It seems like natural disaster season is never ending these days. As wildfire season moves closer to hurricane season, now is a good time to remind ourselves that after Mother Nature moves out the…
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A Bird’s Tale
The oppressive heat and humidity have finally broken for us here in Maine, but many parts of the U.S. and other regions of the world are still enduring record-breaking heat. We know that high…
From the assistant editor
In this space multiple times, I have praised Wiscasset’s and Boothbay Region schools’ efforts to keep this or that sport going, by making a team and a season by working together, pooling…
We hope you have noticed that we are now publishing press releases from Lincoln County Television (LCTV) located in Newcastle. They are going to become one of our advertising affiliates and have…
Joe’s Journal
OK, kiddies, here is today's news quiz.
What do Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell and Joe Gelarden have in common?
On the surface, it is evident this trio is not composed of aging heart…
’Round Town
Barna Beal Norton was a legendary resident of Jonesport, Maine, who, for all of his adult life, battled with the Canadian government over ownership of Machias Seal Island, a small…
Wow. August is here and the sun is still shining!
More Lobsters: Are you ready to enter our next drawing for a Bucket ‘A Lobsters? From now through August, we will be selling raffle tickets…
At SYC we are closing out July with all the summer fun we can dream up. Saturday morning marked our 10th annual Rock the Boat 5K run/walk. There were nearly 200 people running,…
A little over a year ago, on the night of July 27, a young man, James T. Pener, was killed in an accident near the eastern end of Cross Road. Since I drive that road frequently, I often think of…
The cleanup continues around the Village after the goings on of the past weekend. Due to record crowds and the number of cars that were creatively parked along our roads, the street sweepers were…
Summer has finally arrived! We are currently experiencing a great stretch of weather; let’s hope it continues as we welcome our August vacationers.
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letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I believe local school officials are doing Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor a huge disservice by not fully exploring all the long-term options for educating our students going…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
As an avid reader, I’ll begin with a compliment that I often read Joe’s Journal “early and often,” even though often I may agree to disagree.
Joe’s column (Rough Road…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Maine people should be appalled: Maine Governor Janet Mills proposed and Maine Legislators, both House and Senate, passed a bill allowing abortion until birth.
…
The Yard Sale and Craft Fair is finally here! I know the signs all say just Yard Sale but that was a cost saving measure since they were the signs we used the last time. The Craft Fair will be a…
Credit for the inspiration for today’s column goes to Kent Gonzales. Thanks, Kent!
I recently had the opportunity to stay briefly in another part of Sprucewold – up the hill from the Birch…
The JPVIS Annual Meeting last Saturday ran into the noon hour so there was not time for several agenda items including JPVIS milestones since last summer’s meeting. We are happy to report two new…
President Tory Paxson called our July 27 meeting to order for an on target efficient round of business. We welcomed guests, Julie Denegard and Kendrick Foster, Linda’s grandson! We were reminded…
Where It’s At
Heartwood Regional Theater Company’s final production of its 20th anniversary season, "Hamlet," is a perfect example of the high caliber performances that have been drawing audiences to the Poe…
A Bird’s Tale
Quiet.
Deep, profound quiet.
A quiet, unbroken by low grumbling of distant traffic or the white noise of an overhead jet. No buzzing lawnmowers or sirens. No dogs barking or brakes…
From the assistant editor
Getting New York Times’ daily Wordle in two lines, like I was surprised to do today, is not quite like a hole in one, more like a hole in one in miniature golf, or using all seven letters on your…
From the editor
Sometime in the next month or so, the newspaper staff will be taking a day or two (or maybe three) to “clean out, clean up” our office. We haven’t done this job for several years and it is amazing…
’Round Town
Once upon a time, many years ago, in the far off land of “Sarah’s Scoops,” I had a chance encounter with Aurelien Recoing at a small picnic table. I was sneaking a nice blueberry something-or-…
Joe’s Journal
I don’t have anything earthshaking to say today.
I know that admission is classified as a mortal sin in the columnist's handbook. Sorry, I plead guilty.
