Wiscasset Yacht Club is accepting applications for membership. All boating enthusiasts are invited to an Open House from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 30. Meet club members, take…

The 2019 Windjammer Days fireworks display on Wednesday evening, June 26 was once again spectacular and concluded the fourth day of activities of the festival. And once again, our contributing…

The 57th annual Windjammer Days Street Parade was full of great floats, smiling faces, a few animals, music, sirens and horns. Who doesn’t enjoy a parade?! Here are some of the highlights from the…

This is what Windjammer Days is all about. The massive sailing vessels arrive for the annual festival on Wednesday afternoon: No rain, a few clouds and lots of people to greet them as they entered…

Day 4 of Windjammer Days 2019 was highlighted by pirate antics, the arrival of the windjammers, the lobster eating contest, the cod race, street parade and music at Whale Park.

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Wiscasset resident Sherri Dunbar, a Realtor® at Tim Dunham Realty, was named the 2019 REALTOR of the year by the Lincoln County Council of the Mountains to Shore Board of Realtors on June 19.…

Sharing barely a peek in this photo, this home, one of six on the Boothbay Region House and Garden Tour set for July 19, sits high atop Boothbay Harbor and will surprise and delight any and all…

Local musician John Schindler will perform his folk music at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor to support asylum seekers and refugees here in Maine.

The concert, which will take…

It’s been 15 years since Janet and Oliver Cusano rode into town and became the proud owners of Southport General Store. They first saw the store the weekend of July 4, 2004, and within two months…

Edgecomb Road Commissioner Scott Griffin told selectmen Monday evening, paving of a half-mile section of Cross Point Road will begin at the end of July and be done before the new school year.…

Boothbay Region Land Trust is pleased to introduce three new summer staff members — stewardship intern Brooklyn Washburn, and Damariscove caretakers, Ed Vleck and Bailey Romaine.

Brooklyn…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee members voted 5-1 to hire Camden-Rockport…

In Superior Court in Wiscasset Tuesday, Shawna Gatto, 44, of Wiscasset, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of her fiance’s granddaughter, 4-year-old Kendall Chick, who died Dec. 8…

After months of preparation, the Water Street Kitchen and Bar, formerly Le Garage, in Wiscasset, is set to debut Thursday, June 27.

After a couple of days of soft openings with family…

A judge has sentenced Kendall Chick’s convicted murderer Shawna Gatto of Wiscasset to serve 50 years in prison, Wiscasset Newspaper’s Gina Hamilton reports.

Full coverage to follow.

Boothbay selectmen Kristina Ford and Desiree Scorcia, Boothbay Town Manager Dan Bryer and Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Executive Director Joanna Breen briefed Boothbay Harbor selectmen June 24…

By a vote of 5-1, Shawna Kurr of Camden-Rockport Elementary School has been approved as principal of Boothbay Region Elementary School. 

About two dozen staff and parents attended to give…

Harry Anneley, 90, passed away on June 21, 2019 at his home in Edgecomb, Maine.

He was born on Dec. 7, 1928 in Dennisville, New Jersey, the son of the late Harry and Emma Anneley.

He…

Richard Arnold Verney, 89, of Alna passed away peacefully at Togus VA Hospital in Augusta on the morning of June 22, 2019 after a brief illness.

Richard was born Sept. 29, 1929, in Gardiner…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club and Boothbay Region YMCA are excited to announce a new partnership to offer greater opportunities to our community's children and teenagers this summer.

This…

David Hagan inspires confidence. A great listener, full of enthusiasm, his honest style of communication is both direct and thorough. Many years in customer service handling claims, sales,…

There will be two Celtic prayer services held during July on Wednesdays, July 3 and July 17 at Edgecomb Community Church. We’ll share a meal together in…

Alana LaCourse, 9, won the Boothbay’s Got Talent competition and was crowned Miss Windjammer 2019 on Monday night, June 24 at Boothbay Region YMCA. LaCourse did a tap dance routine for her talent…

After six months out of work, former Gov. Paul LePage is back among the state’s working class. LePage has joined wife Ann working at McSeagulls in Boothbay Harbor this summer. Ann LePage has…

With the departure of Waldo County as a boarding county for Two Bridges Regional Jail at the end of the month, TBRJ can turn its sights toward a full-scale, wrap-around addiction treatment center…

The Edgecomb Planning Board on June 20 approved plans to build a home at 107 Shore Road.

