Meeting Thursday evening, Feb. 7, the Edgecomb planning board quickly approved the site plan for a visitor information center and market-café on Route 1. Gayle Hunt and Bill Burge represented…
News
On the morning of Saturday, Jan. 26, the Woodchucks were the beneficiaries of yet another example of the amazing generosity of the people and organizations in our community.
This time it…
Boothbay Harbor Planning Board
The Boothbay Harbor planning board will be meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at the meeting room in the town office. Two applications are on the agenda: PGC8 LLC at 61 Atlantic Avenue,…
Boothbay Harbor Board of Selectmen
The Boothbay Harbor selectmen will be holding a public hearing on east side zoning warrants at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 11 in the meeting room of the town office. The public hearing is being…
#3014: James Wallin, Plummer Road, bath (replace fixtures and wall)
#3015: Mary Jo Carlson, 114 Cross Road, screened porch
#3016: William Page, 49 Landing Road, rebuild pier/fish…
Damariscotta-Newcastle Rotary Club
The 12th annual Damariscotta-Newcastle Rotary Club Karl’s Kids Ski Day fundraiser will be held on Saturday, March 2 at Sugarloaf. Karl’s Kids honors the late Rotarian Karl Berger by helping less…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
A new study has revealed how a group of deep-sea microbes provides clues to the evolution of life on Earth, according to a…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in January:
Alna:
Steen, Arlene A., Averill, Jeffrey H., Averill, Stephen P.…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Board of Trustees
After an outpouring of concern from the towns and public at their last meeting, the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor…
Unexpected tuition costs are the main culprits in an Edgecomb school budget up nearly 11 percent for Fiscal Year 20. Principal Ira Michaud presented the budget's first draft Feb. 4 during the…
When the Edgecomb planning board meets Thursday, Feb. 7, it will be asked to review and approve the site plan for a Midcoast Gateway Visitor Information Center and market/café on Route 1.
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Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District
A committee of Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor town officials, CSD trustees and school committee members met for the first time Feb. 4. The committee of Denise Griffin, Tricia Warren, Dale Harmon,…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
The Once Upon A Time Family Dance scheduled for Friday, Feb. 8 at the Opera House has been cancelled. Dance instructor and Queen of the event, Kim Keller, cannot be here due to a family emergency…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Commissioners hired Megan McLaughlin as county planner Feb. 5. She starts Feb. 11. McLaughlin was offered the job last month but requested a second meeting with the hiring committee…
When Boothbay Region Health Care, Inc. held annual and monthly board meetings Jan. 28, directors of the organization that operates its Boothbay Region Health Center in the Meadow Mall at 185…
Gov. Janet Mills announced Monday, she has hired Tom Abello of Edgecomb and Mary Anne Turowski of Newburgh as senior policy advisors.
Turowski previously served as director of politics and…
Tom Dewey of Boothbay has been busy connecting with newly found family for over six months. Tom was the youngest of two, he and his sister Debi, but in mid-June last year, he found out he had a…
Press release
On Jan. 31, the purchase of the Sea Pier at 87 Atlantic Avenue in Boothbay Harbor was completed and the property was donated to the Boothbay Region Maritime Foundation, BRMF.
The Foundation…
Kindness and consideration are the coin of the realm at Boothbay Region High School. For the past month, students, staff and community members have recognized acts of kindness by nominating…
Press release
Last week marked the first gathering of a new Science Advisory Board established to provide guidance to Boothbay Region Land Trust’s (BRLT) Coastal Water Monitoring Program. The board members…
Obituary
Oscar O. Noah passed away peacefully Feb. 2, 2019 at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
He was born on the family farm in Jahns Valley, Wisconsin on Nov. 28, 1930, the son of…
The Windjammer Days Festival Committee reminds Boothbay region student artists to submit a design for this year’s official festival T-shirt. The deadline to submit a design is Friday, Feb. 8. A…
Lincoln County Courts
The following are the closed cases in Lincoln County Courts in January. All information was provided by the County Clerk. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are…
Death notice
Oscar Noah of Boothbay Harbor died Saturday, Feb. 2.
A service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor.
In lieu of flowers, please…
The annual Haiti Benefit Dinner traditionally offers participants the opportunity to purchase Haitian paintings and handicrafts.
“This year,” dinner co-founders Susan and Frazier Meade said…
Obituary
Laura Larkin Field died Jan. 29, 2019 after suffering many years with Huntington’s disease.
