With the near record snowfall Maine has had this winter, it’s no wonder that news stations have been warning people about roofs collapsing under all that weight. One news station stated that a…
News
Coastal Kids Preschool in Damariscotta proudly celebrates 20 years of providing an inclusive, developmentally appropriate education for preschool…
Boothbay Region High School Basketball
Due to the snowstorm forcing changes in the Maine High School Basketball Tournament at the Augusta Civic Center on Saturday night, the Boothbay Region High School vs. Madison High School girls’…
Winter 2015
With an estimated two inches of snow or less for Lincoln County after daybreak Sunday morning and only light additional snow expected, the snow portion of this weekend’s snowstorm turned out to be…
National Weather Service...Knox County Emergency Management Agency...
ROCKLAND —The National Weather Service at noon Sunday, Feb. 15, canceled its blizzard warning for all but southern Maine and points northeast of Hancock County and Downeast, though wind gusts…
Better Business Bureau (BBB) has launched a new website to help New Englanders before, during and after winter storms: www.bbb.org/boston/natural-disasters.
BBB’s new website provides…
LincolnHealth
For LincolnHealth Pharmacists Kari London and Meridith Hackett, helping patients get the most out of their medications often begins with a “brown…
With one snowstorm after another, the complaints about the piles on our roofs, the shoveling of walks, and the time we're spending cleaning off cars have become…
Today there are 41 Southport properties covered by flood insurance, protecting $11,500,000 worth of property (according to FEMA) — and those numbers may be rising.
At the Feb. 11 public…
It was standing room only by 7 p.m. for the Feb. 10 Boothbay Region Elementary and High schools concert, which took place in the BRHS auditorium.
Performing was the BRES 6thgrade band, the…
Nancie Atwell, a teacher at Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning, is one of ten teachers named as finalists for the $1,000,000 Global Teacher Prize, a new international award referred to as…
It’s nothing new for Boothbay Region High School’s Antonio Maulolo to be considered one of the state’s top wrestlers. He is a two-time defending Class C State champion and earned the No. 1 seed…
Obituary
Phyllis Webster Raymond, 71, formerly of Boothbay Harbor, died Feb. 9, 2015 in Scottsdale, Arizona after a five year battle with brain cancer.
She was born Oct. 2, 1943, a daughter to the…
If you don’t have to drive in this weekend’s snowstorm, don’t drive, meteorologist Tom Hawley of the National Weather Service said Friday. Snow will be intense and so will the winds, with gusts to…
Fish & Game Association
The Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association will hold its second annual Kids’ Ice Fishing Derby on Wiley Pond from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the…
On Sunday, Feb. 15, Peter Cook, a spinner, weaver and college professor, will examine the cultural significance of handspinning and spinning wheels throughout…
Boothbay Region High School
Senior guard Morgan Crocker scored on a layup with less than ten seconds remaining and the Lady Seahawks went on to defeat the Dirigo Cougars, 38-37, in the Mountain Valley Conference championship…
Boothbay Region High School is still raising money for the WGME School Spirit Challenge to benefit Good Shepherd Food Bank and the Boothbay Region Food Pantry.
At the basketball game on…
Obituary
In the company of family and friends, Betty Vollmer died Feb. 8, 2015 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.
Betty Lou…
As we contemplate another foot of snow, we thought we would take a look back at the snow days of the past.
Can you date these three photographs?
Do you recognize the businesses?
…
Winter 2015
Midcoast residents may want to start crossing their shovel-weary fingers that a storm this weekend tracks far enough away to minimize new snowfall. Depending on its track, the nor’easter could…
Lincoln County District Court
A Boothbay man who was arrested a year ago for allegedly stealing guns and a Nintendo has been rearrested for reportedly violating the conditions of his release.
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Boothbay resident Mary Matthews was returning home from a hairdresser appointment early Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 11, when her car caught fire as she was pulling into her driveway along Wiscasset…
The Boothbay selectmen believe joining the Midcoast Economic Develop District will improve their prospects for securing federal funding for the Route 27 utility expansion project.
