Boothbay Register graphic designer Make Marr spent countless hours building a miniature model of the Boothbay Register office for the 2013…
News
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…
Hidden Valley Nature Center
Like guns? How about skiing? Most importantly; looking for some off-the-wall outdoor entertainment?
The third annual Liberal Cup…
Newcastle Selectmen
If the quarters are cramped during most Newcastle Board of Selectmen meetings, just wait: The Twin Villages of Newcastle and Damariscotta are coming together.
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Wildcat Basketball
Three of the four Boothbay Region Elementary School basketball teams have advanced to the large school Busline League finals on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Camden with impressive wins at home Thursday,…
Boothbay Region High School
A group of lucky Boothbay Region High School students is heading off to the southernmost “isthmian” part of Central America.
They will…
Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor Selectmen
A summer shuttle service between Wiscasset and the Boothbay peninsula is picking up steam after the Boothbay selectmen unanimously voted to give $2,000 towards the transportation project.
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Get to Know...
What does friendship look like?
At the Boothbay Harbor home of Richard and Melanie Green, it’s the shaved head of 16-year-old Allison Barter.
The daughter of Mark and Leslie Barter of…
Patricia Ryan, the first woman to be the editor of a major American weekly magazine and an inspiration to a generation of female journalists, died December 27,…
LCSO
Detective Ronald Rollins was recently promoted to the rank of Detective Sergeant.
Rollins assumed his current duties…
Naturalist Led Walks and Talks
Animal Tracks and Signs Hike is Sunday, Jan. 26, 10 a.m. to noon at the NORGAL Preserve,…
Boothbay Region High School varsity boys basketball coach, I.J. Pinkham, leads the early voting in the USA Today's online poll, Best High School Boys Basketball Coach, for the northeast/Region 1.…
Miriam K. Buckley, owner of Damarine Antiques in Damariscotta, announces that she has expanded the reach of her antiques business by exhibiting at Cabot Mill Antiques in Brunswick…
Boothbay Selectmen Meeting Preview
As the budget season rolls on, the Boothbay selectmen will be considering the consequences of a 5 percent increase to Lincoln County budget, and the possibility that municipal revenue sharing will…
The Maine House of Representatives sent a bill to committee January 21 that would direct federal and state veterans’ agencies to develop a portable housing voucher for low-income or homeless…
Bring in your pets, protect livestock, keep pipes dripping
The relentless cold continues to bear down, with another wind chill advisory issued from now until 9 a.m. Thursday. The Maine Emergency Management Agency issued its advisory this afternoon, with…
Work has begun at the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper on the award-winning supplement, “Summertime” for 2014. Listings for the events calendar are currently being sought. Annual…
Boothbay Harbor's own Eleanor “Elle” Logan, two-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing, will be inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame…
Since the renaming of St. Andrews Hospital as St. Andrews Campus and the changing of the activities available in the building, many people have asked about the role of St. Andrews…
Maine Eastern Railroad
There are better ways to spend the summer in Midcoast Maine than stuck in a Wiscasset traffic jam. There is no easy fix to the infamous Route 1 bottle neck, but big plans are coming down the line…
Winter 2014
A winter weather advisory levied for Lincoln County early in the evening January 21 was lifted before 10 p.m., a meteorologist said.
“The storm is traveling further south than we thought it…
Lincoln County Commissioners
If an inmate commits a crime in a regional jail, which county owns it?
That was the question proposed by Lincoln County Comission…
Junior Theater Festival
On Monday, Jan. 20, the Boothbay Region YMCA Y-Arts group returned home from a remarkable weekend at the Junior Theater…
