“A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.” –Irving Penn
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Life
A Christmas Day tradition returned to the Boothbay region as over two dozen volunteers served a free feast to about 120 community members. On Dec. 25, organizers describe this year’s turnout as…
Human use of herbs, flowers and other plants for their curative powers goes back centuries. In some cultures, shamans and wise women used them to treat a variety of complaints. How long? According…
The Amethyst Project
The Ladies of the Amethyst Project, anchored by the professional singers of the Amethyst Chamber Ensemble, perform Benjamin Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols” and other seasonal tunes at three…
The Visually Impaired Persons group will hold its first meeting of the new year on Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 1:15 p.m. at the Boothbay Region Community Center in the Meadow Mall, 185 Townsend Avenue,…
Where it’s at
Morgan Mitchell’s Creative Flow Circles got their start while she and husband Andrei Bazaiac were living in Portland. Morgan was working at an ad agency and observed how mentally drained her…
On Friday, Jan. 12 from 3 to 4 p.m., Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is hosting a family program at Coastal Rivers Salt Bay Farm with a focus on mammals of Maine. …
Merry Barn
The Merry Barn was recently transformed for Storytree Theatre’s world premiere of “The Cracked Talent Show.” Inspired by the treasures and secret worlds in the floorboards of the barn,…
There are many interesting things going on in backyards and woodlots, even in the cold of winter. Trees, birds, and many animals, for example, adapt to freezing temperatures in fascinating ways.…
Monday, Dec. 18, with its whirling high winds and steady rain, proved a little too much for a tiny seabird. It wasn’t a people day either. Without…
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust recently completed two land conservation projects in Bristol, adding a total of 60 acres to the existing Half Moon Pond Conservation Area that now stretches 979…
Sarah Wilde, a local artist from Walpole, will be having a solo show of her latest paintings at the Miles Memorial Hospital during the months of January and February 2024.
Devoting herself…
"The magi, as you know, were wise men — wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger.
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The word “pilgrimage” may evoke images of people on a quest, walking or visiting spiritual places. searching for forgiveness, discovering their purpose, to find God, or time to escape the demands…
Wrapped in between the cute opening number of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” by the Itty Bitty Tap dancers and the rollicking “Jingle Bells” number by the Music Theater dancers to end the night…
As most residents across the region coped without power Dec. 19, some found a warm welcome at Southport Memorial Library.
The library hosted its second annual Holiday Open House, providing…
Imagine the luxuriousness of making wine… walking through beautiful vineyards, gazing out at panoramic mountainscapes, the feel and the smell of the grapes. Now…
All are welcome to attend Christmas services at St. Columba's Episcopal Church on 32 Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor as follows:
Sunday, Dec 24 at 4 p.m. (note time), Service of Holy Communion…
Stretch your writing muscles and banish the winter blues with Writers’ Workshops at the Merry Barn. Kat Kassidy offers workshops for kids and teens, and Diana Mullins facilitates a six-session…
Join us on Friday, Dec. 29 at 5:30 p.m. for the next in our popular Family Read & Watch series. We'll be reading the action-packed, hilarious, and perfectly…
The Boothbay Harbor Opera House has been celebrating its 20th season with a full schedule of concerts featuring acclaimed artists and community events this year. The final performance of the…
The rain and the wind didn't keep the diehards away from Community Lunch as Boothbay Craft Brewery hosted for the second time…
On Saturday, Dec. 16, three Boothbay Region High School Robotics teams competed in a qualifying match hosted in Yarmouth at Frank H. Harrison Middle School.
This year’s VEX Robotics…
The last train to the North Pole left the station at 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon (Dec. 17), after three weekends of sold out trains at the Boothbay Railway Village Museum. Santa received…
This week, the Boothbay Region High School Interact Club had its Christmas Holiday party. The club members dressed in their holiday sweaters and hats, made gingerbread cookies, and wrote cards for…
Announcing the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor’s 2023 Gingerbread Spectacular award winners, drum roll, please ...
