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I was very disappointed when Angus King voted against the tax reform measure in Congress. Even though he voted against it, we have seen companies view the tax reform more…

Weather seems to be influencing many events in our area and we are in the midst of a very…

Greetings from the Knights of Pythias.

We have some fun times coming up at our hall and we hope to see you there! On Saturday night, Feb. 10, we have Tim Sprague & the Murky Water Band…

Among North American birds, what color descriptor word is found in most bird names? Maybe it was the grayness of the day that got us thinking about colors, but over breakfast this morning we…

Greetings from the Knights of Pythias.

We want to thank our members for getting their dues paid, as well as getting caught up on there current mailing addresses. We want to hear from more…

Who doesn’t love going to a fair? Mid-summer and fall months bring the agricultural fairs – just reading the phrase agricultural fairs conjures up the scents and sounds we associate with them.…

It’s Super Bowl week and our beloved (depending on who you talk to) New England Patriots are in it again. For a record 10th time! They’ve won five and lost four — and if it wasn’t for a couple of…

I become very excited at this point in the year as January is behind us and there are only a few short months before we all begin to return to Ocean Point.

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After my October hurricane Carol article, I heard from or called a few people regarding their stories about the Sept. 1, 1954 storm. Bob Jacobson's story appeared a few weeks ago.…

It was a big music weekend.

Our daughter and her husband traveled to New York City’s Radio City Music Hall for a “Khalid” concert. Not the Rockettes but according to Morgan and Andrei, a…

I love bubblies of all colors and prices. It’s been a while since I’ve drunk Andres, but give me an eight-dollar bottle of Barefoot Bubbly and I’m good to go.

Not all sparklers are…

This is a plug for a movie called “The Post.”

I urge you to go see it, especially if you can still remember the early 1970s.

For those too young to remember the 1970s and late 1960s…

Being a celebrity can have its drawbacks.  Take “The Price is Right” television game show host Drew Carey, who found himself on the floor of the stage a couple of weeks ago…

There is sad news to report this week. Cathy Havinga died Jan. 25 of multiple organ failure at Maine Medical Center. Her mother Mimi, her sister Anne, and friend Dan Fayen were all with her when…

Here in the state of Maine, the belief of government by the people is exemplified by the ability of its citizens to partake in the use of the initiative and referendum…

Disbelief, in this day and age, where the media is reporting on it weekly and almost everyone that you meet has been touched by Lyme or tick-borne disease, and yet you walk into a medical provider…

You can now come in and see the finished construction project. We needed to be able to offer larger classes so we took a wall out and made a larger room. We are still bursting at the seams but it…

Boothbay Region Lions Club met Jan. 24 with 22 members. The kitchen crew once again provided a delicious, hot meal complete with dessert.  Patty Seybold, board president…

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An ode to our fake POTUS ... “Oh Donny boy, the piper’s calling and you must pay!”

Anne Butler

Boothbay…

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An interesting question was posted online by a reader. I began with my…

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I hope that President Trump is smart enough to realize that another state-sanctioned war on drugs, like every one before it, will only result in the incarceration of more…

On Thursday, Jan. 11, the board of directors of the Friends of the Library Used Book Store convened with Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Director Joanna Breen to formally make their annual…

Meaningful volunteer opportunity: Become a long-time partner

Chris Szalay, program coordinator for Catholic Charities' SEARCH program, spoke at the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club meeting on…

Our last many weeks columns have led off with words about the construction project so why change a good thing? This past week we saw the final wrap of the stick built section with TYPAR and then…

It’s winter… what do boaters do in Maine? Well, if you are fortunate enough to be a member of the Down East Yacht Club, you get together monthly with fellow members at a member’s home and share…

We noted in last week’s column that 2018 has been designated The Year of the Bird in celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the enactment of the historic Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the…

Rock ’n roll, dancing, and partying all night topped my evening to-do list (like…

Greetings from the Knights of Pythias Boothbay Lodge #32.

We would like to the everyone for coming out to our dance featuring the Horses Gone Wild band. It was a great night of music and we…

Living in a small town, there’s not much that happens, or rather, doesn’t happen, that gets noticed and talked about. And talk is not cheap or easily swept under the rug.…

One of my favorite columns, a duty I have done for two and a half years now, was about the various neighborhoods in Boothbay Harbor while I was growing up and the families living in those…

Until a couple weeks ago I’d never baked bacon.

I had heard, from my sister, Wendy, and others, that baking bacon was the only way to go: No greasy frying pan splattering fat all over the…

On Sunday afternoon, I stopped to chat with Ms. Pigette to get her take on the latest political uproar that has triggered a national government shutdown.

“Go away,” she said pulling her…

Bill Harris was one of the nicest persons I have known to walk the streets of Boothbay Harbor. Quite literally, he walked. As long as I knew Bill, he never drove a car. He may have…

 The next time you’re inching your way from one side of Wiscasset to the other due to unusually heavy traffic, or you’re stopped on Oak Street behind eight or ten cars…

With this winter’s weather I am beginning to understand why Alaskans have over 50 different words for ice and snow. More varieties of snow have fallen before my eyes since December than ever…

There is another van trip coming and it is filling up quickly. On Feb. 8, we will be going to Portland Stage to see “Babette’s Feast,” a play based upon a short story by Isak Dinesen. It tells the…

I never cease to be amazed at the stamina and tenacity displayed by the crew that is building the Sailing Center stick-built North Wing. This past week we watched as they completed the roof…

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Today’s letter begins with a story about a piano that brought together a policeman and a 93-year-old theft victim. Two neighbors whose unexpected introductions led to…

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George Jones was from that special generation of Americans who came of age during very hard times, and who seemed to instinctively understand those simple things that could…

Happy New Year to all! To start the new year, the Post is having our annual recognition dinner on Feb. 3, social from 5:30 p.m. with dinner starting at 6. This dinner is open to all Legionnaires,…

Maine’s extremely large and growing tick population is to blame for human contracted tick-borne diseases such as the Lyme epidemic. This was the result…

Greetings from the Knights of Pythias Boothbay Lodge #32.

On Saturday night, Jan. 20, we have a dance with the band “Horses Gone Wild.” This band features Paul Martin, Jason Guimond, Frank…

The years 1914 to 1918 are an abstraction for most of us. But those years played a pivotal role in the history of people, families, towns, businesses, and governments across much of the world. A…

Driving around the island Saturday morning after our Friday night of wind and rain, I found very few branches down, but several lakes had materialized. Finn O’Conner had a new lake in his side…

Turned on the radio before shaving Monday morning and Don Henley’s “Dirty Laundry” was playing. I’ve listened to that song probably 500 times and it still rings true — most of the evening news is…

I had pretty much adjusted to what seemed to be our winter. My personal thermostat was…

So you think today’s national politics is a mess?

Sure, I’ll give you that the Republicans and Democrats are having a bit of a problem getting along. Both sides seem to be at war with their…

“Where is everybody? ‘’ We overheard this question last week as a local resident remarked that it seemed to be quiet everywhere – precious few pedestrians on the sidewalks, empty parking…

There are some serious spinach pies being made in a little hole-in-the-wall down a back alley in Damariscotta.

It almost sounds illegal, and the fist-sized pies are so ridiculously…

Most everyone has liked to pretend they were rock or pop stars. Back in the day, we’d use…