It has been 239 years since the Declaration of Independence was penned, but its words are just as meaningful today as they were in the 18th century…
News
Remember to sign up for the 6th annual Lobster Roll 5k and kids fun run in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, July 25. The race begins at 8 a.m. and is followed by the kids fun run. Sign up as an…
The Boothbay Harbor High School 60th class reunion was held on June 24 at Brown Brothers Restaurant. Of the 32 in the graduating class of 1955, nine were in…
New series
Rorbert Vachon, 58, of Lewiston was nominated this week as the first in a series of “Flagpersons of the Week.” Vachon works for a private company that supplies flaggers to construction sites. He…
Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center, 521 Maine Street in Damariscotta will host its weekly Lunch and Learn program on Wednesday, July 8 at 11:15 a.m. Following the luncheon in…
Take part in Kennebec Estuary Land Trust's (KELT) Summertime Scene on Wednesday, July 8 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Reid State Park…
Lincoln County Superior Court
UPDATE: A Lincoln County jury found Brant Perkins guilty of sexual abuse of a minor on Wednesday afternoon. Judge Daniel Billings also found Perkins guilty of two counts of tampering with a…
On Wednesday, July 8 at 7 p.m. the Boothbay Railway Village will host the next installment of an illustrated lecture series on the foundations of outboard motor…
The sign outside The Mid-Town Motel in Boothbay Harbor reads “A True 1950s Classic” and that’s just how owner Tim Lewis wants to keep it.
The Lewis family opened the region’s first motel on…
A Boothbay Harbor man is claiming that a snow-covered awning collapsed on him in February, outside an apartment complex on Bay Landing Lane. George Larrabee is suing Statewide Bay Landing II for…
Not too many businesses can boast they’ve been around for 100 years, and fewer still can say they’re independently owned. That makes Wilson’s Drug Store in downtown Bath kind of special.
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LincolnHealth President Jim Donovan’s message to hospitals CEOs and executives as he accepted the chairmanship of the Maine Hospital Association Board June 17 was the same one he…
Obituary
Gary A. Tilton, 50, of Boothbay Harbor, died at his home June 29, 2015. Services will be announced at a later date.
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The Midcoast Outreach and Peace Center will present the second program in the Public Dialogue Series entitled “Healing Humanitarian Crises —Exceptional Relief Work Conducted in the World Today.”…
Steve Reynolds recently opened his new business, Patriot Flooring, in the space previously occupied by Jim's Carpet. Jim Pitcher, owner of Jim’s Carpet, was Steve…
Edgecomb
The Sheepscot Harbor Village Association is getting a little help from its neighbors maintaining a Davis Island sewer pumping station. Edgecomb Planning Board chairman Jack French told the…
The Board of Directors of St. Andrews Auxiliary voted at its June meeting to donate $1,500 to Food for Thought, a program that provides healthy and easy to prepare food to children who might…
The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library will be hosting the third session of the Maine Farming Series: From Plot to Plate with guest photographer and author, Peter…
Legacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty is pleased to announce that Dennis Gleason has joined our Damariscotta real estate brokerage office as a vice president. With offices in Portland,…
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Paul Sacaridiz is Haystack Mountain School of Crafts’ new director. He will begin his tenure at the Deer Isle school in September.
"There are few places like Haystack, and those who have…
The Carmolli family have experienced the sweet taste of success for four decades making fudge and taffy. Dave and Pat Carmolli began Downeast Candies in 1974 almost as an afterthought.
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On Saturday, June 27, Boy Scout Troop 238 hiked Great Pond Mountain in Orland, swam, kayaked, and canoed on Craig's Pond, visited the Unique Rock Shop on Verona Island where they cracked a geode,…
Update: A State Fire Marshal investigator was still at the scene Tuesday afternoon of the early morning fire which destroyed an unoccupied house on 69 Middle Road, Boothbay Harbor.
The call…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee held its June meeting in Wiscasset. Mike Violette, co-host of the “Mike and Ken Show” weekday mornings from 5 to 9 a.m. on WGAN, kicked off…
The Southport Planning Board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1 at the town offices for the application of Robert…
On Wednesday, July 8, the Boothbay Region Garden Club welcomes John Jenkins, creator of “Healthy Gardener – Healthy Garden,” a wellness program…
When Sumner and Pam Price Richards moved to Damariscotta in 1985, they had no clue that they would be starting a business that would survive for 25 years.
"I had an idea to open up an old-…
Obituary
Jean C. Mosier Wallace, a lifelong resident of Westport Island, died unexpectedly on the evening of June 22 at the age of 68.
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Deb Boucher makes quilts.
She's also an artist, though she humbly denies it.
Boucher has a studio…
Mark your calendar! The University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole marks its 50th anniversary this year.
To celebrate, the center is offering a full line-up of summer…
St. Columba Episcopal Church’s 10th annual Blueberry Festival will happen on Aug. 9.
Its goal is to raise money…
Photos
Weather put a slight damper on the Touch-a-Truck event in Wiscasset on Sunday, June 28.
The 11th annual Healthy Kids Strawberry Shortcake Shuffle is fast approaching on Saturday, July 11 at Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta. Come join us to run, walk, have fun and enjoy delicious…
About six months ago, Judy (not her real name), 62, lost her apartment, her car and many of her belongings in a fire.
Not long after that, pain in her stomach…
Windjammer Days
Pull! Pull! Pull!
And they did.
The first ever tug of war across the harbor on Saturday, June 27, during the Windjammer Days festival was an awesome experience for everyone.
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Lobsterman's Wharf in East Boothbay is under new ownership this summer.
Dan and Eileen Miller bought the business from Bill Murphy in…
Fullers Gardening and Lawncare’s float took first place in the 2015 Windjammer Days Street Parade contest, according to parade volunteer Heather O’Brien.
Taking second place in the voting…
Windjammer Days
This year’s Windjammer Days Festival comes to a close this Saturday, but there’s lots to see and do before then!
Friday’s oyster shucking contest and Saturday’s Tug of War Across the Harbor…
Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association
The time has come to dust off the kayak paddles and burnish life jackets instead of parkas.
But, before paddlers take to the water,…
A two-car accident on June 25 sent three to the hospital and backed up Wiscasset traffic for miles.
At approximately 1:15 p.m. Thursday afternoon the northbound driver of a 2004 Toyota…
More than 165 local and seasonal seniors have taken advantage of the Seniors Walk Free at the Y program since March 18, 2014. The program has been co-sponsored by the Boothbay…
Some may have noticed a couple of areas in town have been “spruced up” recently, including the eye of the whale in the Whale Park, or the planting bed below the Humane Society Thrift Shop sign.…
Thirty students at Boothbay Region Elementary School earned brand new bikes for reading books this school year.
For the past three years, the Bay View Masonic Lodge, Maine Masonic Charitable…
The Maine Department of Transportation wants to hear what Boothbay has to say about the Barters Island Bridge.
Ted Talbot, MDOT press…
Teach for America
Matt Forgues was a champion racewalker at Boothbay Region High School. He went on to be a national champion and participate in Olympic Trials in that event. Now…
The Boothbay Sea and Science Center will open its doors for the 2015 summer season on Monday, June 29.
Waiting to welcome the participants enrolled in the Mizzen & Budding Scientists…
LincolnHealth Chairman Jeff Curtis remembered former trustee, the Rev. Dr. Mary Jo Zimmerli, as the conscience of the board on Sunday, June 21 at the official groundbreaking for…
