Anyone strolling through Cozy Harbor in Southport recently has likely stopped dead in their tracks, entranced and perplexed by the bizarre spectacle seen from the shore. …

Positively Best Friends Dog Training has added more Saturday dog training classes.

Starting the morning of September 15, three new classes will be…

The Hall-Dale Bulldogs defeated the Lady Seahawks, 4-2, at Perkins Field in Boothbay Harbor on Thursday, Sept. 13.

Shanay Gilbert scored three goals and Nicole Pelletier added one as the…

This year there seems to be a healthy abundance of ospreys throughout the Boothbay peninsula. Ospreys, whose diet consists almost exclusively of fish, migrate to southern Florida…

“Sprouts!” is the calendar heading Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens uses for programs and special events for children and families, and this fall season is sprouting a lot of activities (many of…

While summer doesn’t officially end for for a few more days, the Labor Day holiday signified that summer is over for most of us. Wiscasset Harbor is a beautiful location for reflection and…

The Lady Seahawks field hockey team dropped to 1-4 on the season after losing at Telstar and Oak Hill and at home against Mountain Valley this week.

At…

Story Time will begin again at the Wiscasset Public Library Children’s Room on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. each week beginning September 13. As autumn creeps toward us, stories of…

Boothbay's Lady Seahawks soccer team won its first game of the season against Winthrop's Lady Ramblers, 5-0, at home on September 10. Mikayla McFetridge, Abby McLellan, Evie Greenleaf were…

A few games of tennis could rebuild the ground under your feet.

The “Support Your Courts” tournament will be on September 29 and 30 and will raise…

Red Cloak Haunted History Tours, which has hosted walking tours exploring the “other side” of five Midcoast towns for the past 7 years, is opening a new option for their guests:…

The Boothbay Region High School Athletic Boosters Club is urgently seeking more members, especially those who want to serve as club officers. The club's next meeting is Thursday, Sept. 13 at 6:30…

What a season 2012 has been. Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club produced winners this year. The third running of The Lobster Run included two Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club boats and our own Ken Colburn took…

Dolphin Mini Golf held its 19th Annual Open September 8-9 to raise money for…

The BRHS boys and girls cross-country team continued their success competing at Winthrop high school Wednesday, Sept. 5. Both teams placed first at the meet against four other teams in the field…

Three years ago, Amercian Cruise Lines added Boothbay Harbor to their tour of coastal Maine. Two ships, Independence and American Glory, dock at Wotton's Wharf on Thursday and…

Soccer

Friday, Sept. 14, Home vs. Great Salt Bay, 3:45 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 19, Home vs. Jefferson, 3:45 p.m.…

Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta is pleased to again invite all chefs, bakers, and wannabe Food Network stars to enter the fourth annual Pumpkin Dessert Contest. This yummy event will be…

The educational programs at Seeds of Knowledge have been well received by families around the Midcoast area. In order to provide learning opportunities to more students, enrichment…

Ed and Marie Bosarge of Southport are platinum sponsors of the 22nd annual Boothbay Charities Classic Golf Tournament. They join other locals such as gold level sponsor the Manuel Gordon…

When most people think of the world’s great wildlife migrations they might think of herds of zebras and wildebeest crossing the African plains or the march of the emperor penguins across the…

In a regular season football debut that was delayed twice due to severe weather, the Seahawks led twice before coming up on the short end of an 18-14 decision against the Freeport Falcons at…

Cross-Country: At UMA Conference meet, 4:15 p.m.
Field Hockey: Friday, Sept. 14 at Winthrop, 4 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 18 at St. Dom's, 4 p.m.
Football: Friday, Sept. 14 at Sacopee Valley,…

Horses under saddle were passing through pockets of morning sun in the indoor arena at Sea-Vu Farm in Boothbay on August 24. The farm's trainer called out to riders with reminders…

A whimbrel is a large brown shorebird that's almost as big as a laughing gull, with a distinctive long, down-curved bill and black stripes on the head. Whimbrels nest in the tundra of Canada and…

The Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association has achieved land trust accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance…

Last week, our Thursday evening get-together was again well attended. I am pleased to see and meet the several new Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club members who find these Thursday evening parties a…

The ferry boat Prudence was built in Boothbay Harbor more than 100 years ago at a shipyard that no longer exists. Passengers can still take a ride in this historic vessel on the Penobscot…

If you ever see a kayak right side up with a person attached, it probably won’t be me.

