Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch thought he was presenting the Boothbay Region YMCA’s Character Development Award April 11, but instead he received it. Hasch was lured to the YMCA annual…
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Obituary
Betty N. LaPointe, 90, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, formerly of Wrentham, Massachusetts, died peacefully April 8, 2017 in Maine. She was the beloved wife of the late Edmond J. LaPointe.
Born…
Obituary
Helga I. McEachern of Punta Gorda, Florida and a longtime summer visitor to Boothbay Harbor, died April 11, 2017.
She…
The Boothbay Region Food Pantry is graced with gifts of money, food items, and a variety of other types of gifts, all of which are very welcome. For example, a generous supply of Easter baskets…
Newcastle Local Planning Committee
The Newcastle Local Planning Committee held a public forum at the midway point of the review of the Newcastle comprehensive plan and its land use ordinance, known as the character code. Both…
The Edgecomb School Committee passed its proposed $2,688,936.78 budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. The budget includes an increase of $24,600, or less than one…
All copy (articles, Letters to the Editor, press releases, photographs, News Briefs, calendar/What's Happening items, etc.) is due Mondays at 4:30 p.…
We only had two cutline-only photographs for the April 6 edition so we skipped publishing At a Glance. We include those photos in this week’s At a Glance, plus several others, including Easter…
Town of Edgecomb
The Edgecomb Selectmen and Conservation Committee debated April 10 whether or not a Shore Road property was a sure thing for a public boat launch. The committee became interested in a three-…
discover the midcoast
Some of the area’s best hiking for beginners can be found in nearby Phippsburg with over a dozen trails to explore. Sunday found us enjoying the first spring-like day by returning to Spirit Pond…
Where NAPA once sold auto parts at 179 Bath Road in Wiscasset, by next fall, Boothbay’s Michael and Kimberly Hilgendorf hope to have up to 49 area infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers playing and…
Jeff Savastano has been around Boothbay for so long, you might think he's a native. But other than the three-story Victorian-style farmhouse he and his wife, Adele Bielli, share in East Boothbay,…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission holds its 2017 annual meeting on Tuesday, April 25 from 5 to 7 p.m., at the 1812 Farm in Bristol. In addition to a brief annual meeting, the LCRPC is…
The Seven Last Words of Christ, a Boothbay area ecumenical Good Friday prayer service, will be on April 14 at 2 p.m. at St. Columba's Episcopal Church located at 32 Emery Lane in Boothbay Harbor.…
There will soon be some new retail stores, a marine lumber supply business, storage units and housing on Route 27, just north of Hammond Lumber Co. in Boothbay Harbor.…
For women who have been affected by intimate partner abuse, dating violence or stalking, a support group can be a safe place to talk about the abuse…
Mondays and Wednesdays, April 17-26, 6-8 p.m. Navigating Midcoast Maine, Members $76; non-members $95. Students will learn the basics about nautical charts, using navigational aids to cruise…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee will meet at the Newcastle Community Room at 86 River Road, Newcastle, Wednesday, April 19 for a 6:30 p.m. social gathering…
Obituary
James P. Beliasov, 78, was taken suddenly to be with his Savior and Lord on March 23, 2017. He was a faithful pastor of God’s word.
