Work is progressing on the Hendricks Head Beach project as the new parking lot is taking shape.

The beach and adjoining land were…

The Boothbay Region High School boys and girls basketball games against Dirigo have been rescheduled since yesterday. There will be three games at BRHS on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The junior varsity…

On Saturday, Dec. 7 during the Harbor Lights Festival, eighth grader Devyn Campbell of Boothbay Harbor spent his afternoon at the Boothbay Region Historical Society…

Thanksgiving is over for this year, but McSeagull's proprietor Ralph Smith is still thankful for what transpired that day at his restaurant.

Half the fun of the Harbor Lights is the last minute scrambling to get bulbs, wires, zip ties and electricity flowing before showtime. It’s what keeps lobsterman Rusty Brewer coming back every…

On Thursday, Dec. 19 from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., the Certificate Of Need Unit of the Maine Department of…

There is a service called Warming Lunches in our community that you may not know about. If you are alone with no one to dine with, you might enjoy our Warming Lunches program.

If you want…

Due to today’s weather, the Boothbay Region Elementary School seventh and eighth grade basketball games scheduled at home and in Wiscasset have been canceled. Also, all after school activities…

Are you a nonprofit that is collecting Christmas gifts for needy families, or end-of-the-year donations so you can continue to help those in need? If so, the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset…

Gardiner police have arrested a Wiscasset man on a firearms charge after…

Due to today's storm, the forum on consumer fraud with Attorney General Janet Mills and Sen. Chris Johnson scheduled for tonight, Monday, Dec. 9,…

UPDATE: Boothbay Region High School has announced that all afterschool activities have been canceled for today.

The Lady Seahawks varsity and junior varsity home basketball games scheduled…

Reminder: Newcastle will have a special town meeting tonight at 7 p.m. (Monday, Dec. 9) at the Newcastle Fire Station.

Residents will…

Molly Cohen Levin of Naples, Fla., and Boothbay Harbor, died peacefully on December 5, 2013 surrounded by her family.

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The final Boothbay selectmen’s meeting of 2013 is scheduled for December 11 at 7 p.m.

Town Manager Jim Chaousis is planning to present the town budget for fiscal year 2015, and the selectmen…

The Wiscasset man Gardiner police want to question about a December 7 shooting in their town have a meeting scheduled with the man, Gardiner Police Chief James Toman said December 9…

Every Tuesday at lunch, a group of 28 students at Boothbay Region Elementary School gets together for a weekly meeting. These students make up the LOAFS group, which stands for Leaders Organizing…

Boothbay Civil War soldier Charley McCobb, who joined Company E of the 4th Maine Regiment in June 1861, had served more than two years when he took part in the battle of Gettysburg, his last act.…

Gardiner police were seeking to question a man from the Wiscasset area after his girlfriend received a gunshot wound in Gardiner on December 7, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen…

The Boothbay Region High School swim team hosted its first meet on December 6 against the St. Dominic Saints and the Lincoln Academy Eagles. Seahawks took first place in three events, second place…

The new Pratts Island Bridge is almost complete.

Work on the wooden bridge began in late summer 2013, and is in its final phase.

Waterfront property owners might be in for a surprise when they find out their home could now be listed in a flood zone.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new maps extend flood zones…

You’re walking down the street in the harbor and you see it: a shuttered business.

Maybe it’s a shop you never went to, a restaurant you were hoping would survive past its first season, or…

After taking a short poll about Damariscotta's municipal parking lot, two things became clear.

The parking lot should be rebuilt with…

Say the word “shrimp” and several images surface. To anyone who looks forward to the season when fishermen start hauling them in droves, that one word connotes a sweet…

The job Wiscasset Speedway's owners have done reopening the track has put them in the running for an award.

Stephen Perry, owner and host of the television show “…

Although December is off to an auspicious and brown start, things will soon be getting white.

Unfortunately for snow-lovers, they will…

For years, I’ve recommended bringing house plants indoors by Labor Day. The system has always worked for me; the plants have settled into their winter quarters without dropping leaves or gone into…

Christopher Todd Daniels, 43, of Parker, Colo., died on November 29, 2013, following a two-year battle with brain…

The Damariscotta Police Department is getting a new face.

Ryan Chubbuck has been picked as the new officer for the department and was…

AUGUSTA —Gov. Paul LePage notified Maine Dec. 6 that President Obama has ordered flags to half-staff in honor of Nelson Mandela. The flags are to remain at half-mast until sunset Dec. 9. The…

The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Board of Trustees is still recoiling from the public lashing it received from the Boothbay selectmen after the community tennis courts…

Boothbay Harbor’s Sarah J. Gudroe has been focused on fitness for over a decade. She has taught and done personal training at the Y, and works out nearly every day.

Slated to air in January, a new Maine reality show is on the horizon. Early on Sunday mornings, six guys walk onto a dairy farm with a 12-pack of…

Local business owners, merchants and nonprofits gathered at the Boothbay region YMCA's Coastal Club Room on December 3 to think up new ways to promote the Boothbay region.

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James E. “Jim” Pitcher of Boothbay and Marathon, Fla., having bravely fought leukemia, died November 1, 2013 at home with his family. The memory of his kindness and…

UPDATE: According to Southport neighbor Sarah Sherman, his daughter has reported that Mr. Grimes has been found and is safely back at his…

Recently, the 12th annual Maine Credit Unions’ Ending Hunger Walking Tour delivered contributions to food pantries in communities across the Midcoast region…

The Monhegan Energy Task Force, a volunteer group of Monhegan residents consisting of representatives from the Monhegan Plantation Power District (MPPD) and the island’s assessors’ office, as well…

In the annals of government, apparently late is better than never. However, whether a late government review is more meaningful than no or timely government review remains to be seen.

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Third-year coach Tanner Grover says, in order for his 2013-2014 Lady Seahawks varsity basketball team to have success on the court, “we must play together and establish our own pace.”

Grover…

Although there were no concrete answers, Chief Deputy Ken Mason of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office offered one reason the jail count had grown so high.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Alison Cook, 18, of Boothbay was issued three summonses November 29 for…

“Yes, we have no shrimp.” This will be the woeful refrain coming from shrimp lovers, seafood retailers and restaurants this winter.

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Damage from trucks associated with a Mount Hunger Road gravel pit have made the road impassible to emergency vehicles, Edgecomb selectmen and Road Commissioner Scott Griffin said…

Shirleyann Frances Hedgcock, 92, died peacefully at her home in East Boothbay on December 1, 2013.

She was born April 4, 1921 in Hollywood, Calif., the daughter of the late Seth and Claire (…

The defending Western Maine champs in basketball are getting ready for another run as the 2013-2014 regular season opens…

Shouldn't Wiscasset get a slice of the multi-million-dollar court award Maine Yankee has coming in connection with the spent fuel still in town?

Wiscasset Budget…

At the November 25 Boothbay Harbor selectmen's meeting, Boothbay Region Ambulance Service Director Robbie Ham presented a status report.

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We hope that by now you are well aware of Boothbay Region Land Trust’s (BRLT) Stewardship Campaign: an effort to raise sustaining dollars for the land trust’s hiking trails,…