Baker Design Consultants gave an Atlantic Avenue sidewalk feasibility study presentation for selectmen Sept. 23. Senior Project Manager Travis Pryor showed maps and graphics outlining a project…
News
AUGUSTA — All Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices will be closed Thursday, Sept. 26 for a full-day training of all bureau staff members, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announced Tuesday,…
Nao Santa Maria has arrived in Boothbay Harbor a day early – and no one complained! The world famous vessel landed in the harbor, sails up, just before 2 p.m. and tied off at the Boothbay…
Obituary
Donna Louise (Mim) Martin (nee Hurshman) began her next journey on Sept. 17, 2019 at the age of 86.
She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 28, 1933 to Mary (nee Shantery) and Norman…
Obituary
Joe Brann, 67, died Sept. 18, 2019 of mesothelioma and related complications at his South Portland home.
He was born April 12, 1952 in Portland, Maine, a son of Dorothy Judith Rolfe Brann…
Boothbay Region Health Center had an informational update at a dinner Tuesday, Sept. 17.
Dinner for the more than 60 guests at the Boothbay fire station included fish chowder, quiches,…
Despite competing with other events around the Boothbay area, the first Changing Aging event, on Sunday, Sept. 22 was well attended by visitors and providers. About two dozen organizations came…
Boothbay Region High School will be celebrating homecoming week starting Monday, Sept. 30. The week will be filled with color and fun as students plan out events like Pajama Day, Maine Day and…
Press release
The replica Santa Maria will be visiting Boothbay Harbor from Sept. 24 through Sept. 29. During her time in Boothbay Harbor, enhance your living history experience by sailing with…
It was a perfect day to end the season for Boothbay Railway Village. Family Harvest Days on Sept. 21 and 22 had nice weather and a full schedule of family activities. This was the sixth year BRV…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences contributed $23.7 million to Maine’s economy during 2018, according to a new, independent evaluation. The economic impact report states that the research…
Boothbay Baptist Church
Fifty-five children and parents attended the FASCAR race event kicking off the Olympian youth group at Boothbay Baptist Church last week. Kids, and some adults, raced Matchbox cars on a…
On Sunday, Sept. 29, Gary Melville, the United Methodist Foundation of New England’s director of development will preach at East Boothbay UMC’s 9 a.m. service. The Rev. David…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
Two Bridges Regional Jail is about seven weeks into its Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program with ENSO…
There were apples for all at Boothbay Region Land Trust’s Oak Point Farm Sept. 22. The third annual Apple Festival welcomed about 150 people to hear local orchardist Ron Ross talk about the…
Obituary
M. W. Farnham, known as Teaver, of Boothbay Harbor passed away peacefully at home on the morning of Sept. 18.
He was born on December 7, 1929, and lived in Boothbay Harbor his whole life…
Outside Ames True Value Sunday, as masons from Lincoln Lodge in Wiscasset prepared to cook food to sell at a cornhole tournament, mason Chuck Billings praised the Route 1, Wiscasset business and…
Over two dozen Rebuilding Together of Lincoln County volunteers took to the road Saturday with hammers to take on seven reconstruction projects on the Boothbay peninsula. President Vic Taylor said…
Lincoln County Historical Association will host its second Fall Fashion show at Waters Edge in Edgecomb on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 11:30 a.m. The event provides an opportunity to showcase fashions…
In a free educational seminar, Dr. Paul Schacknow explained cataracts as something everyone deals with as they age. The Southport summer resident practices ophthalmology in West Palm Beach,…
The Boothbay Harbor Board of Appeals will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25 in the town office meeting room. Department of Marine Resources is requesting a variance to allow construction of…
Last spring, The Waldo was awarded a $40,000 challenge grant from the Sandy River Charitable Foundation which required a dollar for dollar match. The organization successfully raised the matching…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23. Police Chief Bob Hasch will give a report on his department and Barney Baker Design Consultants will give a presentation on their…
A South Bristol man died at the scene of a crash in that town Thursday night, Sept. 19. At 9:29 p.m., Lincoln County Communications Center received a 911 call from a resident on State Route 129 in…
Roxanne Andrews brings over 30 years of experience in providing Senior Services to her new role as One2One Care director at Lincoln Home. One2One Care services older adults who wish to live…
Maine State Representatives Chloe Maxmin (Dist. 88), Holly Stover (Dist. 89), and Allison Hepler (Dist. 53), will help the Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) celebrate autumn during their…
Boothbay Planning Board
The Boothbay Planning Board approved applications for a timber harvest, a home renovation and new construction Sept. 18. The first application was for Loretta Espey who requested approval for a…
Boothbay Region Elementary School
When we arrived at Boothbay Region Elementary School to talk to Verna Werlla, she was seated at the checkout table and on the phone with a customer service representative from Scholastic Books…
Midcoast Conservancy
Space is still available in the fall Midcoast Conservancy Timber Frame course at Hidden Valley Nature Center, from Oct. 11-14. The course is a four-day, hands-on experience, where eight students…
Once destined for sinking, the ‘Bowdoin’ was rescued and towed to Camden
ROCKLAND — Forty eight years ago, Capt. Jim Sharp steered a restored vessel along the shores of Provincetown, Massachusetts, so that her original captain could take a final glimpse of his claim to…
Obituary
Connie Ida Dalton, 75, of Wiscasset died Sept. 15, 2019 at The Woodlands in Rockland.
