Matt Carter, 41, of Boothbay Harbor and Jenna Krajewski, 33, of Hallowell won the men's and women's divisions of the 33rd annual Boothbay Region YMCA Rocky Coast 10k Road Race May…

477 voters in Boothbay Harbor turned out to vote in the 2013 municipal…

A recent issue of The Atlantic Monthly magazine has the photo of a 2-year-old staring intently at an iPad, with the title underneath: “The Touch-screen Generation.”  

The first report cards on Maine schools for the academic year 2011-2012 were released on the afternoon of May 1 by the Department of Education. Here's how the Boothbay region scored:

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Phyllis Banghart Burgess of Weston, Mass., and Southport, died peacefully on April 27 at her home with her family by her side.

Phyllis was born on…

Edna Miriam Bradford Lord, 105, of Norway, Maine died on January 29, 2013.

She was born on August 31, 1907 in Rangeley to Harry and Ethel Bradford.…

On May 1, the Fish Pier will still be open selling bait. On April 25, the town of Boothbay Harbor signed a new lease with Chuck and Jeanne Fuller of Fuller Marine Services in…

Boothbay residents will vote at the annual town meeting on Monday, May 6. The polls will open between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the Boothbay Town Office to vote on the…

Bucket list: Be a contestant on “The Price Is Right.” Check!

Cama Hagerthy of Boothbay, who used to watch the TV game show “The Price Is Right” with…

In Downeast Dog News’ reader poll for 2013, local pet store “Two Salty Dogs” won best pet store in Maine.

Selection was by readers of the magazine. In…

Nancy F. Boardman, 71, died peacefully at her home in East Boothbay on Thursday, April 25, 2013, surrounded by her loving family.

She was born on…

Officials from local law enforcement, towns and the county joined a discussion in Damariscotta April 25 about how such a county-wide animal control service system could work, if at…

UPDATE: Hoffman won by 151 votes.

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On April 11, DIRECTV filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in Portland against Korey Lewis for illegally broadcasting satellite television at Pier 1 Pizza in Boothbay Harbor…

Sagadahoc and Lincoln County officials spoke before the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee April 29 in support of a law to have the state Board of Corrections make…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Traffic complaints

Citizens and visitors of…

No one was hurt and there was little damage in a fire in the Assisted Living section of St. Andrews Village on April 30 around 11:20 a.m.

According to…

Hundreds of Fishermen's Festival spectators were startled when a ramped walkway connecting the pier to the boardwalk collapsed under the weight of crowds gathering in the Boothbay…

Three peninsula residents say they went to Portland in January to watch the Boothbay Country Club be auctioned off, but were turned away.

The Boothbay…

When the Southport Water System merged with the Boothbay Region Water District, its ratepayers expected some kind of increase – just not the one that arrived in the mail.…

Boothbay Region High School is proud to announce that it has been named as an affiliate school to the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

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Gertrude Mae Lewis Tibbetts died peacefully Thursday morning, April 25, 2013, at her home surrounded by her loving family.

She was born August 14,…

First place: Mark and Matt Carter, racing the Samantha Ann, 2:35

Second place: Clive Farrin and Cage…

Results:

Kids:

4th grade won against 3rd grade (1:03)

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Results

Kids competition:

Results

Seven- and eight-year-olds:

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Alzuma “Zumie” Marie Lux, died April 23, 2013 at her daughter Marie Cooper’s home in Edgecomb.

She was born on July 19, 1926 in Bird City, Kan., to the…

Bill Bailey of Boothbay said he has been very involved in local education ever since watching his daughter grow up and graduate through the Boothbay school system.

UPDATE: Hannaford spokesman Mike Norton reports that the Boothbay Harbor store will reopen today, April 26, at 2 p.m.

"We've had a…

Ulrike “Ulli” Vachon-Frisch of Orrs Island died December 11, 2012. A celebration of life will be held in her honor, on Sunday, May 5, 2013 from noon to 4…

Charles W. Cottrell died in Boothbay Harbor on April 18, 2013 after a long illness.

Charles was born in Mentor, Ohio to Charles W. and Dorothy…

Jon Lewis of Boothbay is running for an open seat on the Boothbay Region Water District Board of Trustees. Lewis moved to Boothbay 15 years ago to work for the Department of Marine…

The following cases were reported a Wiscasset Sixth District Court closed case report dated April 1-22:

Brian V. Aherne Jr., 35, Boothbay Harbor,…

Muriel Elaine Trask, 86, of Birch Point Road in Wiscasset, died on Monday, April 22, 2013, surrounded by family, at her daughter’s home in Brunswick.

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Traffic on Route 1 stopped just in front of the Donald Davey Bridge in Edgecomb the afternoon of April 24 due to a two-car fender-bender.

Neither driver was…

The Save St. Andrews Hospital Task Force volunteers has announced that the Second Opinion Fund at The First bank is now closed. The volunteers would like to thank everyone who…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Reminder to all residents: All studded snow tires must be removed from vehicles by May 1, 2013.…

Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission's Second Annual Meeting, to be held Monday, April 29 from 5-7 p.m. at Bigelow Labs, will feature groundbreaking research and innovative…

There will be a non-binding referendum on the ballots in the towns of Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor and during the Edgecomb Town Meeting asking "Do you support maintaining the…

Bright yellow machines outnumber golf carts at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club as workers level the new driving range, sod tees, redo bunkers, enlarge the putting green and…

On May 3, voters in Boothbay Harbor will head to the polls to vote. Five of the six open positions have unopposed candidates. The sixth, for a selectman's position, has only two…

The Southport Planning Board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1 at the Southport Town Office. There are no applications but only a few details to…

The Maine Department of Transportation will be resurfacing the Donald E. Davey Bridge that spans the Sheepscot River between Wiscasset and Edgecomb starting on Friday, April 26.…

The following cases appeared on a Lincoln County Superior Court Closed Case Report dated April 1-22:

Patrick Roy Alexander Jr., 34, Bowdoinham, Theft…

Wiscasset claims Mason Station may be the scene of an illegal junkyard and possibly at least one unsafe building.

The town used more than 100…

All five schools in Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 have been undergoing major security upgrades throughout March and April.

Facilities…

Joyce Elizabeth Adams Murray, 85, died comfortably at the Gregory Wing in Boothbay Harbor, April 22, 2013, after battling Alzheimer's disease for the past eight years.

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds recorded the following land transfers March 25-April 12:

ALNA – Ellen Kaplan Maxfield, Ellen Kaplan-Maxfield, Tom…

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Arlene V.  Reed will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 18 at the Damariscotta Baptist Church. The church is at 4 Bristol Road, Damariscotta. The Rev.…

Gov. Paul LePage is calling for the state of Maine to join the people of the city of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in a moment of silence this afternoon, April 22, to mark one…