Thompsons Bridge on Southport will close Sept. 3. A new bridge has been looked at for several years and is now becoming a reality.
The original bridge was built in 1907 for $1,500.29. Until…
News
#3039: Al Kaider, Campbell Road, new home construction
#3041: Diane Caputo, 118 Cameron Point Rd., pier replacement
#3042: R & K Perkins, 12 Capitol Island Rd., new bath addition…
The Boothbay Appeals Board will check municipal records before rendering a decision on a Murray Hill resident’s petition. On Aug. 12, Marcia Rowland asked the board to research two past planning…
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 274 calls for service from Aug. 6 through Aug. 13. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 9,487…
Edgecomb seasonal resident William Anthony and year-round Edgecomb resident Dr. Kathryn Rohr offered selectmen their services Monday Aug. 12 in keeping increasing costs at bay.
Selectmen…
A Celebration of Life gathering for Suzanne “Suzi” LaPlaca, who died May 21, 2019, will be held Saturday, Aug. 17 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Barrett’s Park in Boothbay Harbor.
After a four month search that attracted more than 50 applicants from throughout the U.S., The Waldo Theater’s board of directors is very pleased to announce that Kate Fletcher will be the…
Obituary
George Elwood Knight, 72, of Alna Road, Wiscasset died August 9, 2019 at Togus Springs Hospice in Togus.
He was born in Naples on Aug. 1, 1947, a son of…
UPDATE: The search for Glenn Murdoch, 63, of Bremen was suspended at 6 p.m. Tuesday and was set to resume at 8 a.m. Wednesday with divers, Maine Marine Patrol vessels and an airplane, Maine Marine…
With many regular donors delaying giving to take final summer vacations and prepare for school to start, the American Red Cross has an emergency need for…
Aug. 8 was a record-setting fundraiser for Boothbay Region Land Trust. At the nonprofit’s quadrennial art auction held at the new headquarters at Oak Point Farm in Boothbay Harbor, BLRT grossed…
Dr. John Knight, founder and director of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Boston Children’s Hospital said it best: “Addiction is a pediatric disease.”
Children and…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens announces its first ever Maine Educator Day, Tuesday, Aug. 20. CMBG welcomes all Maine educators to explore the Gardens for free; participants will have to…
Summer residents who read about the Boothbay Region Student Aid fund in the Boothbay Register have started the 73rd named fund in the organization’s history. Terry Koster and her husband Errin…
A quick glance at a mural while walking to a park in Yokosuka, Japan caught the eyes of a Boothbay Harbor man several years ago.
There, painted on a retaining wall at the entrance to the…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee
The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District School Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14. The committee will be introduced to new Boothbay Region Elementary School Principal…
A memorial service to celebrate the life of David P. Fischer of Wiscasset will take place on Saturday, Aug. 24 at 1 p.m. in the Wiscasset High School gymnasium. During…
When Woolwich’s Danny Evarts ran from Wiscasset’s fire station to Newcastle’s last year, the former military intelligence linguist and New York City music industry professional already considered…
Boothbay Harbor Planning Board
The Boothbay Harbor Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14 in the town office. The board will review an application from Betty and Sewall Maddocks represented by Shannon Schmelzer;…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen
Boothbay Harbor selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12 in the town office. The board will conduct a Wharves and Weirs hearing and will discuss Broadband Committee applications, the…
On Aug. 17, the Hinson family of Georgia, Pemaquid and Connecticut return to Maine, as they do annually, this time to donate a family treasure to the vintage car collection at the Boothbay Railway…
The Harbor Montessori School and Child Enrichment Center welcomes Emily Barker as its new director. A certified teacher and an experienced educator, she brings great dedication and…
The Missing Children Alert Program, a Maine 501 (c) (3) charity, will have their annual ID program this year at Dolphin Mini Golf in Boothbay Saturday, Aug. 17 from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
A picture…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen
Boothbay Harbor residents, businesses and other organizations have been invited to a public meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21 at the town office, concerning the town manager search. Eaton…
The Rev. Virginia Rickeman will lead the service at the Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point on Sunday, Aug. 18. Alan Wingard will serve as our organist. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All are…
The Rev. Martin Smith is well known throughout the Episcopal Church as a writer, spiritual director, retreat leader and teacher. All Saints by-the-Sea is happy to announce his return to the…
On a recent warm August day, Tim Hanley sat on his front porch in Southport and reflected on what he did in the summer of 1969. Hanley was 19 years old living in Bergen County, New Jersey working…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Board of Trustees
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Trustees got up to date Aug. 7 about this summer’s work on Boothbay Region Elementary School and work planned for next year. Concrete and…
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Damariscotta will host a kickoff event Sunday, Aug. 18, from 4 to 6 p.m., at Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust - Round Top Farm, at 3 Round Top Lane,…
The Frances Perkins Center will honor two women who exemplify Perkins’ inspiring leadership and commitment to social justice and economic security at its annual Garden Party: Liz Shuler, current…
Boothbay Harbor Planning Board
Boothbay Harbor business leaders and owners gathered Aug. 7 for a planning board workshop to make clear their position on allowing mobile food vendors: Don’t.
