Teen actors from Lincoln, Androscoggin and Cumberland counties, their families and teachers turned out for the film premier of the new Sidekicks program’s videos at the Skidompha Library in…
Life
Live Music
Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival is one of the largest family musical events in New England. The festival takes place twice a year, bringing thousands of music lovers from all over the world…
Maine Artists
The Colby College Museum of Art will present “Lois Dodd: Cultivating Vision,” an exhibition that brings together nearly 50 drawings, watercolors and prints, spanning four decades, given by the…
The students are still in school but the people at “Set for Success” are hard at work behind the scenes making sure that when the kids go back to…
A golden retriever named Nell, cairn terrier Bonnie, Lab mix Sally, poodle Hannah and stabyhoun Chance all passed their therapy dog testing in Falmouth on June 1.
All five were students of…
Take this art-rich self guided tour of exciting art exhibits, open house receptions, studio tours and artist demonstrations. Enjoy the variety of fine art in galleries and studios — all located…
Boothbay Region High School
Lucille Machon has seen many, many high school graduating classes honored at the Boothbay Region Alumni Association banquet. After a year of not holding a banquet due to waning interest, the…
Damariscotta River Association
The 2014 Damariscotta River Association’s (DRA) Archaeology Field School will focus on the Elisha Hatch Homestead site located off River Road in Newcastle. The school runs for two weeks this July…
How many times have your driven by Miss Piggy on Route 27 in Boothbay on your way out of town and noticed the big garden just across the street?…
The Damariscotta River Pirate Rendezvous will end on a somber note this year, with a ceremony to honor the memory of two pirate re-enactor captains…
Grow it in Maine
“I’m way behind,” Nancy groaned. “By this time, I thought I’d have the garden all planted.”
In 2014, there’s been plenty of rain to keep most of us out…
Chanel Stoddard and her family had a life-altering day on December 11, 2013. They learned she had stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma.
They had another one on May 21, after…
Lincoln County
Helen Weston was the first woman to serve as a Lincoln County Commissioner. She died while serving in office. Her husband, George Weston, established a scholarship fund in her memory and started…
As part of the ongoing Ounce of Prevention series, Mid Coast Senior Health Center will host a presentation by Doreen Siddall, Nurse Practitioner with Mid Coast…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
Summer reading sign-up will begin on June 24 at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library.
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The following Boothbay region day students were named to the dean's list at Thomas College for the spring 2014 semester:
Brandie McFetridge, of Boothbay Harbor, majoring in criminal justice…
Boothbay Region High School
Old Orchard Beach does it.
Bucksport and Falmouth, and Damariscotta, too.
Community service is a graduation requirement at schools in these towns — from 20 to 40 hours.
At the…
What’s Cooking
Today I am going to dispel a well circulated myth about food columnists, bloggers and chefs, so hang on to your aprons: The answer is no, we don’t cook fancy-schmancy meals seven…
It's student council election time at Boothbay Region High School, but students are not exactly clamoring to get into office.
“Interest has been waning for the past few years,” said Manon…
Meet the providers and staff of the new state-of-the-art LincolnHealth Wound Care Center at its grand opening and open house on Wednesday, June 11 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
…
Grow it in Maine
Not all insects are garden villains.
According to the National Garden Bureau, besides honeybees and butterflies, one finds garden heroes. Six of…
Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce
If you’re planning to visit the Boothbay Harbor Region this season and looking for a handy pocket map for reference on where to eat, dine, shop, what to do and most importantly how…
Hidden Valley Nature Center
When students arrive to Hidden Valley Nature Center’s Level 1 Chainsaw Safety course there is a palpable feeling of nervousness. Some students are nervous about felling a tree, others are gripped…
The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting a free workshop entitled Essentials of College Planning, for adults 19 and over, at the following times and locations: Midcoast Center for…
Visitors from Uganda spoke at the Midcoast Friends meeting in Damariscotta recently. Pictured with Patty Seybold of Boothbay, left, is Jacqueline Akello, of the African Rural…
Yay Yay Avenue: Lincoln Academy senior Charlotte Harris, sophomores Avery Genus, Lydia Harris and Johanna Neeson, all high honors for the second trimester. Lydia Harris…
Rhode Island School of Design/Continuing Education is presenting an Antiques and Fine Art Appraisal Class in Maine with Jackie Sideli, antiques show manager, writer and dealer, on June 25, 26 and…
Joshua Sullivan of Damariscotta has earned dean’s list recognition at Wentworth Institute of Technology for the spring 2014 semester; and Patrick James Moran, also of Damariscotta received a…
Photo
A meadow of Dame’s Rocket adorns the backyard of a house on Eastern Avenue in late May. It is a sight to behold, from all viewpoints.
