Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens invites Boothbay peninsula community members to take part in the annual Gardens Aglow holiday lighting contest. Participants with a home or business visible from a…
News
For the Love of Deb (Holmes Beam) fundraiser will be held at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor Friday, Nov. 22 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. for entry into the main performance…
On Monday, Nov. 18, Edgecomb residents will learn the new rate for using the town’s sewer system.
Edgecomb selectmen agreed Nov. 4 to set the new rate in response to a recent increase from…
On Sept. 30, 2019, the 1906 schooner Mary E, Maine Maritime Museum’s flagship and the oldest Maine-built fishing schooner still sailing, was entered in the National Register of Historic…
Boothbay Harbor Code Enforcement Officer Geoff Smith held a public informational session Oct. 29 to help planning board members and anyone else understand the processes for subdivisions.
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Clamshell Quilters will be meeting on Monday, Nov. 11 at Faith Baptist Church, Mills Road, Newcastle. Our sew and chat session will begin at 2 p.m. Join us as we work on community service projects…
It may be hard to believe, but the holidays will soon be here. Join the Y on Saturday, Nov. 16 for the Central Lincoln County YMCA’s 39th annual Holiday Bazaar and start your holiday shopping. The…
Obituary
Sydney Ann Wiley, 77, passed away on Nov. 2, 2019 with her sons by her side.
Sydney was born on March 23, 1942 in West Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of the late Lewis and Kay Raney…
Obituary
Sandra Barnes Gillespie died with family by her side on Nov. 3, 2019 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center after a short illness.
Born April 2, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois to Clarice (Hamill…
Wiscasset merchants will open early on Saturday, Nov. 9 for the Early Bird Sale. But it is the early birds who come to shop who will get the worm – or at least a substantial discount – by…
Obituary
Joanne P. Farmer, 90, of Middle Street, Wiscasset died Nov. 2, 2019 at her residence.
Visiting hours will be held 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 at Daigle Funeral Home, 819 High Street,…
Boothbay Region Lions Club has a new den. The club recently sold its Boothbay Harbor clubhouse and moved into the East Boothbay fire station. Since the early 1960s, the former West Boothbay Harbor…
The Maine Primary Care Association (MPCA), a membership organization representing the collective voices of Maine’s Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), has announced the appointment of…
Another southeasterly storm came barrelling through the region on Thursday, Oct. 31, knocking down trees, shutting down power, churning up the ocean and providing more work for many.
Here…
Please join the Boothbay Region Community Resources Council in wishing Community Navigator Kathleen Arabasz clear sailing as she departs BRCRC on Friday, Nov. 8. After 35+ years in the helping…
#3062: Southport Senior Housing, Captain’s Way, new house
#3063: George Sottile, 56 Molly’s Point Road, deck/addition
#3067: Mark Werner, 47 Cameron Point Road, demo
#3068:…
At 2 a.m. Sunday, Maine joined 47 other states in observing the end of this year’s daylight saving time. It’s an odd annual ritual that alternatively gifts us with an extra hour of sleep only to…
Press release
Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation is pleased to announce that on Thursday, Oct. 31, we closed on the Cap’n Fish Motel property. The purchase price was $2.85 million.
Following a six-…
On a cold and windy Veterans Day in November 2010, the Boothbay Region Garden Club dedicated the Blue Star Memorial marker that stands in Boothbay Harbor. Each year a new wreath is placed on the…
For the month of November, First National Bank’s Boothbay Harbor location will be collecting items for Boothbay Region High School’s Co-Op Food Closet.
Valuable donation items include: Chef…
A Virginia couple’s challenge to conditions for a shoreland zoning permit will likely proceed in January. The Boothbay Board of Appeals found Eugene and Judith Molinelli’s application complete Oct…
Press release
After completion of a nationwide search, the Boothbay Harbor Select Board is extremely pleased to announce Julia Latter as their unanimous choice for town manager. The board will be executing a…
BRHS cross-country
Boothbay Region High School senior Will Perkins won the Maine State Class C Championship Nov. 2 at Cumberland’s Twin Brook Recreation Area. Race results to follow when they are available.
The 56th Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund annual fund drive is now underway. The goal is an ambitious $250,000, a target that was achieved last year with outstanding community support.
