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…

Peggy Pinkham sure knows how to liven up a room.

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

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…

As a teen in Boothbay Harbor in the late 1910s, Deane Keller delivered ice to fellow summer residents, with a horse named Colonel.

Nearly three decades later,…

Maine cartoonist, author and humorist Jeff Pert died Friday, April 4 in Portland. He was 55.

Pert was born November 28, 1958 in Bath…

Christopher Williams, 74, of Middletown, Conn., and Barters Island, died peacefully on April 4, 2014, after a long fight with cancer.

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Spring has sprung on the Midcoast, and spring cleaning isn't far behind.

For the second year, Newcastle and Damariscotta will ask…

Keith Bachelder, 86, of Boothbay Road, Edgecomb died April 7, 2014 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick with his family by his side.

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The Boothbay Region Health & Wellness Foundation and the Boothbay Region Ambulance Service are jointly releasing the first of what we hope will be an informative series of reports to inform…

As Richard and Vanessa Jordan get Wiscasset Speedway ready for the new season, they say the West Alna Road track continues to become what they hoped it would after they got it in a…

Peter Joseph Shalins, 67, of Lothrop Road, Alna died March 31, 2014 at his daughter’s residence.

Patricia Pauline Albee, 75, of Alna died April 4, 2014 in her home.

She was born May 2, 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta,…

Numerous Maine corporations have received mailings recently from a business operating under the name Corporate Records Service, whose address is usually listed as 125 Western Ave. #338 Augusta, ME…

More rain is on the way for all of Lincoln County late Monday night, April 7, through at least early afternoon on Tuesday, meteorologist Stacie Hanes of the National Weather Service’s Gray office…

The Maine Better Transportation Association’s “Worst Road in Maine Contest” has become a sure sign of spring. As the weather warms and potholes pop up on local roads and highways like crocuses, we…

Maine Historical Society opens a new exhibition, From Slavery to Maine, on April 4 in the Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Lecture Hall, on 489 Congress Street, Portland. A…

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…

Boothbay Region High School was awarded a $1,500 athletics grant on Friday, April 4…

It’s official! The Montessori school at the Boothbay Region YMCA has a name, date of opening and two…

The Damariscotta-Newcastle Rotary was in the Twin Villages before Route 1.

It has been around for 16 presidents of the United States…

Talks are under way between Wiscasset and Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 on two potential partnerships, Wiscasset's interim superintendent Wayne Dorr said April 3.

The Rotary’s Soup Bowl Supper kicked off April 3 at the American Legion Hall for the 18th consecutive year.

For the nearly…

The John Booras Collection of historic photographs of the schooner Bowdoin, probably taken in 1924 on a return voyage of Arctic exploration from Greenland…

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen gave Fire Chief John Roberts the go-ahead Wednesday night, April 2 to pursue a grant that would purchase safety equipment for the department.

An 18-wheeler trundled through Boothbay Harbor on April 2 carrying boats for the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club.

Ten shiny, new 420 sailboats were manually unloaded by members of the Boothbay…

For the time being, any moratorium on building in Damariscotta will have to come from its citizens.

The Damariscotta Board of…

We need your opinion: It’s time to cast your votes in the Summertime photo contest.

Head over to the…

The weather was just about right for a game of tennis on Thursday, April 3.

It was also right for some dilapidated tennis courts to be torn down, as was done by excavators operated by…

As a farewell to Graphic Artist Gary Dow on his last week at the paper, we are posting a story that the late, great…

Dianne Gimbel and the Friends of Windjammer Days are gearing up for this year’s Windjammer Days. 

Windjammer Days in Boothbay Harbor has been an annual event for 51 years. The festival,…

The Boothbay Region Student Health Advisory Board recently attended a Maine Youth Action Conference, where they took first place for their public service…

Mina E. (Butler) Swanton, 87, of Casco, born in Boothbay Harbor, died February 5, 2014 surrounded by her family.

Her vibrant personality, infectious laughter…

Wilson Rexford "Rex" Collamore Sr., 62, of Wiscasset died peacefully in the arms of his loving wife, on March 29, 2014. Courageously and stoically, he fought a very…

Congratulations to Kathryn Barter, winner of the 100 gallons of fuel oil from the Dead River Oil through Project Graduation's raffle.

The next Project Graduation raffle is underway with some…

The Boothbay Region Water District Board of Trustees has got a bone to pick with state government.

A new bill, LD 1809, will effectively ban elected officials on certain municipal boards…

Last year, the towns of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor and Southport shared a $250,000 stipend from LincolnHealth to offset increased ambulance costs due to the closure of St. Andrews emergency…

Sophia Thayer, a senior at Boothbay Region High School, has been selected to receive the 2014 Principal’s Award. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’…

When it comes to modern boatbuilding, forget everything you thought you knew about our quaint little village by the sea, because East Boothbay has reached the Space Age.

Hodgdon Yachts’…

While the winter of 2014 is quickly departing the Midcoast, its scars and pocks are staying behind.

But, it has been a trying winter…

A Wiscasset woman has been charged with aggravated assault after she allegedly struck another woman in the face with a beer bottle.

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Sen. Chris Johnson (D-Somerville) will hold his monthly in-district office hours on Saturday, April 5, in three locations: at the Waldoboro Public Library in…

A longtime fire service veteran, Captain Dave Pratt of the Boothbay Fire Department, was recognized as the Maine Fire Instructor of the Year on…

Cynthia H. Orne, 87, of Boothbay Harbor died March 30, 2014 at Coves Edge in Damariscotta.

She was born in Berea, Ky…

Are you, or someone you know, attending a school, camp or a conference in 2014 and would like financial assistance? The Boothbay Region Land Trust (…

Spruce Point Inn, the 85-room resort located on 57 waterfront acres at the entrance to Boothbay…

Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta is exploring yet another frontier with the announcement that it is soon to launch its very own Internet radio station.

“With what we’re calling ‘WOWL…