Jim was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 13, 1938…
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the Captain Sawyer’s Bed & Breakfast will host a Business After Hours on Thursday, April 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. The…
Improve your balance and reduce your risk of falling at LincolnHealth’s popular falls prevention program, “Balancing Act.” This free, four-week program will be held at the Wellness and…
Boothbay Harbor Shipyard
Boothbay Harbor Shipyard has been restoring a historic, 156-foot schooner for the past 13 months. The Ernestina-Morrissey came to Boothbay Harbor in April 2015 for a $6 million-plus…
Rebuilding Together Day is Saturday, April 29 this year. As in the past, Rebuilding Together-Lincoln County is working hard to fulfill our mission of insuring that low-income homeowners live in…
After the State and Local Government Committee voted 8-5 April 6 to issue an “ought no to pass” recommendation for her bill, State Rep. Stephanie Hawke (R-Boothbay Harbor) remained optimistic…
Republican Committees of District Six
The Republican Committees from Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo counties met April 10 to select names to send to the governor to replace Geoffrey Rushlau as district attorney for Prosecutorial…
Reel to Reel Music had a “soft opening” on Saturday, April 8 in the former Radio Shack store in the Elm Street Plaza in Damariscotta. Co-owners Zacharia Rankin and Olivia DeLisle are responding to…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee
A recommendation that the school committee adopt the 2017-2018 district budget is among items listed on the agenda for the Wednesday, April 12 Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District (…
The driving range formerly known as Longshot Golf Center is under new management. The lease has been taken over by the new ownership and management group that is…
Wiscasset School Department is the lead department on a proposed regional project for special education students who need behavioral support, according to an email Monday from the Maine Department…
It is with great pleasure that Donald and Deborah Earle of Boothbay, Maine and Hampton, New Hampshire announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Kathryn Earle, to Daniel Robert Kircher, son…
St. Andrews Auxiliary
On April 5, forty-nine members of the St Andrews Auxiliary enjoyed a spring brunch at the invitation of St. Andrews Village in appreciation of Auxiliary volunteer…
Boothbay Region was one of about 90 Maine high schools who braved the foul weather on Tuesday, April 4 to drive to the Augusta Civic Center for the 41st annual Maine State Math Meet, an all-day…
The Boothbay region fire departments, consisting of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Southport and Edgecomb, will host the 54th annual Maine State…
With winter's “last hurrah” still in evidence in the Boothbay region, two members of the Boothbay Region Garden Club did their best to bring a breath of spring to St. Andrews Village on April 6…
What does a traditional New England village look like? That’s the central question facing the Boothbay Planning Board as it incorporates a new comprehensive plan into the town’s ordinances. The…
The Boothbay Railway Village began its 2017 season with the first-ever Tartan Day on Saturday, April 8.
“Maine has the largest population of Scottish people of any other state,” said BRV…
They emailed, they phoned, and they drove to Bangor and Augusta, all in an effort to schedule a local town hall with Senator Susan Collins. Midcoast Maine Indivisi…
The Damariscotta River Pirate Rendezvous will continue a tradition of fundraising for local non-profits when the event returns on Saturday, June 24; announcing three area food support groups as…
Elise Andersen, daughter of the late East Boothbay artists and ceramists Brenda and Weston Andersen, has been busy lately. She and some of her siblings have been going…
Maine Photography Show
The first place selections by juror Marc Muench in the 2017 Maine Photography Show, as announced Friday night at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation are aas follows…
A phone call from a highway patrol dispatcher is a call no parent ever wants to receive. It could mean a son or daughter has been injured or killed…
Come to the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum for the annual Easter Eggspress trains on Saturday, April 15 from noon to 3 p.m. Trains will leave the Sheepscot…
Obituary
Robert Perry Landry, 79, of Skowhegan died peacefully at Cedar Ridge Center in Skowhegan on March 23, 2017.
He born April 27, 1937 the son of Richard and Beatrice (Perry) Landry. Robert was…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Trustees
Two people attending the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Board of Trustees’ meeting on Wednesday, April 5 voiced concerns over water samples found to…
More than 200 hungry soup eaters braved a driving rain on Thursday, April 6 to meet at the American Legion Hall in Boothbay to sip from bowls made at the Watershed Center in Newcastle. For the…
Palm Sunday at Congregational Church: This Sunday, April 9, marks the beginning of Holy Week with the celebration of Palm Sunday. The sixth of a series of sermons for Lent will be offered by the…
The popularity of a series of Friday lunch picnic concerts in the Boothbay Region Elementary School gym has prompted the school to continue the series with two concerts…
Senate President Michael Thibodeau (R-Waldo) has appointed Senator Dana Dow (R-Lincoln) to serve a two-year term representing Maine on the National Conference of…
On Sunday, April 30 at 4 p.m., the Midcoast Community Alliance will hold its first public event, “A Call to Action for Suicide Prevention,” in the gymnasium at the Bath Parks & Recreation…
There's been a lot of speculation around Boothbay Harbor over the winter about what will become of the former Rocktide Inn & Restaurant. In January, the almost 50-year-old resort at 35-37…
