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Take one part painting class, add a splash of bar and a great time will be had by all.

The Rocktide Inn is excited to bring the Paint Bar scene to Boothbay Harbor. Paint Bars are the newest…

The Fifth Annual Maine Walks with Haiti took place in Portland around Back Cove on Saturday, May 31 and teams from Lincoln County and nearby areas were among the…

What exactly is LincolnHealth?

Where does it fit into the community and how does the community impact its goals?

This week and next All Saints By-the-Sea welcomes the Reverend Martin Smith. On June 22 and 29, the celebration of Holy Communion will be at 8 a.m.…

On Sunday, June 22 at 10 a.m., David Eastwood will be the guest minister at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor.

Eastwood is a professor emeritus, Department of Agricultural…

Seeds of Knowledge Education Center will be holding its new summer camp programs at St. Philip’s Church in Wiscasset. This facility is…

Focus on Health

One of the most important things my father taught me was also the last thing he taught me. My dad taught me how to die. I hope that I am able to…

More than 70 items are on display at the Edgecomb Congregational Church for its fourth annual silent auction. The auction is the church's largest fundraiser of the…

Wiscasset Primary School nutrition team member Terri Meehan faces a daily challenge that will sound familiar to any parent: how to…

The Lincoln County Animal Shelter/Boothbay Region Human Society Thrift Shop threw open the doors of the thrift shop proper and adjacent…

Lincoln County Historical Association

Last week, Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) committee members surveyed the association’s textile collection on the third floor of the Old Jail in Wiscasset. The room had been…

AUGUSTA —  Maine females, the Permanent Commission for the Status of Women wants to hear from you.  Let them know the issues you find most challenging and what can be done to help. The information…

Boothbay Region High School

This year, several new courses were offered at Boothbay Region High School, all involving math, science and the creation of products. Students made electric guitars, composite boat models, skiffs…

Healthy Kids summer field trips have begun. The combined Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta Playgroups, along with some summer visitors, have already visited the…

The Boothbay Regional Elementary School assembly took place Monday, and to the delight of the recipients, 30 children took home new bicycles.

Boothbay Region Garden Club

Here's a sneak peek at the Boothbay Region Garden Club's July 25th Home and Garden Tour.

You'll want to know more, but that will come later. Start making your plans now to visit these very…

Graduation 2014

No matter how small the class, Southport Central school knows each student is important.

The Southport Town Hall was…

Graduation 2014
Edgecomb Eddy School graduation

Symbolism was at the forefront on June 16 for Edgecomb Eddy School's sixth grade graduation.

Kindergarteners and first graders gave the graduates owl pillows to…

Graduation 2014

On Thursday, June 12, 68 eighth grade students at Boothbay Region Elementary School received their diplomas and bid adieu to their middle school lives. In September, the class will be entering…

As the Midcoast region awakens from a very long winter and unfolds into summer, the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, June 26, from 5 to 8 p.m., kicks off the season. The June Art Walk, one of four…

Grow It In Maine

For bees, enkianthus (“EN-key-AN-thus”) bushes now offer a late spring treat. From where I sit, bumblebees are the biggest fans, scrambling over the clusters or racemes of small,…

Paula Ragsdale, "Friendship Maine"

Studio 53 Fine Arts' new show, “Pieced Together,” features the works of Paula Ragsdale, Nikki Schumann, Kim and Philippe Villard. Four artists with distinctly…

Lynn Pawlowski, a recipient for the academic year 2013-2014 of one of the Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund’s “Named Scholarships,” just completed her freshman year…

Adam R. Giles, nephew of Maude and Greg Wright of Boothbay and a 1994 graduate of Boothbay Region High School, graduated cum laude on May 10 from Southern New…

Amanda Silverman of Dresden graduated from Beloit College on Sunday, May 18. Silverman earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.

