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Boothbay Region Land Trust
 "Hendricks Head South" - 38”x55” - dye painted on cotton, stitched by Fraas-Slade

Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition by local artists Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade in its Oak Point Farm gallery. Fraas and Slade’s show, titled…

64th Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days
The 64th Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days sails in Sunday, June 21 through Saturday, June 27. Don't miss it! Courtesy of Friends of Windjammer Days

Three Navy Band Northeast ensembles will bring their music to the 64th annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days to help celebrate this year’s theme of the U.S. Navy and…

Boothbay Harbor Opera House
Traverse. BBH Opera House. May 28. Got tickets? Photo: Emmanuelle Roberge

Winner of Quebec’s prestigious OPUS Prize for Album of the Year, "Traditional Québécois Music," Traverse is a musical journey into the heart of traditional fiddle music…

64th Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days
Decorations up! This year's Windjammer Days Decorated Boat Parade helps kick off the festival on Sunday, June 21. Courtesy of FWJD

Boothbay Harbor is gearing up for one of the most colorful celebrations on the water, and this year’s Windjammer Days Decorated Boat Parade is shaping up to be the most…

Boothbay Harbor Opera House
Suzy Bogguss. Boothbay Harbor Opera House. May 30. Got tickets? Photo: Jeff Fasano

Grammy-winning and platinum selling artist Suzy Bogguss is one to chase the muse wherever it may lead. On Saturday, May 30, she lands on the historic Opera House stage…

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AUGUSTA, Maine – On June 6, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS), the VA Regional Benefit Office at Togus, and VA Maine Healthcare will host a Veterans and…

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The Boothbay Region High School Class of 1971 will be holding their 55th reunion Saturday, July 11.  The event will be held at BRHS in the library from 4-7 p.m.

Co-chairs include Tom…

Boothbay Harbor Ocean on Tap
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The next Boothbay Harbor edition of Ocean on Tap will take place on Thursday, May 21, 6 p.m. at Footbridge Brewery at 25 Granary Way. Join Lobsterman Eben Wilson of the F/V…

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While paying homage to the history of the donut, the 4th Rockport Donut Festival is a two-day summer kick-off event to be held on June 12 and 13.

This event will be jam-packed with family-…

The Savani Latin Jazz Quartet. Courtesy of the musicians

The Midcoast’s own jazz festival, Jazz in June Camden Maine, runs Friday to Sunday, June 12-14. Downtown Camden will be filled with live music all weekend, as Jazz in June presents multiple…

Skidompha Public Library
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The Skidompha Strummers, the ukulele ensemble of Skidompha Public Library, will present a performance of songs by the Beatles on Thursday, May 7 at 4 p.m. in the Porter Meeting Room at the…

DakhaBrakha. At the Waldo Aug. 2. Be there. Courtesy of the band

The Waldo is excited to have DakhaBrakha (pronounced “da-ha bra-ha”) a world-music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine performing on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 7:30 pm.

BRHS Drama production

Past, present and future unite as BRHS Drama stages Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera” (Hart, Stilgoe, based on the novel by Gaston Leroux) and licensed through Concord Theatricals.…

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The Boothbay Region Elementary School gym got “carnival-ized” Wednesday night, April 8 with fun games, snacks and more to raise money for the BRES 8th grade end-of-the-school-year trip.

“It…

BRGC members Karen Iliades, left, and Cathy Fisher seated at Karen's table set with samplings of fare typically served at Afternoon Tea. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Trivia: The first of what would become known as Afternoon Tea was served in the home of Anna Maria Russell, Duchess of Bedford, in 1840. The Duchess began feeling hungry around 4 p.m. but dinner…

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Ocean on Tap is an informal, ocean-centric speaker series organized by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory. Our goal is to bring people of the…

BRHS Alumni Game March 28
Korey Lewis, left, and Ed Crocker. File photo

That is the question.

Last year's BRHS Alumni basketball game, a fundraiser for Project Graduation, featured a lot of fun moments -- mostly supplied by the friendly squirmishes between Ed…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Pan Fried Steel Drum Band. Boothbay Harbor Opera House. April 11. Courtesy of the venue

With spring slowly arriving, the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor is bringing the music of the islands, and hopefully some of the accompanying warmth and thoughts of the…

St. Columba's Episcopal Church

Saint Columba’s Episcopal Church,…

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Grade 4-6 category winner by Madison Woodbine

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water…

Reese Washburn with her full basket of eggs at the 2025 Easter Eggstravaganza. Courtesy photo

Bring your families to the Boothbay Region Fire Auxiliary’s free Easter Eggstravaganza at the Boothbay Fire Department, 911 Wiscasset Rd., on Saturday, April 4, at 1 p.m., rain or shine.

