A predatory songbird that feeds on small birds, mammals, and insects, the Northern Shrike is known for its unusual habit of impaling its prey on thorns or barbed wire to save for later.
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Sports
BRHS indoor track
Declining enrollment and a shift of interest are likely the culprits for an end to the Nordic skiing program at Boothbay Region High School. However, it should not come as a surprise, said Coach…
Monday, Dec. 3: At Camden, girls first, 3:45 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 10: Home vs. Oceanside, girls…
In order to help get kids and families outside having fun in the snow, Midcoast Conservancy is partnering with the Outdoor Sports Institute to provide affordable cross country ski equipment to…
Jamie Jones of Bath will take over as the varsity coach of the Wolverine boys’ basketball team. Neal Goldberg, a Wiscasset Middle High School math-science teacher, is assisting and will coach the…
Tom Philbrick of Boothbay takes over as coach of the Wolverine girls’ basketball program this season. Tryouts for the varsity squad were held Monday night at Wiscasset Middle High School.
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It’s a day Faith Blethen began dreaming about as an 11-year-old dribbling a basketball at the local YMCA. Her dream was playing Division I basketball at a great university, and on Nov. 16, Blethen…
Boys basketball
Saturday, Nov. 24: Preseason at…
Getting out for a little exercise can be a fine way to kick off the Thanksgiving holiday, especially when it benefits a good cause. For a few years now on Thanksgiving Day, a group of area…
Midcoast Conservancy will offer a full moon hike (or snowshoe, if there is snow on the ground) at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson on Tuesday, Nov. 20 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Hikers can…
Midcoast Conservancy
Last call for tickets to attend Midcoast Conservancy’s engaging and informative evening of environmentally-themed films at the Crosby Center, 96 Church St. in Belfast on Sunday, Nov. 11 from 3-5…
All are invited to join Midcoast Conservancy’s AmeriCorps Outdoor Adventure members Emma, Jess, and Miranda on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for some outdoor fun at Hidden Valley Nature…
This year’s Boothbay Region High School sailing team isn’t your typical crew. There are several reasons why the young sailors don’t resemble a typical high school team. First, sailing isn’t a…
Junior defender Samantha Carter, Boothbay Harbor, of the Becker College field hockey team has been voted the 2018 New England College Conference (NECC) Player of the Year in a vote by conference…
The Seahawks boys cross country team took fifth at the Class C State Championship on Oct. 27. Despite the cold, wet weather which typically slows a runner down, three Seahawks beat their lifetime…
The Boothbay Seahawks football season ended Friday with a 36-8 loss to Maranacook in the Class E quarterfinal round. This was the Black Bears' second win over Boothbay in as many weeks. Maranacook…
Boothbay Region High School Athletic Director Allan Crocker has announced that due to the weather forecast on Saturday, the cross-country state championship times have been changed. Boys will now…
A 1960 Colby-Sawyer multi-sport athlete joined four others in entering the college’s sports Hall of Fame this month. Patty Canby Colhoun played varsity basketball, lacrosse and field hockey during…
Boothbay hosted the Pen Bay #3 regatta Oct. 22. Unlike the previous two Pen Bay regattas held in light and medium winds, this event tested sailors’ athleticism as the second cold front of the…
What a gorgeous day it was for the 3rd annual Great Pumpkin Hunt at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Oct. 20! Event coordinator Erika Huber said just over 2,000 people attended the third annual…
Boothbay sailors won the Greely High School Ranger Rally Regatta in Portland Oct. 20. Fourteen teams from Maine and Vermont faced winds gusting to 22 knots in the year’s final varsity regatta at…
BRHS cross-country
The Seahawk boys cross-country team will be going to the Class C State Championships for the 11th straight season. Both teams traveled to Cumberland on Oct. 20 to face off against Southern Maine’s…
BRHS football
The Maranacook Black Bears defeated the Boothbay Region Seahawks, 26-7, in Class E football action in Readfield Friday night, Oct. 19.
The win improved Maranacook’s record to 5-3 while…
BRHS field hockey
The top-seeded Winthrop Ramblers defeated the eighth-seeded Boothbay Region Seahawks, 5-1, in the quarterfinal round of the Class C South field hockey playoffs played at Lewiston High School on…
While I didn’t come upon a blue hookah smoking caterpillar on any of the mushrooms at Knickercane Park last week, I did discover a wide variety of mushrooms. It seems this year there’s an…
Seahawks soccer
Seahawk girls soccer played a hard fought final match against Winthrop High School Oct. 12 only to come up short in the end, 3-1.
