Many thanks to Maureen Kinsey for writing the column last week and to all those who gave her news. Tending my sister in Vermont, who had a knee replacement, taught me a lot about trying to…

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The Southport Island Quilters would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all who responded to the wonderful article written by the…

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We’ve all seen a lot of time and money wasted on a proposed expensive construction project that may actually stand in the way of longer-term education solutions for all area…

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Saturday, Sept. 23, two trucks pulled into my driveway loaded with landscaping gear and a team of volunteers. They came to do a fall cleanup and prepare my yard for winter.…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club has officially completed the 2023 season, decommissioning the club at the yearly ceremony on Sept. 30.

The season at BHYC was packed with a busy event…

Join the members of the Boothbay Region Garden Club on Wednesday, Oct. 11 for our monthly meeting. Our speaker this month is Irene Barber from the wonderful Coastal Maine Botanical…

The Rotary Club’s third (or maybe second) annual Oktoberfest was the perfect way to cap off a busy, fun and productive summer together. We feasted in our Bavarian (or fake Bavarian)…

Kudos to the Wiscasset school system having students attend a selectboard meeting to observe local government. This makes it real for them, and is also nice for the selectmen and others to be able…

Either my memory is getting bad or perhaps the region is getting to be, or continuing to be, a destination for tourists late into September.

While growing up here in the region, I do…

Last weekend, a tropical storm roared up the East Coast. A few days earlier, we saw cyclones roaring through Hong Kong and (gulp) a terrible flood in Libya, a desert nation.

A week ago,…

It is impossible for me to list all the projects Master Shipwright David Short undertook in his 40-plus year career. In a brief chat with Linda Short, David’s wife, at his memorial gathering…

Happy Equinox as of last Saturday at 2:50 a.m. Was anyone up to notice? What did you see? There was an (almost) equal amount of sun per day in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. In other…

Fall has arrived from one day to the next, nippy temperatures in the early morning air are signs of good sleeping weather. While we were very fortunate not to have any trees come down on…

We were lucky enough to have missed the wrath of Hurricane Lee last week; although I understand several people unfortunately lost trees. Power was out for a short time but quickly restored and the…

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My sincere congratulations to the East Boothbay Methodist Church scholarship committee for awarding to Alex Antoine a scholarship to attend York County Community College. This…

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On Sept. 9, my family and I went on the…

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If you are not from the Boothbay region, you may have never heard about our small community and how it rallies around one of own in need. On Aug. 27 if you were driving by the…

I want to address the issue of Maine’s veteran homelessness and their emergency needs in the next few articles. I am sure most readers know about Ed Harmon’s Maine Veterans Emergency Temporary…

The Rotary building was rocking and rolling last Thursday. The weather was perfect for an early autumn sort of evening, and President Tory Paxson was back from her mini-quick one-week sabbatical.…

Whew!! That is the word of the week as last weekend Southport escaped hurricane force winds and all that comes with it. It was windy, many boats were hauled, outside items were put away, and there…

One recent morning there was an abundance of activity in our garden as a variety of birds fluttered about the bird feeders, while others looked on from their nests or bird houses…

This October is National Cyber Security month and AARP is focused on shining a light on the most prevalent online scams including celebrity impostors. Stars like Bruce Springsteen, Trace Adkins…

I envy the workers who prepared for Saturday's storm as well as those who worked through the days restoring power to thousands of Mainers after high wind gusts and rain-soaked grounds brought…

We have our own take on politics.

Over the years, we grabbed snippets of this candidate or that position. We read this or watch that and bundle it all together to formulate our political…

If you’ve ever driven by, around about, or visited the Boothbay Farmers Market, you may have noticed one of the vendor vehicles – a purple,…

Larry Brown from the Boothbay Harbor Police Department has been on a roll to encourage everyone to get reflective blue Emergency Signs for their homes. They are easily visible from the road and…

September is Hunger Action Month, a time when we focus on ending hunger in our communities. It's an issue that resonates with me, not just as a legislator but as a parent, a school counselor, and…

Next week Maureen Kinsey will be writing this column as I will be in Vermont helping my sister after knee surgery. Please send Maureen news at maureenkinsey10@gmail.com or call her at 350-1134.…

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Over the past two years, I’ve had the opportunity to observe first hand the talent and dedication of our school staff throughout AOS 98 and the incredible generosity of…

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It seems you can’t drive anywhere this summer without being held up by a lane closure for bucket trucks and utility work.

Could the upcoming ballot Question 3, to…

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I would ask your readers to consider the name of Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani…

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In discussing the potential cost of a new high school, one fact has been largely ignored: There are simply not enough high school students in the Boothbay Region public school…

Thankfully, Lee left Bayville relatively unscathed. A couple of downed trees and loss of power and WiFi. One of said trees did fall on Liz's roof, but luckily made a soft landing and there was no…

This Friday, 25 more veterans are departing the Jetport at 10:30 a.m. on their way to visit their memorials in Washington, D.C. as part of Honor Flight Maine. They will be returning on Sunday,…

A reader sent us a link to an interesting TikTok video a few days before Hurricane Lee was expected to hit. In the video, a young Maine lobsterman in a red T-shirt and blue jeans standing at the…

Peggy Kaiser, from the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals, was our guest speaker last week. Peggy began her talk by saying that the organization, which she referred to by its…

When it comes to the labor market, the supply of jobs is outpacing demand but that doesn’t mean that employment scams have gone away. Just because there are more job openings than job seekers…

Thinking of eating dinner out tonight? Don’t feel like cooking? Celebrating a special occasion from a birthday or anniversary, or because it’s Wednesday, a.k.a. Anything Can Happen Day (for those…

One of the rarest birds in North America has made an appearance in Maine! A Kirtland’s warbler was photographed on Matinicus Rock on Sept. 10. For us, the Kirtland’s warbler has always been almost…

You know that Midcoast town where everybody always gets along – always? Where all the selectmen and all the residents who address them are on the same page?

And on only the rarest of…

Now that we have the ESPN channels back after the dispute between them and Disney, my life is better for it. But the Red Sox games have filled in during the hiatus (my wife won’t miss a game –…

During the recent “Shipyard Cup” races organized in Boothbay Harbor, I had the great good fortune of yet another adventure with Captain Mark Stover aboard his 32’ Luhrs Redhook. It’s always…

I was at the Hannaford grocery store the other day trying to choose between salad fixings and red raspberries when a faithful reader stopped me and read me the riot act.

Why do you guys…