Municipal revenue sharing is probably not the most popular topic in coffee shops and local diners, but in the Maine State House, a bitter debate is brewing.

On January 22 Boothbay Town…

With even skinnier skis and a ski style more akin to ice skating than the classic Nordic diagonal stride, freestyle cross country skiers virtually fly by classic skiers on the trails. But it takes…

The public comment period on the Certificate of Need applications for the creation of Lincoln County Healthcare…

The Boothbay Region Booster Club recognized the years of service to area schools and children by school bus driver Sarah Plummer by presenting plaques in her memory to Edgecomb Eddy School,…

The Boothbay Region YMCA is planning to eliminate the Wellness Director position in an apparent effort to restructure the organization's programs.

YMCA…

Wiscasset Adult & Community Education is coordinating a small group excursion to the British Isles, April 24 to May 10, 2014. Only a few seats are available for this unique and…

The Southport Memorial Library has gone through a few changes over the past 108 years.

It has morphed from a small building on Landing…

The Oak Hill Raiders held on to defeat the Boothbay Region High School Lady Seahawks basketball team, 48-38, in the final regular season game for both teams on February 3 at Porter Memorial…

You've received your spring 2014 L.L.Bean catalog in the mail.

The image on the cover looks to be a bold and colorful painting.

If you…

Time to brush off the snow shovels, put back on the plow and tune up those cross country skis. Although there has been a lull in the winter action, the National Weather Service predicts a good old…

The Seahawks boys basketball team earned win number 15 on Friday, January 31 with a hard-fought 67-61 victory over the Wolverines in Wiscasset.

Boothbay built a 37-26 halftime lead and then…

At approximately 8 p.m. the night of February 2 a car left the road on Route 27 in Edgecomb and crashed into a utility pole.

The accident occurred just south of the intersection of Route 27…

On Friday, Jan. 31 Tracey Hall, Environmental Educator of the Boothbay Region Land Trust, held the first ever “Tails on the Trails” dog hike at Penny Lake preserve. With her was her Labradoodle…

CAMDEN — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection spent the last week digging trenches around a home on Ames Terrace and removing contaminated dirt after a seal broke on an outdoor oil…

The former Davis Island Grill in Edgecomb is undergoing a major transformation. It is being completely overhauled and transformed into a banquet and function hall.

T & W Management is…

Bangor Savings Bank Foundation begins its annual grant-making initiative, Community Matters More, on February 1. Through this charitable program, Maine’s…

Alecia Faulkingham and Briana Goud couldn't remember the last time the Wiscasset High School girls varsity basketball team had beaten the Boothbay Region Seahawks.

The Friends of Windjammer Days are making plans for this year's festival to be held June 22 through 28. In November 2013, the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce board of directors voted to…

In the USA Today best coach vote, Boothbay Region High School coach I.J. Pinkham found himself in a dogfight with West Hartford, Conn.'s John Mirabello.

A familiar call came through Lincoln County Communications to area firehouses around 11:10 a.m. on January 30. Yet another ventilation fire was reported at Washburn & Doughty Shipyard in East…

The current Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper contest has called upon community members to…

The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce (BBHRCC) has announced its new board of directors and officers for 2014. The mission of the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce is to…

The Boothbay Harbor Police Department received several complaints on January 29 about calls from people claiming to be from Central Maine Power.

The scammer informs the person his or her…

Due to your timely response, the Boothbay Community Challenge period of our Stewardship Campaign met its goal! Boothbay Region Land Trust received its matching dollars, bringing the public fund to…

The Lady Seahawks varsity basketball team avenged an earlier regular season loss to the Hall-Dale Bulldogs on Monday night, January 27 with a 44-41 overtime win in Farmingdale. Morgan Crocker led…

Louise Susan "Suzi" Farrin died peacefully on January 12, 2014.

She was born on December 31, 1947 at St. Andrews Hospital as Louise Susan Waite. She spent her life working and raising her…

The Boothbay Region High School Nordic team competed with 37 other Maine high schools in the annual Sassi Memorial Classic 5K race at Black Mountain on Saturday, Jan. 25.

The Seahawks boys…

What question do Edgecomb residents ask Selectman Jessica Chubbuck the most? They ask her when the town is going to get online motor vehicle registration.

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The Poetry Out Loud contest was held on January 12. Winning for the second year in a row was sophomore Anna Baumm. Second place went to freshman Kenny Hicks; and senior Ethan Walker took third.…

The Walkability Steering committee, Market Boothbay and Community Trails Partnership groups are all currently working on projects to beautiful and improve the Boothbay region. This past week, the…

The Ocean Point skyline will remain towerless, at least for now. On January 28, the Boothbay Board of Appeals denied Mariner Tower a variance to build a 120-foot tall cell tower in East…

A Woolwich man faces 15 counts of possessing child pornography following his arrest Monday by the State Police Computer Crimes Unit. 

William Diemer, 31, of Meadow Road was arrested Monday…

Project Canopy, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s community forestry program, has awarded $106,243.00 in grants to local governments and municipalities, educational…

Roger E. Roche, 78, of Southport died January 20, 2014 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after a brief illness.

Roger was born on August 29, 1935 to Florence Garvey Roche and…

Fire consumed a double-wide mobile home on Alna’s Cross Road early January 28, Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask said.

“When we arrived, you could basically see through the place. There was nothing…

The Southport planning board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at the town offices to consider a public hearing on ordinance changes regarding geothermal wells;…

Hope Lincoln Frey, 94, died December 17, 2013, of failing health. She was born in 1919 in Providence, R.I. to the late James and Adeline Lincoln.

Hope grew up in Rhode Island and New…

A former Wiscasset man has been charged in connection with the gunshot wound police said his girlfriend received at her home in Gardiner on December 7, 2013.

A Kennebec County grand jury…

Kenneth M. Rendall Jr. died peacefully at his home on January 18, 2014. Ken was born in New Brunswick, N.J. on July 7, 1925 to Kenneth and Ruth Rendall.…

More frigid temperatures are on the way to Maine, as a blast of arctic air arrives tonight and is expected to linger throughout the rest of the week.

After 6 p.m. temperatures will dip…

The Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club announced this week a $16,000 matching campaign to assist area residents needing financial help with rising fuel costs.

The 55…

The late January snow Mother Nature has painted on Wiscasset may not melt any time soon, but even it does, Winterfest, set for Saturday, Feb. 1, will happen, Parks & Recreation Director Todd…

Healthy Kids is pleased to announce the date for its largest annual fundraiser.

The Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta…

Bernie, an Old English sheepdog owned by May and Erik Mitchell of Alna, was recognized by the Old English Sheepdog Club of America as the Top Performance Old English Sheepdog in…

The Charles E. Sherman Jr. Post 36 in Boothbay will be hosting a dinner honoring all Korean War-era veterans in the Boothbay region at its regular meeting on…

Annual sales of Maine’s existing, single-family homes jumped an impressive 13.60 percent in 2013. According to Maine Listings, 13,088 homes changed hands during the…

Boothbay Register graphic designer Make Marr spent countless hours building a miniature model of the Boothbay Register office for the 2013…

The towns of Boothbay and Edgecomb have considered combining code enforcement departments for the next fiscal year.

Under a interlocal agreement, the town of Boothbay would absorb Edgecomb's…

Like guns? How about skiing? Most importantly; looking for some off-the-wall outdoor entertainment?

The third annual Liberal Cup…