The Boothbay Harbor Appeals Board denied Sewall Maddocks Jr.’s request to overrule a decision by Code Enforcement Officer Geoff Smith involving Maddocks’ Map 7, Lot 3 and the abutting Map 7, Lot…
News
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in September:
Alna: Ayers, Kenneth W. Tr. and Ayers Family Trust to Edmonston, Robert…
Lincoln County Commissioners
CodeRED, a text-based program to alert Lincoln County residents to emergencies and other critical alerts, is now live, Emergency Management Agency Director Casey Stevens told commissioners…
The Boothbay Region YMCA recently received a wonderful gift of six indoor cycling bikes for our healthy living program from the Boothbay Harbor Country Club. They are top of the line LifeFitness…
The 29th annual Boothbay Charities Classic silent and live sports auction on Sept. 27 raised thousands of dollars for Special Olympics Maine. The event also featured the annual lobster bake and…
Lincoln County Courts
The following are closed cases for the Lincoln County Courts, for September. All information was provided by the Clerk of Court. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges…
Team members at the Lincoln Medical Partners Family Medicine Wiscasset office and their patients have been reaping the benefits of its new raised-bed gardens.
This marks the first year for…
On Saturday, Oct. 12, you will have an opportunity to purchase Grafton Village two-year-aged cheddar cheese in one pound ($14) and half pound ($8) packages. There is nothing comparable to Vermont…
The Edgecomb Community Church will be holding a fundraising event in the form of a sub sale Saturday, Oct. 19. Church members will be taking orders for this fall event, which will be replacing one…
New Hope For Women’s (NHFW) annual Glow Purple Campaign lights up Oct. 1 through 31 in observation of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Why hang a strand or two of purple lights or light…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission is now home to the National Digital Equity Center's southern Maine hub. In July, we welcomed Marita…
This year’s Boothbay Charities Classic culminated with the golf tournament. Nearly two dozen fivesomes played Boothbay Harbor Country Club’s course in a best ball scramble format. During the round…
Although Edgecomb has plenty of fishing areas, the best place to find fish Oct. 12 will be its fire station at 473 Boothbay Road.
That’s when the members of the fire department auxiliary…
On Dec. 6, 7 and 8, the Boothbay Region Garden Club will again fill the Opera House, Boothbay Harbor, with their annual Festival of Trees celebrating the holiday season. This year’s theme is…
Obituary
Thomas Finley Newcomb, M.D. died in hospice Sept. 23, 2019 at the Duke Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, North Carolina.
Thomas was born June 22, 1927 in Buffalo and grew-up in Pittsburgh…
The Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor will hold a hurricane relief fund dinner on Monday, Oct. 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The island of Abaco and surrounding Cays in the northern…
Obituary
Roger Rene Lajoie, 73, of Boothbay Harbor, died Sept. 25, 2019, at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick, surrounded by his family.
Born in Lewiston on April 26, 1946, he was the son of Charles E…
#3049: Mari Tiwari, 82 Beach Rd., rebuild deck
#3051: Ashley Tibbetts, 552 Hendricks Hill Rd. deck
#3052: Peter Norton, 250 Hendricks Hill Rd., rebuild greenhouse
#3054: Pat…
Shanon W. Cotta of Alna, Maine was recently promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel at Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ), Maine Army National Guard. Cotta is assigned as the garrison commander at…
The Schooner Bowdoin, flagship for Maine Maritime Academy, made a two-day visit to Boothbay Harbor …
The VIP group will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 1:30 p.m. at the Community Center in the Meadow Mall on Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor. Coretta Cooper from the state office for the blind and…
Boothbay selectmen decided to join Boothbay Harbor in a joint project surveying the region’s needs for broadband internet. Both select boards approved a proposal to hire Casco Bay Advisors to…
Boothbay Harbor is one of few ports the Nao Santa María has graced since its voyage in the Great Lakes. When the replica ship landed at Pier 1 the afternoon of Sept. 24, dozens of locals…
The Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation Board is pleased to announce that First Federal Savings has joined both First National and Bath Savings Institution in contributing $2,500 to the…
Press release
Maine roots run deep with Susan Peterson and when her corporate position afforded her the ability to work virtually from anywhere in the country, beautiful mid-coast Maine was a simple choice…
St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 32 Emery Lane Boothbay Harbor, will hold a Blessing of the Animals event on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 1 p.m.
