Most of the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District budget meetings are attended by school administrators, teachers, and other municipal employees. This year was no exception. A total…

The Maine Department of Education rates public schools every year, based on the growth and proficiency of students in reading and math. High schools are also partially graded on their percentage…

The seventh and eighth grade class of Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning spent three days at the University of Southern Maine, as participants in Maine’s 16th annual Model…

Ashley Frazier states that she is “exactly” where she desires to be in her young life. At this moment, she is studying cosmetology at the Empire Beauty School in Portland, Maine, a city that like…

In March and April I wrote two articles on the shipbuilding done for the Navy in our region shipyards during World War II and the Korean War. Those large wooden vessels included…

Benn Scully might seem just like a typical top 10 senior at Boothbay Region High School.

He’s a talented three-sport athlete, a whiz with the math books, and an…

The alumni banquet, sponsored by the Boothbay Region Alumni Association, will be held Sunday, June 1 in the gymnasium of the Boothbay Region…

The Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association, founded in 1969, is celebrating its 45th year. Kicking off the celebrations will be the unveiling of SVCA’s Anniversary Poster at an artist reception…

The annual meeting of the Friends of the Southport Historical Society will be held on Monday, June 16 at the Southport Town Hall at 7:30 p.m. It…

On Thursday, May 29, at 5 p.m…

Nancy C. Davis, of Canton, Mass., died May 17, 2014 in Brigham and Womens Hospital after a brief illness. She was 80 years old.

Nancy was a member of the chorus at the…

Riley Kane knows the importance of a good teacher.

Whether it's in the classroom or out, a good teacher can make all the difference…

Schools across the country participate in voluntary accreditation programs.

In the Northeast, accreditation is granted by the Committee on Public Secondary Schools under the auspices of New…

When Robert Campbell sets his sights on a goal, he said he always makes sure to follow through. 

In his sophomore year, Campbell discovered he was ranked second in his class, and from that…

Boothbay Harbor resident Ronald Cohen recently graduated from the University of Maine at Augusta with two bachelor's degrees in accounting and business management (with a minor in biology). He…

Myron Hahn is not an easy person to track down.

When the 17-year-old Boothbay Region High School senior isn't in class or in the…

Above and Beyond Scheduling, the new business venture by Juliette and Ronald Cohen, won second place in the UMaine Business Challenge.

There were five finalists who presented to judges the…

Sixteen high school students from across Maine will begin a weeklong residential program at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay on …

Wow. Just wow. The Lions want to thank this community for all of its support over the past month.

We had a great turnout for our pancake breakfast…

Two fourth grade classes at Boothbay Region Elementary School received wilderness training this week from two prominent Maine-based survival skills…

The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta invites Maine artists to submit a design for this year’s official festival T-shirt. The selected design will be featured on the back of the T-shirt…

Join us on Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the return of the alewives. The seventh annual Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Restoration Festival will be held on Memorial Day weekend, May 24, 25 and…

Sophia Thayer, the top student in the Boothbay Region High School's class of 2014, will be attending Bates College in Lewiston in the fall. For what, she isn't yet sure.

“I'm undecided on…

Just like his father, senior Jude Alamo wants to be a doctor.

He is still deciding which college he wants to attend: Ithaca College in New York, or University of Massachusetts in Amherst,…

Courtney Chaney has her sights set on bright lights and big cities.

Soft-spoken and thoughtful, when Chaney talks about her dreams,…

Ben Betts said that being in the top 10 of his class at Boothbay Region High School didn't come as a complete surprise.

When he was a…

Nell Anthony has always gravitated to the outdoors and sports. The 2014 top 10 graduating senior at Boothbay Region High School surfs, has volunteered at an ice rink, and spent half her sophomore…

At 17, Victoria Schmid hasn't singled out a career choice, but she figures studying one of her favorite subjects, biology, is a good place to start.

“Biology is…

It didn't take long for Ireland to prove a wholly different country for Gretchen Elder.

The 16-year-old Edgecomb native, daughter of…

On May 8, folks gathered for the first Thursday cocktail party and about 30 members arrived to enjoy friendship and to watch Sally and her High School Club Sailors come in to the docks from their…

Since 1927, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association celebrates Better Hearing and Speech Month each May. This month of awareness is a good…

My inbox is overflowing this week, and I’ll admit to a bit of spring cleaning fever. I’ve tackled the bits and pieces…

Yes the day was overcast, but still 26 curious passengers boarded the Novelty bound for Burnt Island on April 27, the last day of Boothbay Harbor’s Fishermen's Festival 2014.

Elaine…

Through winter, many gardeners created plant lists for this season.

Now, more catalogs filled with enticing new growing things …

Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 14 for the next meeting of the Boothbay Region Seniors Citizens Club. We hold our bimonthly meetings on the second and…

Beginning May 17 and continuing through mid-October, the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m…

Gerard D. Landry, son of Martha and David Landry of Boothbay Harbor, graduated from the University of Southern Maine at its 134th Commencement ceremonies on May 10, 2014.

Landry, a graduate…

Taxpayers will assemble in the gymnasium of Boothbay Region Elementary School at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 19 to decide whether they will approve the 2014-2015 school budgets. The meeting will take…

Friday, May 16: Last Y dance of the school year for grades 5-8 in the Y gym at 7 p.m. DJ’s Jonne Trees and Calvin Crocker are taking music requests…

Enjoy freshly prepared food, pick up a recipe or two and learn about the important role nutrition plays in healthful aging, all at St. Andrews Village, May 22 at 2 p.m.

Just days before the Boothbay Railway Museum opens for the season, a special visit on Thursday, May 22, by the New England 1000 Rally will provide…

About 25 residents turned up for a Knickerbocker Group meeting at the proposed Cuckolds Inn utility line crossing on the southeast end of Southport Island on May 12.

Danielle Betts,…

Sculpted soapstone, clay totem poles, acrylic paintings, collage, self-portraits, model dream homes, and much more can be seen at the Student Art Show at the Boothbay…

The Boothbay Region High School 2014 Project Graduation committee has announced the winners of its most recent raffle.

Janice Gay won a three-night package from Green Landing Lodge.

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April’s potluck was well attended, the hall was spring-like with Easter decorations, and some lucky folks got to take home baskets filled with eggs, forsythia…

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” is a comedy-drama which tells the story of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the…

Boothbay Region Elementary School teacher Cory (Cordelia) Chase won Lincoln…

Midcoast musical theater actor Sarah Duggan is taking on a new role: wedding ceremony singer.

Why sing at weddings?

Dan and Barbara Aube, a couple with long ties to Maine and a shared love of the sea, have been selected as resident keepers of the Inn at Cuckolds Lighthouse and the recently restored light…

How time flies. The Edgecomb Congregational Church's first Summer Supper of 2014 will be on Saturday, May 17, serving from 5 to 6 p.m., or whenever the food runs out.…