Too many students are sustaining injuries while participating in sports at Boothbay Region High School (BRHS). In the 2024-2025 season, two BRHS girls’ basketball players tore their ACLs, and this…
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Dear Editor:
As an abutting property owner, I support protecting Beach Road and improving public infrastructure. However, I oppose the proposed 12-foot by 6-foot concrete box culvert…
A Bird's Tale
Oystercatcher. It’s an evocative name. Even if you didn’t know that it refers to a bird, you would probably imagine some living thing that catches…
Did you ever think summer would arrive – especially after a long winter and spring?
Well, it’s here and the Boothbay and Wiscasset regions have come alive with events and visitors filling…
Joe's Journal
The President of the United States says the war with Iran is over, and we won. Bully for us.
He also says Iran should have nuclear technology and ballistic missiles because their neighbors…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I am writing in support of the Hendrick's Head Beach Restoration Project, which will be presented for voter approval on July 1 at 6 p.m. The project proposes raising the height…
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TICKETS ARE ON…
A series of glorious days, some wicked winds, passing rains and an abundance of flowers. Among the grasses king-devils, hawkweed, stitchwort, vetches, clovers, the beginning of yarrow and so many…
Letter to the editor
Dear Ediitor:
We live on Southport Island adjacent to Hendricks Head Beach, the only public beach on our island. Between…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I am writing to express my gratitude to Boothbay Region TV Station (BRTV) for allowing me to shadow their work this school year. Their head Station…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
My home, Boothbay Harbor, is a great place, but it faces a serious housing shortage. Boothbay Harbor has 947 housing units and has a 37% vacancy rate (25% higher than the…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The Boothbay Region Community Center is proud to provide respite from loneliness and social isolation and we are happy to offer a full schedule of activities for residents of…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
This letter is regarding the “Boothbay/Wiscasset track and field awards presented” article from the Boothbay Register published from this week.
I want to thank Bill…
Like many of you, I was hoping that the first day of summer would be filled with sunshine and warmer temperatures from start to finish. We woke up to a beautiful sunny but cool morning and then…
BRHS Champions of Change commentary
Last year, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, almost 150 students were killed or wounded by a shooter on school grounds in the United States. The year before that, over 270. Already…
A Bird's Tale
A few nights ago, we took our little black dog Loki, out for a last chance to answer “nature’s calling” before we retired for the evening. We had been…
From the assistant editor
Why take 10-15 minutes on something you can do in less time, with the same outcome? Time has value. And this is why Wiscasset selectmen's introduction of a consent agenda has made our latest list…
Joe's Journal
The 2026 political primary season is over. Well, that is, sort of over, as we still don’t know who won the nomination for governor.
Despite whizz-bang computerized voting machines that…
Community of Hope
“Human relations were laid bare and…
Summer is peak moving season, and who you hire matters. Criminals often advertise low prices and provide unusually cheap estimates—sometimes without even seeing your belongings.
Once hired…
A beautiful Sunday morning and I am finally able to begin the column after many computer issues throughout the week. My hope is to finish before the next moment of tech despair. Buttercups…
From the Maine Senate
In the state of Maine, 68.5% of children under 6 years old live in households with all parents working. 37% of licensed childcare centers in Maine have closed in the…
Boothbay Region YMCA: Community Catalyst for Good
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Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The BRHS community extends its sincere gratitude to the following individuals and businesses for their generous contributions to the Francis D. Aley Donor Book Award fund.…
