UPDATE: The Maine State Fire Marshal's Office reported Sunday night, Oct. 5 that f…
News
Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) celebrated Homecoming 2025 Sep. 29 – Oct. 4. Festivities included a series of grade-level competitions, community activities, a pep…
The Galen Cole Family Foundation is looking to fill Maine streets with American flags to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary next year. The…
Fire danger 'High' across entire state; Northern New England, Canadian Maritimes in the same boat
MIDCOAST — The ongoing drought of…
Earlier this year, Michael Maxim experienced the dangers of being a selectman. Since he was elected in May 2023, Maxim has twice cleaned mouse excrement from the town hall's…
Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce (BBHCC) celebrated community excellence during its annual awards ceremony Oct. 1 at Bigelow Laboratory's new Harold Alfond…
Death notice
Phillip B. Stewart, 84, of Edgecomb, passed away on Sept. 30, 2025, at Lincoln Health – Miles Campus in Damariscotta.
Phillip’s family will honor his…
Boothbay Harbor Police Department made two arrests between Aug. 18 and Sept. 30.
Sept. 10, officer Ryan Potter…
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital will hold seasonal flu vaccine clinics at its primary care practices beginning Saturday, Sept. 27. The clinics will run through October on…
History and Function of Essential Oils is the focus of the monthly meeting of Pemaquid Chapter, NSDAR on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 11 a.m. at the American Legion, 25 Industrial Park Road, Boothbay. All…
Maine authors Cheryl Blaydon and Laurel Dodge will give an Author Talk at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 1:30 p.m. Blaydon, a resident of East…
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital is proud to announce that Jessica Gordon of Newcastle, a m…
Please join us on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. (rain date Oct. 5) to help us save lives from breast cancer! Your local Garden Club is raising funds for the American…
Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in September:…
A section of River Road in Edgecomb is closed for construction beginning Oct. 1 for a culvert replacement project.
River Road will be closed one mile…
The Knox Lincoln County Beekeepers (KLCB) is pleased to announce a Harvest Meeting – Overwintering Your Hives at…
Fall has officially settled over the region, and that means it's time for Midcoast Humane’s annual “Paw It Forward” fundraising campaign. Running from Oct. 1 to Dec. 15…
Boothbay Region Clean Drinking Water Initiative is bringing "Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey" to the Harbor Theater on Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. The movie is free to…
Obituary
Frank C. Anderson Sr., 71, passed away Sept. 27, 2025 at his home in Boothbay.
Beloved husband, son, brother, dad, grandfather/papa, Frank was born in Brunswick …
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital held a community meeting Sept. 26 in St. Andrews Dining Hall in Boothbay Harbor which provided healthcare information to residents. President Cindy Wade welcomed the…
Please join us in honoring John Gillies on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Community House, 87 McKown Point Road, West Boothbay Harbor, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. A special time…
The Community School District trustees are on a mission to put right what once went wrong. On Sept. 24, Chairman Sewall Maddocks Jr. of Boothbay Harbor asked for Boothbay selectmen's assistance in…
Boothbay Railway Village Museum (BRVM) served up a day full of fall fun Sept. 27 at its annual Family Harvest Day event.
The Village Green was full of activity as children bumped…
The Boothbay Railway Village is pleased to welcome First Responders and their families to an appreciation weekend on Saturday, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 5. In gratitude for their selfless service…
The next monthly meeting of the Visually Impaired Persons group will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 1:15 p.m. in the Community Center/Boothbay Region Health Care Center located…
The generous legacy of the Winslow family will mean homes for young families when a 22-plus acre landlocked parcel on Southport is developed and sold as individual…
The Southport Island Association (SIA), in conjunction with Nathan's Pharmacy, is conducting a Flu Vaccination Clinic at the Southport Town Hall on Thursday, Oct. 9 from 4 to 5:15 p.m. All are…
The not-for-profit Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) unveils its annual juried ARTinME show, which, this year, spotlights large format works and small sculpture/…
Obituary
Alden “Cappy" Mann was born April 27, 1934, in Ellsworth, Maine to Earl R. Mann Sr. and Alice B (Roberts) Mann.
Cappy had six siblings and two survive, Earl Mann Jr. of Florida and Steven…
Peter Russell of Cumberland and East Boothbay was recently honored for more than 40 years of “distinguished service in human resources, leadership development, and organizational strategy,” by…
Give back to community—in community—at the stunning rural barn at Wanderwood, 79 Sidelinger Road, Nobleboro, on Tuesday, Oct. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. To date, the local…
AUGUSTA, MAINE – Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced Thursday that the …
The Boothbay Region Cemetery District Sept. 25 meeting was short of a quorum, so no official actions were taken. However, Trustee Howard Friant, Treasurer Patty…
AUGUSTA (September 25, 2025)—Sales of single-family existing homes in Maine rose 9.96 percent, comparing August 2025 to August of last year, according to Maine Listings…
Boothbay Region Water District Accountant/Administrative Manager Marcia Wilson told trustees Sept. 23, the district's year-to-date net income from January to August is about $304,000 over its…
The Keepers of Burnt Island Light (KBIL) are pleased to announce that Patricia Miller has joined the organization as its new…
Press release
AUGUSTA — Today, a new law introduced by Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol, went into effect after being passed by the Legislature earlier this year.…
Two Bridges Regional Jail Administrator Col. James Bailey says he saw the Sept. 6 Boston Globe article mentioning the Wiscasset jail as a newly contracted facility being added by the Immigration…
Boothbay Harbor Selectman Mark Osborn has submitted his letter of resignation. At the board’s Sept. 22 meeting, Osborn said he is changing his primary residence to…
After ringing over the community for 150 years, the East Boothbay United Methodist Church bell stopped ringing last winter when the assembly supporting it broke due to…
The town of Southport received only one bid for sand, and on Sept. 17, accepted it. Selectmen unanimously approved paying $30 per yard for this winter's sand allocation.
In other…
'a place to connect to our roots, and a place to grow'
UNITY — "Going up (over, down) to the fair this weekend?" Doesn't matter in what part of the State of Maine one might be living, the question is likely repeated thousands of times in late…