Reverends Roger and Sandy Daly of Vermont have attended several board meetings since March to ensure…

Fine weather favored the annual Fishermen’s Memorial and Blessing of the Fleet which helped open Windjammer Days 2019. Baritone Smith Climo led visitors …

The 15th annual Rock Skipping Contest took on a new meaning on Sunday, June 23 because for the first time it was a benefit for Boothbay Region Health…

The 57th annual Windjammer Days kicked off June 23 with the One Design Race, the Memorial Service/Blessing of the Fleet, and the Arthur Webster Memorial Rock Skipping Contest.

The Boothbay Region Maritime Foundation, BRMF is one of six groups chosen to receive Land for Maine’s Future funds for the protection of Maine’s working waterfront. Funds will be used towards…

Clyde A. Perkins Jr., 87, of Gardiner Road, Dresden passed away on June 21, 2019 after a long illness.

He was born in Dresden on Oct. 21, 1931 the son of Clyde  and Lela Perkins.

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Maine lobstering communities have been dealt blow after blow in recent years in regulations and shortages. As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration attempts to deal with a declining…

The Boothbay Planning Board voted 4-0 June 12 to deny a Murray Hill Road applicant a permit to construct a 324 square foot deck. Suzanne Adams and Marcia Rowland of New Vineyard sought approval…

Due to the holidays, the Southport Planning Board will delay its normal monthly meeting from July 3 to July 10. It will be held at 5 p.m. at the Southport Town Offices and, as always, is open to…

The Rev. Charles Carrick will lead the first service of the summer season at Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point this Sunday, June 30. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome. Clarissa Brown…

When it comes to Footbridge Brewery, a newcomer to the waterfront in Boothbay Harbor, co-owners Dan Pangburn and Nick Ullo have stuck to a tried-and-true business approach:

They’ve taken…

In observance of our nation’s Independence Day, God & Country will be celebrated Sunday, July 7, at Boothbay Baptist Church during the 10:15 a.m…

On Thursday, June 27,…

Heather Leslie and Carl Wilson will discuss “Building Coastal Community Resilience in Maine” at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 28 in Brooke Hall at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center. 

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The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District School Committee will hold a special meeting at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 25 in the Boothbay Region High School library, to vote on a new…

The man who promised the ‘Deflategate’ judge coffee for life owns Boothbay’s Dunkin franchise. Mike Connor of Lewiston owns four Dunkin franchises in Maine and hopes his newest one will open as…

For 30 years, Nancy Van Dyke has been on a mission from God. Van Dyke, 73, has traveled a combined 13 times to Africa and South America to serve the sick and poor. In Africa, she spent time in the…

Jonathan D. Roberts, 45, of Waban, Massachusetts, facing a charge of manslaughter in the death of Kristen McKellar on Aug. 2, 2018, when his boat allegedly hit McKellar as she swam in Damariscotta…

Volunteers and staff from Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust remove the dock each fall and reinstall it in the spring to provide easy access to the preserve by boat. Coastal Rivers co-manages Dodge…

Konstantinos Rigas, 31, of Boothbay Harbor is scheduled for a competency exam July 2 to determine if he can stand trial.

Rigas faces a long…

A memorial service for Bertha M. Melnuk who died December 11, 2018 will be held at…

The sixth annual Olde Bristol Days Vintage Car Show is happy to announce that the 2019 show is moving to The Harbor Room restaurant on Route 130 in New Harbor. The show’s traditional location, on-…

Maine Department of Transportation representatives updated Edgecomb selectmen June 17 on planned projects.

Senior project manager Douglas Coombs presented plans for work on Eddy Road,…

It won’t be long before residents have an inside look behind the local refuse district’s recycling program. Transfer Station Manager Steve Lewis informed Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District…