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A memorial service for Norm Blycher of Topsham and Southport, who died March 6, 2014, will be held at St. Columba's Episcopal Church, Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor on Wednesday, July 9 at 10 a.m.

Sen. Chris Johnson (D-Somerville) has received a 100 percent rating from the Maine State Employees Union for his support of working families during…

A truck fire on the Eddy Road in Edgecomb was quickly extinguished by Edgecomb firefighters Friday morning around 8:30 a.m.

According to Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter, no one was in the…

Maine Association of Realtors

Home affordability in Maine remains favorable for buyers; single-family existing home sales jumped 7.25 percent last month. According to Maine Listings, 1,302 homes changed hands in…

Knickerbocker Group was named Best Architect and Best Builder in this year’s poll of Down East Magazine readers’ favorites. Thousands of…

Whitefield truck fire

A Whitefield man’s pickup truck caught fire on Route 194 in that town early June 26. Thomas McGrath said he got out and put the fire mostly out with a fire extinguisher. The fire started after the…

Michael Kevin Keegan, 66, died on June 23 while visiting with family on Fire Island, New York.

Obituary

R. John Cooper III died June 1, 2014 at age 72.

John was a summer resident of McKown…

Boothbay Harbor Selectmen

The town of Boothbay Harbor is on its way to a new and improved town website. At the June 23 Boothbay Harbor selectmen’s meeting, the board awarded the contract to build and maintain the new site…

Get To Know...
Barbara Ross

What's a mystery without some red herrings? Author and seasonal Boothbay Harbor resident Barbara Ross uses those false leads toward her goal of keeping the reader guessing until the…

Authorities have released the name of the Whitefield teen who died of injuries he received June 23 when the ATV he was on on Howe Road collided with a car. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Major Ken Mason…

Maine Elections
Photo of Eliot Cutler

Across the nation and here in Maine, there is a broad sense that American political life and governance have been compromised by partisan politics and the influence of big money.

Tom Myette…

When Irene Hutchinson’s husband developed signs of dementia following surgery last year, it was the beginning of a long and difficult education…

Does your dog have aggression or anxiety issues or problems getting along with others? The Animal House in Damariscotta will host the Dog Rehabilitation Center of…

A Whitefield teen on an ATV that collided with a car on Howe Road in that town on June 23 later died from his injuries, a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office press release states.

The unnamed 16…

Suzanne Rankin

History is really about the story, Historic New England's Peggy Konitzky said; and now people walking Wiscasset's streets can learn the stories of its people.

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) announced that the rally and meeting with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud, originally…

The American Cancer Society will host a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer open house and informational meeting from 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday, June 30 at at the Bath Savings Bank, 8 Church Street…

Wayne and Mary Closson of Boothbay Harbor, along with Edward and Belinda Robbs, are pleased to announce the engagement of Michael Albert Closson and Sarah Rebecca…

Strawberries are ripening in the fields, soon to be transformed into the luscious shortcakes piled high with real whipped cream, as well as chocolate dipped berries,…

The Southport Planning Board will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 2 at 5 p.m. at the Southport Town Hall. The board will consider the application from Dana Wood, Map 30, Lot 5 at 56…

Sen. Chris Johnson (D-Somerville) will hold his monthly in-district office hours on Saturday, June 28, in three locations. He will be at the Waldoboro Public Library…

Obituary

Nancy Elaine Hilton, 61, died on Tuesday, June 17 at her home in Boothbay.

Nancy was…

Obituary

The Reverend Stuart G. Wysham of Chadds Ford, Pa. and East Boothbay died on April 22 after suffering a stroke on month earlier.

Mr. Wysham was active in the Ocean Point Wilson Memorial…

Obituary

Josephine F. Merritt, 89, of Boothbay Harbor, died peacefully on the afternoon of June 18 at the Lincoln Home in Newcastle.

