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• Grasslands birds, migration and climate change lecture

  Thu, 07/02/2020 - 7:45am

  

  As our climate changes, the timing of natural processes, including blooming of flowers and greening of vegetation is shifting and presenting challenges for birds and farmers alike. For Bobolinks and Savannah sparrows, two ground-laying grassland bird species, any mismatch between their response to climate change and the response of farmers to climate change, could be detrimental. The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) invites the public to join us virtually on Thursday, July 9 at 6 p.m. to...

• Boothbay Region Y announces open water master swim program

  Tue, 06/30/2020 - 7:30am

  

  Open water swimming is always an adventure because there are so many different elements at play, from the water temperature, to sun, wind, and plants. Swimming is already often seen as an intimidating sport to engage in at a pool, where there are less variables and a black line to guide you on a straight path from one wall to the other. The goal of the Boothbay Region YMCA's new Open Water Masters Swim program is to offer a safe open water place for adults to get a swim workout and have access...
• Boothbay Region Land Trust

  Ovens Mouth: A vital link then and now

  Tue, 06/30/2020 - 7:00am

  

  While the Boothbay Region Land Trust preserves are well known for their scenic beauty, many may not be aware of the rich history behind these captivating properties. In recognition of BRLT’s 40th anniversary, it will be releasing a series of four short films with companion articles highlighting some of its most iconic nature preserves. The series will touch upon the histories, features, uses and environmental significance of each featured property. The first in this series recognizes Ovens...

• Boothbay Harbor Commodore’s Cup Race day 1 in the outer harbor

  Mon, 06/29/2020 - 10:00am

  

  Saturday was the first of a four-part series of open races for all sailboats to be run in the Outer Harbor as part of the Summer of Sail. These races are open to the public and follow the guidelines of US Sailing racing rules. Sponsored by the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, there were three classes of sailboats participating this week. The Boothbay Harbor One Design (BHOD) Class, the Racing Class for J80 and similarly fast boats, and the Cruising Class for boats of all classes with PHRF ratings...

• New floats approved for Robinson’s Wharf

  Thu, 06/25/2020 - 8:30am

  

  Following a site meeting at Robinson’s Wharf Wednesday June 24, Southport selectmen unanimously approved permission for a new dock extension. The meeting was postponed from late March due to pandemic restrictions. The approved expansion was an adjusted version of the original plan and will consist of a 30-foot float plus a 40-foot finger float off the northerly end of the Wharf’s current floats. “The original plan was for a single 86-foot float extending off to the north,” said Chair Gerry...

• Camp Knickerbocker season has begun!

  Wed, 06/24/2020 - 10:00am

  

  Hello muddah, hello faddah, your kids are now at Camp Knick-a-bockah; It’s a place they really like - going swimming or for a hike. They take their temperature, real reg-u-lar, Kids wash their hands a lot, every 45 minutes on the dot! Arts & Crafts and STEM too, there’s so much here for them to do-oo; They are gardening and planning an escape room, so much more fun than watching it on Zoom! Yes, Camp Knickerbocker opened for the...

• BRLT welcomes summer staff

  Wed, 06/24/2020 - 7:30am

  

  From chattering birds, to verdant meadows and bustling waterways, the signs of summer have arrived at Boothbay Region Land Trust. Yet another marker of the season is the return of summer caretakers at Damariscove Island and the start of BRLT’s conservation intern. These supporting staff help ensure that the land trust’s public lands are accessible and well-maintained during the busy summer months. This year, BRLT is happy to introduce Claire Pellegrini as its conservation intern. Claire will be...
• A retrospective

  Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days: The festival will return

  Tue, 06/23/2020 - 7:00am

  

  This month was to feature the 58th year of the (Boothbay Harbor) Windjammer Days Festival. And this year marks the seventh year Friends of Windjammer Days has been directing its course. This year is also the region’s first year without a Windjammer Days, due to COVID-19. Friends of Windjammer Days (FWJD) formed in late 2013 after Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce announced it would no longer be at the helm of the festival. The chamber board chose Friends to take the festival into the...

