By the end of the night on October 9, Paul Coulombe of Southport had offered the Town of Boothbay a $2.5 million money-back guarantee in defense of the proposed Boothbay Village and Industrial…

The National Drug Enforcement Agency will be holding a National Take Back Day Initiative on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The purpose of…

Boothbay Region High School’s cross country teams have never been so well placed for the championship season. On October 9 in Lisbon, the boys ran away with the race and the girls edged past…

Allen Frank Barrington of Wiscasset died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013

The Barrington family invites friends to a brief service at the Wiscasset Yacht Club on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m.

Joan Tirrell Orne of Boothbay Harbor died peacefully in the early morning on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013.

Joan was born at home in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada on…

Statoil, an international energy company with operations in 36 countries, announced today that it is ending its $120 million Hywind Maine project.

Statoil was on its way to developing the…

Nicole Giles and Robert Fallon were married aboard the Novelty in Hodgdon Cove, West Boothbay Harbor on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. The Reverend Peter Panagore officiated at…

Local fire departments are well-known for their ability to fight fires.

On October 13, they showed, once again, they also do a fine job starting one and keeping it burning.

The cedar…

After many years of hoping and planning for a newly renovated and expanded Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, that day has finally arrived.

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Emery R. Jordan, age 86, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, at the VA Togus Hospice House, after a long illness. A full obituary will follow.

It’s the middle of October and Halloween and fall festivities are in full swing.

Sunday and Monday are the last days of the infinitely silly and always entertaining…

Penalties and turnovers haunted the Boothbay Region High School Seahawks on October 12 as the host Oak Hill Raiders rolled to a 40-6 victory at Wales.

Issues involving an Edgecomb committee have spurred its shakeup, along with an email dustup between two town officials.

The emails are the latest go-round between…

The southeast of Maine is now experiencing peak foliage just in time for the Columbus Day weekend, according to the fifth Fall Foliage Report from the Maine Department of Agriculture Conservation…

Boothbay Region Senior Citizens Club (BRSCC) meetings are held the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the Boothbay Fire Department.

The Club met on Wednesday, Oct. 10 with 32 in…

The Rocky Coast Riders, a group of local equine enthusiasts, held a Murder Mystery Benefit Ride on September 21.

The mystery ride had groups riding throughout the trail system behind Seven…

Before the sun touches the hillside on Federal Street, Ethel Stansfield rises to take her morning walk. This quiet ritual inspires her before she heads up the hill.

Her coffee is still…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On October 5, Reserve Deputy Richard Woodward was dispatched to a…

Todd Williams, of East Boothbay, died peacefully on October 3, 2013 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital in New Hampshire after a long struggle with lymphoma and leukemia. His family was by his side.…

The Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club named Sen. Chris Johnson (D-Somerville) the “Maine Environmental Legislator of the Year” at a celebration marking its…

Phyllis Viola Eaton Hart, 98, died Monday, October 7, 2013 at Thornton Oaks Retirement Community in Brunswick.

She was…

Last week’s closing of St. Andrews Emergency Department and swing bed unit made visible by the symbolic sign change seemed like the final chapter in a long, painful drama for this community.

The Boothbay town garage was outfitted with 165 solar panels on October 8. The public works depot off Country Club Road is the second of three municipal…

Boothbay Fire Chief Dick Spofford has announced that there will be a mutual aid burn training session on Sunday, Oct. 13 beginning at around 8 a.m.

The training will be held at the Barter…

The time has come for fall's harvest to be plucked from the vine.

The seventh annual Damariscotta Pumpkin Festival and Regatta began…

It’s 7:30 a.m. and a bunch of Cajun women are singing in the streets of Boothbay Harbor. I’m sipping lukewarm coffee with an Emmy award-winning producer and Sewall Maddocks. How the heck did I get…

Who makes the best hamburger in Boothbay and the best pancakes in Wiscasset? Those are two of the ten questions Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper readers answered in recent online contests…

Edgecomb is closer to knowing who to give disputed tax incentive payments to.

Maine's business court has taken on the case, putting it on a faster track for trial…

“A table full of welcome” is the reflection title for the pulpit guest from Martha's Vineyard at the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship service on Sunday, Oct. 13. The quotation is …

It was lights out on Capitol Hill on October 1, but not in Boothbay Harbor. The Harbor Theatre was abuzz with over 70 Chamber members,…

Edgecomb voters will consider calling for a study selectmen say will lay the groundwork for the town's sewer decisions.

The board on October 7 planned a special…

Louise Mae (Alley) Downing, 74, of Middletown, R.I., died peacefully at home surrounded by her family.

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Thelma Stanley Chenoweth, 105, of Boothbay Harbor died peacefully in her sleep October 2, 2013, with her family by her side.

She was born September 1, 1908 in Waterville to Newton F. Stanley…

The annual Belfast Festival of Champions race is a highlight of the high school cross country season and the race on October 5 was no exception. With over 70…

The Lewiston CareerCenter is hosting its second fall Job Fair on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, from 9 a.m. to noon at its building on 5 Mollison Way, Lewiston. Thirty employers will be hiring.

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It’s the first full week of October and fall is here to stay awhile.…

Lincoln County Healthcare provides both hospital and residential inpatient care in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta, as well as assisted and independent living options for seniors (see table).…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office will be getting a new transport van.

On Tuesday, Oct. 1 the Lincoln County Commissioners gave…

This year’s Fall Foliage Festival stage is going to rock, roll, swing and hop.

Entertainment Coordinator Mellissa Thornton has finalized the schedule for the…

Rep. Mick Devin, D-Newcastle, will host “The Maine Health Insurance Marketplace Explained” on Tuesday, Oct. 29, from 6:30 to 8 p.m in the Porter Meeting Hall of the…

Local artist Doug Zyskowski has donated two framed stained glass “windows” to the Southport Memorial Library in Newagen…

Frank Willard “Tripp” Brower III, a summer visitor to Pratt’s Island for many years, died September 29, 2013 surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with multiple myeloma cancer.

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

The Free Clothing Closet, located behind the United Methodist Church, Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor, will be open every Wednesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., throughout the fall and winter…

Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has warned consumers about websites claiming to provide new driver’s licenses and driver’s license renewals.

These websites charge customers, but do not…

Two well-known properties on the peninsula will go up for auction October 18. A Bank of Maine company is looking to sell the Coburn House in Boothbay, the former Davis Island Grill in…

The aromas of chili and chowder and the voices of visitors filled the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard during the second annual…

At a recent meeting of the Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund, the Board of Trustees elected five new board members. This means that the BRSAF board will be fully…

A donation can was stolen from Coastal Maine Popcorn Company at 4:55 p.m on September 29.

Store owner Julie Roberts noticed the can missing the next morning, September 30. She reviewed the…

With 300-year-old clay pipe stems, glass beads and charred timbers, archaeologist Tim Dinsmore is slowly and painstakingly putting together a portrait of the lives of the first…