is invited to Bristol’s Saltwater Artists Gallery for a free demonstration of advanced digital enhancement techniques on…
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association
The Narrow Gauge String Band, known for its traditional music, catchy tunes and laid-back style, will entertain guests at this year's Champagne on the Sheepscot event.
The event will be held…
Wiscasset's own Wicked Good Yoga celebrates its fourth year of operation with an expanded offering of classes and its second annual 200-Hour Teacher Training program.
In 2013, 17 teachers…
David and Lynda McClellan, formerly of Boothbay, are proud to announce the marriage of their son, Davis McClellan to Alicia Basko, daughter of Mark and Jeri Basko of Lebanon, Maine. The McClellans…
Last week was a fun week of science at the Boothbay Sea and Science Center. The “Emerging Oceanographers” (ages 8-17)…
The following local student were named to the University of Maine at Farmington dean's list for the spring 2014 semester.
Boothbay: Katrina Smith and Meghan Smith
Edgecomb: Shaylee…
Boothbay Region High School is searching for host homes for five international students who have applied to study at BRHS this coming school year. All of the students are boys.
"We have…
What’s Cooking
How can a vegetable that is described as “about 95 percent water” taste so darn good? Juicy, sweet, crunchy cucumbers taste ever so much better than that description, don’t they? We’ve just…
Part II: First 50 years
Beginning in 1952, the Boothbay Region Garden Club participated with other garden clubs in caring for the patients in the VA Hospital at Togus through gardening…
The Boothbay Region Y, in partnership with LincolnHealth St. Andrew’s Campus, is offering Physical Therapy Consultation on Wednesdays, 8-9 a.m., with Jen Wolfe. Jen…
The Lincoln Arts Festival board of directors has awarded Boothbay Region High School graduate Ben Betts the Malama Robbins scholarship award. The honor and $1,000…
A 12-foot rowing skiff, built by a marine technology class at Boothbay Region High School, will be auctioned off Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Auction. Thanks to the generosity of…
The 21st annual Woolwich Day will take place on Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Municipal Complex on the Nequasset Road.
The…
Dozens of people turned out for Open Farm Day on Sunday, July 27 at Lyric Meadow Farms in Boothbay, owned and operated by Mary Linda Rapelye.
Lyric Meadow Farm is the only Maine Organic…
Joyce Hines says she has been an artist all of her life. But, as she puts it, “life and kids took over.”
But her love…
The Rev. James Bradbury Mitchell will lead the service at the Wilson Chapel on Ocean Point on Sunday, Aug. 3. The service begins at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome.
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The Lincoln County Rifle Club will be holding an Open House this Saturday, Aug. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All are invited…
There are two remaining classes in Hidden Valley Nature Center’s summer naturalist series featuring the flora and fauna of wetland habitats.
On Sunday, Aug. 3, 1-3 p.m., visitors are invited…
John Seitzer has joined Rocktide’s new “Paint & Pour” painting classes as one of the featured local artists.
Seitzer works in oil, acrylic, watercolor and pastel, painting his impression…
The House of Logan on Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor will host a trunk show of “Lindsay’s Necklaces" on Friday, Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.…
Boothbay Region Elementary School
Kindergarten
Spaulding classroom: Box of 8 Crayola crayons; pair of Fiskar scissors; box of 12 #2 Ticonderoga pencils; bottle of Elmer's…
Hyde School, a national leader in character education and leadership development for teens is hosting an open house on Saturday, Aug. 2, on its Bath campus for all interested families and friends…
St. Philip’s Church
Anyone who’s visited the gem of a second hand store located in Wiscasset’s St. Philip’s Church, comes away thrilled at the wonderful finds, and for so little!
The mission…
The Food Pantry is always grateful for the many donations received. Donations are down this summer as compared to last summer. The Congregational Church will…
Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund
GE Capital recently made a donation to the Steven P. Dutton Scholarship for the…
'Round Town
Maine is a place to be enjoyed in the sun. But Maine happens to be in New England, where sunshine comes around as reliably as an old boat starts on the first crank.
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A unique exhibition opens at Studio 53 on August 29. The works of artist/author Bob McKay and the photography of Heather McKay Bowes will be displayed, side by side, just as the…
Brian Blethen of Boothbay has been training for about a year and half to compete in the 140.6 mile Ironman in Lake Placid, N.Y. on July 27.
Last year when Blethen, 41, decided he was…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences awarded $1,000 scholarships to two Maine undergraduate students intending to major in the biological and earth sciences. The scholarships were awarded in…
Lisa Burger, former licensed local pastor of East Boothbay and Southport United Methodist churches, will lead the service at the Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean…
This week and next All Saints By-the-Sea welcomes back the Rev. Scott Lee. On July 27 Holy Communion will be celebrated at the 8 a.m. service and…
All summer and straight on through October, Gold/Smith Gallery in Boothbay Harbor will be featuring “The Working Waterfront,” by Cushing artist John Wissemann.
Wissemann, a maestro of…
Ocean Classroom Foundation will cease operations after nearly 20 years of successful education at sea. OCF is working diligently to meet program and…
Samantha Hersom of Edgecomb was awarded a bachelor of fine arts in graphic design from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Mass. during an…
The July meeting of the Skidompha Library Genealogy Club will be held Thursday, July 31 from noon to 1:30 p.m. The group will meet in the first floor…
Boothbay resident Charlie Hull turns 97 on July 30 and his longtime friends are urged to send him a birthday card.
His wife, Mary, said Charlie, who used to climb mountains in New Hampshire…
U.S. Cellular is donating $1 million to fund teacher classroom projects through its Calling All Teachers program. Last year, the company contributed $500,000 towards educational materials for…
The Boothbay Region YMCA Annual Silent Auction is a very special event planned by the Boothbay Region YMCA to benefit its Youth Programs.
The auction will…