Chair Tom Churchill said…
Sometimes there is a story to tell even at the expense of the storyteller.
On Saturday, June 29 I received a message on my phone after going out to dinner: “Hi, this is Dr. Brooks. Your…
Mike and Marcie Christopher Sr. of Boothbay Harbor will be hosting a Celebration of Life of their son, George Christopher, on Sunday, Aug. 18 at Mine Oyster, Pier 1, in Boothbay Harbor, from 1 to…
Stoney’s 39th Memorial Run, formerly Stoney’s Lobster Run, was held Sunday, Aug. 4. Motorcyclists gathered in Brunswick and made their way to the Boothbay Lobster Wharf in Boothbay Harbor for a…
Boothbay Region Community Center
Representatives from Midcoast Literacy in Bath will be at the Boothbay Region Community Center, Meadow Mall, Boothbay Harbor to meet with people who’d like to find out more about becoming a tutor…
Obituary
Eric Traphagen, 79, formerly of Boothbay, Maine passed on to his next life on July 30, 2019, his 31st wedding anniversary.
Eric was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania. He finished the…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Part of Lincoln County was temporarily left without emergency communications service July 19 after a sheared fiber cable left residents unable to use telephone or internet services. Lincoln County…
Spend a bucolic evening on the shores of the Sheepscot River in Alna, sipping Champagne and enjoying hors d’oeuvres while a Lincoln Academy student jazz combo provides the soundtrack at Champagne…
First National Bank
First National Bank is proud to announce the winners of its 12th annual Customer Photo Calendar Contest. Fifteen color photographs have been chosen from over 200 entries, and each winning…
MaineHealth Care at Home (MHCAH) and hospice volunteers will host Remembrance Gatherings for community members who have experienced the recent loss of a loved one. The Remembrance Gatherings will…
Mark your calendars for a festive yard sale plus live and silent auctions at St. Giles Jefferson Saturday, Aug. 24. Grilled hot dogs and burgers will be for sale, and another of the parish’s…
One consistent theme of human history is of people, facing huge odds, going on the…
On April 22, Earth Day, Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) announced a $200,000 matching gift challenge in support of the “This Land Is Your Land: A Campaign for Oak Point Farm.” The match,…
The Boothbay Region Historical Society is exhibiting baskets and gift items made by the Ranco family from 1906 to the mid-1900s. From the advent of summer colonies in 1870s coastal Maine,…
The decision to close Miss Wiscasset Diner less than two weeks ago came down to not having enough help,…
The luxury liner My Seanna arrived Monday evening and berthed overnight at the Wiscasset pier on the waterfront. Harbor Master Ray Soule told the Wiscasset Newspaper he had received advance…
Not until December, PUC says
The Maine Public Utilities Commission said Aug. 6 that it expects to rule on the controversial metering and billing case in December 2019, and shortly thereafter take action on CMP’s proposed rate…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen
Boothbay Harbor selectmen and consultant Don Gerrish of Eaton Peabody set a tentative timeline for the town manager search Aug. 5. The timeline put the evening's workshop as the jumping off point…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Board of Trustees
The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7 in the Boothbay Region High School library. The meeting will recap summer work on…
The Boothbay Region Ambulance Service announced last week that through July 1, its fundraising campaign had raised $77,155 through community donations. The funds are eligible for a matching dollar…
