With June 21 being the last day of classes, Southport School Committee is now preparing for the next academic year beginning in August. On June 12, the school committee approved a contract…
Life
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is pleased to announce – and congratulate – the winners of our annual conservation poster contest. This program is part of the National…
This summer, Lyla Joyce from Edgecomb will join outstanding elementary school students from across the state to take part in a unique academic development experience, the National Youth Leadership…
Boothbay Region Garden Club Annual Home and Garden Tour
Step into Seawatch, the architectural showplace home of a local couple since June of 2021. Designed to resemble a snowflake, you will immediately notice the spectacular views high over the…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District and Maine DEP are co-sponsoring a four and a half-hour classroom and field event hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust on Thursday, July…
The Maine Community Foundation recently awarded Veggies to Table a grant of $10,000 to support the general operations of this grow-to-donate organic vegetable and flower farm. The funds will…
The Boothbay Region Garden Club held its 92nd annual meeting and luncheon on June 14 at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club. The first order of business was the installation of our 2023-2025 elected…
The grounds of the historic Pownalborough Court House in Dresden will be filled with the sounds of a perfect summer day on Sunday, July 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This annual free event, open to…
The public is invited to a talk and woodlot tour on Thursday, June 29 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle. Catherine Spolarich, invasive plant biologist with the Maine Natural…
Chef Ralph Smith of Mine Oyster and his team of culinary specialists won big June 15 at Claw Down 2023, a lobster cooking competition hosted by Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce (…
Preparations are underway for a day-long festival this summer to celebrate Maine’s lobstering heritage. “Music, Masts, and Lobster Traps” will be held on Sunday, Aug. 27 at Maine Maritime Museum…
In the early 1980s, Mike Wallace’s family moved onto Southport Island so he could start his kindergarten year at Southport Central School. Years later, when he…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will once again welcome Chewonki’s Traveling Natural History Program, starting this month, for four single-day naturalist programs focused on Maine’s native…
On June 28 from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will host a Community Climate Conversation at the Denny Conservation and Education Center at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta.
…Interested in advocating for the best interests of a child? The Maine Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program is holding its next training for volunteer advocates Aug. 15-18.
This…
Reagan Cola of West Boothbay Harbor graduated Magna Cum Laude from Lasell University with a bachelor of science in fashion merchandising and management.
Graduates were recognized at the…
On Saturday, June 3, Midcoast Literacy held its second annual Readers Ride fundraising event in partnership with Sable Oak Equestrian Center in Brunswick. Thanks to the…
On Monday, June 12 the Maine Senate voted to enact a bill from Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol, that would increase affordable housing options in rural Maine communities.…
Living in an old East Boothbay chapel, still with its pews, stage and stained glass windows in the early 1980s when the family was renovating it, Sarah Heald rented space at a West Boothbay Harbor…
The 2023 Boothbay Sea and Science Center BSSC) summer program opens June 19 at its new home on Linekin Bay. BSSC provides a safe, fun, friendly, and dynamic hands-on learning experience that…
Incredible gardens in five Lincoln County villages will be open to visitors over two days this summer. “The Gardens of Lincoln County,” hosted by Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA), is a…
Ray Ricci is a master craftsman who has been building things his whole life. “At 70 years of age, I have lost count of how many projects I have built and worked on, but I am sure it must be in the…
Sprucewold started as a log cabin colony in Boothbay Harbor in 1888. The land was developed by the Boothbay Harbor and Boston Land Companies. Between 1906 and 1913, the development that we know…
Boothbay Region High School recognized several outstanding students for their academic achievements during the annual Frances D. Aley Donor Book Awards June 7. District Librarian Kerrin Erhard…
The cold temperatures and rain forecast for Saturday, June 3 moved the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library plant sale indoors at the Harbor fire station but did not keep local gardeners away! Liz…
The following students at Husson University in Bangor were honored this spring.
