According to state law, most Maine restaurants must eliminate single-use plastic bags by April 2020. Styrofoam products will be banned in most Maine restaurants in 2021. During the past several…
News
In the nineteenth century, Americans ate and cooked differently than we do today. They stored food without refrigerators or cabinets. Learn how they did it during this special talk and tour,…
Students will soon be heading back to the classroom and the American Red Cross is offering tips to help ensure they have a safe school year.
“We can all do our part to make sure that…
Obituary
Constance Reed “Connie” Wright, 99, died peacefully Aug. 7, 2019 at Hospice House in Auburn.
Connie was born Oct. 10, 1919 to H. Chandler Reed and Lulu Foster Reed in West Boothbay Harbor.…
The St. Giles basement is filling up fast with great items for the church’s Saturday, Aug. 24 yard sale, silent and live auctions, and homemade pie sale. The offerings include new power tools plus…
The Frances Perkins Center announces a “Last Dollar” Challenge to secure the purchase of the Frances Perkins Homestead. At the Center’s 11th annual Garden Party on Aug. 18, board chair Sarah…
UPDATE: The Maine Department of Marine Resources released this statement Wednesday afternoon about the body recovered in Greenland Cove on Monday:
The Maine Medical Examiner's Office has…
A globally important ocean algae is mysteriously scarce in one of the most productive regions of the Atlantic Ocean, according to a…
Press release
Mung Bean is easily Maine’s oldest exclusively American-made craft store as it celebrates 45 years!
Sue Billings and Steve Madden, the sister and brother team, opened their craft shop in…
Lincoln County Registry of Deeds
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in July:
Alna: Rines, Beverly C. to Rines, Johnathan W. and Rines,…
Announcing a Celebration of Life Service for Arthur Stanley Bolster Jr., and to honor his 68-year marriage to Elizabeth Winkfield Bolster. Service at Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, 125…
A $20 million grant announced today from the National Science Foundation will fund a five-year initiative by Maine science institutes to revolutionize the understanding and management of coastal…
In just one year, the Herbert and Roberta Watson Health Center on LincolnHealth’s Miles campus in Damariscotta has transformed the way that healthcare is delivered in Lincoln County.
The…
Morris Farm in Wiscasset will host the Knox-Lincoln County Extension Association annual meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 11 at 156 Gardiner Road.
Morris Farm board president and University of…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County commissioners on Tuesday gave the Sheriff’s Office permission to send officers to two out-of-state training courses in September, one on obtaining evidence from mobile devices, the…
Safe drinking water isn’t Job One at Boothbay Region Water District, fire protection is. In the 1880s, the district’s predecessor was established after a disastrous fire nearly wiped out Boothbay…
Thursday, Aug. 29 is the first student day for Boothbay Region schools grades Pre-K-9, Southport Central School, and Edgecomb Eddy School. Boothbay Region High School students in grades 10-12 will…
Numbers mean business, and ours are 28.1 million strong. Since launch in 2012, the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper websites have racked up 28.1 million pageviews. In the last 12 months…
While obstetrics nurses specialize in supporting newborns and their moms, many are prepared to use their skills in the event of a community emergency. In June and early July, three incidences…
The 2019 Southport Firemen’s Auction went off without a hitch Saturday, Aug. 17. The rummage sale doors were opened on schedule at 6 a.m., and not before then. According to Fire Chief Gerry Gamage…
A festival celebrating a new waterfront park on Boothbay Harbor’s east side attracted roughly 300 people on Sunday, Aug.18. Held at the current site of Cap’n Fish’s Motel on Atlantic Avenue, the…
The Rev. Canon John Mitman will lead the service at the Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point this Sunday, Aug. 25. Alan Wingard will serve as organist. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All are most…
Before the main event on Sunday, Aug. 18, Sue Burge, who has planned and organized each of eight Set For Success events at the Boothbay Region YMCA, said she was pleased that the event’s first-…
Obituary
Jeffrey Scott Howard, 54, of Indian Road, Wiscasset died Aug. 12, 2019 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
He was born in Redondo Beach, California, a son of…
Obituary
Capt. Eugene “Casey” F. Walsh Ret., USCG, 102, of Newcastle, passed away peacefully at his home on the morning of Aug. 13, 2019.
