The Friends of Windjammer Day (FWD) s announced the Community Fireworks fundraising for Windjammer Days and the Fourth of July is $7,000 short, as of June 8, for these displays.
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News
There's good news on the latest test results surrounding unsafe lead levels found in the water of both Boothbay Region schools. In March,…
The Lincoln Home
Pull up a comfortable chair in The Lincoln Home's living room on Monday afternoon, June 12, from 3 to 4 p.m., and take a leisurely stroll through Boston.
Michael Perry will share his…
During this major push fundraising to restore the tower and other buildings on Burnt Island, the Keepers of Burnt Island Light and Elaine Jones hosted Bill Green and Green’s photograper/producer…
A kick-off community meeting for the 2017 Boothbay Festival of Lights is scheduled for Tuesday, June 13 from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Opera House. All are welcome.
To begin year two of the…
Lisa Van Dyk of the Boothbay Region YMCA and Neal Verge, former camp director, invite all former counselors and staff of YMCA Camp Knickerbocker, along with their families, to the Alumni Reunion…
The Maine State Aquarium welcomes back veteran volunteer Kelsey Hamblen for her third consecutive season. As a summer resident of Boothbay Harbor,…
Edgecomb selectmen lobbied two local lawmakers June 5 to act on legislation important to the community. Selectmen asked State Rep. Stephanie Hawke (R-Boothbay Harbor) and State Sen. Dana Dow (R-…
This weekend saw another successful Vintage Camper Jamboree for the Shore Hills Campground and RV Park. This was the campground’s…
This week’s At a Glance features singers, award winners, sports teams, a summer reading program, some students and school staff dressed in mismatched clothing, and a nice student who brought…
On May 31, Boothbay Harbor Police Officer Larry Brown responded to a report of shoplifting caught on camera at a downtown business. The business…
Boothbay Region High School
Boothbay Region High School and the American Legion Post #36 are pleased to announce the junior class delegates chosen to attend the 2017 Dirigo Boys and Girls State conferences…
With its black and white plumage and yellow nape, the male bobolink is a handsome bird easily identified from a distance. Celebrated for their bubbling song, punctuated with…
A memorial service for Katharine G. "Kit" Sillin, 71, of Lexington, Massachusetts, who died March 2, 2017, will be held at the Ocean Point Chapel on Saturday, June 17 at 1 p.m. A reception will…
Blacksmithing is the ancient craft of heating iron to incandescence and shaping it by hammer. For thousands of years it was the blacksmith who made our tools, farm implements, household goods, and…
Lincoln County Commissioners
At the June 6 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting, Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Casey Stevens filled the commissioners in on the search and rescue of an 84-year-old Bristol man…
The Maine Department of Transportation is looking to bring a little bit of Florida to the intersection of routes 1 and 27 in Edgecomb. The department is proposing installing a Florida T, which…
BRHS track & field
Boothbay Region High School track teams capped off a solid season with some award-winning performances at the state meet in Dover-Foxcroft on Saturday, June 3.
Senior Angie Perkins was…
The Waldo Theatre has received a $5,000 grant from the Lincoln County Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to provide capacity building and training in sustainable fundraising, historic…
June 3 was the wedding exchange of vows for Heidi Pinkham, daughter of Michael and Louanne Pinkham of Wiscasset and Vincent Souza, son of William Souza of Orange, New Hampshire and Karen…
Obituary
David A. Lord, 60, of Port Richey, Florida died June 2, 2017 surrounded by close friends and family.
He was born on November 13, 1956 at Loring AFB, Limestone Maine, the son of Richard S.…
The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club is delighted to host noted marine conservationist, Jonathan White, Friday, June 23
After nearly losing his 65-foot wooden schooner in a large Alaskan tide,…
A Celebration of Life for Bill Kautzmann will be held Sunday, June 25 at 5 p.m. at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island Road, Boothbay.
