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FARMS, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing area students and their families closer to local agriculture and healthy eating, has recently hired Youth…

The regular monthly meeting of the Southport planning board scheduled for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4 has been canceled.

In 2004, Dan and Nick Buettner teamed up with National Geographic and the world’s best longevity researchers to identify pockets around the world where people lived…

Boothbay Harbor selectmen

Longtime selectmen and former chairman of the Boothbay Harbor Board of Selectmen, Bill Hamblen, was nominated by his fellow selectmen to take up the post of vice chairman recently vacated due to…

Town of Boothbay

Friends, well-wishers and staff will say goodbye to outgoing Boothbay Town Manager Jim Chaousis during a Feb. 27 farewell party, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Boothbay Craft Brewery.

Chaousis…

The elimination of Medicaid reimbursements for methadone is part of Gov. Paul LePage’s $6.3 billion biennium budget. Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew told the…

Newcastle

Lincoln County is home to miles and miles of breeding grounds for several species of fish, County Planner Robert Faunce said.

The…

A motion to stay, filed in Lincoln County Superior Court, may help foster negotiation between abutting property owners in West Boothbay Harbor.

On Feb. 4, Ebb Tyed (Thomas and Debrah Yale)…

Construction of a 12-bed addition to the Gregory Wing at St Andrews Village could begin as soon as May, if the weather and contractors’ schedules allow, according…

Allan Crocker, dean of students/athletic director at Boothbay Region High School, would like to remind the public that the School Spirit Challenge is this Friday from 6 to 8 a.m. at BRHS.

Maine State Police now say 14 people were injured in this morning’s Interstate 95 pileup in Etna. 

All were transported to Bangor hospitals, and at least two of the injured are in serious…

Great State of Maine Air Show officials learned Feb. 23 that the United States Air Force will be sending the F-22 Raptor to perform demonstrations at the 2015 air…

The Boothbay Harbor Police Department made no arrests between Feb. 16 and Feb. 23.

The Boothbay Harbor Police Department responded to the following calls between Feb. 16-23: 9-1-1 check, 1;…

Fire destroyed a home at 190 Hedge Bridge Road in Woolwich Tuesday night, Feb. 24, after firefighters were unable to put water on the blaze due to a long, unplowed driveway to the residence,…

 

The Maine Arts Commission has been engaging constituents across the state for the past several months and we are now ready to reveal what we have been hearing.

Three cultural summits…

Boothbay Region High School junior Gretchen Elder came out on top in the Boothbay Region High School Poetry Out Loud competition. Her next step is the regional finals, held Feb. 25 at the Hampden…

Once again, the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper have proved themselves to be among the best in New England.

The two Midcoast weeklies won five awards during the 2014 New England…

Boothbay Harbor Selectmen

Boothbay Harbor selectmen unanimously approved the emergency purchase of a 2015 Bobcat Toolcat 5600 G-Series at the Feb. 23 selectman’s meeting.

Town Manager Tom Woodin had received a…

Knox-Lincoln Soil Water Conservation District, Merryspring Nature Center, and Knox-Lincoln Cooperative Extension are sponsoring a free workshop and training on Invasive Forest Insect Outreach on…

The dictionary says that to celebrate is to “publicly acknowledge a significant or happy day or event with a social gathering or enjoyable activity” and that is…

The FARMS Community Kitchen “Leafy Greens” class is the first in a series of vegetarian cooking classes to be offered on…

An improperly installed wood stove caused a fire Saturday morning, Feb. 21, in Edgecomb, according to Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter.

No one was hurt and the house located at 687 Boothbay…

Obituary
Tindal

Alan Calder Tindal died Feb. 11, 2015 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor at the age of 93.

