Teens To Trails or “T3” is pleased to announce that we are again partnering with the Chewonki Foundation to offer…

When it comes to fire protection and water quality on the peninsula, Boothbay Region Water District Manager Jon Ziegra said he is optimistic about the future.

The water district has its…

Growing up in Wiscasset, Heidi Sutter always wanted to live somewhere with a lot of open land and not many people.

From photographs she saw of Alaska, it looked…

Instead of a white Christmas, many Mainers could be facing a black one.

Central Maine Power reports at 12:19 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24…

This week, for the first time in four years, Congress successfully passed a budget.

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 is a two-year budget resolution that finally provides the American…

The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks are headed into the holiday break at 4-1 after a pair of wins over Spruce Mountain and Telstar. The victory over Spruce Mountain was one for the ages as it…

The resignation of former vice chairman Robert Splaine was formally accepted at the December 23 meeting of the Boothbay Harbor selectmen.

Though his resignation had not been officially…

Since the healthcare insurance exchanges were launched on October 1, my office has received many calls about the Affordable Care Act. And there’s no way around it: people have been very frustrated…

Sometimes, the lowest price isn't the best.

At least, that was the message the cemetery committee gave to the Damariscotta Board of…

The future of Windjammer Days has been decided, at least for the meantime.

On December 17, the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted to award the bid to the…

The 12th annual Boothbay Region Y Penguin Plunge will be held Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 at the Murray Hill boat launch, Murray Hill Road, East Boothbay. Everyone is welcome to “take the plunge” at…

The Lady Seahawks varsity picked up a win on Saturday at Telstar, 45-30, after losing to a tough Spruce Mountain team at home, 59-31, on Wednesday, Dec. 18. The team goes…

On Tuesday, Dec. 31, all U.S. post offices in Maine, with the exceptions of Augusta, Bangor and Portland, will close at noon. The three city offices listed above will be open normal business hours…

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine was the recent recipient of a $5,000 grant from the Bank of America Foundation. The grant was to support the agency’s 1-to-1 Youth Mentoring…

Gene A. Pisano, died at home at Barters Island in Boothbay on Saturday, Dec. 21. A full obituary will follow.

The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library is undergoing some major renovations.

The original historic Greek Revival facade is still intact…

The Boothbay Region High School boys’ junior varsity and varsity basketball games against Mt. Abram have been rescheduled again. The games were to be played today, December 23, but the weather has…

Nearly all of Lincoln County still had power the morning of December 22 as the region remained under an ice storm warning.

Just before 8 a.m., Dresden led the way in the county’s outages,…

The year is running short; 2013 is nearing its end.

While we all start to ponder our New Year’s resolutions, the paper would like your input on the most significant stories of the year.

Raise taxes, cut services or reduce employee benefits? Those are the questions the Boothbay selectmen must face when trying to balance the town budget.

During the December 11 selectmen…

Sometimes, the dream finds the person.

Becky Abbott wasn't looking for a cause when she started looking for some land about a dozen years ago; it was just so she…

Once a month, Boothbay Region Elementary School holds a “Take Your Parents to Lunch Day” in the school cafeteria. Parents can go through the lunch line with their children, and get a chance to…

Christmas just got a little merrier in the Boothbay region.

What started as a “mitten tree,” morphed into an outpouring of community kindness.

Boothbay Town Office Deputy Clerk (and…

Last weekend, the Boothbay region was transformed into a white wonderland in time for the holidays; this weekend, the region could be glazed over.

Attorney General Janet T. Mills is alerting Maine consumers about a man who was barred from running a home repair business in Massachusetts after he was found to have had a long record of…

With a new year rapidly approaching, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife wants to remind everyone that it’s a good time to purchase fishing or hunting licenses from the state of…

The only new wrinkle in the long debate over healthcare changes on the Boothbay peninsula is that state regulators will now officially bless, or less likely, unbless the changes that have already…

There's no money in it for you, but if you're into weather and you're handy with a ruler, you could soon be sharing your town's snowfall totals and other storm facts with the world.

The…

You almost had to be there to believe what took place at Porter Memorial Gymnasium on Thursday night, December 19. Not your typical high school basketball game, but maybe one of the all-time…

In an attempt to close a management loophole that threatens the viability of the Northern Gulf of Maine scallop fishery, Togue Brawn of Maine Dayboat Scallops, Inc…

Chewonki’s announced December 18 that it would be partnering with Grain Surfboards of York to launch a…

Time & Tide Resource Conservation & Development Area will be holding its January meeting at USDA Offices, 21 Enterprise Drive, Suite 1, in Augusta on January 8, 1:30 to 3:…

Due to bad weather earlier in the week, the popular yearly shopping event for holiday procrastinators, Men’s Night, will continue during the day on Thursday, Dec. 19.

Many (but not all)…

Emily Keene scored 15 points to lead the Spruce Mountain Phoenix to an easy win, 59-31, over the Boothbay Region Lady Seahawks basketball team Wednesday night at Porter Memorial Gymnasium.

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There will always be a need for well educated children in all learning institutions. But what exactly should students in each grade be proficient at by the end of a school year? The Common Core…

When it comes to studying the effects flooding could have in Damariscotta, the town recently received some help from the state level.

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The streets of Boothbay Harbor were abuzz with the hum of heavy machinery on December 16, as public works crews and local dirt contractors leveled the heaping snow drifts that swept through town…

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released a new county-by-county breakdown of the number of people who would immediately lose all of their unemployment insurance on Sunday, Dec. 28 if Congress fails…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On December 11, Deputy Todd Chilton was dispatched to a theft complaint…

The Boothbay Region High School junior varsity and varsity girls basketball games tonight, Dec. 18, are still going to be played, according to BRHS Athletic Administrator Allan Crocker. The Lady…

It's all about being a whole person, Sally Macleod told the Lincoln County Commissioners.

At least, that's what any number of student-…

For the fiscal year of July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013, the town of Boothbay Harbor was able to end the year three percent under the planned budget.

Revenue (money coming into the town) was $…

Advertisements and classifieds for the Thursday, Jan. 1 edition are due by 12 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 26.…

The Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) turned to the serious work of winning in the 2014 election at their meeting in Wiscasset on December 11. Following a sumptuous potlock dinner, they…

The Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) is pleased to announce that they are the featured local nonprofit community organization for the month of December at the Boothbay Harbor branch office…

Martha Jane (Morin) Pitcher, 69, of Boothbay Harbor died December 7, 2013 after battling with cancer for over a year.

She was born in Skowhegan, lived in Boothbay Harbor for 40 years and was…

A Wiscasset man and his girlfriend have given differing accounts of how she wound up with a gunshot wound December 7, according to a police affidavit.

Sean Kingston…

All afterschool activities today, Tuesday, Dec. 17, at Boothbay Region High School and Boothbay Region Elementary School have been canceled, according to the schools.

The Seahawk boys varsity and junior varsity basketball games at Mt. Abram tonight (December 17) have been rescheduled due to the impending snowstorm. The games have been rescheduled for Monday,…

Jeremy Geroux, 35, of Newcastle was charged with unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, eluding an officer, driving to endanger and operating after suspension.