As a MCEDD…
Eric and Jennifer Marden of Boothbay are excited to announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Marie Marden, to Richard Dean Adams, son of Richard and Laura Adams of Eddington.
Anna…
You would think the high school quarterback and head cheerleader would be a likely couple. And you’d be right.
In 1952, Al Sirois lead the Salem (Massachusetts) High School football team and…
When people in Boothbay Harbor look out their windows today, they see over 50 inches of snow piled up as far as the eye can see. Massive snowbanks are everywhere; plow trucks, snow shovels and…
Admission to the Mountain Valley Conference girls and boys basketball championship games at Boothbay Region High School on Thursday, Feb. 12 will be $5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors.…
Maine institutions and individuals are getting on the bandwagon to divest their portfolios from fossil fuels. To join with others around the world and celebrate Global Divestment Day “Vittles and…
Lincoln County District Court
A Boothbay Harbor woman currently on bail conditions for charges including illegal possession of a firearm or crossbow and aggravated trafficking has been rearrested.…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine is inviting businesses, organizations and individuals to participate in its annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake (BFKS) event presented by Camden National Bank,…
On Saturday, Feb. 7, the Stepping Stone Fundraising tennis tournament, "Serving to Prevent Homelessness," took place at the CLC Y in Damariscotta.
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The Boothbay Region YMCA seventh and eighth grade girls travel basketball team won a double-elimination tournament held at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay Feb. 7 and 8.
Boothbay won its…
It is difficult to talk about hearts without mentioning Valentine’s Day, and the Boothbay Region Health and Wellness Foundation would like to invite the public to celebrate Valentine’s Day with us…
The Maine Department of Transportation is pleased to rename bridge #6472 in Bremen as the Kitty Breskin-Muscongus Bridge.
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The second talk in the Lincoln County Historical Association’s Winter Lecture Series, originally scheduled for Feb. 8, was postponed due to predictions of snow. Don…
With Radio Shack closings once again making headlines, local franchisee Russell Brackett confirmed that his stores, in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta, will continue operating.
The…
It is shaping up to be a town meeting like no other in Boothbay’s past. This year’s town meeting may be held with no moderator, no long discussions about municipal spending and no questions about…
American Legion Post 36 is having another of its buffet breakfasts on Sunday, Feb. 15 from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Sherman Hall on Industrial Park Road off Route 27 in Boothbay.
We will be…
The town of Southport has prepared for what Selectman Gerry Gamage has called a “crisis” for those affected by the rising cost of flood insurance.
A public hearing is planned for Feb. 11 at…
A Newcastle man who was originally charged with 20 counts of possession of child pornography has pleaded guilty to one of the counts and will go to prison.
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The Edgecomb planning board believes two revisions to the Salt Point, LLC’s subdivision application will clarify recent controversies surrounding the property. The planning board reached an…
Lincoln County Superior Court
A former Whitefield woman has been found guilty of one charge of sexually abusing a minor.
Keturah Tillson, 28, of South China pleaded…
The Boothbay Region YMCA, in partnership with the Boothbay community and local health professionals, is excited to continue to offer…
State swim finals are being held on Feb. 14 (boys) and 16 (girls) at the University of Maine at Orono.
This year, five Seahawks have qualified to participate: freshmen Evy Case and Emma…
The Maine Department of Transportation estimates it will cost $4,250,000 to rehabilitate the Barters Island Bridge in Boothbay. The project tops the list as the most expensive of the 50 projects…
Cap’n Fish’s Waterfront Inn in Boothbay Harbor has been cited by Maine’s Center for Disease Control for operating without an approved public sewage disposal system…
It was 5:15 a.m. and I was teetering 70 feet above the main deck of the world’s last wooden whaling ship.
I struggled to maintain my balance as I…