All are welcome to bring their pets, pictures of their…
AOS 98
The Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Board will be meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30 at Edgecomb Eddy. The board – which represents Southport, Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb and…
October is National Cyber Security Month and there are three keys to staying safe online: Own it, Secure it, and Protect it. The “it” is your digital profile – the personal things about yourself…
Alisa Grieson, CNA/CRMA, at The Lincoln Home received an Excellence in Long Term Care Award from Maine Health Care Assoc. (MHCA) at the Blaine House in Augusta on Sept. 16. The award recognizes…
The Referendum Election will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 5 with two statewide issues on the ballot. The…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce (WACC), Wiscasset Parks and Recreation, Wiscasset Public Library, First Congregational Church of Wiscasset and other area businesses and organizations have…
As a boy growing up on an Indiana farm, Steven Hantzis loved looking through a red photo album with the word “India’ scribbled on the cover. Hantzis liked all the exotic-looking animals like…
Edgecomb selectmen expressed concern Sept. 23 over the recently negotiated contract for local teachers.
Mike Smith called attention to the new three-year contract that gives teachers a 2.…
If all goes as hoped, Edgecomb will have a new, 100-seat restaurant. Steve Stinson and wife Luanne asked the Edgecomb planning board Sept. 19 about the possibility of a restaurant on Route 1…
Town of Boothbay Harbor
Baker Design Consultants gave an Atlantic Avenue sidewalk feasibility study presentation for selectmen Sept. 23. Senior Project Manager Travis Pryor showed maps and graphics outlining a project…
AUGUSTA — All Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices will be closed Thursday, Sept. 26 for a full-day training of all bureau staff members, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announced Tuesday,…
Nao Santa Maria has arrived in Boothbay Harbor a day early – and no one complained! The world famous vessel landed in the harbor, sails up, just before 2 p.m. and tied off at the Boothbay…
Obituary
Donna Louise (Mim) Martin (nee Hurshman) began her next journey on Sept. 17, 2019 at the age of 86.
She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 28, 1933 to Mary (nee Shantery) and Norman…
Boothbay Region Health Center had an informational update at a dinner Tuesday, Sept. 17.
Dinner for the more than 60 guests at the Boothbay fire station included fish chowder, quiches,…
Obituary
Joe Brann, 67, died Sept. 18, 2019 of mesothelioma and related complications at his South Portland home.
He was born April 12, 1952 in Portland, Maine, a son of Dorothy Judith Rolfe Brann…
Despite competing with other events around the Boothbay area, the first Changing Aging event, on Sunday, Sept. 22 was well attended by visitors and providers. About two dozen organizations came…
Boothbay Region High School will be celebrating homecoming week starting Monday, Sept. 30. The week will be filled with color and fun as students plan out events like Pajama Day, Maine Day and…
Press release
The replica Santa Maria will be visiting Boothbay Harbor from Sept. 24 through Sept. 29. During her time in Boothbay Harbor, enhance your living history experience by sailing with…
It was a perfect day to end the season for Boothbay Railway Village. Family Harvest Days on Sept. 21 and 22 had nice weather and a full schedule of family activities. This was the sixth year BRV…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences contributed $23.7 million to Maine’s economy during 2018, according to a new, independent evaluation. The economic impact report states that the research…
Boothbay Baptist Church
Fifty-five children and parents attended the FASCAR race event kicking off the Olympian youth group at Boothbay Baptist Church last week. Kids, and some adults, raced Matchbox cars on a…
On Sunday, Sept. 29, Gary Melville, the United Methodist Foundation of New England’s director of development will preach at East Boothbay UMC’s 9 a.m. service. The Rev. David…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
Two Bridges Regional Jail is about seven weeks into its Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program with ENSO…
There were apples for all at Boothbay Region Land Trust’s Oak Point Farm Sept. 22. The third annual Apple Festival welcomed about 150 people to hear local orchardist Ron Ross talk about the…
