On April 15 at approximately 9:30 a.m., Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline received information that…

Lillian Zachrisson Pease, 84, died peacefully on April 12, 2014 in Brunswick.

Lillian was born in Boston, Mass., on March 7, 1930,…

Mariner Tower has applied for a new variance to build a cell tower on Ocean Point Road to expand AT&T wireless services.

In March, the Boothbay Board of Appeals rejected Mariner Tower's…

Our winter was certainly a long one and that took its toll on our neighbors in need. There was a day in March when the Food Pantry reached a peak of…

The Maine Coast Book Shop in Damariscotta reopened Friday, April 11, following a major spring update. Owner Susan Porter and her staff have done excellent work…

Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills is warning Mainers to be aware of a phone scam that claims to be from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The caller…

Numerous Maine residents have contacted the Secretary of State’s Office regarding the website, www.drivers-licenses.org/maine. Residents have used this website to…

Beverly Benson Leoni died peacefully on April 12, 2014 at the Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen, N.H.

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The Boothbay Region Lions Club building in West Boothbay Harbor needs a new roof. The club has started a new fundraising effort to buy 120 bundles of shingles at $25 a bundle or $75 a square (…

For the past year, the town of Boothbay has inched closer to a digital revolution. By this summer, residents, businesses and visitors will notice a big difference online.

A new town website…

The Walkability Steering Committee has taken the next step in development of a brand for the Boothbay region. On April 15, the committee officially hired Pica Design and Marketing in…

The Boothbay Harbor selectmen met on Monday, April 14 with a light agenda and packed audience.

During the public liquor license hearing, several residents complained about noise levels at…

Superintendent Eileen King's March projection of what the 2014-2015 school budget might look like ended up being dead on. And on April 9, the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor School Committee approved the…

For a small school with no track, Boothbay Region High School fields an impressive outdoor track and field team. This year’s roster boasts 49 athletes, 33 of them male.

Last year, the…

The Maria Boord Gallery, formerly located at 10 McKown Street in Boothbay Harbor, will now be located on Commercial Street in the smaller half of the old Village Market location.

This move…

After months of speculation about what will happen in the old Village Market space, we have an answer.

And it's an entirely new…

Democrats moved many important issues forward in the current legislative session. A bill sponsored by Sen. Chris Johnson to expand the use of fresh local foods in…

Due to tree cutting and trimming around the historic Pownalborough Court House and cemetery this past fall, there's a lot do. Come for the whole day…

Ask Michael Pander why he wants to run for the Boothbay Selectmen, and he can tell in just one word. 

Community.

For Pander, a strong sense of community is Boothbay’s most valuable…

Like other entrants in the Boston Marathon on April 21, runners with ties to Wiscasset and the Boothbay peninsula have different reasons for taking part: They're honoring a friend's…

The Pratts Island bridge railings are in place and almost complete.

The project to build the new cedar railings running along both…

Laura Honey of Boothbay, who is starting her 50th year at Fisherman's Wharf Inn in Boothbay Harbor this summer season, is the recipient of the Maine Tourism Association's 2014 Hall of Fame Award,…

Maine Eastern Railroad (MERR) has confirmed that Friday through Sunday train service from Brunswick to Newcastle, starting July 4, that…

Sheepscot Valley Chorus is delighted to announce the winners of our 2014 Student Music Awards, given annually to one student from each of the three local high schools, Boothbay Region High School…

Join the Lincoln County Composting Committee and composting guru, Mark King from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) at Treats in…

Gov. Paul LePage, and his fellow governors all across our nation, are issuing proclamations naming April “Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month.” It's a fitting time to spotlight the…

Allan Howard Teel died peacefully on April 12, 2014 at Miles Hospital in Damariscotta at age 87 of complications from a recent stroke.

Born to Dorothy B.(Sturges) and C.…

It was April 1, but there were no April Fools’ jokes, as the Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) met at the Edgecomb Town Hall to discuss the…

We invite the young and the young at heart to come celebrate the arrival of spring at the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum on Saturday, April…

Jerome Hamilton “Jerry” St. Clair, 86, of Boothbay Harbor, died April 11 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, with family at his side.

Jerry was born January 31, 1928 in Newark, New…

President Barack Obama has appointed Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, as commissioner of the Council of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation…

Priscilla “Pat” Ruth Frazer died peacefully at Maine Medical Center on April 10, 2014.

Pat was born on March 9, 1928 in Medford, Mass., to Harold Curtis Wells…

Each week, we compile our favorite quotes from our reporters’ stories, interviews and elsewhere and publish them here. We call it “Out of Context.”

To delve further into the stories, simply…

Sarah Beard Buckley of Cape Elizabeth, with her image, "White Calla Lily," walked away with the Jim Taliana Best of Show Award sponsored by The First Advisors at the 2014 edition of the Maine…

New to recreational boating? Thinking about buying a boat and getting out on the water this summer? Then come to the Boothbay Region YMCA on May 3 where the Wawenock Sail and Power Squadron will…

A public summer shuttle service will begin transporting passengers from the Maine Eastern Railroad in Newcastle to the Boothbay region starting July 4.

What initially started as a Wiscasset…

On Southport Island, spring is busting out all over.

At Hendricks Head Beach, a few people were taking in the sunshine and breathing…

For Kenneth Chances, it's very simple. He wants to help out his community.

Although Chances has never ran for public office before, he wants to take a chance for a seat on the Boothbay board…

Joseph Pinkham, 27, was arrested Friday, April 11 at his home in Boothbay by…

Kerem Durdag, CEO of Biovation, a young high-tech bioscience company located in Boothbay, will be the guest speaker at the 2014 annual meeting of the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission,…

Looking for something fun to do and "nice to look at" this weekend? Stop into the 2014 Maine Photography Show at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation Gallery at 1 Townsend Avenue beginning on…

Damariscotta Hardware will be hosting “Ladies’ Day” on Saturday, April 12. What began as a “Ladies’ Night” was so popular, it has evolved over the past couple years…

Michael Leighton, West Side Road, Wharf & Weir

Boothbay Region YMCA, 143 and 157 Barters Island Road, timber harvesting

Harold Warren, 8 Meadow Cove Road, 8’ x 15’ dormer extension…

The Boothbay Fire Department responded to single vehicle accident near the department's station on Route 27 in Boothbay the morning of April 10.

Chief Richard Spofford was the incident…

Peggy Pinkham sure knows how to liven up a room.

Pinkham, outgoing president of the Boothbay Region YMCA Board of…

Loose ball joints, rusted brake cables and worn out struts are signs that winter’s waning months have left our roads (and vehicles) in pretty rough shape. 

And while we…

The Boothbay Region YMCA is offering the following free demonstration classes next week.

Monday, April 14: Tony's Dance Fiesta with Tony Garreton, 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.

Tuesday, April 15…

St. Andrews emergency room in Boothbay Harbor has been closed for six months, and its former inpatient wing has been reconstructed for outpatient physical therapy.

In March, the Maine…

When someone in Edgecomb gets a burn permit online, Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter gets a text and an email about it.

Close to half the permits for burns in…

A legislative bill, LD 1809, that limits the use of remote technology at public meetings is close to being enacted in the Maine State Legislature.

Earlier this week LD 1809 passed both the…