• Bruce White, Matt Wilder receive Sea Tow’s 2019 Franchise of the Year award  

  Mon, 06/22/2020 - 4:45pm

  

  In November 2019, captains from all over the country converged on Charleston, South Carolina for the 2019 Sea Tow Annual Meeting. At the meeting, the Sea Tow Franchise of the Year award was presented to Sea Tow Portland/Midcoast owners Bruce White and Matt Wilder. The award is presented to the franchise that most exemplifies Sea Tow’s high standards of service and operation Over the years, White and Wilder have helped debut a number of new programs for both Sea Tow and its...

• BHOD racing sailboats start off the ‘summer of sail 2020’

  Mon, 06/22/2020 - 10:30am

  

  Each summer on the first Sunday of Windjammer’s Week, the Boothbay Harbor One Design (BHOD) Association sponsors a race in the inner harbor. The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club supports this event and holds seven more weekend sail and race events all open to the public through August. On Sunday, there were six BHOD sloops racing plus Loon the original 1937 BHOD sailing. One other boat accepted the invitation to sail with the fleet. BHOD sloops are 21-foot long keel sailing sloops dating from 1938...

• 36 boats get blessed

  Mon, 06/22/2020 - 7:30am

  

  Thirty-six fishing boats motored past the Boothbay Harbor Fish Pier Sunday afternoon, June 21 as area clergy blessed them with kind words and holy water. The Blessing of the Fleet event was salvaged from the annual Windjammer Days festival, canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four clergy members conducted the blessing – Rev. Katherine Pinkham of Edgecomb Community Church, Rev. Maria Hoecker of St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, Rev. Richard Rego of the United Methodist Churches of the Boothbay...

• A summer to disconnect

  Tue, 06/16/2020 - 7:30am

  

  Over the past three months, children in the Boothbay region and across the country have found themselves inundated with virtual interactions. Classroom lessons arrived by email, and show-and-tell required sitting still and paying attention to a screen populated by rows of tiny faces. Instead of warm hugs from grandparents, kids had to suffice with Facetime. And while parents scrambled to get in a day’s work, they often turned to more technology to ‘babysit’ in place of what had once been...

• It’s ‘Eight Men Out’ playing baseball board game in Boothbay

  Fri, 06/12/2020 - 8:15am

  

  Major League Baseball stadiums are dormant, but in a Hardwick Road trailer in Boothbay, the national pastime is being played. Pitchers are striking out batters, hitters are smashing homers and managers are either geniuses or chumps based on their in-game decisions. Since 1975, eight Boothbay teams have competed on Thursday nights in American Professional Baseball Association (APBA). The simulated baseball game began in Lancaster, Pennsylania nearly 90 years ago. J. Richard Seitz and eight high...

• Cruising into unknown waters

  Tue, 06/09/2020 - 11:30am

  

  Memorial Day has come and gone without one of Bill Campbell’s Balmy Days Cruises vessels: Balmy Days, Novelty, Bay Lady, or Miss Boothbay, on the water; without the graceful Schooners Eastwind or Lazy Jack gliding across the bay; or Cap ‘n Fish’s Pink Lady II or Harbor Princess. In mid-June, the Bennie Alice would have been transporting people to Cabbage Island for dinner, outdoor exploration and games. But this year is like...

• Safe paddling advice from American Canoe Association

  Thu, 06/04/2020 - 7:00am

  

  The far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 virus and the measures being taken to reduce its spread are applicable in many areas you may not have thought about. While state and local regulations vary, a common sense approach to healthy paddling will have a minimal impact on your paddle sports activities. A graphic from the American Canoe Association gives a quick summary of the simple steps that may help to keep you safer on the water as far as spreading or becoming infected with the coronavirus...

• Summer camps set to look different this year

  Wed, 06/03/2020 - 7:45am

  

  YMCA Camp staff for Central Lincoln County YMCA and Boothbay Region YMCA have been hard at work navigating the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on how summer camp with operate this year. Camp Knickerbocker will be operating this summer, beginning on schedule starting June 15. Although it has been the Y’s hope and intent to operate summer programs as it always has, the Y realizes that it must make adjustments to its programs and schedules to keep campers, staff, and community safe. With...