Born on Feb. 23, 1917 in St. Louis, Missouri, he was the…
Obituary
Gardiner Flood of Wiscasset, passed away on the morning of Aug. 13, 2019 at the MidCoast Hospital in Brunswick, after a long illness. He was born on June 11, 1936, and lived his whole life in…
“Pinch me, pinch me,” exclaimed intern Sophie Manning when her childhood idol came through the door of the Maine State Aquarium. Clad in street clothes, instead of his signature…
Obituary
On Aug. 14, 2019, Carl Johan Hamrin, loving husband and father, passed away at the age of almost 87.
Carl was born on Sept. 26, 1932 in Stockholm, Sweden. He received a degree in naval…
The Wiscasset Newspaper got a different perspective of the towns it covers thanks to Flighttime Inc., a flying club based at Wiscasset Municipal Airport.
Sean Rafter of Bradford Road,…
The Arts & Yachts Exhibition and Sale had fair winds and sunny skies last weekend, to the delight of participating artists and onlookers.
The Lincoln Arts Festival has been bringing an…
Due Monday, Aug. 26
A special opportunity has come to the Boothbay region for affordable and moderately priced housing. A philanthropist will fund a significant portion of the purchase price of each home with an…
Descendants of the building’s first occupants joined the woman who worked tirelessly to save it as businesspeople learned details of the future of the Kenniston Hill Inn Aug. 14 at Boothbay Harbor…
Which iconic fisherman came first, Gorton’s or Brown’s Wharf? The Gorton’s Fisherman began appearing on television ads in 1975 promoting seafood for…
On Sunday, Aug. 25, the Congregational Church will celebrate its 10 a.m. worship service at Barrett’s Park. The service will focus on God’s magnificent creation. Dr. Foulger’s sermon is entitled…
Lincoln County Courts
Matthew Plummer, 36, of Wiscasset, pleaded guilty to two charges related to a domestic violence assault that led to an eight-hour standoff on Heritage Lane in Wiscasset on Dec. 14 and 15, 2018.…
Fifteen years ago in August, the Summer Olympics were being held in Athens, Greece, Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” and other paintings were stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, and George W…
Obituary
Christopher Finch died unexpectedly Aug. 10, 2019 by his own hand after using an illegal lethal drug purchased locally.
Christopher struggled with mental illness all his adult life,…
Boothbay Harbor Planning Board
Boothbay Harbor business owners and nonprofit volunteers gathered Aug. 14 to hear planning board members further discuss the possibility of an ordinance on mobile food vending.
Chair Tom…
On July 20, 1969, Robert Stengel joined millions of people watching astronaut Neil Armstrong take that “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” in becoming the first man on the moon.…
AUGUSTA – Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap is reaching out to help educate the public now that the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles is issuing two different types of driver’s licenses and state…
Amid our busy schedules of day to day life or even the busyness of vacations, have you ever longed for a space where you could just be? The service of Evensong provides that opportunity…
If you thought you saw Amtrak coming down the rails Wednesday morning, Aug. 14, you weren’t seeing things, except maybe the future.
And the views from aboard were great, according to a…
Boothbay Region Historical Society is happy to raffle Robert Mitchell's stunning black and white photograph "Turbulent Sea at Ocean Point" as a fundraiser for the museum. The photograph, 41-inch…
Ask Jeff and Kim Lewis what their 11-year-old son Isaac was doing in May and they will tell you he was worrying about the high cost of herring.
Not the kind of thing most sixth graders…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens presents the 9th annual Heafitz Lecture: Who Will Feed Planet Earth?
On Thursday, Aug. 29, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ ninth annual Ina and Lewis Endowed Heafitz Lecture will explore agriculture and its influence on the earth’s biosphere. The event will be…
The Maine Marine Patrol has temporarily suspended the search of Round Pond Harbor for 63-year-old Glenn Murdoch of Bremen. The search will resume Thursday and continue through the weekend with…
If it’s September, it must be time for the annual Lobstermen’s Relief Fund Benefit, hosted by Cook’s Lobster & Ale House on Bailey Island! The…
Beige sailing yachts and bright yellow T-shirts dominated the waterfront this past weekend as the 17th Biennial Maine Island Packet Rendezvous hosted by Norm and Mary Pierce of Pierce Yacht…
