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Edgecomb selectmen

Memorial Day is over, but it is still firmly on the minds of Edgecomb selectmen. June 9, Chairman Forrest Carver said American…
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June 10, the Boothbay Harbor planning board rescheduled the public hearing for Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation’s (BBHWP) East Side Park due to an issue on the…
Bruce bowler

Boothbay is looking to modify its 12-year old comprehensive plan. After consulting Planning Board Chairman Bruce Bowler June 10, selectmen reached consensus to have their municipal attorney,…

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Navigating Mid Coast Maine:

covers the basics of navigation and trip…

waterfront dining, live music, Sunday Breakfast

Join us this weekend! The weather looks amazing, the food is great, Sunday breakfast from 7:30-11, and the Saltwater Hillbilly from 2-5…

BRHS Grand March 2026. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register

The century-plus-old tradition at graduation time called the Grand March and Alumni Ball for Boothbay Region High School seniors continued Thursday, June 11 at Porter Memorial Gymnasium. The…

Down East Best

This year, our local Harbor Theater has been nominated and is a finalist in the Best…

"A North Wind" - Cordelia Edwards

Keith and Cordelia Oehmig have been acquiring new work for Wiscasset Bay Gallery's 42nd year. They've been wintering in Florida, enjoying life on “Jimmy Buffet time,” but once art collectors,…

Acres of Walking Paths Overlooking the Ocean

Summer has arrived on the Mid-Coast of Maine, and with it comes the anticipation of the Camden Garden Club's Tour of 6 Unique, Owner-Designed and Executed Gardens. This week, we have a sneak…

Celebrate with your family and friends

Celebrate & Support Meals on Wheels
Join us for a…

Byron Cortez

There is a new effort to provide a single-payer universal health care system in Maine. Health Care For All Maine is a 501(c)4 organization seeking to put a universal health care proposal on the…

BHML Plant Sale
The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Plant Sale volunteers. Savannah Fields photo

The ever popular Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Biennial Plant Sale returned Saturday, June 6 to the delight of gardeners who couldn’t wait to find new flowers and plants to add to their gardens…

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Boat America:

completing this course can lower your boat insurance. In…

We want to extend our sincere gratitude to the businesses and individuals who have already stepped forward to sponsor our July 9th…

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On Saturday, June 20, Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will host a free Summer Solstice Community Sing, 

Boogie2Shooz Sunday June 14th 5-8PM

Bring your dancing shoes and come join us as we welcome back Boogie2Shooz, Sunday, June 14th from 5-8PM.  Happy Hour from 3-5PM daily.  Reservations recommended.  for mre…

Happy Hour 3-5PM Daily

Come join us for Happy Hour every day between 3:00 and 5:00PM and enjoy our outside deck over looking Linekin Bay.  Includes House wine and well drinks.  Restaurant CLOSED Wednesday…

Cuban night Monday June 15th 4-8:30pm

We invite you to tingle your tastebuds with our second Monday Theme Night June 15th from 4:00 to 8:30PM at 727 Ocean Sunset Bar at Smuggler's Cove Inn. Next week's offering will feature the…

The family-friendly 13th annual OBD Williams-Fossett Vintage Car Show will be Saturday, Aug 8 at the Bristol Consolidated School in Bristol. The inaugural Vintage Show first-place trophy winners in 2012 are pictured with their rare 1909 Sears kit car. Jeff Friedman photo

The OBD Williams-Fossett Vintage Car Show will return for its 13th season on Saturday, Aug. 8 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Bristol Consolidated School on Bristol Road in Bristol.

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The U.S. Navy Band Northeast at the Opera House. June 23 in a free 7 p.m. concert. Doors open at 6:30. Courtesy of the venue

As a lead up to the 250th anniversary of the U.S., and in a spirited celebration to welcoming the Windjammer fleet to town, the Boothbay Harbor Opera House is pleased to announce that three music…

Rose Campbell returns to her seat after receiving one of several awards and scholarships during Awards Night June 10. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register

Boothbay Region High School held its annual Awards Night Wednesday, June 10 to recognize seniors who received scholarships and awards before their graduation on Friday, June 12. Also, BRHS juniors…

A pair of old red oaks frame the new “Mexicali Trail” at Marsh River Bog Preserve in Newcastle. Courtesy of Coastal Rivers

A partnership between Mexicali Blues and Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust has resulted in significantly improved access and a new…

Boothbay Baptist Church

A free sports camp for boys and…

Before basement waterproofing in a Maine home with visible moisture and aging foundation walls

In Maine, “going down cellar” is part of daily life. But when moisture, musty air, or even radon starts showing up, it rarely stays in the basement. It affects the…

Gals with Trowel Dig in the Dirt to Transform the Traffic Island

Twenty members of the Camden Garden Club gathered on Jun 10 to dig, pull, replace, trowel, fertilize, and mulch the traffic island of Camden. Bedecked in bright yellow traffic jackets and…

Now accepting applications for Methodist Conference Home and Rankin Center - both in Rockland, ME.  Efficiency and one-bedroom units. Rent is 30% of income…
Donut Festival 2026

Rockport Donut Festival 2026  Homemade Donut Contest 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED !…

CUBAN NIGHT at 727 Ocean Sunset

We invite you to tingle your tastebuds with our second Monday Theme Night June 15th from 4:00 to 8:30PM at 727 Ocean Sunset Bar at Smuggler's Cove Inn. Next week's offering will feature the…

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Suddenly in Command:

basic skills and emergency situations including how…

A Father's Day Special at the Harbor Theater: "The Great Escape" back on the silver screen Sunday, June 21. Happy Father's Day from Harbor Theater! Courtesy of the venue

Whether you are a first-generation dad with kids still at home, or a second or third generation dad with offspring living in other parts of the world, we have a special day planned for you at…

CTL eighth graders graduated on Wednesday, June 3rd, in a ceremony celebrating them at the school. Courtesy photo

The Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb celebrated its 31st eighth-grade graduation on Wednesday, June 3rd. It was an evening that celebrated the graduating students by having each…

Obituary
Mary Lou Bailey

Mary Lou Bailey of Alna, Maine died peacefully with her family by her side on June 8, 2026, just three days shy of her 89th birthday.

Born on June 11, 1937…

BRTV

BRTV Station Manager Lang Sheppard has announced that the station will be streaming Awards Night (June 10 at 6 pm.), Grand March (June 11 at 7 p.m.) and Graduation (June 12 at 2 p.m.) to the BRHS…

Edgecomb Town Hall. File photo

On Primary Day, June 9, Democrat…

A Bird's Tale
Like its more-common-to-Maine (in winter) northern cousin, the northern shrike, the loggerhead shrike captures small mammals and insects (and occasionally small birds) and often impales them on thorns and twigs so it can more easily tear into them for eating. (Photo by Jeffrey Gammon courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)

There’s no doubt that we birders find a thrill in seeing rare birds—birds from somewhere else that make their way to wherever we are (in our case,…

Town of Boothbay seal

Boothbay voters approved the budget…

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AUGUSTA (June 9, 2026)—Although Maine home sales eased slightly year-over-year in May 2026, prices remained stable and many additional homes have recently come to market for the spring/summer…

CSD schools

The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor…

Springfield College (Springfield,…

New chalet-style contemporary Damariscotta Lake home.

Some waterfront properties offer a beautiful home. Others offer something more valuable: the opportunity to create a place where…

Kevin G. Burnham

Are you as glad as I am that the myriad TV ads for the various candidates has ended? Spoiled my morning coffee time over the past month (and longer) and deciding who is good and who is bad (seemed…