• Head Tide Dam update

  Thu, 05/28/2020 - 8:00am

  

  Recently, partners from Midcoast Conservancy, the Town of Alna, Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) met onsite at Head Tide Dam. “We have had many inquiries about the alewife return this year: ‘Are they here yet?’ ‘Have you seen any fish?’” says Midcoast Conservancy’s Senior Watershed Restoration Manager Shri Verrill. “We haven’t seen any fish, which means the Head Tide project was successful”, says ASF Vice President Andy Goode, who was looking for alewives with...

• Dam’s repair brings back Wiscasset’s Holbrook’s Pond

  Tue, 05/26/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  Holbrook’s Pond is back to looking like it’s supposed to and not like an overgrown mud puddle. This wasn’t the case last summer after a small dam gave way threatening the Wiscasset landmark at the junction of Route 1 and Old Bath Road. The dam’s failure caused in part by its age resulted in a rapid drop in the pond’s water level. Its water source is a brook that is partially spring fed. Along with forming the pond, the dam regulates water as its funneled through a cement conduit that passes...

• Trail running at Hidden Valley Nature Center

  Thu, 05/21/2020 - 8:15am

  

  Instead of its usual staffed spring trail running series, Midcoast Conservancy invites runners to use two marked courses at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson to put some spring in their step! One loop is 2.5 miles of relatively level terrain; the other is 3.5 miles and includes several hills and narrower trails ; Midcoast Conservancy's AmeriCorps volunteers have placed plenty of signage to ensure that routes are clearly marked. Runners can time themselves on the loops to help with...

• ‘Love to Hike’ Scavenger Hunt

  Tue, 05/19/2020 - 2:00pm

  

  Can you find the hidden hearts at Penny Lake Preserve in Boothbay Harbor? Edgecomb Eddy School Kindergarten teacher Cindy Casey set up a fun scavenger hunt for her students that is open to everyone to try. Entitled “Love to Hike,” participants are challenged to find the 18 hidden rocks with red hearts painted on them scattered throughout the preserve. Find the "Love to Hike" scavenger hunt map in the Penny Lake Preserve kiosk or by visiting bbrlt.org The map marks the trails, features, and the...

• Trail improvements underway across BRLT preserves

  Tue, 05/19/2020 - 7:45am

  

  The warm weather has arrived and with it Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) is moving ahead with a number of planned stewardship improvements across its preserves. Last October, as part of land trust’s strategic planning process, stewardship was named as one of three priority focus areas for the coming three years. Several goals were outlined during the strategic planning meeting, and plans have developed over the winter to address key stewardship needs and improvements for the coming year...

• Boothbay Harbor Country Club opens for golf season

  Mon, 05/18/2020 - 3:00pm

  

  Boothbay Harbor Country Club golfers got into the swing of things May 15 as their local course opened. Maine courses were closed until May 1 under Gov. Janet Mills’ “Stay at Home” order due to the coronavirus. Courses reopened as part of the governor’s four-stage reopening plan. But BHCC golfers had to wait until May 15 because that is the course’s traditional opening date. The course is starting later than most. but BHCC Director of Golf and Membership Chad Penman reported the country club is...

• Hall of Fame suspends 2020 activities

  Mon, 05/18/2020 - 11:30am

  

  On Thursday, May 14, the Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors held a Zoom board meeting and decided to suspend all MSHF activities for 2020 due to the coronavirus. The only function that will be tended to is to ask the school athletic administrators to give us names of two female and two male student-athletes from their school to be considered for the Female and Male Athletes of the Year. Later on this year the board will meet to decide on the 2020 Female and Male Athlete of the...

• Boosters Club announces Landry scholarship recipients

  Sun, 05/17/2020 - 12:45pm

  

  The Boothbay Region High School Boosters Club has announced that BRHS seniors Chloe Arsenault and Hunter Crocker are the recipients of the club’s first David Landry Memorial Scholarship. Each will receive $1,000 toward their 2020-2021 spring semester tuition after successfully completing their fall semester, said Michelle Bouchard, co-president of the club with Tracy Smith. The perpetual scholarship was established following the sudden death of Landry, 67, on Oct. 9, 2019. Landry taught French...

