For the third year running, the FARMS Community Kitchen will host a free weekly showing of a baker’s dozen of documentary films that compellingly make the case that all of us should pay a lot more…

The AOS/Rocky Channels Schools System will hold its annual budget meeting in the gym at Boothbay Region Elementary School on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m.

Copies of the proposed 2015-2016…

Nomination papers are now available at the Boothbay Harbor Town Office for the following positions:

One two-year term for selectmen and overseers of the poor (position vacated by Jay Warren…

A family foundation’s gift of 17 automatic external defibrillators (AED) to the Boothbay Region Ambulance Service could mean the difference between life and death for individuals stricken by…

The Damariscotta River Pirate Rendezvous is seeking a local nonprofit to benefit, following the incorporation of Lincoln County Family Holiday Wishes with the respected national program, Toys for…

On Saturday, Feb. 28, Lincoln County Spark is hosting its third annual SnowBall and Silent Auction to raise funds and awareness for Lincoln County Animal Shelter.

This semi-formal event will…

A registered sex offender who allegedly failed to notify police of a change in address has been arrested by the Wiscasset Police Department.

Friends and colleagues remembered Dr. Frank O. Avantaggio Jr. for his skill as a surgeon, his dedication to his patients and his lasting impact on the hospital he served for almost…

Unless you’ve been living in a snowbank (which we realize is entirely possible), you probably know that this week is the biggest one for Maine high school basketball.

As we’ve been watching…

The Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the club house at 447 Dover Road in Boothbay.

A light supper is…

Jason A. "Skippy" Simpson died unexpectedly on Feb. 12, 2015.

Jason was born in Waterville on Dec. 13,…

Elizabeth B. "Bogie" Hayes, 89, of Essex, Connecticut died peacefully Feb. 8, 2015, surrounded by her loving family.

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Everything was running smoothly for the Boothbay Region Water District’s project to install water mains on Southport Island. 

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Eftemia “Effie” Kessaris Wallace died peacefully, surrounded by family and friends, on Feb. 13, 2015 in Boothbay Harbor.

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The Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club held its annual Valentine's Dinner for 50 members, spouses and guests Thursday evening Feb. 12 at the new club house off Montgomery Road.

After cocktails,…

Alison Evans and Chris Fritz have entered their new ceramics business in a contest being offered by FedEx Corp. The global shipping company will award grants, valued at from $5,000 to the grand…

The eighth-seeded Maranacook Black Bears sent the top-seeded Boothbay Region Seahawks home for the season with a 57-54 upset win in the final Western Maine Class C quarterfinal game of the day at…

Faced with headline-generating issues, members of the Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority held a special meeting on Feb. 11.

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Almost 15 months earlier, an open house meeting brought together residents of the Twin Villages to discuss what could with the municipal parking lot.

At approximately 11:34 a.m. Monday, Bath Police responded to a report from a resident that her tenant, a 41-year-old male from Bath, might be suicidal and on foot in the downtown area.

Sgt.…

At 3 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, 220 volts of electricity came into the home of Brian and Diane Howe of Summit Road in Boothbay Harbor. This overload caused their water heater, furnace, and all…

George David Jones died Feb. 7, 2015 at his home in Brewer.

He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on April 15, 1943, the son of the late Clyde and Sally Hodgdon Jones.

David grew up in…

Vernon D. Stapleford died Feb. 15, 2015 at St. Andrews Village.

He was born to Edith and Guy Stapleford on Aug. 28, 1916 in North Anson, where he grew up with nine siblings on a farm. He was…

For the third straight meeting, Boothbay Harbor resident Frank Fassett questioned the Boothbay selectmen about their decision not to extend the town manager’s contract.

In his first attempt…

With the near record snowfall Maine has had this winter, it’s no wonder that news stations have been warning people about roofs collapsing under all that weight. One news station stated that a…

The Boothbay Region Health and Wellness Foundation’s potluck dinner and auction was postponed on Saturday, Feb. 14 and has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 21, 5 to 7 p.m., at the Boothbay Fire…

Coastal Kids Preschool in Damariscotta proudly celebrates 20 years of providing an inclusive, developmentally appropriate education for preschool…

Due to the snowstorm forcing changes in the Maine High School Basketball Tournament at the Augusta Civic Center on Saturday night, the Boothbay Region High School vs. Madison High School girls’…

With an estimated two inches of snow or less for Lincoln County after daybreak Sunday morning and only light additional snow expected, the snow portion of this weekend’s snowstorm turned out to be…

ROCKLAND —The National Weather Service at noon Sunday, Feb. 15, canceled its blizzard warning for all but southern Maine and points northeast of Hancock County and Downeast, though wind gusts…

Better Business Bureau (BBB) has launched a new website to help New Englanders before, during and after winter storms: www.bbb.org/boston/natural-disasters.

BBB’s new website provides…

For LincolnHealth Pharmacists Kari London and Meridith Hackett, helping patients get the most out of their medications often begins with a “brown…

With one snowstorm after another, the complaints about the piles on our roofs, the shoveling of walks, and the time we're spending cleaning off cars have become…

It was standing room only by 7 p.m. for the Feb. 10 Boothbay Region Elementary and High schools concert, which took place in the BRHS auditorium.

Performing was the BRES 6thgrade band, the…

Today there are 41 Southport properties covered by flood insurance, protecting $11,500,000 worth of property (according to FEMA) — and those numbers may be rising.

At the Feb. 11 public…

It’s nothing new for Boothbay Region High School’s Antonio Maulolo to be considered one of the state’s top wrestlers. He is a two-time defending Class C State champion and earned the No. 1 seed…

Nancie Atwell, a teacher at Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning, is one of ten teachers named as finalists for the $1,000,000 Global Teacher Prize, a new international award referred to as…

If you don’t have to drive in this weekend’s snowstorm, don’t drive, meteorologist Tom Hawley of the National Weather Service said Friday. Snow will be intense and so will the winds, with gusts to…

Phyllis Webster Raymond, 71, formerly of Boothbay Harbor, died Feb. 9, 2015 in Scottsdale, Arizona after a five year battle with brain cancer.

She was born Oct. 2, 1943, a daughter to the…

The Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association will hold its second annual Kids’ Ice Fishing Derby on Wiley Pond from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the…

On Sunday, Feb. 15, Peter Cook, a spinner, weaver and college professor, will examine the cultural significance of handspinning and spinning wheels throughout…

Boothbay Region High School is still raising money for the WGME School Spirit Challenge to benefit Good Shepherd Food Bank and the Boothbay Region Food Pantry.

At the basketball game on…

Senior guard Morgan Crocker scored on a layup with less than ten seconds remaining and the Lady Seahawks went on to defeat the Dirigo Cougars, 38-37, in the Mountain Valley Conference championship…

In the company of family and friends, Betty Vollmer died Feb. 8, 2015 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.

Betty Lou…

As we contemplate another foot of snow, we thought we would take a look back at the snow days of the past.

Can you date these three photographs?

Do you recognize the businesses?

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Midcoast residents may want to start crossing their shovel-weary fingers that a storm this weekend tracks far enough away to minimize new snowfall. Depending on its track, the nor’easter could…

A Boothbay man who was arrested a year ago for allegedly stealing guns and a Nintendo has been rearrested for reportedly violating the conditions of his release.

Boothbay resident Mary Matthews was returning home from a hairdresser appointment early Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 11, when her car caught fire as she was pulling into her driveway along Wiscasset…

Eric and Jennifer Marden of Boothbay are excited to announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Marie Marden, to Richard Dean Adams, son of Richard and Laura Adams of Eddington.

Anna…