This will mark the 11th year FRANK-FM has presented high school basketball games in the Midcoast area and all the games will not only be available over the air, but the audio will also be…
Sports
It’s a voyage Della Hahn has wanted to take for eight years. As a third grader, Hahn saw her brother, Myron, spend a semester at sea aboard the Harvey Gamage. In October, Della Hahn…
Ski, bike and snowshoe rentals are available at Midcoast Conservancy’s Hidden Valley this winter! Outdoor enthusiasts are encouraged to try out Nordic Skiing, Fat Tire Biking, or Snowshoeing at…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District School Committee
The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District school committee overturned a rule instating goggles during play for the basketball teams Dec. 17. The vote was 3-2 with chair Stephanie…
New Boothbay Harbor resident Sue Decker must have thought she had woken up in a winter wonderland after seven inches of snow fell the night of Dec. 17. Decker had not seen much snow in the past…
Pier 1 in Boothbay Harbor is now illuminated with the town’s first large-scale Christmas buoy tree. The 20-foot wooden structure weighs in at 3,000 pounds and is outfitted with 800 lobster-pot…
Chris Hamblett of Boothbay, along with Naomi Reichsmann, were named North Yarmouth Academy’s Fall Athletes of the Year. Hamblett, a senior cross-country standout and the team’s most valuable…
A local basketball milestone was recently brought to light 46 years after it happened.
Laurel “Laurie” Reed, Boothbay Region High School class of 1974, was an outstanding basketball player…
Boothbay is anxious to begin Clifford Park renovations, but it looks like the project will not begin until at least early summer. The town was recently notified it qualified for a federal $250,000…
Boothbay Harbor Planning Board
The Boothbay Harbor planning board Dec. 9 approved Boothbay Harbor Maritime Foundation's plans to renovate Carter's Wharf. BRMF President Deanne Tibbetts and Gartley and Dorsky Engineering and…
The Boothbay Region YMCA swim team received word Wednesday, Dec. 9, it can begin practicing as a team beginning Monday, Dec. 14. Club teams like the Y swim team have…
Anyone interested in local forestry is invited to attend a Forest Walk on Saturday, Dec. 12, from noon-2 p.m. Walk hosts include Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) Forester Barrie Brusila, HVNC Co…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association announced Friday team-based practices and team-based scrimmaging for moderate and high-risk interscholastic winter…
Middle school basketball starts Dec. 14 for Boothbay Region Elementary School with boys and girls players dribbling, passing and shooting, but they won’t compete in the Busline League. School…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District
The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District committee approved winter sports Dec. 1.The committee approved guidelines and the first three of four levels Maine Principals Association set…
Paddlesports: canoeing, kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding, is the fastest growing segment of watercraft recreation. Unfortunately, it’s also disproportionately the most dangerous segment…
Press release
Midcoast Baseball concluded a successful season of fall and summer baseball. Friday night baseball in Boothbay under the lights was a big success while all state COVID-19…
Cathy Johnson of Alna has earned Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM)’s lifetime achievement award. NRCM celebrated its 2020 Conservation Leadership Awards online Oct. 22.
“This year’s…
Midcoast Conservancy will begin its youth ski lease program with a fit session on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its Edgecomb office on Route 1. A second fitting session will be…
AUGUSTA — The School Sports Guidance: Return to Competition for Competitive Activities in Maine for winter sports has been updated and…
Where It’s At
I didn’t want to leave.
I wanted to keep driving around through the dazzling light show at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens this time of year. Gardens Aglow has been taking the breath away…
Midcoast Conservancy will be offering its winter youth cross-country ski clinic starting Saturday, Jan. 9 through Saturday, Feb. 13, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Hidden Valley Nature Center in…
With the numbers of active cases of COVID-19 on the rise, Twin Villages Foodbank Farm (TVFF) has made the decision to offer its annual Thanksgiving 5K event virtually. Instead of the physically-…
Boothbay Harbor Planning Board
Boothbay Region Maritime Foundation set out plans for a new building, pier and series of floats Nov.12 in the most complete application planning board members said they have seen in a long time.…
The Boothbay Region Boosters Club is selling raffle tickets to win 200 gallons of heating oil generously donated by Colby & Gale, Inc. and delivered within Lincoln…
Midcoast Conservancy is pleased to announce that Patricia Nease, the Railsback Intern/Maine Conservation Corps Environmental Steward, has been hired on as watershed coordinator on its water team.…
Boothbay region schools held a Special Olympics skills contest Nov. 4 in place of the annual Central Maine Soccer Contest canceled earlier this year. The 19 Special Olympians took to the Boothbay…
Hunting season is in full swing across Maine. Over the past two weeks, Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) has been fielding a high volume of questions regarding hunting policy on its preserves. The…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association, the governing body for high school athletics in the state, announced Monday afternoon the cancelation of this year’s high school cross country state…
Face coverings during practice and competition
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has updated its…
BRHS field hockey
The tumultuous eight-game season for the Boothbay Region High School field hockey team ended Thursday, Nov. 5 with a 4-1 loss to the visiting Morse High Shipbuilders.
