Winter is over and spring is here — don’t be caught without your plants!
The Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District Spring Plant Sale, Backyard Conservation Sale & Garden…
News
Lincoln County Democrats plan to celebrate the end of a long, cold winter with good food, good friends and good conversation at a spring celebration from…
BRHS Track & Field
If you’ve never attended an outdoor track meet and wonder why the sport attracts so many Boothbay Region High School athletes, take the short drive to Wiscasset on a Tuesday afternoon and you will…
The Southport planning board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6 at the town offices to discuss:
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Located on the scenic Maine coast, Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site is one of New England’s earliest European settlements, rivaling Jamestown, Virginia. The site originally…
Windjammer Days Festival 2015
As another summer season approaches, the Windjammer Days Street Parade Committee is working full tilt to bring the region’s residents and visitors another wonderful event to celebrate the region’s…
What choices do I have? Who should I talk to? Who would coordinate my care? Can I stay home? Will my pain be managed? Who will listen to me? Does…
Several Freemasons from around Lincoln County gathered at Bristol Lodge to award a $2,000 grant to the Eldercare Network of Lincoln County. It was one of 24 winning 501(c)(3) tax-exempt…
Edgecomb Eddy Guidance Teacher Haley Bezon introduced her alter-ego to the local school committee on April 27. Bezon, who has taught at the school since late February, introduced Ms. Bezon Potato…
Former member Mike Smith told the Edgecomb School Committee the sparsely attended April 27 budget hearing showed that the public must think they’re doing a good job. Smith and two other residents…
Coastal Studies for Girls
In a yellow circa 1850 farmhouse on the coast of Maine, the country’s only residential semester science school for girls is bucking a national trend, in a remarkable way.
In 2006, a…
Boothbay Region Ambulance Service
Boothbay Region Ambulance Service reports they have begun to install the 17 automatic external…
The Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was notified Tuesday by Massachusetts public health authorities that a student in Massachusetts who tested positive for measles visited the…
The Edgecomb Historical Society is searching for a place to house relics from a 19th century blacksmith shop. Two years ago, the society was notified that an intact blacksmith shop was found on an…
Hair Express in Walpole invites current and future clients for a day of pampering to benefit the Maine Chapter of the March of Dimes on Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m…
The Boothbay town meeting will be held this year with no moderator, no long debates, and no questions about Robert’s Rules of Order. The selectmen are implementing residents’ request to hold this…
Obituary
Clayton U. “Buddy” Grant died peacefully on April 27, 2015 at Miles Memorial Hospital.
He was born Dec. 17, 1927 on…
Softball
It didn't take long for the Wiscasset High School girls varsity softball team to strike on Friday, April 24.
It took about the same…
Shalimar Poulin, who teaches art at Wiscasset High School, recently announced to her colleagues and students that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
“The treatment I'm going through…
Obituary
A woman who inspired everyone she met with her grace, her joy, her flair, her doll-like style, her huge curiosity, and her unlimited capacity for courage…
The Wizard of Odds and Ends, 45 Head Tide Road, Alna, will hold an open house with food, music, art and more May 9 and 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
There will be affordable artwork by…
Fifty years ago, a small bookstore opened in Damariscotta to answer the needs of year round and seasonal residents as well as ever increasing numbers of tourists.
Under the guidance and…
Just a reminder that the Garden Club of Wiscasset will hold its annual plant sale on May 9 from 8:30 a.m. until noon indoors at the Municipal Building in Wiscasset, located on the corner of Routes…
The sound of the cradle at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard is a unique racket.
There's the lurching of the platform as it makes its way up…
Lisa Perry is trying to help raise donations for baby Isaac.
Kirstie Farnham is expecting baby Isaac to arrive Aug.…
Join Tim Dinsmore, local historian and archaeologist, Monday, May 4 from 3 to 4 p.m. to hear about the "Birth of Shipbuilding on the Damariscotta River." …
Two Salty Dogs in Boothbay Harbor, the store that has twice won Downeast Dog News's reader poll for “Best Pet Store in Maine,” needs your help to capture the title…
All meetings at town offices unless otherwise noted
BOOTHBAY
Annual Town Meeting (by referendum): May 4, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Civic Association annual…
Boothbay Harbor
Chris Leeman was promoted to director of public works at the Boothbay Harbor Selectmen's meeting on Monday, April 27.
The promotion was on the recommendation of Town Manager Tom Woodin, and…
Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center announces its May 2015 Lunch and Learn Series. The center is located at 521 Main Street…
People from near and far have often said that visiting the 1811 Lincoln County Museum and Old Jail in Wiscasset is like stepping into the past. Its curator, the Lincoln County…
Barbara W. Keyes died Jan. 13, 2015 at the Vicarage by the Sea in Harpswell. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, May 16 at 11 a.m. at the Sheepscot Community Church on The King's…
Town of Boothbay
The Boothbay selectmen want to reexamine how Ulmer Scholarship funds are dispersed. The selectmen tabled an April 22 request made by a high school student requesting $850 for airfare. Boothbay…
Would you like to learn from an expert how to turn a so-so garden into a fertile growing place? You’ll have that opportunity on…
Obituary
Robert E. Sutter, 75, of Birch Point Road, Wiscasset, died April 16 at Maine Medical Center.
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Charlotte Nutt is living in Nepal in Udaypur in the Gaighat region about 200 kilometers east of Kathmandu. The earthquake was very powerful in her area, but the damage was not to the extent that…
The 53rd annual Windjammer Days Festival is just a few months away. Work behind the scenes is intensifying for the Friends of Windjammer Days.
“As the festival…
Boothbay Harbor
Voters in Boothbay Harbor will head to the polls on May 1 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. to make their pick for one school committee member, and one trustee of the school, sewer district,…
The Boothbay Region High School girls’ tennis team opened the regular season on Friday, April 24 with a 4-1 loss at home against Carrabec High School.
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The first summer supper of the season will be held at the Edgecomb Congregational Church on Saturday, May 16. Guests start arriving at 4 p.m. for the supper that is…
The Boothbay Railway Village is gearing up for its 50th season and the museum needs the help of…
On Saturday, April 25 during the Fishermen's Festival, employees at Hannaford could be found outside raising money for the March of Dimes.
According to Evelyn Andrews, Hannaford associate…
Registration has begun for the Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce education program entitled “Local Access to Healthcare Services: Today’s…
Runners of all levels are invited to join a community of runners at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson for six weeks of trail running. Whether you’re trying to get back into running shape…
The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the owner of a Waldoboro auto repair shop is missing following a fire that destroyed his Route 1 business early Friday morning, April 24.
The body of a…
Sophia Gudroe was crowned the 2015 Shrimp Princess during a the April 23 pageant held in the Boothbay Harbor Opera House. Gudroe, 12, of Boothbay was one of five pageant contests.
Gudroe…
Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency has begun to review the Lincoln County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan using the guidelines as provided by the Federal Emergency Management…
This summer Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson is excited to kick off the Little Dyer Adventure Club for youth ages 8-14. In collaboration with the Maine Winter Sports Center (MWSC)…
PC Construction joined local nonprofit leaders at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath on April 15 to present three Maine-based nonprofits with donations…
The Margaret Ellis Community Garden, located at the Morris Farm Trust in Wiscasset, is now accepting applications for garden plots for the 2015…
