On Friday, July 7, Dana Morse will give a talk on scallops and their impact on Maine’s fishing and farming industry.
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Meredith “Merry” Knowlton, 82. died June 24 at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Family and friends were by her side during the past year offering support during her illness, and were…
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Gail (Brackett) Allen, 75, of Conover, North Carolina, formerly of Boothbay Harbor, died June 23, 2017.
She was born April 10, 1942 and graduated from Boothbay Region High School and the…
On Saturday, July 22, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the YMCA will be hosting an interactive workshop on Parkinson’s disease. The workshop will focus on ways that exercise can be appropriately used to…
A memorial service for Dennis I. Reed of Jacksonville, Florida, formerly of Boothbay Harbor, will be held Saturday, July 8, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the American Legion Hall, Industrial Park Road,…
UPDATE!! Bridge is repaired and open as of 9:13 a.m. ... here’s the back story:
The Southport bridge is stuck open. Bridge…
The July meeting of the Southport Planning Board will be held on July 12 at 5 p.m. at the Southport Town Hall. The following items will be discussed:
1. An application by Josephine Wade…
It was a historic day in Boothbay, July 1. The first medical marijuana caregiver storefront, the Pharmers Market, was…
For the last 18 years, Dr. Barney Balch, a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory, has investigated how the Gulf of Maine works, and how long-term changes in climate affect the vital…
Meet more than 30 of Maine’s best writers, adult and children’s authors, including international, national and state award winners at the 13th annual Books in Boothbay on Saturday, July 8 from 9 a…
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Edward Shea, 67, of Wiscasset, formerly of Boothbay Harbor, St. Petersburg, Florida, Milford and West Haven, Connecticut, died on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 in…
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Jerry Anton Topinka Jr., 73, of Boothbay Harbor died June 30, 2017 very shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.
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Helen Weston was the first woman to serve as a Lincoln County Commissioner. She died while serving in office. Her husband, George Weston, established a scholarship fund in her memory and started…
On Wednesday, June 28, a five-member panel discussed the possibility of bringing, or rewilding, a permanent population of mountain lions, or cougars, to the East. The forum “Mountain Lions in…
Effective at 12:01 a.m., July 1, 2017, non-emergency functions of the State of Maine were shut down until further notice. State employees should have been notified by supervisors by the…
The Community Center opened the doors to its new fiber arts room recently and the volunteers working on projects are delighted with the change.
“The noise level is better, the lighting is…
Entertaining. Sometimes thrilling. Always fun, always unpredictable. From parades to relay races to lobster-eating and golf, the 55th Windjammer Days Festival didn’t…
The Reverend Peter Baldwin Panagore of Ocean Point and of DailyDevotions.org and First Radio Parish Church of America (Celebrating 90 Years!) will preach on: “What…
Come and peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour, Saturday, July 15 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. There is something new to see whether you are a first-time or…
On Thursday, June 29 at 7 p.m., sixteen members of the Southport Democratic Committee gathered for a quarterly meeting at the Southport Public Library. The group discussed a number of timely…
What do a ceramic sculptor, a lobsterman, and a climate scientist have to talk about? Hear for yourself on July 7 at 5:30 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Church in Newcastle. Port Clyde lobsterman Gerry…
At 2:31 a.m. July 1, the Lincoln County Communications Center received a report of a head-on motor vehicle collision on Route 1 in Damariscotta. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies were…
Boothbay Harbor Country Club
The Boothbay Harbor Country Club was the setting for the Windjammer Days golf tournament, dubbed the 2017 Windjammer Scramble, on June 29.
Sixty-two golfers, divided into 16 teams, most…
The wedding quilt made for Esther Jameson Newbert in 1856 holds a special place in the textile collection of the Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta. Inspired by the…
Former Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew took her first steps as a gubernatorial candidate June 28 in the Windjammers Days Street Parade. Local Republicans…
There will be an iris sale Saturday, July 8, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Edgecomb Community Church to help fund our community lunches.
