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2025 Windsor Hamfest. Courtesy of Bob Gorcynski

A Maine tradition for radio…

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Boothbay Harbor Police Department made seven arrests between Aug. 4 and Aug. 26.

Aug. 9, Sgt. Jacob Powers arrested Ryan Amaral, 21, of Boothbay for operating under the…

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George C. Gilpatrick

George C. Gilpatrick, born Nov. 3, 1937, died Aug. 13, 2026 at Maine General Hospital in Portland after a sudden illness.

He was buried in the Veterans Administration Cemetery ini Augusta…

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Joseph A.H. Marin

Joseph Alfred Henry "Al" Marin, 93…

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Bruce bowler

Earlier this year, the Boothbay…

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Mark Ward Sr.

Mark Ward Sr. passed away Aug. 25,…

The future of the electric vehicle charging stations at Meadow Mall enters limbo as questions arise about proper permitting. ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register

 

The electric vehicle charging stations in the Meadow Mall parking lot may be delayed. The Boothbay Harbor Planning Board recently appealed to the…

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Anne L. Myers

Anne Lincoln Myers of Norton,…

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David J. Chartier

David James Chartier, 58, of Woolwich passed away Aug. 23, 2026. 

David was born in Woodbury, New Jersey Oct. 24, 1967, to John Edward Sr. and Patricia Ann. He moved to Maine in 1985…

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UPDATE: MLA welcomes Canada’s decision to remove seafood from retaliatory tariffs

Pear Street Cemetery

Aug. 26, Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Cemetery District President Skip MacPhee discussed reaching out to Stevens Monument Co. for an estimate to repair several veterans' stones in Boothbay's Wylie…

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Victoria W. Babcock

Victoria Weber Babcock, 95, of…

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Many people communicate by text…

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Elaine E. McCoy

Elaine Eaton McCoy, the creator,…

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Who is freedom for? That was the question Dr. Kate McMahon posed Aug. 18 during her lecture exploring the impacts of…

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MaineHealth is offering a certified…

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The Bobby Blackman Scholarship Fund…

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James B. Hanna

James B. Hanna, beloved husband,…

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For the Waldoboro GOP town…

Hearty Roots Hootenanny in Edgecomb
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A little bit of Nashville is coming to the Maine coast this September when rising country artist Cam Shelton headlines Hearty Roots’ Hootenanny: Ho-Down Southern Social at Glidden Point Oyster…

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David M. Boucher

David Michael “Dave” Boucher, 70,…

Boothbay Railway Village Museum
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The countdown is on to Saturday, Aug. 29 for Cocktails & Chrome, the Railway Village Museum’s 3rd annual event in support of the Museum’s “Driving History Forward” capital campaign for the…

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The Damariscotta Historical Society will once again hold its annual silent auction event to raise funds to preserve ancient burial…

The East Boothbay School. Courtesy of Larry Brown

Join us for the unveiling of a special display featuring photographs, history and memories of the East Boothbay School including a piece of the original slate blackboard saved from the school.…

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Paul Blais

Paul Blais, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 12, 2026, after a month's long illness.

Born on May 22, 1945, in the town of…

Winners of raffle and members of the VFW. Pictured from left, Megan Gill, Ed Harmon, Kiki, Brad Drummond, Brendan Gill, Justin Morgan; children, Emily and Liam. Courtesy of Jen Mitchell

Sunday Aug. 23, Brady's, along with…

An August Afternoon

Southport Methodist Church hosted An August Afternoon of Song, Aug. 23, to a crowd of about 50. Dr. Mary Miller, joined by nine musical artists, performed songs across a balanced playbill spanning…

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Patricia Reh is an art lover and last weekend she didn’t have far to go finding some fabulous works. Reh attended all three days of the “Art for…
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The family of Anne Porter Butler sadly announces her passing Aug. 23, 2026. An obituary will be forthcoming, with details of a celebration of life at St Columba’s Episcopal Church.

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The Southport Planning Board will…

The next monthly meeting of Visually Impaired Persons (VIP) will be held Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 1:15 p.m. in the Boothbay Region Community Center, located in the Meadow Mall on Townsend Avenue,…

Courtesy of Nicole Mathews

Boothbay Region Elementary School’s (BRES) new assistant principal, Nicole Mathews, knows how to handle a crisis, in more ways than one.  And saying she's…

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Paul C. Lakschewitz

Paul C. Lakschewitz of Los Angeles…

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James H. Steane II

James Herbert “Jim” Steane II, 81,…

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Elaine F. Moore

Elaine Francis Colby Moore, 82, of…

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It isn't going to happen, but a data center eyed by a man with a Boothbay tie stood to bring to Wiscasset millions of dollars in taxes and about 1,700-2,300 temporary construction…

SFD AUCTION

Clouds hovered over Southport Island and dozens upon dozens of people hovered in and around Southport Fire Department for the annual SFD Fireman's Auction Saturday morning, Aug. 22.

Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason

The Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason will lead the last service of the 2026 summer season at Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point this Sunday, Aug. 30. Her sermon is titled “In the City of Angels.”…

Lincoln County deputies Aug. 21 continued to assist and support the NTSB and FAA with their investigation into the cause of a single engine airplane crash in Bristol.…

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