Don’t get me wrong, some of my best friends are kayakers. Kevin Kiley, one of our oldest and…

The Lady Seahawks soccer season opened with an away game against Dirigo's Lady Cougars, on August 31. The Cougars are a strong team and won the game 5-0. Boothbay had only 4 shots on goal because…

The Seahawk cross-country team traveled to Thomaston on Friday, Aug. 31 to compete in its first meet at Oceanside High School with six other schools from the Midcoast area. The meet was a non-…

A festive lobster bake will kick off the Boothbay Charities Classic starting Friday, Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. under the big top at the Boothbay Railway Village, Route 27, Boothbay. 

A fundraiser…

Scrimmages, sprints, rapid fire, attacks and defense. These are a few of the types of exercises Coach Kate Hossler has the Lady Seahawks soccer team performing during practices to prepare for a…

Common nighthawks are fairly large birds, shaped like small falcons with long, sharply pointed wings. Despite their name, they are not closely related to hawks at all. And, sadly, they are also…

When Debbie Speed of Wiscasset started Zumba over three years ago she didn’t realize the impact it would have on her life. Today she is nearly 100 pounds lighter and feels terrific…

Kaitlin Iuzzolino has begun her second season as coach of the Boothbay Region High School field hockey team, and she and her players have been working hard the past two weeks to…

Starting Tuesday Sept. 3, the Boothbay Railway Village will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with steam train rides offered at 11:30 a.m., and 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 p.m.…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club-sponsored high school club sailing program will operate again this fall under the coaching of Sally Lloyd who returns for her third season. Twelve young men and…

Our annual meeting went off last Saturday morning so smoothly, it was scary. One member reported that it took 59 minutes from gavel to gavel. The Dorothy Stewart award, our most prestigious, is…

The closing weekend of the 2012 season featured the annual meeting and the commodore’s reception. Members gathered in the morning to hear about the state of the club, the tentative…

Dance Classes in Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Pointe, and Creative Movement will begin Friday Sept. 7, at Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta. Additional classes will be held…

On August 26, Midcoast United's U12 soccer team started its fall season with a 3-1 win against Cumberland at Cumberland.

From the onset, Midcoast applied great pressure; midfielder Simon…

Cross country: Wednesday, Sept. 5: At Winthrop, 4:15 p.m

Field hockey: Monday, Sept. 3: At Lisbon, 4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 5: Home vs. Mt. Valley, 4 p.m.

Football: Friday, Aug. 31:…

Scottish conservationist John Muir would routinely walk with friends in the Sierra, taking more than an hour to cover a mile of linear distance. His fascination with everything natural in his path…

Coming back from a Fisherman’s Island tour last August, we noticed that there were hundreds of laughing gulls fluttering in the air above the spruce trees as our boat passed Spruce Point. We might…

Two second-half goals held up as the Boothbay Region High School Lady Seahawks field hockey team won its first game of the season, 2-1, at home over the St. Dom's Saints Wednesday, August 29.

Cross-Country: Wednesday, Sept. 12, Home meet, 4:15 p.m.

Field Hockey: Friday, Sept. 7 at Telstar, 4 p.m.; Monday, Sept. 10 at Oak Hill (Wales), 4 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 12, Home vs. Hall-…

The weather was perfect for the 8th Annual Westport Island Shore Run or Maine’s Best Little 10K Road Race, which took place on August 19 beginning at 9 a.m. Fifty-six runners took…

National and local sports stars will be coming to the region for the 22nd annual Boothbay Charities Classic golf tournament, lobster bake and sports auction to benefit the Special Olympics Maine…

Starting this football season, www.SunJournal.com and www.TheForecaster.net will carry audio broadcasts from high schools in Androscoggin, Oxford, Franklin and Cumberland counties.