Let the summer columnists begin. I'm sure there will be a sign up sheet at the library or floated at a Sunday Evening Service or LIS meeting soon, so please start thinking about…

Day by day the Point is livening up with the return of long time friends, new neighbors, and visitors. This is heartwarming. Plans for great summer activities are in progress,…

The Lincoln County Healthcare/Central Lincoln County Adult Education Certified Nursing Assistant course will be graduating at Cove's Edge, Damariscotta, on Thursday,…

Maya Schwehm, who just completed her sophomore year at Booothbay Region High School, attended the Maine site of the Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar. She joined more…

The second semester honor roll at Boothbay Region High School was announced this week. 59 students either made High Honors or Honors.

The following students from the Boothbay region made the spring 2013 dean’s lists:

Southern New Hampshire…

The weather is improving and many pumpkin plantlets that were adopted during the May 19 Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Plant Giveaway are enjoying this week’s sunshine. However, some may…

Mike and Wendy Rego, parents of Heather Rego, would like to announce her engagement to Adam Farnham, son of Jon and Mille Farnham.

Heather is employed…

In the Boothbay Region there are do's and there are don'ts.

While eating lobster or watching whales might top the list of do's, there is an unspoken…

The Superintendent of Schools office on Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor has announced its summer hours from July 1 through August 16.…

Sarah Holbrook Brewer, a licensed Zumba fitness instructor since May 2012, is offering Zumba classes this summer at Shore Hills Campground, Spruce Point Inn and The Zumba Room.  …

Garden club members statewide seeking to grow in knowledge about their earthy passion attended the 82nd annual convention of the Garden Club Federation of Maine June 18-20.…

The Boothbay Region Historical Society kicked off a new fiscal year on May 21 at its Oak Street museum with a well-attended business meeting followed by a program focusing on the…

Due to July 4 falling on a Thursday, the Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry at St. Philip’s, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset, will be open on Tuesday, July 2, 5 p.m., instead of its regularly…

When it comes to aging in America, Maine is again an extreme.

Census estimates released June 13 show that Maine again has the oldest median population…

Before Boothbay Region High School students don their sports uniforms and head for the  fields, they will have to undergo neurocognitive assessment tools provided by ImPACT…

Water was the subject, and will continue to be the subject this fall for students in the United States-Australisa Virtual Environmental Partnership.

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Country music plays on the radio, onion rings and pizza slices slowly spin in the rotating display dish, and a brunette woman orders pizza and sits down to wait and catches up some…

WIC (Women, Infants and Children) is a nonprofit nutrition program assisting income eligible families. WIC provides healthy foods, iron-fortified infant formula, breastfeeding…

Seaside Lodge of Masons #144 will meet Monday, June 24 for second degree work at the Masonic Lodge in East Boothbay. Supper will be served at 6:30 p.m., followed by degree work at…

The Boothbay Region Lions Club closed out our 2012-2013 year in style with not one, not two, but three big events.

First on the list was the regular…

Many thanks to Maria Doelp for once again finding and reporting news while Kit and I were away. The absence of the column the previous week was due to our computer crash that took…

On June 13, Emily Harris, a member of the sixth grade graduating class at Edgecomb Eddy School, was awarded the Sara Leone Outstanding Citizenship Award.

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The Boothbay Civic Association’s Fourth of July celebration on the Boothbay Common this year will provide many of the features that have made it an attraction for more than 25…

The death of two longtime and loyal club members from the past has come to our attention this week. Joe Parker, long the keeper of the entrance to Ebenecook Harbor and active…

On Friday, Matthew Ryder came to sing. He entertains for Village residents, and invites them to sing along.

George Duszynski, back in Assisted Living…

The Reverend Paul Tunkle, Rector of Maryland’s largest episcopal parish, the Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore, Md., will conduct services at All Saints by-the-Sea this week and…

On Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29, the Boothbay Sea and Science Center is sponsoring free educational programs on the problem of marine debris, presented by the Rozalia…

We all know that there are moments important enough to get out the news, and this is it! The traditional Chicken Barbecue will be held on July 6 at the Casino. Maryellen Bertrand…

There is an old English saying that summer has not truly arrived until you can set your foot upon 12 daisies. That may be so. I do see lots of daisies growing beside the road and…

The “Wings Over Wiscasset” event August 6 can pull in tourists on their way up the coast; local businesses can give them a reason to linger, a speaker told area businesspeople June…

The St. Andrews Hospital Auxiliary’s annual honorees and awards luncheon is as much a staple of Boothbay Harbor as its volunteers’ tireless devotion to fundraising for local…

The Boothbay Region Elementary School fifth graders kept track of the number of steps they took each day for eight weeks…

It was a novel experience. The second grade students of Donna Maxim and Barbara Carbone-Crocker at Boothbay Region Elementary School interacted with children's author Lynn Plourde…

Carroll and Traci Plummer of Georgetown and Randy Lester of Boothbay are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Elizabeth Lester, to Clarence “Chip” Appleton…

Boothbay Region Historical Society is kicking off a volunteer drive with a special volunteer orientation. This is a time to celebrate people doing extraordinary things through…

Two Lincoln County professionals working on the challenges of living as a senior in Maine will discuss their research and experience, at the June meeting of Lincoln County…

In this whirlwind we call the “last week of school,” there’s a lot to pack in. My first graders and our two partner classes made teddy bears and they are the cutest things you ever…

Aleesha Pinkham of Boothbay graduated from the New England School of Communications (NESCom) with a Bachelor of Science degree in communications on May 11 at the Newman Gymnasium…

The Deck House School is excited to announce its “Campaign for a Secure Future.” The goal of this campaign is to raise $300,000 in the next year to fund several projects here on…

U.S. Cellular is continuing its commitment to schools with the Calling All Teachers campaign starting in August and Calling All Communities campaign returning in November. U.S.…

George H. McEvoy was told he was meeting his partner Nancy Rowe's Kents Hill friends at Tugboat Inn the night of June 13, so he had better wear a suit jacket. However, Nancy took a…

To the casual onlooker, life seems unchanged at the mourning dove nest on the porch at the Friends of the Library Used Bookstore. One dove can still be seen sitting quietly on the…

The following awards were given to recipients during 8th Grade Recognition Night at Boothbay Region Elementary School June 11.

Secretary of State…

Simple, sweet and a bit sentimental.

Those are words to describe the hour-long graduation ceremony for the sixth graders at Southport Central School,…

The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper will have an early deadline for the July 4 issues. Advertising and editorial submissions will be due Friday, June 28 at 4 p.m. The…

Colleen Higgins of Wakefield, Mass., was given a surprise bridal shower brunch at the Spruce Point Inn on June 1. It was hosted by her mother, Cheryl Higgins of East Boothbay and…

Surprise, surprise … it’s raining again. Oh well, it could be snow.

BICA had a very well attended potluck on May l5 hosted by some of the lovely…

Auction fever was beginning at the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club meeting on June 6. This year’s fearless leader, Henry Wyatt, is back for the summer and enthusiastic about the August…

The club is commissioned and the commodore has received all his flock, now all the various activities are beginning and this week the dining room is open for dinner as well as…