On Tuesday, June 20 and on Wednesday, June 21, outboard motor historian Larry Stevenson will present two talks exploring major innovations in outboard motor design in the early twentieth century.…
An international studies student at the University of Maine isn’t waiting until she graduates to make her mark on the world. Emma Leonard, 20, of Boothbay spent 10 days of her March college break…
Preparations for the 2017 summer season are complete at All Saints By-the Sea Episcopal Chapel located on Southport Island. Services will begin on Sunday, June 11 (Holy Communion at 8 and 10 a.m…
Besides proclaiming that the 1970s had the best music -- citing experiencing Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" at the Lewiston Armory – Alumni Banquet speaker Breck Holladay (BRHS class of 1975…
The Southport School Board has announced that Lisa Clarke has been hired as the teaching principal at Southport Central School. Clarke replaces Marcelle Durost, who has taken an interim principal…
Southport Central School Teaching Principal Marcelle Durost will leave at the end of the school year. Beginning next fall, she has taken a job as the interim principal…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library has announced it has been awarded a $11,700 grant by the Gizmo Garden Fund, an organization designed…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has identified those…
Registration is now open for “Summer with the Past,” three week-long day camp sessions for children ages 7 through 11. Sponsored by Lincoln County Historical…
Members of the Boothbay Region High School Class of 2017 filed into the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor on Sunday afternoon and took their places in the pews at…
A new summer camp experience will provide girls ages 9-15 with a special opportunity to learn about nature. Hearty Roots, a nonprofit, will host up to 60 girls at three Lincoln County locations.…
ORONO, Maine — Despite an abundance of egg-bearing adult lobsters and record-breaking harvests, the number of young lobsters continues to fall in the Gulf of Maine.
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The Contented Sole Restaurant, Colonial Pemaquid Drive, New Harbor will be a happening place on June 22 at 5 p.m. with the 13th annual Pemaquid Watershed Association “Party on the Pier”…
Lincoln County Dental has received a $5,000 grant from the Lincoln County Fund of the Maine Community Foundation assist to provide dental services for low-income people in recovery from opiate…
BRHS boys tennis
The top-seeded Boothbay Region High School boys tennis team advanced to the Class C South final with a 5-0 shutout of the fourth-seeded Hall-Dale Bulldogs in a semifinal match Saturday morning,…
For one night only this summer, Darrows Barn at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta will be transformed into a celebration of all things Thai in honor of a local organization that helps young women…
Travel with Hank Lunn to the High Plains of Peru, exploring his experience of visiting Lake Titicaca and the islands of the Sun: Uros, Amantani and…
Lincoln Theater has established a new operating endowment which resulted from an anonymous gift of $1 million.
“This wonderful donation is truly a 5…
Updated: Chief Deputy Rand Maker of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office released the following statement Friday afternoon, on the morning’s fatal accident just over the Dresden line from Wiscasset…
A band of Angels descended upon the Old Jail in Wiscasset on Memorial Day. These Angels, 27 textile conservation specialists from the Costume Society of America, spent two days at the historic…
Have you wondered what Coastal Senior College is all about? Or are you a CSC member who looks forward to the annual luncheon? Then mark your calendar for June 12, the date of this year’s event,…
This weekend marks the second annual Vintage Camper event at Shore Hills Campground and RV Park in…
The Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor will host the 12th annual International Workers Welcome on Tuesday, June 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. The church is located at 125 Townsend Avenue.
All…
The Chapman-Hall House Historic Site on upper Main Street in Damariscotta opens for the season June 10 and 11 with the special event, Three Traditions. This year’s program offers insights into…
Charles and Elaine Fossett Rittershaus of Malden, Massachusetts and Sprucewold, Boothbay Harbor, announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Sarah Christine Rittershaus, to Richard Benjamin…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in March:
Alna: Preston, Michael and Preston, Amy to Fat Pig LLC; Genes, Dawn W Tr,…
On Tuesday, May 30, Senator Dana Dow (R-Lincoln) presented Deputy Clayton Jordan of Whitefield with a Legislative Sentiment before the Senate recognizing his achievement of being named the 2016…
