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The Boothbay 36ers will play Quirk Motor City Riverdogs July 27 in Bangor in the 2024 Maine State American Legion baseball tournament. The 36ers (6-9) and Riverdogs (5-8) play at 4:30 p.m. at…
The Boothbay 36ers may be down, but they are not out of the Maine State American Legion tournament. Skowhegan defeated Boothbay, 4-3, on July 22 in the Maine State American Legion Senior Baseball…
With clear skies above and no rain on the horizon, it was the picture-perfect day for some racing on Maine’s Coast on Saturday. Wiscasset Speedway took full advantage of the weather,…
The Boothbay 36ers are heading to the American Legion Baseball State Championship tournament. Two wins in the southern zone tournament action over Central Maine Hammond Lumber and Capital Area…
The Boothbay 36ers completed their regular season schedule July 16 with a 9-6 loss to the first-place Franklin Flyers at Sherman Field. The 36ers finished with a 5-8-1 record in American Legion…
A featured boat is the Boothbay Harbor One Design – A Sailboat for Life
The Boothbay Harbor One Design or as popularly referred to as BHOD was designed by Geerd Hendel in the 1930s, one…
Basketball players in grades 2 through 8 are invited to sign up for the Boothbay Region Seahawks Summer Basketball Camp which will be held at the Boothbay Region YMCA July 29-Aug. 1. The camp will…
As Tammy Kennon (USA Today) put it, “some yachts have stage presence. When they enter a harbor, every head turns. Trumpy motor yachts have that hard-to-define appeal. Like a Frank Lloyd Wright…
After battling the weather for nearly a month, Wiscasset Speedway was finally able to get in a full program on Saturday night as they hosted all Group 1 divisions plus the…
Thunder may have stopped the fun on June 30 but the Sheepscot Knotweed Project is trying again! Everyone is invited to grab their tube and join the…
This week marked the beginning of the Southport Junior Yacht Club program for the summer of 2024. The club was filled with smiling faces, some old and some new, but all excited for…
With rain plaguing the Northeast every weekend, it’s safe to say that June has not been too kind to race fans. Wiscasset Speedway was hoping for brighter skies for Saturday’s $3,000 to…
The Boothbay 36ers scored six runs on one hit in their 6-1 victory over Dirigo Sturgeon in Gardiner June 27.
Catcher Blade Brann was the 36ers’ offensive star who walked twice, scored the…
The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club boys defended their title at the annual Windjammer Days Cod Fish Races June 26. Team Shmaker’s Bay beat 10 others to keep their title as the fastest fish handlers in…
62nd annual Windjammer Days
It’s the main event of Windjammer Days and the weather conditions were great for the Gathering of the Fleet on Wednesday, June 26.
More photos will be coming for this gallery but here’s a…
Capital Area remained unbeaten in American Legion action with a 10-6 victory over Boothbay at Sherman Field June 24. Capital Area is now 3-0, while Boothbay falls to 0-2. But the 36ers had a…
Keep an eye out this Windjammer Days for what could be the festival’s youngest crew. Six Boothbay Sea and Science Center students set sail with the schooner Tyrone June 24 as part of a…
The town of Edgecomb celebrated the halfway point of its year-long Semiquincentennial with a rain-drenched road race on Saturday, June 22. More than 50 runners braved the weather to participate in…
Lincoln Theater
The first ever documentary on Maine wildlife, filmed and produced in Maine, premieres a Damariscotta's historic Lincoln Theater Sunday, June 30 at 2 p.m. This film is gorgeous and not to be…
Monday, June 24: home vs. Capital Area at 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 27: at Dirigo Sturgeon at 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 2: at Skowhegan Sr. 18 and over at 5:30 p.m.
Friday, July…
Schmid Preserve Advisory Board
The Schmid Preserve Advisory Board presented Bob Leone, past Schmid Advisory Board chairman, with two trail signs made by Joe McSwain, to recognize his trail design and construction on the Schmid…
Down East Yacht Club will be hosting a dockside open house before and after the Windjammer Days Street Parade 3 to 6 p.m. at the Tugboat Inn Marina on June 26. Members of the Club will be…
Getting to the ocean was one of the best ways to keep cool Thursday, June 20, the first day of summer, as the air temperature rose to above 90F with a heat index nearing or exceeding triple digits…
The Boothbay 36ers faced a tough pitcher in Riverking hurler Silas Tibbetts June 17 as they managed one run on three hits and struck out 13 times in a 5-1 loss to Skowhegan. This is the 36ers’…
On behalf of the Boothbay Region High School boys basketball team, we would like to thank Fred Woodbury and his organization, Dead River Company, for their continued support, offering to sponsor…
Wednesday, June 19: Varsity and j.v. at Lisbon, 6 and 7 p.m.
