Spotlight Boothbay

Design Group Collaborative submitted cost estimates to go with the Boothbay Region High School existing conditions report, Community School District trustees learned June 1. DGC was hired as a…

Lavallee Brensinger architects presented an updated concept and population study and second party existing conditions report overviews May 25. The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

Lavallee Brensinger (LBPA) architects presented three updated concepts for the Community School District campus plan April 27. The Building Exploratory Committee is approaching the end of the…

Supporters of a municipally owned fiber-optic broadband network described it as the “town’s future.” Opponents believe the current proposal is too expensive and fiber-optic will eventually arrive…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Building Exploratory Committee reviewed four concepts for the CSD campus March 30. Lavallee Brensinger architects presented changes ranging…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

Over 30 teachers, students, parents and community members finished a month-long visioning workshop for the Boothbay region schools Jan. 27. The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

Around 30 teachers, students, parents and community members connected over Zoom Jan. 19 for an architectural visioning session for the Boothbay Region Schools campus. The session was the second of…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District building exploratory committee connected around 30 teachers, students, parents and community members over Zoom Jan. 6 for an educational…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

Lavallee Brensinger Architects updated its Boothbay Region Schools’ buildings existing conditions report Dec. 15 with costs totaling over $33.5 million for 20 years of maintenance. Boothbay-…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Building Exploratory Committee is seeking around 40 people for three 2.5-hour Zoom meetings in January. Alternative Organizational Structure…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District

Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Robert Kahler told Community School District trustees Dec. 1, the next phase for the Building Exploratory Committee (BEC) is creating a…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

Lavallee Brensinger Architects gave an “existing conditions preview” on Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District buildings to the CSD Building Exploratory Committee Oct. 27. The preview…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District trustees got updates on maintenance issues and the Building Exploratory Committee (BEC) Oct. 6. Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Building Exploratory Committee

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Building Exploratory Committee (BEC) members voiced concern Sept. 29 over plans to evaluate the cost of fixing Boothbay Region Elementary and…

The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District committee and board of trustees accepted $2.5 million in private donations Aug. 25. The unconditional funds are for phase two of a concept…

Analysis

As housing groups look for paths to home ownership and rentals for the Boothbay peninsula’s workforce, local utilities are just waiting for the word. Boothbay Harbor Sewer District Superintendent…

Press release

Boothbay region community members recently came together raising $2.5M for the Boothbay/Boothbay Harbor Community School District. The fundraising luncheon was hosted by local philanthropist, Paul…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District School Committee member Ruth Macy took issue with administrators July 14 for attending a private fundraiser pertaining to the campus development…

Town of Edgecomb

On July 12, Edgecomb Select Board Chairman Dawn Murray described a recent experience driving along U.S. Route 1. She described  traffic as an accident waiting to happen.

Murray was inching…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District trustees discussed the campus development project in their first meeting with new Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent…

The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Committee and Board of Trustees picked Lavallee Brensinger Architects (LBPA) over five other candidates June 23 for the CSD campus…

Friday, May 7, residents of Southport were asked to vote on future bonding “not to exceed $2,480,000.00,” to fund a town-owned fiber-optic system that would allow…

Charlotte The Cow takes on Wendy’s and Michael Lee from State Farm

BOOTHBAY—A sign war trending all over Maine is bringing some laughter and lightheartedness with dueling messages between businesses.

Michael Lee, an agent of State Farm based in Waterville…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District building committee on April 30 opened six responses to a request for qualifications to plan a new school building. The seven-member committee…

The Maine State Ferry Service's newest vessel, Capt. Richard G. Spear, slid down the ways at Washburn & Doughty Shipyard in East Boothbay and into the Damariscotta River Friday morning…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District trustees discussed Boothbay Region Elementary and High schools’ Honeywell service contract and the finale of the master plan March 3. The…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District

The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District school committee and board of trustees moved forward Feb. 11 with Lavallee and Brensinger’s master plan concept design phase. The two panels…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District

Lavallee Brensinger Architects presented the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District community with the…

Opioid overdose has been on the rise in Maine. In 2017, there were 417 opioid related deaths, higher than any other state. Two years later, in the first three quarters of 2019, when there were 277…

FOOD RESOURCES

AOS 98: School Lunch

Monday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. with curbside pickup at Main Entrance:

Boothbay Region Elementary School

Southport Central…

Boothbay Region Food Pantry

For 35 years, Boothbay Region Food Pantry has been helping residents in need, and the number served has grown each decade. The service includes distributing holiday meals for Thanksgiving,…

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…

You wake up one morning and just feel off. Your throat is a bit scratchy, you are feeling stuffed up, you have got post-nasal drip, feel warmer than usual and your body feels like it has been hit…

Analysis

Portland firm Lavallee Brensinger presented Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District with two concepts Nov. 5 for a K-12 building valued in the $56 million range which will be part of a…

With the holiday season fast approaching, what better way to celebrate than with Lights! That’s right, Boothbay Lights is right around the corner and although there have been many changes to the…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District boards met with Lavallee Brensinger architects Nov. 5 for the…

United Way of Mid Coast Maine

United Way of Mid Coast Maine has provided the following listing of holiday resources for Lincoln County:

Boothbay Region Food Panty: Thanksgiving and Christmas Boxes for Boothbay, Boothbay…

The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce has released a listing of restaurants hours of operation by day, contact information and more. The listing is attached as a PDF file with this…

2020 Elections

As Maine has several methods of voting and with concerns abounding on a national scale, the Boothbay Register has received many questions on when and how citizens can vote absentee for the Nov. 3…

Staying healthy has always been important, but never more so than this year, the year of COVID-19. Diet plays a crucial role in keeping our immune system strong – it’s our first line of defense…

Even before the arrival of COVID-19, millions of people were turning to vitamin D supplements, some to compensate for the diminishing power of the sun here in the northern hemisphere October to…

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

If you were walking down the street and saw a person clutch their chest and fall down in agony, would you stop to see if they needed help?

Of course you would. But what would you do if you…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee

The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District school committee approved plans Aug. 12 to reopen Boothbay Region Elementary and High Schools. BRHS Principal Tricia Campbell and BRES…

Boothbay Harbor joins 10 other Maine towns, including Wiscasset, in establishing its own Museum in the Streets (MITS). The…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District administrators have been seeking staff and parental feedback on how to proceed with opening Boothbay Region Elementary and High schools on Sept.…

Maine is around last in the 2020 Census questionnaire response rate, with several Lincoln County towns – including Southport, Boothbay Harbor and Boothbay – among those least responsive. Since mid…

Around 300 Boothbay region community members gathered June 7 to mourn the loss of George Floyd with flags and signs bearing expressions of the Black Lives Matter movement. The demonstration at the…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills presented her Administration’s plan to gradually and safely restart Maine’s economy April 28.

The plan, which comes as the State appears to be successfully…

Food Resources

AOS 98: School Lunch curbside pickup

Monday-Friday 11:30-12:30

Boothbay Region Elementary School Main Entrance

Southport…