The working waterfront. The footbridge. Foggy mornings in the harbor. These were just a sample of what people answered when the question was asked “What does the Boothbay region mean to you?” at…

ATLANTIC OCEAN — One hundred miles off the New England coast, you will glimpse Captain Wes Pulver on the bridge of the …

When Daniel Williams had a heart attack in 2007, he saw the light. It was that one people talk about after a close call with death, he said.

Williams flat-lined in…

In a recent town hall forum on ways to capture the increased property tax revenue generated by the expansion of the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, Southport resident Paul Coulombe…

On November 5, Maine voters will decide the fate of a $149.5 million bond package developed earlier this year through negotiations between Gov. Paul LePage and the state legislature.

Money…

The first-ever online Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper Staff Pro Football Challenge continues. Each week, staff members Ben “The Incredible…

Anyone looking for a good outdoor sport should drop by the Great Salt Bay Elementary School on Sunday afternoons. “52 Pick-up,” Damariscotta’s own…

A field at Edgecomb Eddy School might work as a recreational area to make up for the town's abandonment of a public tennis court, a state official said October 21.

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Buddy the Elf and Java Bean are proud supporters of Boothbay Region Land Trust’s Stewardship Campaign and veteran hikers of Zak Preserve and Ovens Mouth Preserve.

Their donation is helping…

Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap encourages all Maine voters to review the Citizen's Guide to the Referendum Election and reminds voters that the deadline to request an absentee ballot for the…

Sen. Chris Johnson (D-Somerville) will hold his monthly in-district office hours on Saturday, Oct. 26 in three locations. From 8 to 9 a.m. he will be at the…

The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce (BBHRCC) is a 501-C-6 voluntary organization established in 1962 to promote the economic, civic and…

Dear Readers,

The October 24 edition of The Boothbay Register contains two pages (3 and 10) which belong in our sister paper, the Wiscasset Newspaper. The…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On October 15, Deputy…

The Men’s Group of The First Congregational Church, Wiscasset will have its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at noon in Fellowship Hall, at which time Paul Dodson will present a…

Telecommunications company Mariner Tower has applied for a variance to construct a 120-foot tall cell tower …

John VanOrsdell, 80, of Boothbay, now a resident of St. Andrews Village, invited family, friends and his publisher to the Village for the unveiling of his first science fiction novel, “Angelesis…

Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter doesn't mind that he's not on the town's ordinance review committee anymore.

He's just bothered that nobody contacted him directly…

For the third consecutive month, sales of single-family existing homes resulted in a double-digit statistical gain over the prior year.

Maine Listings today reported that 1,307 homes changed…

Hilda Louise May, 100 years old, known as “a woman of great strength,” died peacefully on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, surrounded by family at Chase Point in Damariscotta.

Hilda was born in…

 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On behalf of his leadership in business and community development, Kyle Murdock, founder of Sea Hag Seafood, Inc., in Tenants Harbor, has received a 2013…

Martha E. Simmons, 88, of Phippsburg died Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.

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Members of the Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association (BRF&GA) recently approved the donation of 30 food boxes, purchased at Hannaford in Boothbay Harbor,…

The National Drug Enforcement Administration will be holding its next National Take Back Day Initiative on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Former Boothbay Town Manager John Anderson pleaded not guilty on October 11 to misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure and lewdness, stemming from an alleged incident that occurred at his home on…

It's hunting season again and Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) would like to remind hikers, hunters and dogs to wear blaze orange and to be alert…

Melburne Charles Applebee of Wiscasset, loving husband, brother, father, and grandfather, died peacefully on October 19, 2013 at Maine Medical Center.

Emery R. “Rip” Jordan, 86, of East Boothbay, died peacefully at the VA Togus Hospice House on October 14, 2013, after a long illness.

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WALDOBORO — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said in a news release that two men and a teenager have been charged in Waldoboro following a three-month investigation into the illegal distribution…

Joseph Baldridge Wentworth, 87, of Wiscasset, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 at the Hospice Center at the Togus Veteran’s Medical Center in Augusta surrounded by his family.

Born in Searsmont on…

The Coburn House in Boothbay is now under contract with a buyer, an auctioneer confirmed October 21.

“We're hoping there will be a closing within 30 days,” Stefan…

On November 5, Boothbay voters will choose whether or not to adopt 32 ordinance changes proposed by the Boothbay Planning Board.

All the changes come packaged under Question 4, which is…

At the Mountain Valley Conference title race at UMaine in Augusta on Saturday, Oct. 19, the boys cross country team and senior Sophia Thayer scooped MVC top honors. The girls team placed second, a…

Although Columbus Day has passed, our region is still buzzing with activity, so read a bit and see what’s coming your way.

On Sunday, Oct. 20, shuck on over to Mine Oyster…

An unknown, would-be buyer put in the high bid of $75,000 on Boothbay's Coburn House on October 18. But negotiations were still to follow, meaning the circa 1870s bed-and-breakfast…

United Way of Mid Coast Maine Campaign Chair Vin DiCara announced at a recent Update Breakfast that the United Way campaign has raised $1,053,782 or 54.6 percent of its $1,930,000…

There must be a lot of happy lobster fishermen, Mark Brewer said.

Otherwise, the Boothbay man said he didn't know why just six license-holders came to Damariscotta…

Melancholy. That's a word that comes to mind this time of year.

Born and raised in Cape Elizabeth, Julia Olsen taught for 25 years at the Touchtone Community School in Grafton, Mass.

The 18 German-American Partnership Program students and their 17 partner students had an incredible time during the 17-day exchange in the Boothbay Harbor…

In March of this year, Team Dyer Neck Gang embarked on reaching a goal of raising $10,000 for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer, Hope &…

An incorrect advertisement was printed in the October 17 issue of the Boothbay Register.

The ad was for Kaler’s Crab and Lobster House. It listed the incorrect last day and an incorrect…

Westward, the 136-foot boat which has been moored in Boothbay Harbor for the past year, broke free from its mooring October 17 and was about six feet from a dock at Signal Point before…

Boothbay Harbor Police Department added two new police officers to its ranks at the October 15 Boothbay Harbor selectmen's meeting.

Former Reserve Officer Tom Chryplewicz will…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On October 9, Deputy Chad Gilbert responded to a report of Criminal…

An Edgecomb restaurant will not be going to auction on October18 after all. The Bank of Maine has put off its sale of the former Davis Island Grill and two condominiums attached to…

A two car accident tied up traffic at noon October 16 in Boothbay Harbor after a Saab and Jeep collided near Hammond Lumber on Route 27.

There did not appear to be any major injuries,…

Aggression runs deep in the roster of Boothbay Region High School girls soccer team, but often shows up too late in a game to come away with a win.

During the October 10 match against…