Obituary
T. Marie McLellan, 82, died January 18, 2014 at Edgecomb Green in Edgecomb.
She was born January 20, 1931 in Boothbay Harbor to Joseph C. Peters Sr. and Irene Newcomb Peters. Marie grew up…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
B-E-E-W-A-R-E, the Word Hawks are coming back, eager to defend their title as the region’s best adult spellers at this year’s third annual adult spelling bee hosted by the Boothbay…
Boothbay Region High School Seahawks Coach I.J. Pinkham, thanks to his local and “worldwide” fans, won the state competition in USA Today High School Sports'…
Boothbay Region Food Pantry
Volunteers, volunteers and more volunteers! It’s the Food Pantry board of directors and other community members who work tirelessly to make sure…
Congratulations
Sherman Brewer of Southport achieved the rank of Eagle Scout on October 30, 2013 and was honored on January 18 at the Southport Town Hall.…
Wildcat Basketball
The Boothbay Region Elementary School Wildcat eighth grade boys and girls basketball teams both advanced in the Busline League playoffs on Monday, Jan. 20 with wins over Searsport and Wiscasset,…
High School Swimming
The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks and Lincoln Academy Eagles swim teams had two home meets last week. On January 14, they faced the Winslow High School Raiders, then the Mt. Ararat Eagles…
Local Business
The outskirts of Newcastle is a feral place known for muzzleloaders and the sharp stench of cow manure. But in the northern enclave the locals call Jones Woods, something is stirring, and it…
Seahawks Basketball
The Lady Seahawks took a quick 13-0 lead in the first quarter and went on to easily defeat the visiting Winthrop Ramblers, 68-6, January 20.
Boothbay Coach Tanner Grover used his entire…
Seahawks Basketball
The Seahawks battled back from a seven-point, half-time deficit by going on a 12-2 run to start the third quarter and went on to a 52-45 victory over the Winthrop Ramblers Monday night, Jan. 20 at…
Damariscotta
Although the money isn't there yet, there is support for a Midcoast shuttle service.
The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen issued…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District
Negotiations on teacher and administrative salaries are in progress for the 2014-2015 school year for Boothbay Region Elementary School (BRES) and Boothbay Region High School (BRHS); however, the…
Maine Wildlife
There's a new reality show based on the coast of Maine.
While it doesn't feature fowl royalty, pawn shop hijinks or Kardashians, it…
Obituary
Sarah Hall Yesmentes Plummer, 47, of Boothbay died January 19, 2014.
Sarah was born June 18, 1966 to Peter J. and Eleanor H. Yesmentes in Winfield, Ill. She was the youngest in the family,…
Local Business
Healthy Lincoln County teamed up with teens from the Boothbay Youth Health Advisory Board and Lincoln County Healthcare to complete the first Star…
Obituary
Robert Paul Sedzia, 87, of Hudson, Mass., died peacefully at home on January 18, 2014.
Bob was the devoted husband of Esther F. (Gorecki) Sedzia for 58 years.
He was born in…
There's a lot happening at the Newagen Seaside Inn on Southport — even though it's closed for the winter.
January 15 was one of those…
Seahawks Basketball
The Seahawks picked up two more wins over the weekend to improve to 12-1 on the season.
On Saturday, January 18, the Seahawks found themselves in a game at Carrabec as the host Cobras only…
Winter 2014
The snow Lincoln County was waking up to January 19 was from a different weather system than the one that dropped varying amounts of snow over the region the night of January 18, a meteorologist…
A storm due in to Lincoln County January 18 slowed down and stayed further south than expected. The result was a largely snow-free day. But the snow’s delayed onset meant it might linger later…
BRHS Basketball
The Lady Seahawks lost at home to the top-ranked St. Dom's Saints Friday night, 66-52, but not without a valiant fight.
Trailing by over 20 points early in the third quarter, Boothbay took…
The first-ever online Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper Staff Pro Football Challenge of the NFL season will continue through the…
Damariscotta Selectmen
With Rep. Mick Devin, D-Newcastle, in attendance, the January 15 Damariscotta Board of Selectmen meeting had one main focus:
Money.…
A minor storm could drop one to three inches of wet snow in interior Lincoln County on January 18, but bring mostly rain and possibly a rain-snow mix to the Boothbay peninsula, a meteorologist at…
The Environmental Priorities Coalition announced on Thursday that increasing the use of Maine-produced food in schools is on its list of top priorities this legislative session. The Environmental…
