WALDOBORO — The state Fire Marshal’s Office has charged Eric J. Buckley of Waldoboro with arson, for allegedly intentionally setting a fire inside a mobile home at 50 Union Road (Route 235) Nov.…

The Legislative Council on Thursday voted to reverse an earlier decision to reject a bill to address ocean acidification for the upcoming legislative session in January.

The measure…

This year, Boothbay Region High School finally has a swim team.

There are 13 athletes currently on the team, including freshmen Elizabeth Bradstreet-Doughty, Molly Thibault and Chelsie…

A new spa has opened in Edgecomb.

Denise Dow opened her new business, Island Spa, at the Sheepscot Harbour Village and Resort on…

Maine's economy has not improved for Maine's children and families according to the…

Courtney Brewer, a junior at Boothbay Region High School, has been nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Washington, D.C. February 14-16, 2014.

The Congress is an…

United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s fundraising Campaign to improve local people’s lives met its goal, successfully raising $1,933,352. The fundraising…

At the November 13 Town of Boothbay Board of Selectmen meeting, the selectmen discussed the failed articles presented at…

“Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.” Oh what fun it would be to win the Feed Our Scholars holiday decoration contest and celebrate the season with a jolly basket of…

Let's start with the story everyone should know.

One day President John F. Kennedy was late for church. The townspeople stood on the shoreline,…

Central Maine Community College (CMCC) will conduct a registration night and nursing information session Wednesday, Dec. 4 from 5 to 7 p.…

The Boothbay Board of Appeals met on November 19 to accept an application for a variance to build a cell tower in East Boothbay. The first public hearing has been scheduled for January 28.

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Boothbay Region High School will be holding parent-teacher conferences on Monday, Nov. 25 from 2:30 to 7 p.m.

This is a good time to sit down with any teachers you wish and have an…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Deputy Matthew Day was dispatched November 12 to a report of criminal…

Some people run because they want to win, or lose weight, or beat a personal best. Scott Flagg runs because he loves running.

He's been an avid runner for 25…

Those who help could be getting a little help themselves.

On Tuesday, Nov. 19, Sheriff Todd Brackett spoke with the Lincoln County…

On November 15, Rising Tide Community Market donated $311.32 to New Hope for Women as part of their Co-ops for Community Day program.

Each month, Rising Tide donates .5 percent of Rising…

The Maine Department of Transportation has announced that Route 1 between Route 218 and Boothbay Road (Route 27) in Wiscasset and Edgecomb will be reduced to two lanes because of utility work…

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boothbay Railway Village, Boothbay Region Land Trust, Boothbay Region YMCA and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens have joined…

Faith Foster, 68, of Boothbay, died November 15, 2013, at her niece’s home in South Freeport.

She was born on March 28, 1945, in Rochester, N.Y., the daughter of Marie (Eisenhart) Foster and…

The Edgecomb Baptist Church may have a buyer, Edgecomb Selectman Stuart Smith said November 18.

A real estate agent for the church's owner, the Grace Baptist Church…

The yearly shopping event Early Bird is this Saturday, Nov. 23, from 6 to 9 a.m., the Y-Arts kids will be stationed in front of Video Loft in the Meadow Mall…

Another week, another round of talks centered around a parking lot.

The Damariscotta municipal parking lot will again take center stage…

Dogs are very important to us here at the land trust. And there is nothing better than hitting a land trust trail and letting your best furry friend run through the forest and swim in the river as…

Idalene Rose (Leeman) Pinkham, 91, of Boothbay Harbor, died November 18, 2013 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, with her loving family at her side.…

The Boothbay Register’s artist-in-residence, Suzi Thayer, is getting off the page and onto the walls this week.

Thayer, who is perhaps best known locally for her commercial art, interesting…

Leslie “Les” Wayne Smith of Edgecomb died November 7, 2013.

He was born March 11, 1925 in Cave City, Ken., to Joe Louis…

The Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) met November 13 at the Wiscasset Town Office and were updated on state and national Republican…

Virginia Roberts of Boothbay died Monday, Nov. 18, 2013.

A full obituary will appear in next week’s issue.

The family is planning a memorial service in late December.

Edgecomb will get fresh answers to some of its sewer questions.

In a 15-6, secret ballot vote on November 18, residents gave the go-ahead for a new engineering…

Damariscotta River Association (DRA) staff members were thrilled when Natalie Bisset, a student visiting with her class from Jefferson Village Elementary school, found an albino snake.

“This…

Ernest Edward James, 81, of Inverness, Fla., died November 7, 2013 under the loving care of his family and Hospice of Citrus County.

Ernest was born on March 29, 1932 in Bath, Maine to the…

Anne Robbins Mackie, 86, of Westport Island and Vero Beach, Fla., died November 2, 2013 in Vero Beach after a brief illness.

Anne was born in Andover,…

When the Maine Eastern Railroad passenger train rolls into Wiscasset, riders can typically be seen waving and smiling out through the coach car windows.

On November…

Sumner Wendell Rand of Stockbridge, Ga., 74, died on November 14, 2013 after a brief illness.

He was born in Somerville, Mass., on August 3, 1939, the son of Wendell Galen and Helen (…

The Boothbay Harbor selectmen awarded the Boothbay Harbor 2013 Spirit of America award to the Rowe sisters for their tireless efforts in improving the footbridge.

Marianne, Sue and Nancy…

Solar panels have been popping up around the Boothbay peninsula this year, and the Tugboat Inn and Boothbay Harbor Inn are the latest hotels to be outfitted with this trendy technology.

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Special things need protecting.

The maps, books and other pieces of Lincoln County's past that sit on the third floor of the 1811 Old Jail in Wiscasset do.

As the weather turns colder, Mainers are cranking up the heat. For many people, that means firing up the wood stove.

There’s nothing like a roaring fire in the stove to keep a family warm…

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, our newspaper will be printed on Tuesday, Nov. 26, and distributed starting on Wednesday.

The deadline for the November 28 issue will be Friday, Nov. 22, at…

Roughly halfway through the University of Maine public meeting in Bristol November 14, a question kept popping up from the residents packed into the Bristol…

THOMASTON — The new Walmart in Thomaston was evacuated Friday afternoon following a phone call that ended with the caller saying there was a bomb in the store.

Thomaston Police Chief Kevin…

The TIF was defeated on the November 5 referendum, but Boothbay selectmen still believe a tax incremental financing district should be pursued.

“The TIF…

At the November 12 Boothbay Harbor Selectmen's meeting, the selectmen agreed to take over care of the Windjammer Day fireworks.

The Boothbay Region Chamber of Commerce had sent a letter to…

Although a facilitator was deemed necessary by the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen, there was little quarrel over one issue during a Wednesday meeting:

A federal judge has awarded Maine Yankee $35.7 million in damages for being stuck with spent fuel the Department of Energy was…

As of Friday, Nov. 15, the winter parking ban in Boothbay Harbor is in effect. Parking between the hours of 2 and 6 a.m. on the street is prohibited. Parking along public ways is also prohibited…

Cocoa, cookies and a good cause will come together as Maine Eastern Railroad's “Toys 'n' Turkeys” train stops in Wiscasset on Saturday, Nov. 16.

The train is…

For a donation, the Harbor House project could become costly for the town of Newcastle.

During the Tuesday, Nov. 12 selectmen meeting, David Levesque, lawyer for…