“It's the first game in a while that we really put pressure…
BRHS cross-country
The Seahawks cross country teams outran their competition at the Mount Valley Conference Championship on Oct. 13. The boys team took first place edging out Lisbon High School by four points making…
The Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame has announced its 2018 class, which will be inducted Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Rockland Elks Lodge. The inductees are Bob Brewer, Penny Post Crockett, Robert…
Four Boothbay Region High School football players and three cross-country seniors were honored for their past participation in Seahawk athletics prior to the Oct. 12 homecoming game.
For…
The Boothbay Region soccer teams and skills athletes traveled to Husson University in Bangor on Wed. Oct. 10 for the Central Maine Soccer Skills and Tournament action.
The student athletes…
Anyone curious about fit tire biking is invited to join Midcoast Conservancy’s AmeriCorps Outdoor Adventure members Jess, Emma and Miranda on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. for some…
Boothbay will see a familiar opponent in the 2018 Class C North field hockey quarterfinals. The No. 8 Seahawks finished 5-9 and will play the region’s top team, Winthrop (13-1), which included two…
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club
Boothbay scholastic sailors competed at SailMaine Saturday in the Caper Classic Gail Winds Regatta. Twelve teams from Maine and Vermont raced in this venerable fall regatta. Frosty mist greeted…
On Oct. 12, the difference between victory and defeat for Boothbay was seven yards. On the Class E football game’s final play, the Boothbay defense stopped Camden Hills quarterback Spencer Johndro…
BRHS field hockey
The eighth-seeded Boothbay Region High School Seahawks field hockey team will face the top-seeded Winthrop Ramblers on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. on the turf field at Lewiston High School. This…
Mountain enthusiasts are invited to a hike and conversation in Liberty Friday, Oct. 19, from 3-8 p.m. In celebration of the publication of the 2018 Edition of the Maine Mountain Guide, editor…
Boothbay Region High School’s homecoming parade and bonfire, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 11, has been canceled due to the weather forecast of heavy rain, according to BRHS Athletic Director Allan…
BRHS field hockey
Chloe Arsenault scored four goals and Cortney Meader added two in the Boothbay Region Seahawks’ 6-0 win over the visiting Telstar Rebels Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 9. Lexi Lane had two assists while…
BHYC
Boothbay scholastic sailors traveled to Lake Massapoag in Massachusetts Saturday to compete in the Gleekman Regatta, the final qualifier for the Atlantic Coast Championship. Competing against 15…
BRHS cross-country
The Seahawks’ cross-country teams raced to an incredible first place for the boys and a close second for the girls at Lisbon Oct. 5. Sisters Faith and Glory Blethen kept up their overall first and…
United States Tennis Association New England is proud to announce it has selected Damariscotta’s Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA as its 2018 Community Tennis Association of the Year. CLC YMCA…
BRHS field hockey
Maddie Perkins scored four goals and the undefeated Winthrop Ramblers shut out the Boothbay Region Seahawks, 6-0, in a Class C North field hockey game at Perkins Field, Boothbay Region High School…
An undermanned Boothbay football team lost 24-8 Friday night against Dirigo in Dixfield. The Seahawks entered the game down a couple of players but additional injuries to Michael Hollowell, Kaeden…
BRHS girls soccer
The Seahawks girls soccer team fell to the Mt. Abram High School Roadrunners Oct. 4, 7-1, on Sherman Field.
The Seahawks made their first and only goal in the first few minutes of the match…
BRHS girls soccer
Boothbay Region High School Athletic Director Allan Crocker has announced that due to transportation issues, the BRHS girls soccer game that was scheduled for Oct. 10 at Spruce Mountain has been…
BRHS field hockey
The Boothbay Region High School field hockey team improved to 4-8 and moved up to seventh place in the Class C North standings with a 4-2 win over Hall-Dale High School in Farmingdale on Wednesday…
BRHS field hockey
The Boothbay Region High School field hockey team will host the Winthrop Ramblers Saturday, Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. on Perkins Field. This is a make-up game originally scheduled for Monday, Oct. 1 but…
A 2015 Boothbay Region High School graduate is helping a freshman make tracks around the cross country course this season. Howie Carter, a standout wrestler and football player, is serving as 14-…
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Autumn.
Apples.
Crisp air.
Earthy scented air.
Sunlight filters through leaves of yellow, red, orange … falling, swirling, dancing leaves … jumping in piles of…
The Hills to Sea Trail is ablaze in foliage! Midcoast Conservancy invites all to a day of hiking and a delicious farm-to-table lunch in Freedom as part of the third annual Goosepecker Trekker, Oct…