• MPA outlines summer athletic plans

  Thu, 05/14/2020 - 2:45pm

  

  The following is a summary of items that were recently approved or discussed by the MPA Interscholastic Management Committee at its May 7 meeting, as provided by the MPA: The following timeline is to be established for summer activities: That through June 13, which is the close of the 2020 spring season, we continue to encourage all coaches to communicate with athletes in their program regarding their health and well-being, encouraging them to remain active, and to maintain a healthy...

• Southport Yacht Club delaying season’s start

  Fri, 05/08/2020 - 1:30pm

  

  Chip Baker, president of the youth sailing program at the Southport Yacht Club, has announced that the club’s season will delayed until at least July 6. Staff will begin the commissioning on June 29. The later start mean the program will operate, at most, for only six weeks, as opposed to the typical eight weeks. In his announcement to members, Baker said for families impacted by the cancellation of the first two weeks, “we are offering full refunds on tuition paid for those weeks. We are also...

• BRLT welcomes Brad Weigel as lands manager

  Tue, 05/05/2020 - 7:00am

  

  In late April, Brad Weigel joined Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) as its new lands manager. Brad hails from Indiana, though he most recently spent two years as the superintendant of grounds at Glenstone, a contemporary art museum in suburban Washington, D.C. While there, he oversaw the museum’s extensive 300 acres of meadows and woodlands, managing for native plants, overseeing newly reforested woodlands, and utilizing organic landscaping practices, all while carefully ensuring that the...

• The year without a Windjammer Days

  Mon, 05/04/2020 - 8:15am

  

  “It is with a heavy heart and the utmost regard for health and safety that we have made the difficult decision to cancel Windjammer Days 2020. This pandemic has brought to light all that we at Friends of Windjammers are grateful for: long held traditions, seafaring history, the art of boat building, the passion of sailing captains, the dedication of amazing volunteers, a town full of hospitality and caring people, and the sweet joy of nostalgia. We look forward to Windjammer Days 2021 and...

• Josey Smith to compete on Converse College field hockey team

  Thu, 04/30/2020 - 7:30am

  

  Josey Smith, a 2020 senior at Boothbay Region High School, will be attending Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina in the fall. She has played field hockey for Boothbay since she was 9 years old, in recent years she has also played on club teams in the off season to improve her skills on the field. She has always been known as a defender, protecting the goal and sending the ball back into offensive play has always been her place on the field. Although she’s not known for scoring she’s...

• Windjammer Days 2020 canceled

  Wed, 04/29/2020 - 12:45pm

  

  The 58th Windjammer Days Festival set for June 21-29 was canceled Wednesday, April 29. According to Capt. Pete Ripley, board member of Friends of Windjammer Days, the decision was made after Gov. Janet Mills announced her four-part plan to reopen the state. “There’s no way we can keep crowds down to less than 50 people,” Ripley said. “Here’s looking toward 2021.” Ripley said there was a possibility the Blessing of the Fleet could still happen. It was added to the WJD Festival after the...

• Scenes from a salt marsh

  Wed, 04/29/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  Animals are appearing closer to home these days due to more people staying inside due to the pandemic. Martin Grassie of Brunswick, an occasional contributor to our newspapers and a 2020 Maine Photography Show prize winner, captured these photos on a recent Sunday afternoon at a salt marsh behind the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Route 24 in Harpswell. Making an appearance were a red fox, snowy egrets, a blue heron and lesser yellow legs. Grassie said the fox looked at but did not bother the...

• Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust announces new logo

  Tue, 04/28/2020 - 6:45pm

  

  One year after Damariscotta River Association and Pemaquid Watershed Association joined forces to become Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Coastal Rivers has made public the organization’s new logo. The colorful graphics feature a belted kingfisher looking out over a colorful landscape. According to Executive Director Steven Hufnagel, the kingfisher is meaningful to the organization and its mission for a number of reasons. “As a bird that nests on land and fishes in both fresh and salt water,...

• BRLT bids farewell to Michael Warren

  Tue, 04/28/2020 - 7:00am

  

  It is with deep gratitude for his years of outstanding service that Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) announces the retirement of Land Manager Michael Warren at the end of May. Michael joined the land trust in 2013 as the culmination of a long career in outdoor recreation. His skills were already finely honed when he came to BRLT as an accomplished wilderness, hunting and fishing guide, as well as a sports camp owner with 30 years of experience working in the Maine woods. A true outdoorsman,...

