On October 12 and 13, the Boothbay Railway Village, along with the Boothbay Information Center, will host a true New England Craft Fair.

A dry stone walling workshop will be held October 5-6 on the grounds of the Nequasset Meetinghouse in Woolwich.

This is a two-day workshop, which will construct a permanent installation of a…

The community has spoken.

In five weeks $40,000 was raised, enough to convince Emmy-winning producer Jerry Smith to send his television crew to the Boothbay region.

Never before has…

Southporters voted to buy the Gardner property that includes a portion of Hendricks Head Beach last Wednesday evening in a special town meeting that lasted less than an hour.…

At 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, the lights will go out at the St. Andrews Campus of LincolnHealth.

It will be as if an old lady had stepped out of her ball gown and left it for the children to…

This year has truly been defined by the word “bittersweet.” The Alan-Dee Dairy 4-H Club started the year strong with five new members, taking on the challenge of adopting a family for Christmas,…

The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library celebrated a special event on Saturday evening, September 14, at Mine Oyster, titled The Poetry of Wine, with over one hundred…

Red Cloak Haunted History Tours is joining the community effort to bring a top-rated travel show to cover the Boothbay Region.

Getting Away Together, produced by the Public Broadcasting…

Dana McLean's fascination with lobster boat design first took shape when he was a young boy, surrounded by family and friends that were lobstermen.

He loved those wooden boats. From ages six…

Barring a last minute miracle, the battle to Save St. Andrews Hospital appears to have been lost.

Officially, the hospital hasn’t closed. St. Andrews’ Medicare provider number and its…

Harbor Fest weekend kicks off at Happy Hour on Friday with the Harbor Crawl, one of three major events added to Harbor Fest this year. The Harbor Crawl mixes shopping with…

The Marston House in Wiscasset will be hosting a book signing with Joan Osofsky, the author of “Love Where You Live.”

Wow, did the mooring field empty out quickly! Monday last week there were still 35 boats, plus the Junior Program vessels. Yesterday there were only 10. That’s what happens when the calendar…

At the annual meeting of the Boothbay Region District Nursing Association (BRDNA) on September 18, the board of directors honored Bonnie Lewis for her service with thanks and by…

The Reed family has announced that an End of Life Service will be held for Veula Hazel Emerson Reed on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 2 p.m. at the Edgecomb Congregational…

The ramifications of belonging to the newly defined state House District #89 was the lead agenda item at the September 22 meeting of the Edgecomb Democratic Town Committee.

The new district…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens has engaged internationally acclaimed Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects to guide the organization into its…

I love the old Irish saying, “Only two things in this world are too serious to be jested on — potatoes and matrimony.”

And yes, I am seriously happy…

Jolly Arsenault sat in the quiet hospital room chatting with his wife, Laura.

When she got out of her chair to move across the room, he stood by with his…

Residents at the Inn at St. Andrews Village are about to send their third We Care package to a serviceman.

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September 17-23, 2013 is Constitution Week, commemorating the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America.

You might have heard the phrase, “That’s unconstitutional,” or “…

Maine's First Family invites Mainers to visit the Blaine House once again this year in an effort to help fellow citizens who are less fortunate.

In October, Gov. Paul R. LePage and first…

If you missed the last Methodist Church pie sale of the season yesterday, never fear: this coming week in the Boothbay region is packed full of fun (with fewer calories).

Celebrate the first…

Two things were clear at the September 21 Boothbay Region Health and Wellness Foundation meeting: Community members are still outraged about the decision to end emergency and inpatient care at St…

Rotary and event organizers Daren and Debbie Graves would like to thank the following people and merchants for making our 12th annual Hometown Heroes event a success.

Margaret Perritt says, “Come to St. Columba's Episcopal Church on Saturday, September 28” for a Rent-a-Table Yard Sale. You rent…

I arrived home yesterday to discover that a 40-plus foot hemlock on our property, which has provided a visual barrier between our property and our neighbor’s, had been cut to the ground by…

The Maine Chapter of Parents of Murdered Children and other Survivors of Homicide Victims will be holding a ground breaking ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m., at Holy Family Cemetery,…

Wiscasset will be host to the second annual Community Walk to Stop Diabetes, the newest  initiative of the American Diabetes Association's movement to Stop Diabetes.

This local grass roots…

October is just around the corner, the evenings are drawing in and all over Maine craftspeople and artists are preparing for the busiest shopping…

September in Boothbay Harbor may be the prettiest month of the year. The humidity is gone, the air is clear, nights are cool and the days are often sunny and warm.

Continuing a tradition of nontraditional competition, the Pemaquid Oyster Festival will once again host the Pemaquid Oyster Poetry Contest and the Maine Champion Oyster Shucking…

The newspaper has received the annual “Chase's Calendar of Events” book for several years and it's always fun to look over the listings of events and to find out such important facts as…

The Boothbay Region Senior Citizens Club has resumed its meetings. The club met on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at the Boothbay Fire Department with 31 regular members and five new members in attendance.…

These four Y members have all become part of a special group at the Boothbay Region YMCA. They, along with a few others, have been presented with the Dorothy Abbott Senior Star award.

The…

Dr. Kurt Kelley, a board certified ophthalmologist with Midcoast Eye Associates in Brunswick, will be available for eye exams and consultations at the Sheepscot Eye…

“Celebrating the Autumnal Equinox” is the theme for the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Sunday, Sept. 22.

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Jameson Brooks was four months when he was diagnosed with brain and spinal cancer. After 18 months of chemotherapy, Jameson relapsed in August and continues chemotherapy at Maine's Childrens…

Healthcare works best when physicians and hospitals work together. The result is better, less expensive care.

This was the vision in the 1990s when MaineHealth was born, and in 2007 when…

Lucy Atkins has always loved exploring nature, natural history, winter ecology, amphibians and connections between people and their natural and human communities. As the new…

Many thanks to Maria Doelp who kept the Southport news flowing last week. If you read the column, you know she posed a puzzle asking of what does Maine have only one that other states have more…

You can see and feel the seasons changing at the Gardens. Daily children’s activities are now offered on weekends only (except Storytime, which is also on Mondays at 10 a.m.) Fall…

Join Registered Nurse and Certified Diabetes Educator Karen Lane for “Personal Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM)” at the September 25 meeting of…

Don Walker, an MIT PhD and former research scientist, knows a good thing when he sees one and that includes his Bichon, Mandy.

A sociable bundle of white fur…

Community Housing of Maine (CHOM) is announcing the grand opening celebration of Campbell Creek Village (…

Kristen Gosselin grew up as the oldest of 48 kids, including her siblings and first cousins.

Gosselin said the…

Two weeks ago Smith Climo took up his “dream job” mentoring kids in the Boothbay region.

Climo was hired as the alternative education technician at Boothbay…

The following local births were recorded at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick since late August.

A girl, Lyriah Alexandria Nicole Barbeau, was born to Jennifer Colleen Long and Anthony Clayton…

This will probably be another short column as there isn’t a whole lot going on after the season. The west shore is pretty much deserted except for us. Speaking of, I hope Lars and Jackie get the…