If you enjoy reading the Boothbay Register or Wiscasset Newspaper exactly as it appears in print, but without the hassle of waiting for the mail to arrive, the new Boothbay Register/Wiscasset…

The February Eastern Dance Sport competition in Boston is a yearly event for Alina Blakesley of Boothbay Harbor. Over 400 competitors from across the country compete in dances such as cha-cha,…

Obituary

Gloria Jean Kelley, 72, of Lowell Town Road, Wiscasset died Feb. 21, 2015 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick after a long illness.

I love you.

This powerful phrase was emailed to 1,000 computer owners in 2003. Unbeknownst to them, once they opened the email, the spyware program “Loverspy” was…

Osman Page in Boothbay Harbor, provider of accounting and technology outsourcing services for small businesses and nonprofits, recently announced the addition of two new members to the management…

The co-owner of Northeast Transport trucking company in Waldoboro on Feb. 22 thanked that town’s fire department and other ones for putting out a fire at the business’ new building.

“They…

Clipper Mart, collision

No one was hurt when a sport utility vehicle a Wiscasset woman was driving Saturday morning, Feb. 21, struck the Clipper Mart sign on Route 1, Wiscasset police said.

Mackenzie Riley, 27, was…

Casco Bay Dog Training Club is hosting run-throughs on March 8 at Central Lincoln County YMCA in Damariscotta on Business Route 1. Run-throughs are a simulated…

After seven years of research, Sarah Sherman McGrail's Boothbay Region Veterans Project is moving on to the typesetting and design phase, and is anticipated to be…

The Boothbay Railway Village will host author and adventurer Rinker Buck for its next Winter Lecture, from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3. Buck is the author of the critically-acclaimed “Flight of…

Join us on March 9 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library to learn how to do your own medical research on the Internet. Tim McFadden, the Library Director, will be the…

Obituary

Thomas A. Maynes, 69, of Boothbay Harbor, died Feb. 11, 2015 at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, surrounded by loved ones, after a long, heroic battle…

Obituary

Maureen Kay Hynes of Edgecomb died at home on the morning of Feb. 18 after a brief illness, surrounded by her children, grandchildren, and devoted husband of 45 years, Michael Hynes.

Maureen…

Following a monthly meeting Feb. 18, members of St. Andrews Auxiliary Board journeyed to the Community Room at the Wellness & Rehabilitation Department, St. Andrews Campus,…

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is once again sponsoring an annual trout stocking sale for your home or farm pond. We offer…

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Obituary

Thomas H. Milligan, 66, of Brunswick, died at the Maine Veterans Hospital on Feb. 14, 2015, surrounded by family.

Tom grew up in Boothbay and graduated from Boothbay Region High School in…

Obituary

Richard Tirrell Orne, of West Boothbay Harbor, died peacefully in his home in the early afternoon of Feb. 16, 2015.…

The Central Lincoln County YMCA in Damariscotta will host the 2015 Home and Healthy Living Expo sponsored by Dow Furniture and Hammond Lumber on Saturday, March 28…

The Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold its second open house during the 2014-15 school year on Sunday…

A Boothbay Harbor man who admittedly found his victims through online dating sites, social media and recovery groups pleaded guilty in Lincoln County Superior Court on Friday, Feb. 20 to two…

Obituary

Alfred J. Papineau, 78, formerly of Boothbay Harbor, died Feb. 12, 2015 after a long battle with ALS.

Alfred grew up on Bassett Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and achieved top status of…

The First Bancorp recently announced that Tony C. McKim has assumed the responsibilities and title of president and chief executive officer of the company and its…

The Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce’s new education program, “Moving Beyond the Marketing Monologue: The Conversation of Social Media,” will be held Tuesday…

Rebuilding Together of Lincoln County will once again be holding a benefit supper on Friday, March 20 beginning at 5 p.m. at the Congregational Church of Boothbay…

Damariscotta Police Department

On Feb. 27, 2015, officers from Damariscotta Police Department and community members will come together in an informal, neutral space to discuss community issues, build…

The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) will be celebrating winter on Saturday, Feb. 28 with the second annual Winter Fest. The event will still be…