Beloit College is a leading liberal arts college founded on…

Wyatt Colby of Southport received a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering with a certificate in aerospace engineering from Duke University during commencement exercises in Durham, N.C. on…

Hunter Reid of Edgecomb and Rebecca Hadik of Woolwich have been named to first honors on the Clark University (Worcester, Mass.) dean's list for the spring 2014 semester. To be eligible for first…

Stanley R. Tupper III received his law degree from the University of Maine School of Law on May 17, where he was honored to be chosen as class…

Robert Morton Jr. of Orrington was named to the spring 2014 dean’s list at Husson University in Bangor.

The Eldercare Network of Lincoln County will receive the designated proceeds from the second fundraising supper of the summer season to be held on…

Chase Point in Damariscotta honored 30 men and women veterans for their services with a substantial breakfast on the first Wednesday of June.

Grow it in Maine

Eight-foot, crimson-topped poinsettias formed a hedge by the restaurant.

We were enjoying a late-winter cruise in the Caribbean and had come ashore…

Windjammer Days 2014
Vice Admiral James B. Perkins III

James B. Perkins III grew up in Boothbay Harbor. Before graduating from Boothbay Region High School, he and his fellow team mates on the football team brought home the state championship trophy in…

Hidden Valley Nature Center

Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson is offering a great opportunity for high school students (ages 13-19) to participate in a timber frame construction workshop July 17-20. Each year HVNC…

What’s Cooking

Darn! Wish I’d been in the Lanesboro, Minn., area on June 8 for the annual rhubarb festival. There was a tasting contest featuring pies, crisps, cakes, soups, chutneys…

All Saints by-the Sea, the Episcopal summer chapel on Southport, will open for the 2014 season on Sunday, June 15, with Holy Communion Services at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m…

What’s Cooking

Here comes summer! Hold onto your hats because here it’s time for black flies, yellow pollen, and cars, trucks, buses, boats, and planes chock-a-block full of tourists. (And don’t…

Boothbay Region High School

The Boothbay Region High School Class of 2014 graduated June 6. Fifty-two students received their high school diplomas and said so long to teachers, friends and…

Boothbay Region High School

Boothbay Region High School students elected incoming senior Karl Alamo as their new student body president for the 2014-2015 school year. The students elect the class officers in the spring…

Boothbay Region Community School District

At the last Community School District Trustees meeting for the 2013-2014 school year, the trustees discussed donations made to the school, nominated new officers,…

Bigelow Laboratory

A global campaign promoting generosity is coming to the Boothbay region! We’re no strangers to these ideals, as a community that always steps up to help a…

Watch the Boothbay Region High School Class of 2014 perform the “Grand March” on June 6, 2014, as part of the graduation festivities.

See more stories about graduation…

Windjammer Days 2014

Holy pyrotechnics, fireworks fans!

The 52nd Annual Windjammer Days Festival is just a few weeks away, and word is, donations for this year's fireworks display are down. And, considering the…

Eben Musich of North Edgecomb received a bachelor’s degree in community and international development within the College of Agriculture & Life Science during commencement ceremonies on May 18…

On Friday, June 6, Lincoln County Animal Shelter Manager Betsy Pratt, her assistant Ben Rand, and Office Manager Carrie Koskela visited Two Salty Dogs Pet Outfitters in Boothbay Harbor to pick up…

One could sense the 2014 election was heating up by the atmosphere at the Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) meeting held June 3 in Edgecomb. At the state level,…

LincolnHealth

Over the past 28 years, Shane Creamer has seen X-ray technology make huge leaps in image quality. But a new wireless digital radiological detector…

Boothbay Region Health & Wellness Foundation

On Thursday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m., Jane B. Good and Margaret Perritt, vice presidents of the Boothbay Region Health & Wellness Foundation, will…

What's Cooking

There is much dissension among asparagus lovers as to which spears are better: thick or thin.

It is thought by some that thinner spears are tastier…

For St. Andrews Hospital Auxiliary, it’s all about the numbers.

At the group’s June 4 annual luncheon, held this year at Fisherman’s Wharf, the auxiliary honored 11 volunteers and recognized…