Tuesday, June 25: Varsity at Wiscasset, 6 p.m.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 28-30, Gold Rush camp at Thomas College…
The Boothbay/Wiscasset girls’ track and field team had 14 athletes earn a varsity letter this spring. The team’s top scorer was Karen Higgins with 167 points in eight meets. Rose Campbell was…
Registration is open for the 19th annual Westport Island Shore Run 10K Road Race that will take place Sunday, Aug. 18 on bridge-accessible Westport Island, Maine. "Maine's Best Little 10K Road…
Jeremy Beal of Jonesport won two top races at the Charlie Begin Memorial Lobster Boat Races in Boothbay Harbor Saturday, June 15. Beal took first place in the Fastest Working Lobster Boat and…
Josh Miller and Lisa Smith got involved in coaching softball for the same reason: It was for their children.
“Softball…
To honor Edgecomb’s 250th birthday, the Schmid Preserve is offering an interesting new tour that invites visitors to learn about Edgecomb’s history by exploring remnants of the lost community at…
The Boothbay Region Special Olympic Team traveled to University of Maine at Orono June 7-9 for competition in the state Special Olympics Summer Games.
It was the brilliant skill and…
The 2024 Boothbay Region High School girls tennis team held its awards night on the court at BRHS June 11.
Coach Alex Arsenault presented awards, certificates and Mountain Valley Conference…
Boothbay Region High School boys tennis coach Mark Gorey makes his post-season awards gathering for players and parents fun. Not only does he recap the players’ accomplishments, he also adds…
BRHS Mountain Valley Conference all stars
Seahawk junior Laura Chapman won her third straight Player of the Year award on a vote by league girls tennis coaches as the Mountain Valley Conference announced its spring sports awards this week…
On July 6 at 9 a.m., Southport Central School’s Playground Committee will be hosting a ceremony for the official opening of the new natural playground. The Committee welcomes all to attend (…
Charlie Begin Memorial Lobster Boat Races
According to the Complete Guide to Lobster Boat Racing, the first organized Maine races were held in 1964. Sixty years later, we are counting down the days for the race that kicks off the season…
At 11 a.m. Saturday, June 8, about 75 paddlers departed Glidden Point Oyster Farm on a five-mile route to Damariscotta Town Landing for Hearty Roots’ (HR…
BRHS boys tennis
The 2024 Boothbay Region High School boys tennis season ended with a Class C South semifinal tournament loss to Waynflete of Portland but coach Mark Gorey had high praise for his team for the…
With only one loss with their full lineup during the regular season in the first match of the season against Hall-Dale, Boothbay Region High School girls tennis coach Alex Arsenault remains…
You may have seen a display at a marina, town office, or boating supply store and wondered what it was all about. The U.S. Coast Guard must assume a vessel found adrift with no one aboard…
The Boothbay Region High School varsity baseball team’s season was smothered with a 10-0 loss to St. Dominic Academy June 5. The Class D South playoff match was the Seahawks’ last game for 2024.…
BRHS girls tennis
The girls Class C South semifinal tennis match in Portland was called due to lightning and rain on Wednesday, June 5. Boothbay trailed 3-0 (with an anticipated 2nd doubles forfeit by the Seahawks…
BRHS boys tennis
The Waynflete Flyers of Portland traveled to Boothbay Harbor and ended the Boothbay Region Seahawks’ season with a 5-0 win in the semifinal round of the boys Class C South tennis tournament on…
Out of 11 teams, Boothbay Region Middle School track placed 2nd on the girls side and 4th on the boys side at the Middle School Busline Championship meet held on May 22 in Camden. The…
The Boothbay Region High School boys and girls tennis teams, as well as the baseball team, will participate in post-season match-ups today, June 5.
The boys tennis team will host the…
62nd Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days
The 62nd Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days shifts into high gear Sunday, June 23 with sailboat racing, the Blessing of the Fishing Fleet; and Boothbay's Got Talent, where local youth ages 7-18…
The Boothbay/Wiscasset boys track & field team competed against 36 other teams June 1 at the Maine State C Championship at St. Joseph’s College in Standish. The team had seven members…
