Twenty-four members were out with the peepers to our regular meeting April 11. The kitchen crew prepared pulled pork sandwiches, red cabbage salad, beans, barbecue…
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Roland Gagne, Rotarian from the Biddeford-Saco Club, was Rotary’s guest speaker last week.
Roland has been a frequent guest of the club, when he has proposed international projects that our…
Saturday, May 5 is the first major event of the BHYC current season, the Kentucky Derby Party. Anne Hughes and Sumner Lipman are the major organizers of the event so you know that it has to be…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The Boothbay Harbor Planning Board Advisory Workgroup that was formed in December to assist the Planning Board with reviewing potential changes to the East Side has finished…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Over the past 10 years I have had occasions to work with Mike Pander in…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The Edgecomb School Board and administration would like to communicate how happy we are with our five-year contract to accept and educate any pre-k through grade 6 students…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Mr. Gregg (Letters, 4/12) probably did not have any treasonous intent when he suggested that gun owners would arise in insurrection should we as a body politic democratically…
letter
Dear Editor:
I am concerned about the source and direction of our news coverage. Not only is coverage concentrated in fewer more powerful hands but these neglect local issues and push…
“Use caution when cleaning up cemeteries and graves!”
That was the message from Patti Whitten, a local authority on the cemeteries, to those in attendance at the April 14 meeting of the…
From the Senate
Now that we’re at the end of session, I would like to bring attention to some of the great things happening this session at the State House. Specifically, I would like to bring your attention to a…
We didn’t call ourselves ghost hunters back in the early ’70s, but we were attracted to old houses, abandoned houses, and houses rumored to be haunted ... I clearly remember telling my friends…
Coming onto the island you cannot miss the work going on in the Robinson’s Wharf parking lot. As we can guess, the owners are putting in a new septic system. With their plans to renovate the old…
A Bird’s Tale
As we have watched the tree swallows swooping over Cobbosseecontee Stream in Gardiner searching for insect prey on these cold early April days, we have pondered the fate of swallow populations,…
From the editor
She is one to give others credit when good things happen, but Jane Good deserves a lot of credit for starting and building what today is a thriving asset, the Boothbay Region Community Center. I…
Mary’s Musings
Fashionable.Most folks try to be “fashionable,’’ depending upon their age, job, friends and other factors. Some want to dress like everyone else, with no desire to be conspicuous. On the…
On April 12, Roland Gagne, past president of the Biddeford Saco Rotary Club, will speak on World Polio Day. Gadne, a successful financial advisor, has been a leader in Rotary global grant projects…
Joe’s Journal
Miss Pigette called me the other day with a question.
“Ok, Mr. newspaper guy, you have been involved in a few elections, right? I just want to check with you to make sure I understand the…
’Round Town
We arrived at the main entrance of St. Andrews Village at 12:03 p.m. to pick up John Druce. We found him standing outside at the curb chatting with an attractive young lady, knowing that he had…
On Eating and Loving Food
No matter how you look at it, noodles are good. They’re comforting. They’re soft and chewy. They’re fattening ...
Noodles can be a base for pretty much anything. What is pasta? Noodles.…
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
Over the Easter weekend, I participated in the 38th annual State of Maine Sportsman Show (Fri., Sat. and Sun.) at the Augusta Civic Center and what an amazing opportunity that was. I met outdoor…
The Just Sew Group has fashioned a beautiful Spring Quilt and had it professionally quilted. As a way to introduce The Community Center to those who have never visited, to honor our frequent…
Greetings from the Knights of Pythias Lodge #32.
A reminder that on April 29, from noon to 5 p.m., the Knights are hosting a Sunday afternoon Music Jam featuring many local and state wide…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club, Rebuilding Together and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, I would like to thank the our very supportive community and all…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
We’d like Boothbay region pet owners to take a moment and look at the world through their dog’s eyes. Eating, sleeping and playing take up most of their day. The one job they…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
We have known and worked with Mike Pander for many years here in the Boothbay region and we are writing in support of his candidacy for election to the Boothbay Board of…
Even if the weather doesn’t suggest it, spring is here by reason of the fact that Blake’s has started to install the moorings in our club front field. They have also…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Maine and its New England neighbors are still teetering on the cusp of “is it spring, or not?” Just as the snow has disappeared from our land, the predicted snow storm arrived…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Sitting amidst his peers, Mike Pander enthusiastically described his deep commitment to make a difference for Boothbay.