The…
Dr. Barclay Shepard will be the featured speaker talking about his extensive career as a Navy surgeon at the Veterans Day observance at the Southport Memorial Library on Monday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m…
Press release
Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) held their monthly meeting at the Alna Fire Station meeting room Oct. 23. There was a packed house and full program as local Republicans continue to…
When he’s asked about Wiscasset Water District’s arrangement with Edgecomb for handling wastewater, Superintendent Chris Cossette answered with one sentence: “We don’t have one.”
The reason…
Woody from “Toy Story” was there. So was Ant Man. The Beast, Paul Revere and Alice made the trip from Wonderland. Heck, even Hall of Fame NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor attended. But no ghosts,…
Analysis
At Uncas Farm in Whitefield, farmers Teryn and Ben Marcus looked forward to a new cash crop this fall, only to be caught up in a nightmare scenario involving the intersection of newly legal hemp…
It was a wild, wet Halloween on Southport but that did not dampen spirits at Southport Central School where the second annual Pumpkin Catapult Olympics went on as scheduled.
The students…
Nathan's Wellness Pharmacy & Apothecary has opened in Boothbay Harbor, at the Meadow Mall, in the last available space next to Ice Cream Factory on the left and Key Bank on the right. Andrew K…
To welcome the holidays and join in the festivities across the area, Edgecomb residents, organizations, and businesses are again invited decorate this year’s choice scraggly trees for our Charlie…
Obituary
Marinel A. (Barter) House, 52, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine passed away peacefully on Oct. 29, 2019.
She was born to Sally (Pottle) and Calvin Barter. Marinel grew up on Southport, attended…
Robbie and Margaret Ham are pleased to announce the wedding of their daughter, Robyn Allyson, to Christopher Taylor on Oct. 13, 2019. Christopher is the son of Ron and Susanne Taylor of Washington…
The traffic signals on Route 1 in downtown Wiscasset were tested Wednesday morning, Oct. 30 to make certain they were in sync with one another, communicating with Augusta, and that the pedestrian…
Dear community—you did it! Your belief in Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT), which led to your donations, volunteerism, event participation and advocacy, has made the “This Land is Your Land:…
The Bath Antique Sale, a monthly antiques marketplace in Midcoast Maine, will open its 2019-20 season on Sunday, Nov. 10, at the Bath Middle School at 6 Old Brunswick Road in Bath, Maine. This…
T&D Variety employees donned pink T-shirts and colored their hair pink Oct. 30 in supporting their employer’s breast cancer surgical procedure. Employees Wendy Rego and Lori Eimen recruited…
Members of the Boothbay Region High School/Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club Interact Club will be going around town, specifically Kenny Field Drive, and trick-or-treating on Halloween for cans and…
UPDATED: The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library has announced that its annual Halloween Parade scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 31 will now take place in the Boothbay Harbor Fire Station beginning at 4…
Rebuilding Together-Lincoln County (RT-LC) will hold a BEER + WINE + DINNER fall fundraiser on Friday, Nov. 8 at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. and feature a…
Bigelow Laboratory in East Boothbay is pleased to offer weekly public tours during the Boothbay Lights season.
From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursdays from Nov. 7 through Dec. 19 (except for…
Hodgdon Yachts launched a brand new 8-meter tender on Monday, Oct. 27 at the Hodgdon Yacht Services yard in Southport. The boat’s styling and Naval architecture is by a French design team, while…
In two years, the recycling market has gone from boom to bust. And nobody knows this better than Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District Manager Steve Lewis. He has seen a dramatic drop in…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen
Boothbay Harbor selectmen voted 4-1 Oct. 28 to accept a purchase order for Boothbay Region TV to install a camera system for municipal meetings. Selectman Denise Griffin dissented stating she was…
Over a dozen Boothbay Harbor residents met the two town manager finalists Oct. 28. Acting Town Manager Julia Latter and Bridgton Town Manager Robert Peabody Jr. talked with townspeople about their…
The Lincoln Home hosted a thank you party Thursday evening, Oct. 24 to say thank you to the many friends and supporters who volunteer their time, talent and resources to make the…
On Friday, Oct. 25, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) in Edgecomb held a dedication of their outdoor classroom and a family celebration. They welcomed Roger Gies, a friend to CTL visiting…
The Maine Department of Transportation will be testing new traffic signals at two intersections in downtown Wiscasset on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The testing will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until…