Louise Hardina has been…
During Midcoast Senior College’s Annual Meeting and Luncheon on June 13, held at Thorne Hall, Bowdoin College, Mark Smith of Brunswick, Maine, was presented the prestigious 2017 Founders Award for…
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Gary Dean Driver Sr. of Boothbay died peacefully on June 24, 2017.
He was born on July 7, 1935 in Long Beach, California. He grew up in the Belmont Shores area of Long Beach where he…
The annual Windjammer Days Street Parade managed to avoid passing downpours June 28.
Judges said they strictly avoided basing their decisions on any established criteria.
Many more…
A total of over $1,000,000.00 was granted to graduates of Boothbay Region High School between the years 2015-2017. Through the combined efforts and…
St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset, will be holding a series of three suppers. The proceeds will be applied to the Steeple Fund matching grant. The first supper, spaghetti, is Monday,…
On Saturday, July 1 the Boothbay Railway Village will host a meet of antique engines and other early mechanical devises in partnership with the Maine Antique Power…
Traffic was reopened along Route 1 in Wiscasset and Edgecomb June 28 following a three-vehicle accident on the Donald E. Davey Bridge that connects the two towns, according to a Lincoln County…
Breanna Cushman, of St. George submitted the winning design for this year’s Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta™.
Cushman is an energetic mother of three children and…
Regulars at Hunter’s Breakfast in Wiscasset are thinking about where they will try for breakfast and lunch, now that the Route 27 business is closing for good. The last day is July 7.
Owner…
Lincoln County District and Superior Courts
The following were closed cases in the Lincoln County District and Superior Courts for May and June. All information was provided by the Clerk of Court; unless otherwise…
The Boothbay Region Garden Club proudly presents another home for your enjoyment on its “Sea Around Us"…
Windjammer Days continued on Tuesday, June 27 with the annual parade of antique boats.
Musical groups Double Entendre and the Noel Arrington Trio performed while the parade of boats, small…
Opposing lawyers debated the relevance of Boothbay’s comprehensive plan language Monday during the second appeals board hearing on the building permit for Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’…
These artists are doing it for the “greater good.”
So says local artist Donald Demers, who has organized a live art…
Kenneth Hatch III of Whitefield appeared before Justice Robert Mullen at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta June 27, after a dispositional conference confirmed Hatch and his attorney, Richard…
Obituary
Anita Helen Mudd Howe, died peacefully at her beloved Southport Island home on June 12, 2017.
She was born September 13, 1925, in Berwyn, Illinois to Joseph Augustine Mudd Jr., and Helen…
Death notice
Mary Jane Giles, 79, died at her residence in Boothbay on June 21, 2017.
Arrangements are under the care of Direct Cremation of Maine, 182 Waldo Avenue, Belfast.
A pancake breakfast, the raising of information banners and the assembling of pirate paraphernalia kicked off morning Windjammer Days activities in the Whale Park on Tuesday, June 27.…
The Reverend Wesley A. Smith will lead the service at the Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point this Sunday, July 2. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All…
The Edgecomb Community Church Mission Outreach Committee will be holding a gift baskets fundraiser during the summer months. There are a total of 12 gift baskets with one of the following themes:…
Returning for a second year, Rev. Charles LaFond comes to Southport and All Saints directly from a pilgrimage to the island of Iona. He’s been writing about this in…
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Colleen M. (McInnis) Rego, 88, a lifelong resident of Barters Island, died June 25, 2017 in the Miles Hospital in Damariscotta surrounded…
Do you enjoy singing show tunes, hymns, and patriotic songs while having a picnic lunch overlooking the beautiful Sheepscot River? If…
It's hard to believe that it's almost the Fourth of July. But, as has been the case for the past 30 years, the Boothbay Civic Association will provide something to do on the holiday with its…
