The Boothbay Region Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to welcome Jenna Howard to join in our Marketing Workshop Series on April 5 to present "Tips for Maine Businesses: Using Instagram & Twitter…
News
For Boothbay Harbor police officer Larry Brown and Boothbay Region Elementary School fifth grader Emery Lorrain, Saint Patrick’s Day means more than wearing green. March 17 is the date of their…
This weekend Maine will celebrate its 34th annual Maine Maple Sunday on March 26. The annual event is held every fourth Sunday of March. Participating sugarhouses will be open for visitors to…
Volunteers for all events and activities related to this year’s Pumpkinfest & Regatta are invited to join the committee at its first monthly meeting on Thursday, March 23 at 4:30 p.m…
Team Garron will be hosting a fundraising evening at King Eider's in Damariscotta on Sunday, March 26 from 4 to 9 p.m. to benefit the Maine Chapter of the March of Dimes. They invite the community…
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries will conduct an online-only live auction Wednesday, March 29, which will include an amazing diversity of decorative and collectible items, all with modest opening…
Carmen Reed, a native of Wiscasset, has joined the sales staff of Newcastle Realty.
Previously a director of a Midcoast area Chamber of Commerce, she has always loved being involved in…
Aging is inevitable. At the Lincoln Home, we seek to empower seniors with information and education to age on their own terms with control over their health and well-being. Learn about maintaining…
LincolnHealth is accepting applications for the spring Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class, which begins on April 18. Becoming a CNA is a great way to begin a…
Lincoln County Courts
The following are closed criminal cases for March 1-15. All information was provided by the Lincoln County Clerk of Court. All sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail unless otherwise…
Boothbay Harbor Shipyard has a lot going on. The Ernestina-Morrissey, a 110-foot schooner built in 1894 for the Gloucester fishing fleet, is being entirely rebuilt. The Balmy Days…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in February:
Alna:
Berkeley, Charles M., Ferrara, Heather and Boyle, Pennell …
Obituary
David Dean Berry of Hallowell died unexpectedly March 17, 2017.
Dave was born in Gardiner April 11, 1963 the son of Charles Berry and Shirley (Rankins) Cheney.
He…
The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen on March 15 approved hiring Jason Warlick as interim police chief. The board held off on a formal search for a new permanent chief. Selectmen gave no reason for…
The Downeaster train carried several Boothbay Region High School students to the University of New Hampshire in Durham to check out the campus March 9.
The trip was funded through the…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission, Small Business Administration
More than 50 people attended a workshop the Maine Small Business Administration and the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission hosted March 9, on how social media can help businesses with…
Spring must be here! The American Legion Post 36 breakfasts resume Sunday, April 2 at the Legion Hall in the Boothbay Industrial Park.
As in the past, they will be held every other week…
Did you see Boothbay native Sarah Foster on HGTV's "House Hunters Renovation" episode “The Reno on the Lake?” The episode features Sarah working with her buyers in finding and purchasing their…
Boothbay Region Garden Club
This month's Garden Therapy theme at St. Andrews Village followed the oft quoted adage for March and we all know that March 2017 did, indeed, come in like a lion but…
Lincoln County Adult Education courses lined up through mid-April include boating safety, cooking classes and self-publishing and solar know-how. Register for all online at clc.maineadulted.…
One of the most important services New Hope for Women (NHFW) provides to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking is the toll-free 24/7 Hotline.
Last year, New Hope for…
Thanks to great teamwork between two county law enforcement agencies, an alleged fugitive from justice was taken into custody without incident.
On March 15, at about 7:50 p.m., a call came…
Boothbay Planning Board
The Boothbay Planning Board tabled a change of use request March 15 for a Wiscasset Road property over a disagreement about the application’s intent. Medical marijuana caregivers Darrell Gudroe of…
Obituary
Eleanor (Faye) Gray, 79, passed away unexpectedly in her sleep on March 15, 2017, at her home in Boothbay Harbor. She was born in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, June 22, 1937,…
Harold Franklin Hutchinson, Jr., 82, of Waldoboro passed away on March 14, 2017 at the St. Andrews Gregory Wing. Harold was born on April 3, 1934 in Brockton, Massachusetts, the only child of…
Obituary
Elaine Joan Fairweather, 62, died peacefully on March 12, 2017 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.