• Can’t stop, won’t stop

  Sun, 04/26/2020 - 8:15am

  

  Five thousand Maine children and adults with intellectual disabilities, rely on and look forward to the 75 events offered by Special Olympics Maine each year. The athletes train hard and get excited about all of the opportunities they usually have, to be seen for their abilities and not their disabilities. For many of them, the state events are like their state championship. They also look forward to seeing old friends, spending time with their team mates, traveling to other towns for training...

• Two BRHS seniors will spring into action as college athletes in fall

  Fri, 04/24/2020 - 8:30am

  

  In fall 2016, freshmen Chloe Arsenault and Hunter Crocker began their journeys as three-sport athletes. Crocker was a wingback on the football team and Arsenault a striker on the field hockey team. And whether it was football, lacrosse, basketball, baseball, or field hockey, the two excelled and propelled their teams in the next four years to success on the fields and courts. But this spring, the coronavirus worldwide pandemic ended the spring season for high school, college, professional and...

• Turkey season opening early, spring registration requirement suspended

  Wed, 04/22/2020 - 9:45am

  

  AUGUSTA — In order to provide more opportunity for both youth and adult turkey hunters and abide by current executive orders, Commissioner Judy Camuso with the support of Governor Janet Mills, will open the turkey season early, providing hunters with additional days to hunt this spring season, and will also suspend the requirement to register your harvested turkey, according to a news release. “The extra days will provide hunters with more opportunities to enjoy one of Maine’s most popular...

• Midcoast Conservancy to offer virtual vernal pool exploration

  Mon, 04/20/2020 - 10:30am

  

  While much is different this spring, the dependable calls of the wood frog and spring peeper have begun right on schedule.. Although in-person guided walks are not an option, Midcoast Conservancy invites participants to a virtual exploration of these remarkable ecosystems, the unique animals that live there, and simple techniques for exploring pools safely on one’s own. Using the Zoom link below, the exploration will happen live on Thursday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to noon Of all the interesting...
• Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation

  East side waterfront park continues to gain momentum

  Wed, 04/15/2020 - 1:30pm

  

  Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation President Bob McKay said that after a well-received pre-application discussion with the planning board April 8, BHWP is a step closer to giving the east side of the harbor its own waterfront park and working waterfront hub. McKay said planning board members seemed to all be in favor of the park project presented. “I was very pleased with the response … There were several questions they had that need to be clarified, but I believe everything will be...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Pondering the Mysterious Ways of Killdeers, Warblers, and Jays

  Wed, 04/15/2020 - 8:15am

  

  While we’ve been enjoying watching the season slowly unfold from our backyard and some nearby areas, we’ve also been doing our share of virtual birding. By that we mean that we check the constant stream of information available about bird sightings across the state, the country, the continents and, heck yes, the whole world! One of our friends on Aruba has documented the first downy young of several species there already this spring including a killdeer chick, a bird that used to only spend...

• MPA cancels high school spring sports season

  Thu, 04/09/2020 - 1:45pm

  

  AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association announced April 9 it is canceling the upcoming spring sports season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The decision comes less than 48 hours after Governor Janet Mills and Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin recommended educators begin to make plans for school campuses to remain closed for the remainder of the academic year. The decision also comes earlier than anticipated as it had previously been indicated committee members...

• At 40 Years, BRLT continues to serve community

  Wed, 04/08/2020 - 7:30am

  

  The year 2020 is shaping up to be a noteworthy one. None of us will soon forget the current health crisis that is shaping our daily lives, but hard times also remind us of those things that bring us together as a community. In the Boothbay region, we are fortunate to have a great number of community-focused organizations that enhance our lives. Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) is one of those organizations, and as it marks its fortieth year, its services are as important as at any time in its...

• Boothbay searching for new boys’ basketball coach for first time in 44 years

  Tue, 04/07/2020 - 8:30am

  

  In 1977, Disco still ruled the dance floor. A Georgia peanut farmer became President of the United States. And Elvis Presley died. Locally, Boothbay Region High School had a new basketball coach who guided the team for the next 43 seasons. I.J. Pinkham arrived in Boothbay Harbor in the fall of 1976 as a math teacher and basketball coach with five varsity seasons under his belt. During his coaching career, Pinkham’s teams had 659 wins, a 2001 Class C State Championship, and joined the Maine...