Obituary

Bernard Einar Skud, former Director of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Laboratory in Boothbay Harbor, died at his home in Oak Harbor, Washington on April 16,…

Photo of Nick Scott, Nate Schwehm and Chase Brown

Boothbay Region High School running Coach Nick Scott is a finalist for the Brooks Running 2014 Most Inspiring Coach of the Year.

This means the BRHS cross country/track team has already won…

Solstice, June 20, 5:43 p.m.

Summer moves into Maine at 5:43 p.m., Saturday, June 20, and the weather couldn’t be more summerlike. The celestial action continues this Solstice with…

Boothbay Harbor Country Club

At the Wednesday, June 18 Boothbay Planning Board meeting, members unanimously approved the proposed Boothbay Harbor Country Club development that will create a main entrance to the club along…

photo of Edgecomb cell tower

Cell tower placement has been controversial at times on the Boothbay peninsula, but a new Cingular Wireless/AT&T tower proposed off Route 27 in Edgecomb did not raise a single objection at the…

What exactly is LincolnHealth?

Where does it fit into the community and how does the community impact its goals?

The American Legion named Rep. Mick Devin, D-Newcastle, one of its Legislators of the Year at its annual state convention on Saturday, June 14.

After three years as the executive director of the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce, Catherine Wygant Fossett is leaving to pursue a new career.

A Whitefield woman has been accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old Whitefield boy.

Lincoln County Sheriffs arrested Keturah Tillson…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is hosting a special series of Café Scientifique conversations to mark 40 years of discovery at the laboratory. The first of…

The following events will be held in July at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath.

Sunday, July 6, 8 p.m.…

Read All About It

Frantic work over the past two weeks was able to get everything in order for our re-opening on June 24th. Three cheers to all the Library volunteers that are chipped in to get make it possible.…

A memorial service for Edwin and Luz Elena Bliss, who both died this spring, will be held at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, June 28 at 10 a.m.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held for Arlene I. Wilson on Friday, June 20 at 11:30 a.m. The service will take place at St. Andrews…

Photo of F/V Little Girls

Commercial lobster fishing is work, but every summer in Maine, lobster fishermen and their boats gather regularly for a little fun and some friendly competition. Last Saturday, June 14, in…

Town Meeting

After more than 17 revisions, four workshops and a cold winter night spent surveying the light-up signs around the Twin Villages, the Newcastle sign ordinance was…

Obituary

Diane Lynn Setchell, 70, of East Boothbay died peacefully on June 13, 2014.

Diane was…

YOUNG-Africa hosted its first Social Entrepreneurship Summit June 8-10 at the Newagen Seaside Inn, Southport.

Graduation 2014
Edgecomb Eddy School graduation

Symbolism was at the forefront on June 16 for Edgecomb Eddy School's sixth grade graduation.

Kindergarteners and first graders gave the graduates owl pillows to…

Town Meeting

The Damariscotta town meeting was Wednesday, June 11. Almost 60 voters were on hand at the Lincoln Theater to discuss and pass the 45 articles.

Photo of FV Westward

The word on the F/V Westward, the 136-foot Dutch built trawler that has been moored in Boothbay Harbor since 2012, is…

Boothbay Harbor Planning Board

At the June 11 Boothbay Harbor Planning Board meeting, the plans for the demolition and rebuilding of 8 Wharf Street (the former Windjammer shop) were unanimously approved by the board. At the…

The Belgrade man injured in a June 8, motorcycle-motor vehicle crash in Alna has been released from Central Maine Medical Center, a spokeswoman for the Lewiston hospital said June 16.

Carl…

Obituary

Geoffrey J. Herrmann, 76, died peacefully on June 9, 2014 at his home in Boothbay.

A memorial service for Douglas E. Abbott, who died May 3, 2014, will be held Sunday, June 22 at 1 p.m. at the Taste of Maine restaurant in Woolwich. In lieu of flowers, the family requests…