Elaine grew up in Roslindale, Massachusetts and graduated from Roslindale High…
Two Boothbay residents are seeking one vacancy as the town’s representative to the community school district school committee. Former member Bill Bailey and first-time candidate Kari Babcock are…
Obituary
Anne Robinson Cederlund, 82, wife of Howard A. Cederlund of Wiscasset, Maine, and Tucson, Arizona, died quietly on March 11, 2017 at their home in Tucson.…
Boothbay Harbor Selectmen
Rahul Anand, new owner of the former Romar bowling alley at 19 By-Way, is seeking Boothbay Harbor’s approval of a traffic plan for when the building is demolished this spring. On March 13,…
Eleven Edgecomb residents discussed the proposed floating house moratorium March 13 for 35 minutes. Town officials held the public hearing two weeks prior to a special town meeting.
…
Town of Edgecomb
Edgecomb selectmen won’t intervene in a disagreement between the fire chief and road commissioner. During the March 13 board meeting, selectmen told Fire Chief Roy Potter to work out his snow…
What does it take to plan, start and run a successful small business? Bill Card, economic development specialist for the U.S. Small Business Administration, and David Hill, Maine Small Business…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD
The announcement of the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) testing period at the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District (CSD) committee meeting on March 8 prompted questions from…
The Community Center plans to get a van in the coming months to transport area residents.
“Volunteers have been picking up people in their own cars and bringing them here,” explained…
Kate Marone, director of Healthy Lincoln County (HLC), will address the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club at its Thursday, March 23 dinner meeting, on what to expect locally with the legalization of…
Boothbay Region High School Principal Dan Welch announced that 20 students have been selected for induction into the National Honor Society.
Welch said the students met the four criteria…
Gunnery Sergeant Chad L. Welch retired from the United States Marine Corps on March 1, 2017 after serving 20 years of dedicated service to his country.
Welch was honored by having Colonel…
The fundraising Leprechaun Leap, scheduled for Tuesday, March 14 at 3:30 p.m. at Hendricks Head beach on Southport Island has been postponed due to the weather until Tuesday, March 21 — same time…
Overwhelmed by all those functions on your GPS or chart plotter? Want to use your tablet or smart-phone to help you navigate on your boat? Interested in using a desktop computer program to plan…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens announced today that it will relocate the leach field for its new wastewater treatment system outside of the Knickerbocker Lake watershed.
CMBG began work in…
Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, will kick off its 2017 season with two volunteer recruitment parties on April 5 and April 13. The parties are open to the public, and…
The Boothbay Harbor Town Office will be closing at noon today, March 14, due to the impending storm, according to an email message from Town Manager Tom Woodin.
With the impending nor’easter arriving during the morning hours on Tuesday, March 14, AOS 98 Superintendent of Schools Eileen King has issued an early release (11:30 a.m.) for Boothbay-Boothbay…
Central Maine Power Company has been holding planning meetings for the major winter storm. The company is pre-positioning personnel and equipment to ensure that adequate resources are in place to…
Obituary
Robert T. Loney, 84, of Round Pond, died March 5, 2017, surrounded by his wife, two daughters, and granddaughter.
Born on…
Boothbay Harbor firefighters were called to the scene of a garage fire on Logan Road off Lakeview Road in Boothbay Harbor Monday afternoon, March 13.
The fire destroyed the garage, which…
In an effort to stay ahead of the growing number of snow days, AOS 98 Superintendent of Schools Eileen King announced Monday that Thursday, March 16 will now be a regular school day for Boothbay…
Obituary
Cynthia Dianne Brown, 76, of Edgecomb died at Eastern Maine Medical Center March 6, 2017 after a long illness.
She was predeceased by son, Kenneth Allen Brown of Edgecomb, her mother,…
In celebration of Lincoln’s birthday, and recent electoral accomplishments, a group of approximately 100 Republicans, including many…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee will meet at the Newcastle Community Room on River Road, Newcastle, March 22 for a 6:30 p.m. social gathering and 7 p.m. meeting.
Senate Democratic…