Like many of our dear readers…
The energy that the Sprucewold slugs have put into devouring plants overnight this year is amazing; there should be research done harnessing their energy. The deer can barely hold a candle to…
Guess what? There is something in the sky that we’ve only seen a few days this summer. It’s orange/yellow and adds some desired warm weather for August.
And no more sneak preview. It’s…
Summer is in full swing as evidenced by the fact that dock space was at a premium this past Sunday. Yes, definitely a first world problem, so there will be no complaining. It was nice to…
How nice to see the sun and the Sheepscot River once again. We hope everyone has an opportunity to get out on the water and enjoy a beautiful Maine day!
Last week…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Try that in a small town. The hit song tells it like it is. The entire country is fed-up.
Woke progressive democrats are pro crime and devastation. One political party…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Recently a dear friend and visitor to Boothbay Harbor fell off our porch resulting in fractured bones in both feet, a left ankle, and an injured right shoulder. We took her to…
It’s hard to believe we are approaching the end of July. Where did the month go?
Although the weather was not your usual July conditions most everyone agrees it’s just nice to be here at…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
It has been years since I read the “Hunchback of Notre Dame,” but I still remember that it begins with a treatise on architecture as the conveyor of ideas before the printing…
Another foggy week at the Southport Yacht Club was accompanied by some rain and thunder, but also by some sun for one day and one day only! As our fourth week of sailing concluded,…
Maybe we won’t get tricked again this week into thinking there’s going to be sunshine and then finding ourselves in fog again.
Come rain or shine, the Annual Meeting takes place on Saturday…
Last Thursday we all enjoyed a low key, but fun social night. A chance to visit and share stories. As always there was a lot of laughter and camaraderie. We work hard and accomplish a…
With the Yard and Craft Sale just less than a couple of weeks away, there is still lots of room on the Common for others to join us with their crafts and their own yard sale. The Common will be…
Last week I wrote that I hoped Dwight and Duane would give another talk about time spent running the Southport Bridge and living in the house, now torn down, next to the bridge as people had to be…
Staying a step ahead of the scammers is like playing a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. We know that people who know about a scam are 80% less likely to even engage in it but how can you stay up…
Where It’s At
The first image directly in front of you as you enter Maine Art Gallery is the color photograph of Kaleb, a Bath Iron Works shipfitter taken by Bath photographer/artist Heather Perry. Kaleb is…
A Bird’s Tale
Maine gets a good share of very rare birds. Some of them keep coming back.
Over the past few weeks, Maine’s ocean and offshore islands have played host to at least two exceptionally unusual…
From the assistant editor
This week, the Midcoast summer is one third over. It has not been the best, due to the humidity and rain and, at press time Tuesday, the region was under an air quality alert from the smoke from…
From the editor
There was good news this week as Reade Brower, owner of the Portland Press Herald and other newspapers around Maine, announced that he is selling the PPH and several of his other newspapers to the…
’Round Town
Over the years it has been my great good fortune to watch and photograph boat construction projects here in the Boothbay region and beyond. What a terrific learning experience for…
Joe’s Journal
Last week, as much of the world sweltered under temperatures usually found in a steel mill near the open hearth, an evening breeze blew up an East Boothbay hill.
It cooled a smiling crowd…
Rain, rain, rain. Fog, fog, fog. Go away! Everything is soaked! More ugh! Is this the new Climate Change? We need to make a difference!
On Saturday, July 22, Lucy Cressey will help you Find…
As I write this column on Sunday I’m looking out at an angry ocean and wind swept rain. Some how Mother Nature seems to have forgotten what season we’re in! I’m grateful that we’re not…
Last Monday evening, July 10, the junior building at the Southport Yacht Club was overflowing with folks eager to hear Mark Colby talk about his knowledge of the club and life on David’s Island.…
Here it is, July, and I’m sitting by the fire writing this. So far this has been a very different summer where we’re actually still waiting for it to start. It just hasn’t…
With the beautiful weather arriving - if only temporarily - Linekin Bay suddenly resembled the activity of an elementary school playground after the bell for recess. I must be dating myself with…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Re; the letter in the Boothbay Register, July 11, "Abortion: Above Everything Else," I always find it interesting that the loudest and boldest anti-abortionists are men. This is…
