Come hang out with the Genealogy Club this Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.! It’s all about exploring your family history, and having some great conversations -- plus, there are always…
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A Bird's Tale
Each day as we walk our little black dog around the neighborhood, we revel in each new song and call as spring adds them to the acoustic environment that surrounds us. Those sounds are now…
From the assistant editor
Wiscasset and neighbor towns, you're making this so easy, thank you! At the close of the first third of 2025, we're four months into our monthly lists of five good things that happened in or…
Joe's Journal
I stayed up into the early morning hours over the weekend because I was fascinated by the elaborate papal funeral pageantry that played out on my TV.
You have to give it to the church.…
'Round Town
First and foremost I need to apologize for this delayed recognition, only four months past due! I’m sorry Arthur Richardson that I did not pull your honor for service together in a more timely…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Contributing to the financial challenges of…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Times like these challenge one’s mettle and compel voters to decide what they truly value. My wife and I are ineligible to vote in Edgecomb’s town elections…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
We write to support the nomination of Stuart Smith for Edgecomb Selectman. A life-long resident of Edgecomb,…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
In case you missed it, the US Coast Guard is proposing to remove hundreds of navigation buoys up and down the coast. Several markers in the Boothbay Harbor area are on the hit…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Forrest Carver is running for the select board in Edgecomb. He is preeminently qualified for the position.
Forrest has been a life-long resident of Edgecomb. College-…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
“L’etat, c’est moi.” Thus Louis XIV summed up his theory government during the Golden Age of France: “I am the state.”
It was the apex of royal absolutism; the king held…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Stuart Smith has lived in Edgecomb his entire life, attending Edgecomb Eddy School, Wiscasset High School and the University of Maine. I feel strongly that Edgecomb needs…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I would like to encourage Edgecomb voters to vote for Stuart Smith as selectman. He has proven experience on the select board and planning board and has…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
People need to read our Constitution!
Our forefathers wanted to keep government small and controlled by the people, with elected representatives. We have too many…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The rally held on the Boothbay Common on Saturday, April 19 was a bad idea.
It's one thing to exercise our Freedom of Speech. It's another matter to…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The April 17 edition of the Register included this headline: “directors say emergency meeting without notification…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I am writing to urge voters to become more informed on the upcoming November referendum on absentee voting.
If this referendum becomes law, you’d no longer be able to…
“Rotary International is the only non-profit organization in the world that has a plan for world peace and is actively working to make it happen,” Marty Helman said as she started her talk to…
63rd annual Windjammer Days honors U.S. Coast Guard
The 2025 Windjammer Days will shine a spotlight on the dedicated individuals who have served, are serving, or are preparing to serve in one of the most respected branches of the U.S. military…
A Bird's Tale
Certain bird species come and go in our neighborhood. This includes mockingbirds—northern mockingbirds to be exact, since there are another 13 species of mockingbird found south of the U.S. We…
Joe's Journal
In the 1880s, Gilbert and Sullivan wrote a comic opera set in a fictional Japanese town where the Mikado was the boss.
“My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time, to make the…
Two Spoons: On Eating in Midcoast Maine
Back in the eighties I was in a book club for a hot minute. It didn’t stick. There were too many rules. First, we were expected to read a book — a major obstacle. And, really, weren’t we just…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Under budgeting of expected revenue in the Edgecomb school budget is a serious…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I would like to echo the Brennans' support, for Forrest Carver as he runs for selectman in the town of…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Our Senator, Susan Collins, is the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. That committee will hold a session on Biomedical Research: Keeping America's Edge on April 30.…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
You think you are immune from the atrocities that the Trump administration is doing. Think again.…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Victoria "Tory" Paxson is a BRHS graduate, the parent of a BRES student, and an engaged and committed community member who cares very much about the future of our schools. I’m…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I’m writing to ask that you vote for Peggy Splaine for re-election to the consolidated Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor School Committee, (the CSD) at the election to be held on…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I have a worldwide reputation as a designer of recreational boat electrical systems. I work with a local company in Woolwich to supply equipment for these projects. I am…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I would like to thank Senator Collins for her leadership in supporting access to telehealth services by introducing the bipartisan Connect for Health Act along with 59 other…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Special thanks to Leigh Sherrill for her years of Southport columns. Her love of the people and place shone through every week. It has been a while since our parents lived on…
How much do you know about Togus or the Togus VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Augusta? Well, extracting from the VA website, the Center has seven full time outreach clinics and two part-time…
It's hard to believe, but 11% of Midcoast area adults don’t read or have serious reading…
63rd annual Windjammer Days honors U.S. Coast Guard
The 2025 Windjammer Days will shine a spotlight on the dedicated individuals who have served, are serving, or are preparing to serve in one of the most respected branches of the U.S. military…
You're Invited: Our last free Soup Night of the season! Join us on Saturday, April 26 at 5 p.m. for an evening of comforting food, warm conversations, and positive vibes. Don’t miss this chance to…
A Bird's Tale
Certain birds are kind of magical. They exhibit qualities that command extra attention. Cranes are in that category. Across the world, each of the fifteen crane species occupies a special…
From the assistant editor
Wiscasset, like a lot of other towns, doesn't have the numbers of students in its school buildings it once did. Not even close. And last week, for the "peace and usefulness of the schools," in the…
From the editor
The National Day Calendar has the month of April being National Month of Hope. Hope comes in many forms, personally and reaching outwardly to those needing verbal encouragement, instruction, gifts…
Joe's Journal
Last week, we had two days of snow and occasional periods of rain. This gave the daffs and tulips lots of muddy garden gunk to push through. Despite the chilly temperatures that kept my duff…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
In 2017 the Edgecomb School Board embarked on a program to increase the number of nonresident tuition students attending the Edgecomb Eddy School. Apparently, this was…