Steven Cartwright, a Boothbay Harbor native, will be ordained to the transitional diaconate by Bishop Robert P. Deeley at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday, June 15, at 10 a.m…
Set for Success
Sue Burge is in the beginning stages of kicking off the 2014 “Set for Success” campaign.
This will be the third year she has rallied to help area elementary school students get all the…
The featured artists at Studio 53’s first show of the 2014 season will be gallery owners Heidi Seidelhuber and Terry Seaman.
On the first floor Seaman will exhibit his new drawings and…
Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce
“Let’s Go Green Together” is the theme at the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce’s 52nd annual awards dinner on May 30 at Fisherman’s Wharf Inn from 5:30-9 p.m.
In an effort to…
In celebration of its upcoming 50th anniversary, the Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund (BRSAF) is establishing a new scholarship, the Community Leader Scholarship, which will honor a current or…
Although costs are up, there wasn't much AOS 93 could do about it, Superintendent Steve Bailey said Wednesday, May 21.
During the…
Boothbay Railway Village
May 22 was a beautiful day for a vintage sports car rally.
With a dozen or so pre-1974 and exotic rides, the Boothbay Railway Village…
Get ready for graduation with a the schedule of activities and rehearsals for Boothbay Region High School graduates, and their friends and family.
Schedule
Wednesday,…
Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club
If you have not yet picked up your Rotary Club Vidalia onions, please do so by the end of the week. They will be in the steel building out in back of Doug's house on Back River Road.…
Last summer, the community garden at the Rittall Farm on Route 27 produced great quantities of carrots, beans, potatoes, squash and more.
Most produce was contributed to the food pantry with…
Overnight the grass turned green and the dandelions came up yellow! I guess spring has sprung! Last weekend, Scott and I were in Durham, N.H., visiting his…
Grow It In Maine
A single bottle showed Dr. Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward a way to preserve growing plants.
In London, the 19th century…
Like all great things, the upcoming feature on artists Carlton and Joan Plummer began with an idea. And, in this case, an idea contained in a letter.
…
On Tuesday, May 27, there will be an evening of entertainment at the Boothbay Region High School auditorium.
It will include a short concert by the chorus, a short one-act comedy performed…
What’s Cooking
Happy National Burger Month! Yes, the merry month of May has been designated by some foodie as the month to honor burgers. Americans eat more than 25 billion hamburgers…
Nikki Tibbetts graduated from Thomas College in Waterville at its 120th commencement ceremonies on May 10.
Tibbetts graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She is the…
Most of us enjoy living in our small towns and along quiet roads. There are days, though, when we envy bus and train services in larger places, especially when getting around Lincoln County…
Midcoast Unitarian Universalists
Rev. Kate Braestrup will be welcomed back to the pulpit of the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship service on Sunday, May 25.
She is the…
Boothbay Region Food Pantry
The Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor’s recent capital campaign has met its revised fundraising goal for renovation and expansion of the church building. One element of the…
Registered Dietitian Dimsie Clark, MS, RD, will join the Lincoln County Healthcare Diabetes Support Group at the May 28 meeting for an informal and interesting discussion on how to…
At the Maine Track Medical School Program’s graduation earlier this month, graduating students described Lincoln Medical Partners surgeon Garth Miller, as a natural educator.…
