Spring must truly be here! The Maine Adaptive Ski season is over (not that I got many days in because of the weather, not the interest); the Post sign is back in place by Ed Harmon’s VETS…
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Look for an obituary for Agnes (Toni) Helming in this paper. Toni, as we all knew her, spent summers on Southport for many years with her husband, Fred, and six children, two of whom live on…
62nd annual Windjammer Days
The 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will take place on Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29. This year we will celebrate our local boatbuilders and shipwrights. Please visit…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I recently watched with great interest the Java With Julie videos on Facebook – both Julie Roberts’ conversation with trustee Steve Lorrain…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
There are some residents who will increasingly face difficult decisions later this year.
In particular, Boothbay residents should start taking note of the impact of…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
To his already-impressive resume, Trump has added mass-marketing the King James Version of the Bible, printed in large type, along with foundational…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
At the Jan. 22 Boothbay Region CSD Trustee’s meeting, there was a discussion regarding updated estimates for the April 24 $29,975,000 elementary school bond referendum.…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
At their March 27 workshop, CSD School Trustees were informed by Supt. Bob Kahler that the CSD is considering applications to the Maine…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Unless I missed something, the new referendum that is soon to be voted on is for the middle school. The high school repairs have not been mentioned.
…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
To my friends who pay a sewer bill in Boothbay Harbor, I question why we need an $8.3 million concrete wall around the plant.
During the recent high tides and storms,…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I’d like to take an opportunity to express my disbelief in regards to a recent letter to the editor. It was printed that “The largest growing segment of the school population…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Every once in a while; we have a celestial event, something that occurs perhaps once every 100 years. This year, a full solar eclipse will be visible in northern Maine. …
Spring has sprung, the grass has risen and this is where the April 17 potluck is: BICA hall (24 West Side Road). Thanks to Bill and his helpers for getting the hall ready for guests after its…
A full house of Rotarians and guests gathered last Thursday to enjoy conviviality and cheer and escape the March weather, and to learn more about the income based housing development ongoing along…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the new shiny object that has captured the world’s attention. It’s also captured the attention of criminal scammers who are using it to make their fraudulent…
Happy April, beginning Monday! Where has the time gone?
We have just received a generous donation of women’s Depends, Night Defense, size small. We do have a large selection of men’s…
Where it’s at
I’ve got another shout out for the Boomers out there this week. Cast your memory back to your teen years at the beach with your friends. What do you hear? The rhythmic sound of the ocean waves,…
A Bird’s Tale
What’s your favorite sign of spring? Is it that first crocus pushing up through the last of the melting snow? Maybe it’s the gradually but refreshingly longer days.
For us, one of the most…
From the assistant editor
You may have noticed in our election previews, we will often say someone is uncontested on the ballot.
It would sound better to just say they are uncontested, since “on the ballot” is…
From the editor
Congratulations to my wife for beating me again on the NCAA men’s basketball tournament bracket. I know it isn’t over but she holds a three-team lead with the 16 teams still alive. She is…
’Round Town
One of the most challenging photographs for me to make is of another photographer. They know too much and often are better informed re: the craft than I am. And, often they are on the back side of…
Joe’s Journal
Like many Americans, I spent a wintery weekend sitting on my duff watching March Madness basketball. Did you?
If you did, you endured boring episodes from the TV yakkers who spent lots of…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Let me put it this way Joe (Joe’s…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
A major element that usually is missing in presidential campaign dialogue is the question of who the candidates would bring on to staff their administration, aside from…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Many local taxpayers are finally realizing they’ve been paying way more than their fair share of the education burden in our area. But what can voters do about it and when…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
On April 24 we will be asked to vote on a referendum to spend $29,975,000 for the construction of a maintenance building, an addition and renovations on the elementary school…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
A recent letter to the Register by Denise Griffin proposes that since there are kids attending Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Schools (the CSD) from other towns (mostly Edgecomb and…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The latest solution for the housing shortage from Maine Housing is shared housing, in which two or more unrelated people share a house or apartment. and the state helps to…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I read with interest Susan Johns’ comments (March 21) on “Voting quantity v quality.”
Generally the polls are used to approve…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor,
Winter, such as it was, is ending and our area will soon be flooded again. For now, I am grateful for the area I live in and the people who live here. A particular event…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
As a board, we are trying to figure out the best way to handle the current condition of our schools. I urge everyone to get involved as this is a massive decision for all of…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The referendum for the Elementary/Middle School on April 24 is one of the most important elections for our communities in recent years. I believe that repairing and…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
For the last several months my husband and I have been living with health challenges. We have received much needed help from family, friends,…
If you are reading this in time, the Southport Democrats are meeting at the Southport Memorial Library on Tuesday, March 26 at 11 a.m. Among other business they will be choosing delegates to the…
For all those who are in my email address book and received an email from not me, I most humbly have to apologize! I guess this is the world we live in now. The hackers are so…
When I sit down to write often times my thoughts are interrupted by current events, weather, politics and world news. Today I was distracted by daffodils peeking out from under the…
Many of us have used a peer-to-peer (P2P) payment app to split a bill or send money to a friend, and some people even use them for traditional shopping. However, there are inherent risks that…
Community of Hope
Survivors of domestic abuse often experience impacts on their mental health. Sometimes these effects are temporary, and sometimes they can be long-lasting. According to the book,…
A Bird’s Tale
On this morning’s walk around the neighborhood with our little dog, Loki, it was as if spring had soared in overnight. From every single yard, we heard the “pip-pip-pip” calls or the sweet “…
From the assistant editor
Two things this week got me thinking about the familiar question in some of our small towns: Is an issue better decided at the polls or an open town meeting? I’d go with the polls, but just barely…
62nd annual Windjammer Days
The 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will take place on Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29. This year we will celebrate our local boatbuilders and shipwrights. Please visit…
From the editor
I haven’t used this headline/type of column since August of 2022. Yes, I have praised various happenings, people and groups since then – and I have cursed the weather and governments’ decisions –…
’Round Town
Every year, during what might be considered the “off-season,” the Boothbay Harbor Opera House hosts “Open Mic,” an opportunity for the less famous but no less talented individuals of the…
Joe’s Journal
The calendar says spring arrives this week. Specifically, it debuts on March 19 at 11:06 p.m.
For us, it is the height of what is known as “Mud Season.” It is a term used to describe what…
Now that I have returned from vacation and getting back into the swing of things, I’ve been requested to ask for your help. We are searching for a gently used laptop, less than eight years old, as…
Where It’s At
Hey Boomers! Remember flashcards? Those over-sized playing cards used to help memorize multiplication tables, addition and subtraction were used in our house growing up – in my case particularly…
What better way to teach fractions than to buy a pie at the Southport General Store and then have your class decide which fraction of the pie they want to eat. Of course, such a “hands on” and “…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
While many of us were casting our ballots in the Presidential Primary on March 5, our state representative, Holly Stover, was voting to invalidate our votes in November. She…
