The Salt Bay Chamberfest is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Glenn as Managing Director. Sarah will fill a vacancy created when Kit Pfeiffer retires at the end of August.

Glenn…

The fire suppression system protecting the fuel pumps at the Irving gas station on Townsend Avenue was set off by an electrical malfunction around 1 a.m. on July 12, according to…

Summer with The Theater Project means theater camps for kids.

The first Young People's Theater Camp production of the summer is “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,” onstage July 19, 20 and 21…

Sick of melting? With warm weather back with a vengeance, it's time to finally break out the swim trunks and pool noodles.

Below is a list of places to…

Dear Editor:

I just got back from spending a couple of weeks in the Boothbay area. I have a home in Sprucewold and try to get up there as often as I can. The cell phone service has always…

Winifred Helene McAleer Noyes, 88, of Marblehead, Mass., died on July 9, 2013.  

Born in New York City on May 2, 1925, she was the daughter of John…

Jackson Browne made his anniversary performance at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor on July 10 with a sold out show. Not a surprise for an entertainer who has filled stadiums…

Friends of Seguin Light Station will host its fourth annual Summerfest on Friday, July 26. Our biggest fundraiser of the year will take place at the Maine Maritime Museum’s Events…

Bigelow marine microbial ecologist Dr. Pete Countway will lead the Laboratory’s July 23 Café Scientifique conversation, titled “Living on the…

Courtney Nancy Arel and Michael Palaski Trebing were married at Crystal Cove Resort in Appleby, St. James, Barbados on May 27, 2013. The Reverend Coleridge Darlington from the…

Local artists June and Bob Rose wrote their first children's book in an unusual manner: by yelling at one another from separate rooms.  

For anyone…

Great beers are the stuff of which legends are made, and an essential factor in creating beers that stand apart from the crowd is the plants used in brewing them.

In each of the workshops Hillary Parker will teach as the July 16 through 19 artist-in-residence at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, participants will be encouraged to approach their own artwork…

With its grand reopening, the Colby College Museum of Art will offer a special Community Day Sunday, July 14, featuring activities and attractions for families…

Does Daisy the pig like to read? You can find out on Saturday, July 13 at the ninth annual Books in Boothbay: Maine’s Summer Book Fair. The fair is being held at the Boothbay Railway Village from…

The National Weather Service in Gray has announced that strong thunderstorms are approaching Lincoln County from the west. Heavy rainfall may be expected, with local ponding in streets and low-…

“Truly, Madly, Deeply,” is the midsummer exhibit at the Stable Gallery, Damariscotta. The public is invited to join artists and friends for the gala opening reception on Friday,…

Arlene T. McFarland, 94, of East Boothbay died July 9 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.

She was born July 13, 1918 in Skowhegan to William and Annie…

Take a walk back in time through the doors of the Carousel Music Theater in Boothbay Harbor for a dinner theater with cabaret experience.

The venue: a red…

At age eight I contracted a serious case of the TV bug.

Not the common variety whose primary symptom is a compulsion to watch endless hours of television, but the infinitely…

Mark Stover invited me to go out with him (on his boat) for this year's Windjammer Days.…

"Sweatin' Bullets" described both the prevailing weather's impact on the body and a local rock band on the afternoon of July 6.

The band was among the…

Services/Goods offered: We offer farm raised beef, chicken, pork and seasonal turkeys. We will also offer our farm fresh eggs and produce, as well as produce from…

This morning at breakfast, my grandson William said, “I wish Christmas came once a month.” Well, William and all of you, dear readers, Christmas will not come once a month, but on…

As I was down for the count with a fever I did not attend what sounded like an awesome Opening Party on July 6, 2013. The weekend occupants of the Burvill/Nash Cottage kindly…

Rain, rain, go away. We all wanted to play, but it was a long time before
“summer as we want it” arrived and it now has reverted to more rain! At the…

Plymouth State University graduates

The following students were awarded degrees from Plymouth State University at their…

Traffic was snarled on a busy 2 mile stretch of Route 27 after a series of accidents occurred within 30 minutes on July 9.

At 3:28 p.m., Boothbay…

The show is more than 8 hours away, but the Jackson Browne buzz has officially begun at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. This morning a crew of 18 hefty men unloaded hundreds of trunks, lights…

Dear Editor:

I don't think anyone has thought about the wear-and-tear on the parking lot in the Meadow Mall when residents and summer visitors drive…

Noted health economist Uwe Reinhardt once observed that "Americans are the only people on earth who believe that death is negotiable."

Advancements in…

On Sunday, July 14, churches throughout the community will be collecting Back To School supplies and money donations during worship … all of which will be used for the Big Set For…

The summer season brings lots of casual entertaining: gathering friends and family on the deck for cocktails, conversation and something delicious cooked on the grill. …

Philip R. Owen, 75, died peacefully on June 28, 2013.

He was born February 16, 1938.

He was employed by H. Crooker &…

The western United States is being hit hard by wildfires this summer, and unfortunately these fires have become commonplace in recent years. Experts predict that the warming of our…

This past weekend, nine young ladies from the Boothbay Region competed at Maine Gold Rush, a basketball team camp held at Colby College.

The team…

You may wonder how people who work at a newspaper find time to read for fun, but it can be done. To add to your summer reading list, here are several choices from our staff.…

Dear Readers,

Here is a question for the guys: When was the last time you took your best girl to the movies?

‘Fess up.…

District Judge Janet Bond Arterton sentenced former Boothbay Harbor and Sandy Hook, Conn., resident Garrett “Denny” Denniston to eight years in prison July 9 in New Haven, Conn.,…

The quote on Russ Brackett's new brochure for the Video Loft says it all: “Where quality customer service makes the difference.”

Brackett…

The rhythmic chugging sounds of internal combustion engines provided the background music for the Antique Engine and Tractor Meet at the Railway Village on July 6.

Midcoast United soccer club traveled to Portland to watch the Portland Phoenix face the Western Massachusetts Pioneers on July 6.

But Midcoast did…

It had to be one of hottest parties ever put on by Boothbay Region Land Trust. Despite a sweltering 90 F heatwave, hungry hikers trickled through Penny Lake Preserve, lured by the…

It was a bright, warm evening at Wiscasset Speedway last Saturday, July 6. The Amsoil Nelcar Legends made a third appearance out of four scheduled this season. Also on the roster…

A Boothbay Harbor Board of Appeals hearing scheduled for 6 p.m. inside the Boothbay Harbor Fire Station on July 9. The case concerns William J. Sheckley, owner of the Harbor…

Midcoast United Soccer Club is joining with Seacoast United Maine to offer four sessions of soccer summer camp at the Harold B. Clifford Park in Boothbay this year.  

The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in Damariscotta, which is usually closed on Sundays, is now open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday in July and August.

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Thank you to Dr. Barker and all staff at St. Andrews Hospital. Thank you to Roberta and Hannah, Cora, Donna and Ronnie for the great meals.

To Michael…

The Boothbay Harbor Fire Department (BHFD), aka Minnehaha Fire Company, cooked up burgers 'n' dogs on June 25 during the 51st Windjammer Days festivities at the Boothbay Harbor…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On July 4, Deputy Brian Collamore was dispatched to a reported theft of gasoline from a boat tied up to a…