• Family Story Trail at BRLT

  Sat, 04/04/2020 - 2:45pm

  

  BRLT will be posting a new illustrated story along the trails every other week throughout the pandemic. This free one-mile story trail starts from the Oak Point Farm parking lot kiosk and can be completed anytime during daylight hours. The current story trail features the book “Salamander Room” by Anne Mazer. 60 Samoset Road, Boothbay Harbor. Please remember to conform to the CDC guidelines. FMI: https://bbrlt.org

• Three steps for Mainers to follow before heading outdoors

  Thu, 04/02/2020 - 12:30pm

  

  AUGUSTA, Maine – The current “Stay Healthy at Home” mandate identifies “engaging in outdoor exercise activities, such as walking, hiking, running, or biking” as essential personal activities, provided they are conducted in accordance with all public health restrictions and guidance. Maine’s conservation community, natural resource agencies, and outdoor brands want everyone to have the opportunity to get outside during this challenging time. Most of our publicly accessible conservation lands are...

• When hiking, find the hidden gems

  Tue, 03/31/2020 - 10:30am

  

  The current COVID-19 epidemic has put a strain on people throughout the world. The crisis has forced sudden changes in our daily lives including work closures, remote working, homeschooling, and social distancing. For many, these circumstances, along with the alarming daily news reports, are a source of great stress and anxiety. Maintaining physical and mental health during these trying times is essential, and Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) is here to help. BRLT offers a wide variety of...

• Decision on spring season rests with MPA

  Sun, 03/29/2020 - 8:00am

  

  As our schools begin their third week of shutdowns, thoughts are turning to spring sports and what the season could look like. So far, schools are slated to reopen April 27. Boothbay Region High School Athletic Director Allan Crocker said March 27, “I’m very hopeful that we’ll have a spring sports season of some kind. I imagine it will look very different than the season we planned on having in terms of the length of the preseason and the number of contests played.” Athletes are doing their...

• Faith Blethen returns home after college basketball, academic year cut short

  Fri, 03/27/2020 - 5:00pm

  

  Faith Blethen’s first college basketball season ended two weeks earlier than her first academic year as a collegian. The 2019 Boothbay Region High School grad played this basketball season for George Washington University in the women’s Atlantic 10 conference. On March 17, the NCAA cancelled all remaining collegiate athletics for 2019-20. A few days later, colleges and universities across the nation cancelled the academic semester. So Blethen and thousands of other college students all returned...

• Virtual ‘Play With a Pro’ gaming event engages kids to play games to benefit children’s hospital

  Fri, 03/27/2020 - 10:00am

  PORTLAND, Maine— On Saturday, March 28 kids across Maine will gather online to raise funds for The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital (BBCH) by playing their favorite video games with professional ESports players and streamers as part of Play with a Pro’s latest virtual event. Play with a Pro raises money for BBCH through the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals gaming fundraiser, Extra Life. Their unique gaming event concept allows kids, some of them BBCH patients, to play with Professional...

• Newcastle woman sculpts socially distanced snowmen

  Wed, 03/25/2020 - 10:30am

  

  Nicole St. Cyr of Newcastle is taking social distancing seriously. She thinks it should also apply to snowmen. March 24, after the overnight snowstorm, she got busy building a line of snowmen on her lawn being careful to make sure they were at least six feet apart. “The snowmen can’t be together,” said St. Cyr, who lives with her family on Academy Hill Road. She even made one on the roof of her van to show how some snowmen are exercising extreme caution. St. Cyr had to work fast as she applied...

• Going the distance with BRLT

  Tue, 03/24/2020 - 8:15am

  

  The Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) is offering two great opportunities to get outside while practicing social distancing: a story trail and a hiking challenge. At this time, the preserves are a great resource for exercise, nature study, and de-stressing. BRLT hopes the following programs will extend visitors’ enjoyment of the preserves and offer new ways of connecting with one another and sharing your journeys through social media. If you are looking for a way to get out with your kids...

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