Healthy Kids is pleased to announce the date for its largest annual fundraiser.

The Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta…

Aini Palizhati, of Boothbay Harbor, a biochemistry student at Iowa State University, was named to ISU's dean's list for the 2013 fall semester. Students named to the dean's list must have earned a…

The Charles E. Sherman Jr. Post 36 in Boothbay will be hosting a dinner honoring all Korean War-era veterans in the Boothbay region at its regular meeting on…

The Department of Environmental Protection and Gov. Paul R. LePage are seeking nominations from Maine’s leaders in sustainability for the state’s environmental excellence awards. This is an…

What does friendship look like?

At the Boothbay Harbor home of Richard and Melanie Green, it’s the shaved head of 16-year-old Allison Barter.

The daughter of Mark and Leslie Barter of…

Cody Barry, an East Boothbay resident and a student at the Pratt Institute in New York City, was among more than 1,100 students who made the dean's list in the fall 2013 semester.

Hyde School senior Emma Leonard of Boothbay, daughter of Donna and John Leonard, recently received the Most Improved Senior Learner in Spanish award for her achievement during the fall trimester…

Lodge opened at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20 with 15 members present.

The Lodge has sold one cord of firewood and has a second cord for sale. Dried, cut and split hardwood, the cord is being sold…

Look for the Boothbay Region Adult and Community Education winter/spring class brochure as an insert this week's Boothbay Register! We hope you'll take some time to browse through the brochure.…

This morning, two house plants took a shower with me.

An orchid and a clementine plant were looking dried-out from lack of humidity. Heated winter air does that to some plants.

I stood…

The Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) has a $500 scholarship available to a Boothbay student in a postsecondary art program, leading to a degree in graphic art, art education, or fine art.…

Look for the yellow Boothbay Region Adult Ed winter-spring class brochure as an insert in the Boothbay Register on Thursday, Jan. 23.

Planning on taking your sweetheart out for dinner on Valentine’s Day but you can’t find a sitter?

Fear not, as the Boothbay Region High School senior class is holding a Project Graduation…

Work has begun at the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper on the award-winning supplement, “Summertime” for 2014. Listings for the events calendar are currently being sought. Annual…

About 35 people attended the public hearing held January 14 at 5 p.m. at the Southport Town Hall concerning the problems with the Cuckold Council’s efforts to establish the…

In January 1966, the Boothbay Register boldly headlined, “Region Scholarship Fund Drive Opens With March-To-The-Homes.”

A week later, 75 region mothers took part a house-to-house…

B-E-E-W-A-R-E, the Word Hawks are coming back, eager to defend their title as the region’s best adult spellers at this year’s third annual adult spelling bee hosted by the Boothbay…

For Barbara Contardo, therapy from Certified Lymphedema Therapists Diane Brown and Leah Taylor has meant regaining control of her life.

Contardo first visited…

You all know the saying, “If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute,” right?

Well, this past couple of weeks we’ve…

There is not a lot of news to report this week. I’m sure that the sub zero temperatures of late keep people busy with indoor activities, although we did experience a…

Negotiations on teacher and administrative salaries are in progress for the 2014-2015 school year for Boothbay Region Elementary School (BRES) and Boothbay Region High School (BRHS); however, the…

The winter weather has caused hardships for many folks, and we have heard story after story about people slipping and sliding. None carry the weight…

Van Reid will be the first speaker in a series of lectures presented by the Boothbay Railway Village, the general topic to be Transportation in Maine Stories.…

Services/Goods Offered: Consulting and installation of adaptive solutions to increase an individual’s safety and independence in their own home.

Location:…

The Environmental Priorities Coalition announced on Thursday that increasing the use of Maine-produced food in schools is on its list of top priorities this legislative session. The Environmental…

The Department of Environmental Protection's Nonpoint Source Training and Resource Center is offering a robust schedule of classes for the winter and spring of 2014…

Children ages 6 to 10 are invited to discover the joy of the outdoors at Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center February 18-21 in…

You’d think we had never met snow and ice before.

In recent years, we’ve experienced all of that. Between the savage winters, we’ve had kind seasons with little snow. Really, the issue is…

It's time for the winter bird seed sale held by your local Audubon Chapter, Mid-Coast Audubon.

Proceeds help the chapter with its nesting box program and help…

Last year when Lincoln County Healthcare announced its decision to close St. Andrews’ emergency room, the Boothbay Region Ambulance Service had to plan for unfamiliar territory. The service that…

Democrats need to maintain their majority in Augusta and take back the governorship this fall in order to turn back the worst excesses of the LePage administration…

The Lincoln County Healthcare Diabetes Support Group will take a hard look at the sometimes conflicting dietary information available from a wide…

On Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 5 p.m. at the Southport Town Hall, Danielle Betts from Knickerbocker Group conducted a public hearing concerning the amendments to the master plan to…

The next meeting of the Boothbay Region Senior Citizens Club will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 22…

Lodge opened at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13 with 17 members present.

Our club is getting back into the swing of things after the holidays and the bad weather we’ve had over the past three weeks…

For St. Andrews Village Marketing Director Steven Goold, marketing has always been about building good…

The Boothbay Region Adult Ed Learning Center begins the winter/spring semester on Tuesday, Jan. 21, for anyone age 17 or older who wants to earn…

The Ocean Classroom Foundation has created a new position in its administrative offices in Damariscotta. The new position combines COO and CFO and will be staffed by Peter D. Coburn of Lyme, N.H…

Jane Good is not afraid to ask for help. As a volunteer for the Save St. Andrews Task Force and now the Boothbay Region Health and Wellness Foundation, Good has reached out to Maine’s Attorney…

Is Wiscasset made for walkin’?

How about its Route 1 neighbor, Belfast?

Both Midcoast communities will get some expert help finding out in March, thank to grants announced January 15…

I propose we celebrate a little known foodie holiday. Next Wednesday, Jan. 22 is National Soup Swap Day. Hooray and who knew?

I think this could be the perfect impetus to gather some friends…

Set for Success

For several years, Boothbay Region Community Resources has…

The Haiti Dinner, to be held at St Patrick’s Church in Damariscotta Mills on February 7 at 6 p.m., will be prepared by the chef/owner of King Eider’s Pub and Stone…

Everyday families across the nation and in our very own community face hunger. No county is immune. Families struggling to make ends meet through a treacherous…

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is January 20 and Rev. Erika Hewitt will lead a multimedia service at the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Sunday, Jan. 19…

Keith Pfeifer of Andover, N.H. and Nancy Harriman of Southport are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kiersten Dawn Harriman…

Friends of the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library will hold the group’s annual meeting on Monday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. in the Coastal Club Room at the Boothbay Region YMCA. Everyone is invited. The…

Due to the sale of the old Rotary clubhouse located on Oak Street, the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club will now be meeting at ‘The Gallery – Events & Catering owned by Rotarians Steve and Laura…

The Chewonki Foundation's Keith Crowley knows some people picture bats as mice with wings. But they're far from rodents, and also far from a lot of other myths that dog them.