She was born in Camden on March 12, 1944, a daughter of Walter A.…
The Santa Maria, one of the three legendary ships of Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage, sank on Christmas Eve when the ship ran aground on a Haitian reef shortly after making its historic…
Firefighters, police officers and ambulance attendants responded to a two-car accident on Back Narrows Road, Boothbay Harbor shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18.
The accident involved…
Midcoast Humane is pleased to announce that Tammy Walsh, community resource coordinator, has been named as one of Coast 93.1-Hannaford’s 20 Outstanding Women of 2019.
Ms. Walsh is a…
Ames True Value and Wicked Cornhole are holding the second annual Cornhole Classic at Ames True Value, Route 1, Wiscasset on Sunday, Sept. 22.
Registration starts at 11 a.m. and bags fly at…
Local and nationally known sports legends and Hall of Famers are making arrangements to meet in Boothbay for the 29th annual Boothbay Charities Classic golf tournament, lobster bake and sports…
If you see a former Boston Red Sox, Bruin or New England Patriot on Sept. 27 and 28, you’re probably attending the 29th edition of the Boothbay Charities Classic. Once again, a host of retired…
While there will be many things happening at the first Changing Aging event Sunday, the opportunity to learn from experts on some important issues affecting seniors are a highlight.
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Lincoln County Commissioners
In a special appreciation award Sept. 17, Lincoln County commissioners honored Jeffrey Sewell and Kathy Blagden. Sewell responded to a car crash involving Deputy Donald Davey on July 30, 1984.…
The following are closed cases for August from information provided by the court clerk. Unless otherwise noted, all sentenced are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
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Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District has implemented a can-do attitude in the mounting container recycling problem. For months, district officials have sought a solution to disposing of…
Lincoln County Historical Association, Old Fort Western
Maine started getting summer people from New York 13,000 years ago, Maine Historic Preservation Commission’s senior archeologist said. We know because they had tools of stone from the lower Hudson…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
“When Christopher Columbus first set foot on the white sands of Guanahani island, he performed a ceremony to “take possession” of the land for the king and queen of Spain, acting under the…
The monthly meeting of the Pemaquid Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, took place on Sept. 10 at the Library of the Lincoln Home in Newcastle where the Chapter has met…
On Sept. 12, Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club hosted its 17th annual Hometown Heroes dinner at Spruce Point Inn. The event featuring LifeFlight Executive Director and EMT Tom Judge drew about 70 of the…
The Boothbay Harbor Sunrise Lighthouse Photography cruise was a success for the more than 30 attendees who boarded the Balmy Days a little before 6 a.m. on Saturday Sept. 14 for the two-…
Maine Board of Social Worker Licensure
The caseworker who placed Kendall Chick with her grandfather, Stephen Hood, and her grandfather’s fiancee, Shawna Gatto, of Wiscasset, lost her license Aug. 3 for “gross incompetence and…
At the Boothbay region’s Elder Forum Tuesday, Sept. 10 at the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Clubhouse, service organizations were well represented and included ElderCare Network, The Community Center,…
Press release
AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified a case of acute hepatitis A virus infection in a Boothbay Harbor food service worker. The individual prepared…