She was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on April 6, 1956, one of six children of Paul A. and…
Review
Fourteen musicians signed up to perform at the Feb. 1 "Open Mic" at the Boothbay Opera House, the second of an annual three-part winter program. The musicians ranged in age, instrument and skill…
harvested from a crocus that blooms during a short period in autumn
WALDOBORO — When Barbara Boardman and her husband, Chris Augusta, moved to Maine in 2000 they were inspired by their rich personal connections to a state where he summered as a child and she…
The VIP will meet on Tuesday Feb. 5 at 1:30 p.m. in the Community Center in the small mall on Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor. Our guest from the Iris Network will demonstrate the best way to…
Obituary
Frank Kelley, 79, a former Boothbay area businessman, died unexpectedly Jan. 20, 2019.
He was born in Maine and never lost his love for being a “Maniac.”
Born Nov. 28, 1939, to…
Boothbay Harbor Rotarians donated $1,000 to buy a radio for Edgecomb’s new fire truck, which is scheduled to be delivered this spring.
Voters approved the truck in a series of meetings…
The Maine Department of Transportation will spring into action this May, beginning the long awaited Barters Island Bridge improvement project. Reed & Reed of Woolwich won the construction…
Wiscasset police said no one was hurt in a car-school bus crash Thursday afternoon, Jan. 31 near Shaw’s supermarket on Route 1. The bus had six children aboard from Lincoln Academy, Reserve…
Obituary
Charles M. Clarke, 64, of Oakland, Maine, beloved father, husband and friend, passed away peacefully after a battle with many medical complications on Jan. 25, 2019 in Cape Coral, Florida.
…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission
Robert Faunce, for the last 20 years Lincoln County's regional planner, is retiring at the end of March. He began his work with Lincoln County in 1998, first as a…
Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA will hold a benefit potluck dinner on Tuesday, Feb. 12 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. for a local child undergoing medical treatment. All community members are…
The Boothbay Region YMCA will hold a special Midcoast Humane adoption event on Saturday, Feb. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be several animals available for adoption and looking for…
New Hope for Women will be offering a support group for adult women who have experienced domestic violence or stalking. The group will begin in mid-February 2019 and take place in Boothbay Harbor…
Obituary
Geraldine “Deanie” Blake, 91, passed away peacefully Jan. 26, 2019 at St. Andrews Village, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
She was born to Gerald Pinkham and Hazel (Clifford), the second oldest of…
November and December was an enchanting time for local merchants as a record number of Gardens Aglow visitors attended the annual LED light show at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. In each of…
Press release
On Sunday, Feb. 3, when millions of dollars are being spent on food and advertising for the big Super Bowl game, many families on our peninsula will barely have enough money to feed themselves.…
Shellfish such as oysters and mussels have the potential to revolutionize human health research, according to a…
Imagine, if you will, Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library as Joanna Breen sees it — not just as a fixed location on terra firma, but as a living, breathing community organism that reaches patrons…
A family with strong ties to Maine has come forward to give Land for Southport’s Future (LFSF) a boost in fundraising to buy the Ruth Gardner house on Southport.
LFSF’s Nancy Prisk said the…
Energy, Technology and Utilities Committee
Rep. Seth Berry (D-Bowdoinham), has proposed a bill to buy Central Maine Power and Emera using revenue bonds, creating the new entity “Maine Power Delivery,"owned by taxpayers and known as a “…
Boothbay Harbor Selectmen
Selectmen discussed proposed changes on Atlantic Avenue in a section by section review Jan 28. Town attorney John Cunningham also presented his justifications for recommending the proposed…
Topside Inn in Boothbay Harbor has again been recognized by Trip Advisor’s readers.
The inn, owned by Mark Osborn and Buzz Makarewicz, is a 2019 Travelers’ Choice Award Winner. It was…
The excitement and anticipation is growing as the Damariscotta Mills Alewives Festival Committee is busy making sure that 12th annual Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder “Alewives” Festival is filled…
Not all the figures are in, but Boothbay selectmen took a sneak peak Jan. 23 at some municipal budget figures for next year. Town Manager Dan Bryer is still waiting on a few figures, but he…
Press release
The Boothbay Region Health Center at the Meadow Mall has been given the generous gift of a beautiful print by local artist, Dennis Volpe, titled “East Boothbay Dock” with a value of $120. The…
