The Windjammer Days Committee is seeking community input. The Committee has selected the United States Coast Guard as the spotlight group for the 2025 event to be held June 22-28.…
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The Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel (CAP) on Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Removal convened its annual public meeting Oct. 29. Panel members and attendees heard presentations on the status…
Boothbay Area Sand for Seniors(BASS PROJECT) is a community service project to deliver a 5-gallon…
Edgecomb's code enforcement and health officers have submitted their resignations. On Nov. 12, Selectboard Chairman Michael Maxim announced he received resignation notices from Code Enforcement…
The Edgecomb Community Church at 15 Cross Point Road in Edgecomb will be hostingtheir first game night on Saturday, Nov…
Boothbay Harbor Public Works crewmen got assistance from the town's firefighters and ladder truck on Wednesday morning, Nov. 13 to decorate the town office for the holidays.
Beats going up…
The Community School District School Committee reviewed several administrative policies Nov. 12. The board also reviewed a revised snow day plan.
High school principal Tricia Campbell…
Lincoln County commissioners awarded four towns American Rescue Plan Act grants Nov. 5 for affordable housing projects. Commissioners awarded Wiscasset, Newcastle, Waldoboro and Monhegan…
Obituary
Richard Daniel "Dick" Lord, a beloved husband, father, and esteemed member of the community, passed away on Nov.…
At the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, 107 years ago, an armistice was signed between Germany and the Allied Powers, ending World War I. A national annual celebration began in…
Edgecomb Eddy Elementary 6th grade class will be hosting an “Artisan & Vendor Fair” on Saturday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Edgecomb Eddy School, 157 Boothbay Road, Edgecomb.
All are…
Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Oct. 15-31:
Arrests/Summonses
Oct. 15, Daniel Melnick, 42, of Woolwich was…
With a wagging tail and a work uniform, guide dogs for the visually impaired are a staple in our society. But have you ever wondered who started it all?
On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the “…
If you haven't been in downtown Boothbay Harbor at night lately, you have to.
Signs of the holiday season are all around - from the lit garlands wrapped around the columns of the Boothbay…
On Nov. 5, President Donald J. Trump became the first person to win two non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland in 1893. On Nov. 6, a dozen Lincoln County residents celebrated Trump's…
The lineup at The Waldo Theatre will have you racing to the website for tickets!
Friday, Nov. 15 - "Copa 71" at 7 p.m. - The extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, which was…
Welcome to the return of Taco Tuesday, Rib Wednesday, AYCE Haddock Fry Thursday, Comfort Food Friday, & Prime Rib Saturday!! We have been testing some amazing…
In partnership with LincolnHealth’s Community Health Improvement Fund (CHIF), Boothbay Region Elementary School (BRES)…
Heartwood Regional Theater Company
Heartwood Theater will hold student auditions on Monday, Dec. 2 for its annual Winter Theater Adventure, available to all Midcoast middle school students, grades 4-8.
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Rotary Club of Damariscotta-Newcastle Annual Karl’s Kids BBQ/CORNHOLE/DANCE held in Nobleboro Oct. 20 at Duck Puddle Campground was a huge success. Karl’s Kids helps kids and teens in Lincoln…
A Bird's Tale
It’s pretty bizarre by any standard: a bird species of the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and the Greater Antilles appearing in numbers in late fall in…
In 2024, you might think when people learn of domestic violence they would, by now, be beyond asking why the victim doesn't leave or, if the victim was slain, why he or she didn't leave if their…
From the editor
Public and private events celebrating the holiday season are beginning this week – see public listings in our calendar, ads and articles. There are Thanksgiving dinners, Christmas lights being…
Nov. 12 in Wiscasset Middle High School's library, Wiscasset's superintendent of schools thanked God "nobody blew up" in an incident one month earlier in a WMHS classroom.
Superintendent of…
Joe's Journal
Once upon a time, in the great city known as Chicago, a black lawyer named Harold Washington was elected mayor. It was 1983, a time of major political and racial change for that city. Washington…
It seems impossible that we are almost half way through November; these last few weeks have flown by. The fall weather has been nothing short of spectacular, however, we are now hoping for some…
Get into the holiday spirit with a festive tour of Christmas at Victoria Mansion…
Join us as we welcome the iconic Weiner Mobile to Boothbay Harbor and Brady's where we will be featuring Happy Hour specials with an Oscar Mayer twist from 2-5pm…
Don't feel like cooking another Thanksgiving dinner this year? Or for whatever the circumstances may be, will you be alone this Thanksgiving?
Members of American Legion Post #36, the…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 231 calls for service for the period of Nov. 5 to Nov. 12. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 13,648…
Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Linda Winterberg of Wiscasset early on the morning of Nov. 6, 2024 at…
A grand prize of $250 will be awarded in the Family Christmas Ornament Decorating Contest, with other prizes for adults and children in five age categories.
The Eastside Waterfront Park…
Isabelle “Is” Curtis joined the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper staff this week as a full-time reporter.…
While enrolling or re-enrolling in the Health Insurance Marketplace may seem a bit daunting, Lincoln County residents don’t have to do it alone.
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital’s Access to…
The second Community Lunch of the season was as well attended as the first with new people joining. Hosted by Hallinan Construction, chicken pot pie, fresh homemade bread and garden salad,…
Of our Southport citizens 472 folks voted last Tuesday, 299 of them for Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz, 314 for Angus King, 291 for Chellie Pingree, 280 for Cameron Reny, 294 for Holly Stover, giving…
America's most famous sausage car is traveling around Maine and coming to Boothbay Harbor.…
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club
The High School Sailing Program,…
Geneviève Tailleux, proprietor of Marketplace Café in Wiscasset, is doing a series of benefit dinners for Alna's John Seigars, whose house burned down recently. Tailleux said she has done one…
Principal Shawn Gallagher updated Southport School Committee members about the formation of a new committee seeking public input on ways for education to reflect community values by committing to…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
As a generational lobsterman and a board director for Protect Maine’s Fishing Heritage for several years, I saw the rebuttal from the Maine Department of Marine Resources…
Heartwood Regional Theater Company
Heartwood Regional Theater Company, in collaboration with Lincoln Academy, announces student auditions for the Broadway musical "Hadestown" nominated for 14 Tony Awards and winner of eight.…