Mike Pander is running for a seat on the board…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I listened online to the Boothbay hearing where the selectmen considered input from the public and reviewed counsel on the consent decree regarding the Coastal Maine Botanical…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The Boothbay Selectmen voted on March 28 to agree to a complex, far-reaching settlement proposal written by the town attorney and CMBG’s lawyers in order to make CMBG’s…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Political progressives and other socialist-types need to look-up the term “…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
After listening to everyone talk about guns laws in this country, and all the school shootings, we have come up with an alternative. What is wrong with fencing in all the…
Second annual Earth Day Fest
We’ve been busy these last few months planning out our second annual Earth Day Fest, which we’re holding out on our lawn this year on Saturday, April 21, from…
We are back — back at the BICA hall on April 18 at 6 pm that is. And back by popular demand – Pizza Night with Chef Alan. Those folks that have been lucky enough to attend in the…
A Boothbay Region Garden Club board meeting will be held Wednesday, April 11 at 10 a.m. at St. Andrews Village. The club’s general meeting will be held at p.m. April 11 at St. Columba’s Church.…
A Bird’s Tale
We saw our first osprey of the spring on Easter afternoon, and our first tree swallows the next day. It is such a pleasure to see these old friends again after their winter absence. But even…
On Eating and Loving Food
After returning from a long road trip with my brother, Peter, and indulging in a lot of tasty, high fat, low health level foods, I got up this morning feeling a strong desire for a good healthy…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Thank you to the individual who, before Easter Sunday, removed the picture of a military style rifle and various messages pointed toward the Boothbay Harbor Congregational…
From the editor
A couple of weeks ago, I asked readers to suggest places to live if you didn’t live in Maine and I received several responses – verbally and via our Disqus commenting feature and Facebook page.…
Mary’s Musings
Back when we were setting up housekeeping on our own, in the early 1960s, most homes had a set of encyclopedias.Growing up, we had access to those in my parents’ home so when a salesman…
Out of Our Past
Back in the fall of 2016, this column ran multiple articles consisting of the childhood memories of Jean Huskins Chenoweth who grew up in the Mill Cove-West Harbor area. Now Jean…
’Round Town
What a privilege to witness the release of two snowy owls on Fisherman's Island. One flew east and one went north. The east flyer landed on a roof top, looking around, maybe hoping to reunite with…
Joe’s Journal
When someone hails Vietnam War veteran Phil Chapman as a hero, he is likely to pull them up short.
“I’m not a hero, I got to come home. The real heroes are the ones who didn’t,” he…
Greetings from the Knights of Pythias Lodge #32.
On April 29, from noon to 5 p.m., we are holding a Sunday afternoon Music Jam featuring many local and state wide musicians. Admission will…
The theatre van is off again on Thursday, April 19—this time to see the play, “The Niceties,” by Eleanor Burgess. In this riveting, two-person drama…
letter to the editor
The Boothbay Selectmen voted on March 28 to agree to a complex, far-reaching settlement proposal written by the town attorney and CMBG’s lawyers in order to make CMBG’s expensive lawsuits go away…
Clean up is in progress around the island. On Route 238 this morning (Tuesday) Asplunde men and shredding trucks were busy clearing the roadside of downed and broken trees and limbs. One neighbor…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I encourage my Lincoln County neighbors to look at Laura Fortman’s public service record and support her run for Maine Senate District 13.
Laura has the integrity,…
The next meeting of the Boothbay Region Senior Citizens Club will be held Wednesday, April 11 at 11:30 a.m. at the Boothbay Fire Station. Please arrive at 11 a.m. to check in.
We will be…
