For the fourth consecutive year, Miles and St. Andrews hospitals had the highest scores of all hospitals in their category in an Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield program that measures…
Life
Summer sun, sailing, kayaking and hiking along Maine’s coast and now with fall approaching it is the perfect time to pamper yourself and to freshen up your look. On August 20 at 1…
Ocean Point Column
This summer started with uncertain weather, mostly rainy and stay-at-home days. There was no time to prepare the garden or to touch up the cottage porch floor. By…
St. Andrews Village Column
Rain adjusted the Inn’s activities calendar at St. Andrews Village.
A boat ride on the…
BHYC Column
What are the odds of winning the Fantastic Friday Free Dinner drawing once not to mention twice? Mel Rines name was drawn two weeks ago and he wasn’…
Boothbay Region YMCA
It was like a closeout sale at Staples … only all the items were free.
Three hundred children, their parents and relatives, along with dozens of volunteers, flocked to the Marylouise Tandy…
Boothbay Region YMCA
Registration begins Monday, Aug. 26 for the seven-week YMCA fall program session beginning the week of September 9.
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Boothbay Region Elementary School
A trial bus run will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 27 for incoming 4-year-olds, and any incoming kindergarteners who did not attend…
Boothbay Region Land Trust
A bustling shipyard by day, the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard was transformed into the premier party spot on August 15, when 11 area restaurants chipped in to raise…
Rocky Channels School System
Rocky Channels Schools System receives federal funds to supplement the program for the special education students in the region. These funds are used to employ Resource Room…
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) provides certain rights to parents and eligible students (18 years of age or older) with…
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Below is a list of projects completed over the summer in area schools.
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The First
The First is proud to announce the winners of its sixth annual customer photo calendar contest.
Fourteen color photographs have been chosen from over 350 entries, and each winning…
Wiscasset High School
Wiscasset's contrast to big city life makes it a good place to bring international exchange students, according to a Richmond woman seeking host families for ones who would attend Wiscasset High…
The Singer Series
The only thing separating Greg Singer from true love is 6,000 miles of ocean.
Maintaining a long, long distance relationship sounds difficult, but Singer said he is up for the challenge.…
Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club
Rotarians gathered early this past Thursday at 4 p.m. outside our Scout Hall building on Montgomery Road, where we spent much time over the past few weeks, actually for the entire year, hauling…
Isle of Springs
August 12 and some Islanders have begun to leave to get ready for school and autumn activities. Nights are cooler, and the asters and goldenrod signal that summer is moving on.…
Ocean Point
Sorry for the lateness of this news, we hit a little snafu a couple of weeks ago!
The summer softball season was off to an exciting start…
Juniper-McKown Point Column
The summer of 2013 is gradually being used up but we are still enjoying the many celebrations and activities that have been made available for us for our 100th birthday celebration. July's Cottage…
Rev. James Bradbury Mitchell will lead the service at the Wilson Chapel on Ocean Point on Sunday, Aug. 18. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome.
Mitchell resides in Brunswick. He…
Southport Column
From Selectman Smith Climo I learned that the town of Southport has placed an offer for the Gardner property on Beach Road that includes Hendricks Head Beach. As reported last week, the…
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Boothbay Region Elementary School:
(Remember, many supplies are…
Boothbay Region Community Resources
In June a task force of seven diverse and committed community members was created to help raise funds to promote the continuation of the Boothbay Region Community Resources (BRCR) programs. Many…
Boothbay Region Student Aid Foundation
Recently, the Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund (BRSAF) welcomed three new members to its Board of Directors: Sarah Clifford, Michael Pollard, and Mark Gimbel. All three of the new directors bring…
Boothbay Sea and Science Center
Finishing its fourth week of youth sailing, it was full steam ahead at the Boothbay Sea and Science Center with three Mizzen sailors that included Georgie Szele, age 5. Paddling around…
Boothbay Railway Village
On Wednesday, Aug. 14, the Boothbay Railway Village organized a thank you cruise aboard the Nellie G II for Paul G. Coulombe and his guests.
