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Bowdoin International Music Festival
The Jupiter Quartet. Todd Rosenberg photo

The internationally esteemed Jupiter String Quartet, a uniquely intimate ensemble built around family bonds, will present two distinctive programs at the 2026…

The Lincoln County Recovery Community Center at 3 Hall St., Newcastle, will be hosting a 5k+ road race and kids’ fun run on Saturday, Aug. 22 at our location. All funds raised by the event will go…

St. Andrews Village. File photo

St. Andrews Village is pleased to invite the community to special Resident Art & Crafts Shows celebrating the creativity and talent of its residents. All featured artists and crafters are…

Boothbay Harbor prepares for 700-drone light show July 18. Courtesy of  Northern Lights Drone Shows

Saturday, July 18 at 9:30 p.m., 700 drones will light up the sky over downtown Boothbay Harbor, creating a spectacular 17-minute aerial light show for residents and visitors to enjoy. Those lucky…

Obituary
Donald M. Tomlin

Donald M. Tomlin…

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The monthly meeting of Lincoln…

Lincoln County seal

A remarkable collaboration among historical societies, museums, preservation organizations, Lincoln County government, and the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission has resulted in a new set…

Real Estate sign

AUGUSTA (July 9, 2026)—Realtors across Maine report a record-breaking June median sales price for single-family existing homes. According to…

Obituary
Kimberly S. Ezzell

Kimberly Sue (Baldacchino) Ezzell,…

Obituary
Matthew T. Tilton

Matthew…

New CEO Megan Benvenuto and her family; Emma, Mark, Megan, and Eric. EMMA BENVENUTO/Boothbay Register

For Megan Benvenuto, new CEO of Boothbay Region YMCA, Boothbay is where she has found she and her family belong.

She said she and her partner Eric "had a lot of things on the list of where…

First United Methodist Church, Boothbay Harbor
The First United Methodist Church is hosting its annual Summer Sunshine Fair July 18 with lobster roll luncheon! File photo

On Saturday, July 18, the Boothbay Harbor United Methodist Church is holding a lobster roll luncheon, bake sale, crafts and jewelry, toys, pocketbooks ... and a Christmas In July table with many…

Myron McLellan of Boothbay at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in New York City. Courtesy of Margaret Salt McLellan

Myron McLellan, at the age of 94,…

BHSD trustee Russell Hoffman reviews a map of the planned housing at Boothbay Harbor County Club. ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register

Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) is restarting its project to extend sidewalk from Pinkham’s Gourmet Market to Boothbay…

Poster

Directors of the Maine Cornhole…

Veggies to Table kicked off its expanded educational offerings with "Tiny Farmers," an opportunity for children to get their hands dirty while learning about the process of growing food. Courtesy of Erica Berman.

Alongside fresh food, “Veggies to Table” is serving up knowledge to Lincoln County residents with expanded youth and adult educational programming. Founded in 2019, the Newcastle-based nonprofit…

Death notice

Ted Martin Beal Sr. passed away…

Children enjoying the splash pad at Field & Forest Family Fun Day. This free community event will take place on July 18 at Oak Point Farm. Courtesy of BRLT

Summer is here and with it are the grassy fields, shaded forests, and sparkling shores of Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) public nature preserves--all teeming with life and waiting to be…

Friends of Thai Daughters
A group of the newest arrivals at the Friends of Thai Daughters residential program in Mae Chan, displaying a poster for FTD’s Sunflower Dream Trip Sweepstakes. Courtesy of Ellen James

Enter to win a dream trip anywhere in the world — 100% of proceeds wupport At-Risk Girls in Thailand.

Trevett-based anti-trafficking nonprofit Friends of Thai…

LC sheriff cruiser

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the…

Obituary
Laura M. Arsenault

 

Laura Mae McDougall Arsenault, legend of the beauty parlor and the bowling alley, the baseball dugout and the dance floor, died peacefully June…

Photographer and photo archivist Kevin Johnson. Courtesy photo
On Monday, July 13, at 7 p.m. at the Southport Town Hall, the Hendricks Hill Museum, Southport, presents Kevin Johnson, photographer and photo archivist at the Penobscot Marine Museum at the…
Mike Leonard photo

Once again, professional photographer and regular contributor to the newspaper, Mike Leonard, has provided his work this week. Here he shot and provided a dozen of his favorites of the July 4…

Obituary
Alice E. Drifmeyer

Alice Edna Drifmeyer of Woodstock,…

Longtime Boothbay Region High School STEM teacher Chip Schwehm (above) stands in his classroom, where he spent 22 years teaching students the value of hands-on learning, problem-solving and craftsmanship before retiring this year.

Boothbay Region High School is saying goodbye to the man behind one of its most hands-on classrooms. On the lower level of the school, Chip Schwehm — better known to generations of students as Mr…

Dick Brooke

A Celebration of Life for Dick Brooke will be held Friday, Aug. 14 at 11 a.m. at the East Boothbay Methodist Church. All are welcome.

Obituary
David G. Butterworth

David Gardner Butterworth, formerly…

Boothbay Harbor Monday Club pamphlet. Courtesy of the Boothbay Region Historical Society

Have you ever heard of The Boothbay Harbor Monday Club? Please read on to quench your curiosity about this little-known organization that was started by local women in the 1890s. If any readers…

The Boothbay Harbor Planning Board approves the Fuller's shoreland permit during a July 2 meeting. ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register
July 2, the Boothbay Harbor Planning Board
Bill Royall

Southport voters said "no" Wednesday, July 1 to raising and appropriating $292,000 as a local match for a federal project designed…
KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register

The heat wave arrived July 2 and one of the best ways to beat the humidity and burning sun around the Boothbay region is to jump into the ocean. At near high tide, Barrett’s Park in Boothbay…

Obituary
Stanley B. Chenoweth

Stanley Bruce Chenoweth, age 92,…

2026 BBH Windjammer Days Tug of War winners: the Boothbay Bombers. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Competitors and spectators gathered on the east and west sides of the Footbridge Saturday, June 27 for the annual Server Shuffle, Tug of War Across the Harbor, and the Orne's Candy Store…

Kyle Amergian, left, is taking on the role of education director at Coastal Rivers as Sarah Gladu, right, shifts her focus to expand the organization’s community science initiatives. Kris Christine photo

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is thrilled to announce the appointment of Kyle Amergian as its new education director. Amergian will take the helm at Coastal Rivers’ Camp Mummichog summer…

Obituary
Dr. Charles F. Adams III

Charles Franklin Adams III, 79, of…

Poster

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club,…

Kouchera, a local band whose live performances are rooted in Haitian Konpa, Soul, and R&B, will perform July 19 at the Edgecomb Community Church. Courtesy photo

On Sunday, July 19, the Edgecomb Community Church will be sponsoring a summer concert featuring Kouchera, a local band whose live performances are rooted in Haitian Konpa, Soul, and R&B.…