"A Private Life" opens at the Lincoln Theater Friday, March 5. Courtesy of the venue

"The Testament of Ann Lee" - (R; 2 hours, 17 minutes) - Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shaker's irrepressible leader, who preached gender and social…

A recent Game Night at Southport Memorial Library. Courtesy photo

Due to popular demand, Thursday Evening Game Nights will continue at the Southport Memorial Library for the Month of March.  Come join us Thursdays, March 5, 12 and 26, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.…

Eilen Jewell makes The Waldo her only Maine stop March 13. Courtesy of the venue

Eilen Jewell makes her only Maine appearance on her final tour at The Waldo Theatre on Friday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. Hailed by American Songwriter as “...one of America’s most intriguing, creative…

Join Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s Community Engagement Manager, Tyler Pascocello and Maine Master Naturalist volunteers for a winter bird walk at Reid State Park on Thursday, March 5 at 10 a.m.…

Wooden spoons. Courtesy photo

Wood carving is a great way to not only learn a new skill, but

Community Lunch sign

Community Lunch on Feb. 9 was hosted by The First. Adam Climo and crew went with a Hawaiian theme serving ham, pineapple, mashed potatoes, and cookies for dessert. This was the…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Pat Colwell & the Soul Sensations. Feb. 14. Opera House. Got tickets? Courtesy of the venue

This Valentine’s Day head to the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor for a powerful mix of Motown and Memphis Soul from Pat Colwell and the Soul…

"Song Sung Blue, "starring Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman, opens Friday, Feb. 6 at the Harbor Theater. Courtesy of the venue

"Zootopia 2" - (PG; 1 hour, 47 minutes) - Rule-following bunny Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and streetwise fox Nick Wilde (Jason…

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Couldn't we all - women and men - use a little romance in our lives in the middle of a Maine wintah?

Do you have a sweetheart, friend, or family member who could…

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The next Wiscasset Ocean on Tap, "How & why do we map the seafloor?" will be held on Friday, Feb. 6 at Ækeir Brewing, 111 Main St., Wiscasset.

A Wiscasset Museum in the Streets sign. Mary Ellen Barnes photo

What a way to end January! A fun dance and fundraiser, the Snow Ball, will be held on Saturday, Jan. 31 from 6 to 10 p.m. at The Ledges in Wiscasset. The event celebrates and supports Wiscasset’s…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
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It was standing room only for the Opera House’s first winter open mic drawing an audience of about 80 and 20-22 talented performers. Friday, Jan. 17 was a fun night of great music, anecdotes and…

The Waldo to present Solas on March 15. Anna Colliton photo

Solas is lighting up stages across the globe as they celebrate three decades of pushing boundaries and honoring traditions in Irish music. And on March 15, Solas comes to Waldoboro for a 7:30…

Nick Christopher in the kitchen.

Renee Beck and Company put on a…

Lincoln Theater
Horror and fantasy artist Glenn Chadborne. Courtesy photo

Lincoln Theater will welcome acclaimed Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne on Thursday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. for a free public event as part of its ongoing series, Talking Art in Maine.

Talking Art…

It’s all about coming together in community. Start the New Year of right by shaking off the winter blues. Join your friends from the Inn Along the Way and Damariscotta Open Mic for a belated 2026…

Jan. 5 Community Lunch providers Holly Stover, Lisa McSwain, Byron Cortez, Sarah Morley and Laurie Simmons. Jen Mitchell photo

The first lunch of 2026 saw over 60…

Sheepscot Chorus
The Sheepscot Chorus in performance December 2025. Bob Crink photo

Sheepscot Chorus invites you to sing Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" as part of "Many Voices, One Dream," a concert celebration of diversity to mark our nation's 250th…

Poet Zachary Cole will be reading his work at  "Wintersong" on Jan. 13. He writes vividly  about life and people on the Midcoast of Maine, with humor and surprise. Photo courtesy of Eleanor Cade Busby

"Wintersong: A Midcoast Gathering of Voices" will take place Tuesday, Jan. 13 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Porter Hall at Skidompha Library, Main St., Damariscotta with a snow date…

A vibrant gathering of 100+ women at Wanderwood's event barn in October. Courtesy of Shannon Parker

The leadership team of 100+ Women Who Care Lincoln County Maine

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An outstanding Meatball Cook-Off was held at Brady’s at 25 Union Street the Sunday, Dec. 28, the very last Sunday of the year. The tradition began five years ago with a Mini -Weenie contest and…

Another New Year's Eve is nigh. Celebrating locally? Or is a night of dinner or dancing (or both) what you're up for? For restaurants' hours serving on Wednesday, Dec. 31, visit…

Stan, Byron and Tancy at the ready. Elliott Schwartz photo

The weather and the roads may not have been helpful but that didn't stop over 50 people from attending Community Lunch Dec. 29.

Byron Cortez, along with Stan Hornsby,…

Pizza party

On Sunday, Dec. 21, the House of Pizza in the Meadow Mall, Boothbay Harbor opened its doors to friends and their children for pizza, salads and other goodies. The Christmas party was hosted by the…

Sponsor Rich Elliott hits the buffet served by Winter Page and Heather McDaniels.

Monday's Community Lunch Dec. 22 was sponsored by Elliott & Elliott and prepared by Earl Brewer and friends. Again, laughter and smiles dominated the huge crowd as both the…

Boothbay Harbor United Methodist Church
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The lower level of First United Boothbay Harbor Methodist Church was chock full of wonderful items for holiday shoppers' present lists.

Entering the event, the aromas included those of the…