In May, the museum received a generous…
Boothbay Region YMCA
On September 5 at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, a fairytale evening awaits guests at the “Once Upon A Time” golf tournament and cocktail party, featuring a happy ending of raising money for…
MaineHealth
On August 13, Maine Medical Center announced its plans to layoff 50 employees, terminate 175 vacant positions and cut top hospital administrators salaries by 12.5 percent.
These cuts…
Get to Know...
If you've had some good pie around town this summer, or maybe a pumpkin whoopie pie, there's a chance it came from the kitchen of Daphne Cromwell.
The Westport Island woman bakes and…
Get to Know...
Some local athletes tested their abilities and had a unique opportunity to lend a hand to a wounded warrior at the Tough Mudder event at Mount Snow in Vermont on August 10.
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Healthcare
The Maine Bureau of Insurance will be holding public information sessions regarding the federal healthcare reform law (Affordable Care Act).
Individuals seeking information about the…
Squirrel Island Column
As we continue to have beautiful weather to spend time together on the island, it is almost bittersweet as crisp mornings and cool evenings hint toward the arrival of fall. However, the first…
University of Maine
Sari Weiss of Boothbay Harbor has received a congratulatory letter from the Office of the Dean, College of Business, University of Maine, recognizing her excellent academic performance during the…
Lincoln County Healthcare
Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice Certified Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant Nancy Taylor knows that at the end of life, time is too precious to offer anything less than…
Grow It In Maine
“What’s this?” asked Jean, holding out a flower-tipped sprig.
It was a piece of…
Sprucewold Column
The Sprucewold Association's Rusticators Dinner was well attended on Saturday night, the only thing missing was Social Committee Bartender-for-Life Kent Gonzales but Greg…
Edgecomb Column
Flowers of the Forest, and a most sorrowful loss for me, the passing of Veula Reed, as of July 27.
Veula, along with Dot Hathorne and Dot Brown, was one of my three "other mothers," in the…
Wiscasset resident Rev. Gregory Foster has joined the pastoral ministry of the United Methodist Boothbay Region Cooperative Parish, which serves…
High School Sports
The Maine Principals' Association (MPA) is one of 28 members of the National Federation of State High…
What's Cooking
Late summer brings one of my favorite fruits: vaccinium corymbosum. Doesn’t that just make your mouth water a bit? No?
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Isle of Springs Column
Better sit down and hold on because there is so much news my fingers are on fire.
Deb and Alan Polackwich arrived with Jessica and Doug Erickson and kiddos, Adam and Anna…
Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club
Another August, another Rotary Charity Auction. The Charity Auction and Flea Market has been a fixture in the Boothbay region for 56 consecutive years, and while the players and the…
The Rt. Reverend Mark Beckwith of the Diocese of Newark will return to All Saints by-the Sea as visiting clergy on August 11. Holy Communion will be celebrated at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. A…
Seeds of Knowledge Education Center
Tanya Albert and Lisa Truesdell, teachers at Seeds of Knowledge Education Center in Wiscasset, helped children discover the value, purpose, and enjoyment of writing during “Write On!…
Bigelow Laboratory
Another exciting week came to a close at the Boothbay Sea and Science Center, with Andrew and Jane Marvin, age 5 and 7, respectively, participating in the first BSSC “Mizzen” program of…
Boothbay Region Garden Club
“‘Twas just gardens in the rain,” but almost everybody came to the Boothbay Region Garden Club Home and Garden Tour on Friday, July 26. Although the sun never came out that day, the…
The Reverend James H. O’Brien Jr. will lead the service at the Wilson Chapel at Ocean Point on Sunday, August 11. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome.
Rev. O’…
Boothbay Region Community Resources
Counting down the days … to Sunday, Aug. 18. Starting at 1 p.m. that day, the YMCA Field House doors will open to welcome all Boothbay…
Chewonki Foundation
The five-day camp is being held at Chewonki's main campus in Wiscasset August 19-23. In this introductory program, girls and boys ages 8-11 begin to explore relationships with peers, mentors and…
