Junior Morgan Crocker scored 19 points and freshman Cagney O'Brien pitched in with 14 as the Boothbay Region High School varsity girls basketball team (4-3) easily defeated the Wiscasset…
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Local Events
Snow, rain, ice and more snow. From meteorologist reports to first-hand accounts, weather has been the top story lately.
Here are some alternatives to staying in, should the roads be good…
Maine History
It really bothered Ed Kavanagh last year when a walking tour of Wiscasset was still in the works, and tourists continued to pass by buildings with no idea of the histories they hold…
Obituary
William Connelly, 79, died peacefully on November 29, 2013 while in Canada visiting his daughter and son-in-law. He lived his life with a wonderful…
BRHS:
The boys basketball games at Boothbay Region High School scheduled for tonight, January 3, have been rescheduled to Tuesday, Jan. 7, 5:30 and 7 p.m.
The Seahawk…
Boothbay Town Manager Jim Chaousis has closed the town office today, Friday, Jan. 3, due to the storm and road conditions. He said there has been an “excellent response” in regards to storm clean-…
Penguin Plunge
This year's Penguin Plunge event on January 1 drew some very good numbers. Between 30 and 35 people went into the water, according to Meagan…
Lincoln County Animal Shelter
There is a little pet at the Lincoln County Animal Shelter in Edgecomb.
But it's not just any pet. It's a very special one.
…
Coastal Midcoast - minus 37 F wind chill
GRAY — Word of a late-week storm has been swirling around for days, but it wasn't until 3:20 p.m. on New Year's Day that the National Weather Service pulled the Midcoast into the mix. It had been…
Winter 2014
From July 1 to December 31, 2013, Portland had 26.7 inches of snow, which was 11 inches more than the average of 15.7 inches.
Expect…
Obituary
Peter Allen Teague, 56, of Greeneville, Tenn., and born in Boothbay Harbor, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 at the V.A. Medical Center Hospital in…
Maine Department of Marine Resources
A meeting in Brewer originally scheduled for today, January 2, by the Maine Department of Marine Resources to seek stakeholder input on a plan to reduce harvest of elvers by 25 to 40 percent from…
Seahawks Basketball
The girls’ junior varsity and varsity basketball games at Boothbay Region High School scheduled for today, Jan. 2, have been rescheduled for Saturday, Jan. 4, at 5:30 and 7 p.m., respectively.
Boothbay Harbor Police Department
There’s another new face at the Boothbay Harbor Police Department but it’s a familiar one.
Ed Crocker, Boothbay Region YMCA Youth and Recreation Director, sports coach and referee, joined…
The fight for St. Andrews
On Oct. 1, the fight to save St. Andrews hospital ended — or did it? We lost…
Stalking Awareness Month
The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper continue their commitment to educate the public about the many forms of domestic violence by creating a resource page on…
Edgecomb Selectmen
Edgecomb selectmen weren't even sure the town should accept a cemetery tied to the Edgecomb Baptist Church on Old County Road.
Now it turns out,…
LCSO
Recent Summonses
On December 21, Cody J. Schooley, 19, of Edgecomb was issued a…
Obituary
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 on December 27,…
Obituary
Benjamin E. Kirkland, 82, died on December 25, 2013.
Family funeral service was held on Saturday, Dec. 28…
Local Business
Crammed into the tight corners of the Watershed Tavern are four stainless steel tanks. Thousands of gallons of savory beers once flowed through them, but now they’re empty.
Two years ago,…
Winter 2014
Meet the new year; it's starting the same way the last one ended.
From Wiscasset in the south to Rockland up north, 2014 is scheduled…
Samuel Schwehm, a freshman at Colby College in Waterville, has played the piano since he was in the third grade. Over the years he has had several teachers,…
Obituary
Norman Frederick Rau of Boothbay died on December 27, 2013 after a long and rewarding life.
He was born in Boston, Mass., on April 30, 1920, the son of Frederick E. and Helen W. (McCabe) Rau…
Lincoln County accounted for nearly half the outages in Central Maine Power’s service area shortly after 7 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30.
The county had 2,028 of CMP’s latest tally of 4,438 outages,…
Obituary
Walter Richard Magadieu of Sherborn, Mass., and Southport died on December 25, 2013.
