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On Sunday, Aug. 16, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, a day-long event will begin with the sixth Tomato Festival at 10 a.m. – purchase locally grown heirlooim tomatoes –…

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 354 calls for service for the period of Aug. 4 to Aug. 11. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 8,180 calls for service.

 Cheryl Cayer - "Musicians."

The Lincoln Arts Festival (LAF) Art Show has been held since 1995, and almost always at a shipyard. For many years now, Hodgdon Yacht Services, at 100 Ebenecook Road, Southport has generously…

A graveside service for Dennis…

The selectboard appoints Denise Griffin 4-0 to a three-year term on the appeals board. ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register

During an Aug. 10 Boothbay Harbor selectboard meeting, it was announced that Selectman Mark Gimbel is resigning due to personal reasons. Gimbel was reelected to his…

Courtesy of Anatoli Gorolevici

Frequent regional visitor Anatoli Gorolevici of Boston saw a strange sight in the early morning of Aug. 5 while out on the…

BRAS Board President Robbie Ham greets original ambulance service volunteers Jon and Cindy Smith at the open house. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register

Historical displays and cookout food were the highlights of Boothbay Region Ambulance Service’s open house celebrating its 50th anniversary on Friday afternoon, Aug. 7, from 3 to 6 p.m.

Jim Olson and Jeff Friedman

Defying meteorological science, Saturday, Aug. 8 was a stellar weather day for the 2026 OBD Williams-Fossett 13th annual Vintage Car Show. Forty-five fascinating vehicles competed for six trophies…

Obituary

Julie Ann (Dow) Witzell, of…

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Hannah Hilton

Cheney Financial Group has announced the appointment of Hannah Hilton as president and chief operating officer of Newcastle Realty,…

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The Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club…

Saturday, Aug. 15, from 10 to 11 a.m., Lincoln County Indivisible (LCI), Audacity CAT (Rockland), and Indivisible Waldo County are holding coordinated “By Land or by Sea Vigils.”

The vigils…

Wiscasset selectmen
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The non-binding question on exploring a regional high school got its second nod Aug. 4. Wiscasset selectmen last month decided to put the question on the Nov. 3 ballot. And last week,…

Table showing some of the yard sale items

Aug. 8, American Legion Post 36 gathered on Boothbay Common for the organization’s 15th annual community yard sale, bringing residents together while raising money to support veterans and…

Obituary
Darlene T. Little

Darlene Teresa Little passed away…

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There are changes coming to Edgecomb's Ordinance Review Committee. One is the membership is expanding to include another public member and two planning board alternates. These additions will bring…

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
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On Aug. 8, at about 1:54 p.m., Lincoln County Communications Center received a report of a single-vehicle motor vehicle crash on Wiscasset Road in Boothbay.

A preliminary investigation…

Christine Warren

A graveside memorial service for Christine "Tina" Warren will be held Tuesday, Aug. 18 at 11 a.m. at Evergreen Cemetery, Barters Island Road, Boothbay, officiated by Justin Fowley.

A…

Weathervane. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register

Boothbay Harbor First United Methodist Church continues to sparkle.

On Wednesday morning, Aug. 5, a worker using a W.D. Matthews boom lift secured the familiar weathervane modeled after the…

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Billy Helprin, director of the Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary on Mount Desert Island. Courtesy photo

The West Harbor Pond Watershed Association’s annual meeting and potluck picnic will be held Sunday, Aug. 16, 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 226 Lakeside Drive.

There will be a social hour…

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Ocean on Tap is an informal, ocean-centric speaker series organized by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory. Our goal is to bring people of the community…
Cafe Sci reveals new deep-sea organisms

Thirty-one new species in just two weeks of exploration in the South Atlantic Ocean’s vast midwater range – that’s what researchers Dr.

Obituary
Jacqueline J. Elderkin

Jacqueline J. Elderkin passed away…

Town of Edgecomb
Chris Cossette

As Edgecomb selectmen began their…

Members of Miles Delivers Action Coalition marched to MaineHealth in Portland to protest the potential closure on Saturday, August 1. Photo by Megan Blonigen

A pregnant resident of Lincoln County, with the backing of a grassroots organizing group, 

Family and friends are invited to celebrate the life of David G. Butterworth at a memorial service on Saturday, Aug. 15 at 3 p.m.…
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Boothbay Harbor Police Department made six arrests between July…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
"Farmers Market Veggies" by Mindy Lighthipe. Courtesy of Katie Hey, CMBG

Visitors to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens this summer can enjoy a deliciously colorful new art exhibit: "Garden To Table," on display in the Café from now until the end of the season on Oct. 18…

Jun and Pin playing in the Pickleball Stars Tournament. Courtesy of FTD

Pickleball players looking for more than another round of open play…

The plant sale on Aug. 22 will feature a wide selection of native and beneficial plant species grown specifically to thrive in Maine’s climate while supporting local pollinators, birds, and beneficial insects.

In partnership with the Maine Native Plant Cooperative, Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is hosting a native plant sale on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 9 a.m. to noon. The event will take place at…

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The Central Lincoln County (CLC) Ambulance Service Board of Directors met with members of the Miles Delivers Action Coalition at a special meeting on Monday, Aug. 3 to…

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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office…

Previously unregistered drive-ins are welcome to join this 1951 Studebaker Champion Starlight Coupe from South Bristol on Saturday morning for the 13th Annual OBD Williams-Fossett Vintage Car Show. Courtesy of Jeff Friedman

We all have busy lives, so perhaps…

Obituary
Susan F. Bradley

Susan Fletcher Bradley of Boothbay…

Family and friends are invited to…

Obituary
Julie R.B. Perry

Julie Ravenel Boothe Perry 89, a native of Alexandria, Virginia, and long-time resident of East Boothbay, passed away peacefully on Aug. 1, 2026 surrounded by family in Newcastle, Maine.

Death notice

Carl P. R. Schmidt, 75, of Boothbay…

Boothbay Harbor fireman Arthur Richardson serves up a lobster during the Aug. 1 Lobster Bake. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register

Three years ago, Boothbay Harbor Fire Department began a new tradition. It started as a chicken barbecue fundraiser, and last year morphed into a lobster bake which netted the department over $13,…

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Maine Democrats haven’t won a U.S. Senate election since George Mitchell’s on Nov. 8, 1988, but this election, local party leaders and activists believe that…
Boothbay Railway Village Museum
The waterslide is one popular attraction on Children's Day at Boothbay Railway Village Museum. File photo

Boothbay Railway Village Museum will host its highly anticipated annual Children’s Day this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. BRVM is located at 586 Wiscasset Road/Route 27, Boothbay.

The…