Haley Clifford of Edgecomb and Kennedy Sprague of Wiscasset were named to the dean’s list. Evan Strong of…
An orchard will be planted at Edgecomb Eddy School this fall. ReTreeUS is a non-profit organization which plants orchards in schools, supports school gardens and provides…
Following graduation on Friday, June 9, members of the Boothbay Region High School Class of 2023 hopped into decorated cars and trucks and paraded around town and up to Boothbay for the annual…
The Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, built in 1827, welcomes guests for the season. We are open seven days a week from now through Indigenous Peoples’ Day in October with volunteer…
The Rev. Paul Tunkle, our neighbor from Dresden, Maine, will be presiding over the service of Holy Communion for the first two Sundays of this summer season at All Saints by-the-Sea Episcopal…
The Boothbay Region High School Class of 2023 cares, said BRHS principal Dr. Tricia Campbell during her welcome address at the Graduation Exercises on Friday afternoon, June 9 at BRHS.
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BRHS 2023 graduation
Standing here today reminds me of our class’s first real visit to the high school on our step-up day. We sat in the gym and listened to Mr. Crocker explain to us the benefits and privileges of…
BRHS 2023 graduation
Dear students and faculty, friends and family, I thank you for being here today.
Diamonds are made under pressure, that's a saying I like to tell myself as I do…
BRHS 2023 graduation
Hello Teachers, Peers, Family, and Friends: welcome to the Boothbay Region High School Class of 2023 Graduation.
Exactly 121 days ago, I downloaded an…
Class Marshal Gryffin Kristan hosted Class Day June 9, a light-hearted graduation exercise reflecting on the Class of 2023’s time at Boothbay Region High School. Ryan Clark and Kayden Ames read…
The Boothbay Region High School Grand March: It’s an old tradition dating back over 100 years but the bright lights, coordinated march, and the young girls and boys dressed in fine dresses and…
The 18th annual Healthy Kids’ Shortcake Shuffle 5K and 3K Fitness Walk will take place at the Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta on Saturday, July 8.
An out and back course is…
Hearty Roots is thrilled to expand its board of directors by welcoming Lisa Katz, a longtime resident of Damariscotta, where she adventures alongside her husband and two sons.
Previously…
Boothbay Region High School seniors gathered onstage at Porter Memorial Gymnasium to celebrate their academic, social and athletic accomplishments on Awards Night June 7.
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Press release
Dow Furniture in Waldoboro is honored to have partnered with the Travis Mills Foundation during a Memorial Day fundraiser and sale. The company donated a total of $2,000, stemming…
The 19 Southport Central School students, grades K-6, under the direction of music and art teacher Jennifer McIvor, combined music, poetry and art at the school’s annual Spring Concert at…
After 39 years in the Boothbay Region school system and the bulk of her career teaching biology at Boothbay Region High School (BRHS), Sherrie Hersom is ready to…
Rock Steady Boxing, a unique exercise program based on training used by boxing pros and adapted to people with Parkinson’s disease…
St. Giles Episcopal Church In Jefferson is planning its annual fundraising event and is renting tables to all crafters, organizations, or people who may simply want to sell white elephant items.…
Where It’s At
The Boothbay Farmer’s Market has moved around over the past two decades from the Boothbay Region schools parking lot to the Meadow Mall parking lot to the Boothbay Common, and man has it grown.…
61st Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days
All events in Boothbay Harbor unless otherwise noted
** 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 27 and Wednesday, June 28 – Friends of Windjammer Days…
Join the University of Maine alumni for a dinner and speaker June 17.
The deadline for registration for the Mid Coast Alumni dinner gathering at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, is Wednesday…
Paddlers for Hearty Roots’ (HR) Paddle for a Purpose fundraiser fought low temperatures, wind, rain and choppy waters Saturday June 3 as they paddled five miles down the Damariscotta River, from…
Ms. Angela Dunning and Mr. Brett Lewis of Trevett are proud to announce the marriage of their daughter, Adelina Lewis, to Dylan Small of South Portland. The wedding took place June 3, 2023 at the…
Boothbay’s newest generation of artist looks higher tech than her classical predecessors. Recent Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) graduate Emma Hodgdon uses an iPad, Apple Pencil…