He was the son of the late Walter J. and Nelle (Gordon) Magadieu.
He was the beloved husband of…
New Year’s Eve
In an effort to make New Year's Eve as safe as possible, McSeagull's, Pier 1 Pizza, Robinson's Wharf, Mr. C’s and China by the Sea will provide free cab service to and from the…
Boothbay Harbor Sewer District
Area residents using the Boothbay Harbor Sewer District will pay at least $80.30 on their quarterly bills in 2014.
The rate hike was driven by the need for capital improvement projects…
The recent ice storm caused substantial damage across Maine. After heat, power, and other utilities have been restored, property owners will be faced with the issue of what to do with ice-covered…
Ice Storm 2013
For many, December 28 was just another Saturday with a winter storm Maine-bound, but at Roger Bintliff's home on River Road in Dresden, it was Christmas.
Bintliff,…
Severe respiratory symptoms affecting young, middle-aged adults
The flu, with all its associated misery, has been filtering into Maine since November, prompting the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to issue an advisory Dec. 26 to school nurses…
Seahawks Basketball
Not that they aren't familiar with the Augusta Civic Center floor, the Seahawks boys basketball team got a chance to reacquaint themselves with their home away from home and played well in the…
Obituary
Irving Wayne Williams, 77, of Boothbay Harbor died on December 24, 2013 at the St. Andrews Village Gregory Wing nursing home after a long illness.
He was born in Boothbay, the son of Dallas…
Mix of rain, heavy snow headed to Maine Sunday night into Monday morning
GRAY — The arrival of Sunday's storm later this afternoon is consistent statewide, but the snow-rain mix line travels as far up the coast as Knox County, with points north likely to see all snow…
Local Events
We begin at the end and end at the beginning this week. Welcome to (almost) 2014!
As we all take a breather from holiday celebrations, vacations and big meals, it’s wise to take a few minute…
The first-ever online Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper Staff Pro Football Challenge of the NFL season enters its final week of…
Sen. Angus King
The office of U.S. Senator Angus King has announced the first rotation of constituent outreach hours for the month of January.
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The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands will sponsor free, guided hikes in five state parks on New Year’s Day as part of America's State Parks…
BHPD
The Boothbay Harbor Police Department has been awarded a $10,000 Maine Bureau of Highway Safety Grant to combat drunken driving.
Chief Bob Hasch said the grant will be used over the next…
The Southport Planning Board will meet Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 5 p.m. at the Southport Town Hall. Planning for the 2014 town meeting will be discussed.
NWS: Winter storm watch through 7 a.m. Monday
GRAY — The National Weather Service Friday has issued a winter storm watch for Sunday, as a coastal storm could bring 6 to 10 inches of snow.
A fast moving low pressure system is expected to…
Obituary
Mary Langdon (Browne) Charbonneau, 79, born March 26, 1934 in New York, New York, died on December 14, 2013 in Damariscotta.
…
Obituary
Robert D. Kivlin, 87, of Shawmut, beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather, died Tuesday, December 17, 2013 with his family surrounding him.
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Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
The writer E. B. White (1899–1985) is best known for his children’s books, “Charlotte’s Web,”“Stuart Little” and “The Trumpet of the Swan.” Columnist for The New Yorker for over half a century and…
Obituary
Erla Browne Kelley, 99, died December 25, 2013 at St. Andrews Village.
She was born November 7, 1914 in Bowdoinham to Erle and Hazel Cornish Browne. She grew up on Browne’s Point in…
Russell V. Grant, 80, died December 22 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta. Russ had resided in Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.
He was born March 6, 1933 in Woolwich to Sidney and Amy…
Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District
The Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District's new recycling building at the Waste Management facility on Country Club Road, Boothbay, opened for business on December 26.
The 120-foot by 96…
State officials applauded the decision of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reevaluate the new food safety rules impacting farmers in Maine. They also thanked Maine producers for speaking…
Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice has been named one of the nation’s top home health agencies by HomeCare Elite.
The recognition identifies…
CMP reports 39,000 remain without power, down from 87,000
GRAY — As if we haven't seen enough weather, meteorologists have now…