Most Spectacular - Christmas Train Station,…
At Center for Teaching and Learning, students welcomed winter's first snow by snapping on a pair of skis and hitting the slopes. Kindergarteners, elementary students, and middle schoolers look…
It was hard to stand out at the Dec. 12 Community School District school board meeting because the highlight came first. Administrators and board members followed a performance by Boothbay Region…
Join U.S. Army SSG (Ret.) Travis Mills, founder and president of the Travis Mills Foundation, for a signing of his new book, “Bounce Back: 12 Warrior Principles to Reclaim & Recalibrate Your…
Sixteen students at Southport Central School presented their Winter Concert, “Once Upon a Winter’s Tale ...” for a packed Southport Town Hall Wednesday evening, Dec. 12.
A story of Santa…
Monday's Community Lunch Dec. 11 was hosted by “Super” Chef Dave Warford and Wiscasset Ford. Dave put on a great spread of beef stroganoff, American chop suey, stuffed bread, and as always…
It’s a perfect match: educators, scientists, artists, actors, professionals in the fields of healthcare, architecture, astronomy, literature, history, political science, and psychology — all…
Lincoln Theater
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the aspiring thespian in your life? Or have you always wanted to try your skills out on the stage? Well, you’re in luck because Lincoln Theater is…
Concerns about overworked administrators, rising costs and financially strained taxpayers set the tone for an at times tense Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 school board meeting Dec…
On Thursday, Dec. 14 and Friday, Dec. 15 at 5 p.m., the Y Arts Youth Actors will present “Rudolph, the Red-…
The Edgecomb Community Church will be holding a special Christmas Eve service, Sunday, Dec. 24, at 5 p.m. The service will feature Lessons and Carols revealing the Christmas story through…
There were no Blockheads Dec. 8 in the seventh annual Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Decorating Contest in Edgecomb. All 10 participants claimed a prize. Participants included eight Edgecomb…
Winners of the Eastside Waterfront Park’s 4th annual Ornament Decorating Contest were chosen on Saturday, Dec. 9. Below is the list of winners.
BEST OVERALL – David Lassen …
Hearty Roots was recently awarded the “Trailblazer Award for the Outdoor Innovation of the Year” by Maine Outdoor Brands. Hearty Roots offers an all-outdoors Therapeutic Adventure program, which…
Will Matteson, substance use prevention coordinator for Healthy Lincoln County (HLC), presented a “Overdose Response and Narcan…
Join us for Christmas at Norlands, at 90 this Saturday, Dec. 9! As always, we will have a variety of 19th century activities and attractions.
*Horse & Carriage rides * …
Press release
Maritime weather may be a seasonal concern for many Mainers, but for Rick Miller, it is a 24/7/365 passion.
Miller, who recently stepped down as a dean of faculty/full professor of…
Finding Our Voices
The Nov. 28 Finding Our Voices event of men talking about growing up with abusive fathers broke attendance records for indoor programming in 2023, according to Julia Sagaser, Program Director of…
Midcoast Senior College has an exciting free lecture series in store for January and February 2024! The first Winter Wisdom will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Brunswick. After…
Students and faculty at Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb enjoyed a special author visit with Peter Brown, a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, on Monday…
Known affectionately as the “pie ladies” here in Boothbay Harbor, these talented women at the Methodist church cooked, baked, and created gift baskets, ornaments, wreaths and more for the Dec…
Here are just a few of the new items that have been added to the Boothbay Region Health Center’s annual Gifts4Health online/mobile auction:
• 5 Yoga Classes at Crow Point Yoga
• Hand…
Boothbay Region Garden Club
Friday, Dec. 1, Boothbay Region Garden Club’s Holiday Festival was held for year two at St. Columba’s. The church parking lot was packed with cars when the festival opened at 10 a.m.
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Merry Barn
“I’m wishing you sparkle and spirit and cheer and good things to come that will last you all year.” This line from “Winter Wishes” by M.H. Clark, illuminates the true meaning of the winter holiday…
Let's start by saying Monday's Community Lunch was a raving success with Buzz and Mark from Topside Inn outdoing themselves with baked Ziti with sausage, shrimp Alfredo, Caesar salad, garlic bread…