Due to the pandemic,…
For Dan Hallinan, the 2020-21 high school basketball season was going to be a special one. It was going to be his first as a high school varsity coach, but on Oct. 28, Maine Principals Association…
‘A meaningful sculpture has power, presence and humanity, and generates its own unique narrative’
ROCKPORT — Carving wooden life size sculptures of sports figures has been a passion for Rockport artist Jon Moro, who recently departed from sports figures to crafting a life size sculpture of two…
Today’s scheduled field hockey game at Perkins Field, Boothbay Region High School between the BRHS Seahawks and the Morse Shipbuilders has been postponed due to poor field conditions, according to…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association has announced the winter sports season will be delayed, according to a memorandum emailed to schools Tuesday afternoon and viewed by PenBayPilot.com. …
Seahawk field hockey
The Boothbay Region Seahawks got two goals from co-captain Cortney Meader and a goal from co-captain Kylie Brown and went on to defeat the visiting Lincoln Academy Eagles, 5-2, at Perkins Field…
In a year like no other, the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) remains committed to protecting important landscapes to benefit wildlife, today’s…
Boothbay Region High School cross-country
The Boothbay Region High School cross country teams will go to states this year after a short season. The Seahawks saw only three meets starting with Winthrop High School’s Oct. 1 meet with…
Seahawks cross-country
The Boothbay Region Seahawks girls cross county team qualified for states for the first time in five years Oct. 21 at a meet in Maranacook.
The girls finished second behind Monmouth Academy…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ first drive-through Gardens Aglow is on track for a Nov. 21 opening night. Bucket lifts are in the air covering the hard to reach places and staff are spread out…
This summer, Cliff Theall and Georjean Marchulis of Weeks Road in Boothbay Harbor passed around a petition – a petition not to change a thing but to thank the town and its representatives for…
Scarecrows are traditionally placed to discourage unwelcome visitors, but not in East Bootbay. Each October since 2013, scarecrows have appeared along Route 96 and Murray Hill Road in more of a…
The boys and girls cross country teams competed against Lisbon and Hall Dale high schools at Beaver Park in Lisbon on Oct.14. The girls team won the meet led by overall top three finishes by…
BRHS field hockey
Despite having three players on the bench with injuries and no substitutes, the Boothbay Region Seahawk field hockey team played well against the visiting Oak Hill Raiders – a team it had lost to…
Monday, Oct. 26
Discover the history and ecology of the Boothbay Region Land Trust preserves in our series of guided nature hikes that follow COVID-19 safety guidelines.…
The cross-country meet at Boothbay Region High School scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17 has been postponed due to the forecast of rain and wind. BRHS Athletic Director Allan Crocker said he is…
The Boothbay Region High School home field hockey game scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17 has been moved to Thursday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. due to the forecast of wind and rain on Saturday.
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Saturday afternoon on Wiscasset common, Edgecomb’s JoEllen LaFrance was dancing with daughter Lotus, 8. Michelle Peele had her golden retriever Emmett, 2, along as she caught up with her Wiscasset…
BRHS field hockey
A late fourth quarter goal by Hall-Dale’s Kiley Rolfe broke a 1-1 tie and the visiting Bulldogs went on to defeat the Boothbay Region Seahawks, 2-1, in field hockey at Perkins Field on Saturday…
Ten years ago, a crowd of citizens united to celebrate the opening of the Whiskeag Trail, a five mile long multi-use trail in the north end of Bath crossing forested lands owned the City of Bath…
