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…

Lincoln County Healthcare Senior Vice President of Hospital Operations Cindy Wade, RN, can predict her director of safety’s reaction to a story in Consumer Reports that gave…

On Friday, March 28, Boothbay Craft Brewery and the Watershed Tavern hosted a fundraiser for the Lions Club building fund. The building fund has a goal of $25,000, the amount needed to properly…

For Halie Winchenbach, it was an easy choice of which organization to back.

If the 10-year-old animal lover from Jefferson was going…

Lincoln County Democrats hosted a well-attended forum March 26 in Wiscasset on women’s issues in the 2014 elections. Principal guest speakers were Eliza Townsend,…

Harry C. Black Jr., 83, of Gilman Hill Road, Woolwich died March 27, 2014 at his residence.

He was born in Presque…

The Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts will hold the 18th annual Soup Bowl Supper on Thursday, April 3 beginning at 6 p.m. at The…

A wide choice of sponsorship opportunities for local businesses and organizations are available for the Damariscotta River Pirate Rendezvous, scheduled for Saturday, June 21.

Ranging from…

The David Kallin family of Dresden, including David's wife, Emily, their two young children and their dog, will begin their six-month hike…

The lobster industry is, as a whole, in good shape, Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher said.

But, that doesn'…

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…

The candidate papers are in, and come May 5, there could be new leadership on Boothbay's standing boards and committees.

…

WISCASSET — A former Waldoboro resident who shot his black Labrador retriever more than 90 times with a BB gun is headed back to jail.

After nearly seven years on Centre Street in Bath during a time of significant growth in programs and the number of families it serves, Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine is moving its…

The public is invited to attend the Member Gathering and Annual Meeting of the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) on April 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. Join land trust…

More than 20 lobstermen members of the Maine Lobstering Union from up and down the coast lobbied in Augusta on March 27 in support of two bonds that will help…

Sometimes, cold weather isn't a bad thing.

For one: It keeps carriers of Lyme disease at bay.

But,…

If you expect someone who hangs out with dead people to be morbid and dour, you haven’t met Lori Wright Vining.

Vining, secretary/treasurer for the Laurel Grove Cemetery Association in…

On Tuesday, March 18, thirty eager seniors turned up at the YMCA between 10 a.m. and noon for the first day of the “Seniors Walk for Free at the Y” program. Most…

The Boothbay Harbor selectmen briefly discussed the 2014 Spirit of America award at a March 24 meeting.

The Spirit of America award is presented by municipalities in Maine to local…

The First United Methodist Church of Boothbay Harbor will host a special speaker this Sunday, March 30, at 10:30 a.m. who will share his experiences as a…

We were talking with one of our next-door neighbors recently, on one of the recent nine degree “spring” mornings, when he expressed his surprise that…

For those hoping the Wednesday, March 26 snowstorm would push the area's snowfall totals above last year's were out of luck.

For those…

“There is something for Boothbay to cheer about,” said Karem Durdag the CEO of Biovation. His Boothbay based manufacturing company is in the running for the Gorham Savings Bank business…

Skidompha Public Library's acclaimed "Chats with Champions" series welcomes Chewonki’s Director for Traveling Natural History Programs Keith Crowley on Tuesday,…

Summertime is about to become even more idyllic for the children at the Boothbay Region YMCA Camp Knickerbocker, thanks to an expanded partnership with Boothbay Region Land Trust. There will be…

The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors concert scheduled for tonight, March 26, at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor has been canceled.

In 2013, the Maine state legislature passed LD 274, which made towns responsible for…

Dear Readers,

I don't know about you, but I am a bit fed up with a trio of recent TV news…

After meeting with Boothbay selectmen on January 26, Edgecomb selectmen have decided to forgo Boothbay's offer to combine the code enforcement services for the two…

There are five towns, 20 miles and a lot of activity along the Route 1 corridor from Wiscasset to Waldoboro, Lincoln County Planner Bob Faunce said.

As a newspaper reporter, Aaron Miller spent years chronicling town governments' work. These days, the Alna man gets to see it all from the inside.

In neighboring…

In the 14 years Jon Ziegra has managed the Boothbay Region Water District, this is the first year the seasonal turn-on might not make the May 1 deadline.

By late March the ground should be…

At Boothbay Harbor selectmen’s March 24 meeting, the board unanimously voted to proceed with phase one of the plans for the old tennis courts — demolition.

The courts are located at the…

On Friday, March 28 from 5 to 8 p.m., the Watershed Tavern at 301 Adams Pond Road in Boothbay will host an open house and fundraiser event for the Boothbay Region Lions Club.

Lori and Win…

A Boothbay man has been charged with unlawful sexual touching of a minor.

Jeremy Raburn, 43, has been charged with two counts of…

The Boothbay Region Food Pantry continues to serve a record number of clients; 221 families with 529 family members took advantage of our services in…

Arlene Isabel Wilson, 95, a former teacher, artist and a curriculum supervisor in the State Department of Education in Rhode Island, died March 14…

In early April at Boothbay Region Adult Ed you can explore the free tools that Google offers, how to make creative greeting cards using…

A 29-year-old Boothbay man driving a 2001 GMC Sierra pickup truck rolled his vehicle at the intersection of Route 27 and Parsons Point Road in Edgecomb on March 24, knocking out power to the…

Southport has lost numerous street signs to sticky fingers.

“We always lose some year-round,” said Dennis Andrews of the Southport public works department. “This winter has been odd, they…

Last week, at the March 18 board meeting of the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce, the board agreed to match the pledge of $1,…

Shannon Schmelzer of Boothbay Harbor has always wanted to be her own boss, running her own business. Now, at the age of 26, her dream is coming true.

Schmelzer is opening up Shannon's…

March is almost over, and it's still too cold to spend a lot of quality time outside, unless you're doing something active to stay warm, but most of the snow has…

The Better Business Bureau of Eastern Massachusetts has issued the following warning about an email scam: Watch out for fake emails informing you that you are being summoned for a court appearance…

John Lodge Gillespie, 81, died peacefully March 19, 2014 at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor.

He was born June 9,…

When a lot of people hear the word “hypnotist” they picture an odd looking little man with a goatee on a stage waving a pocket watch back and forth in front of a poor, unsuspecting victim’s face…