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Whitefield voting results

Governor:

Hayes 65

Mills 557

Moody 574

State Senator

Dow 611

Fortman 579

Rep. to the Legislature

Lemelin…

Pittston voting results

Governor:

Hayes 80

Mills 545

Moody 761

State Senator

Bellows 708

Stone 682

State senator:

Hanley 892

Governor

Hayes 89

Mills 925…

Windsor voting results

Governor:

Hayes 74

Mills 345

Moody 677

State Senator:

Dow 731

Fortman 366

Rep. to the Legislature

Ball 488…

Governor

Hayes 23

Mills 206…

Governor

Hayes 37

Mills 323…

Waldoboro voting results

Governor

Hayes 134

Mills 1030

Moody 1,108

State Senator

Dow 1,333

Fortman 954

Rep. to the Legislature

Governor

Hayes 61

Mills 644…

Governor

Hayes 81

Mills 902…

Governor

Hayes 52

Mills 512…

Election results from Lincoln County towns and neighboring communities will be posted on this website after they are sent to the newspaper this evening. Staff reporters and editors will also be…

Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida panhandle last month and a current Boothbay resident and former teacher is looking to help a former Boothbay region resident and current teacher make life…

2018 Midterm Elections

A rainy Tuesday morning did not stop Boothbay Harbor voters from making their way to the polls. Town Clerk Michelle Farnham said Fire Warden Nick Upham opened the doors at 8 a.m. to a long line of…

Obituary

Dennis H. Gordon, 69, of Wiscasset went to heaven to join his wife and son Nov. 5, 2018. He passed peacefully surrounded by family.

Dennis was born in Bath, Maine on May 4, 1949, a son of…

Local high school sports is synonymous with the Maine Principals’ Association. And the MPA’s Executive Director Dick Durost is a fan just like everybody else. On Nov. 3, Durost attended the Class…

Anyone strolling into Sweet Bay this past summer looking for a chat with owner Ken Rayle may have been surprised to find him missing. Likewise, anyone heading to the town dock to people watch or…

Mike Hall was among the many funeral service professionals participating in the 100th annual meeting of Selected Independent Funeral Homes at in Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 10-13. Hall is owner of…

As of Oct. 29, approximately one in seven Boothbay peninsula voters had requested an absentee ballot for the  Nov. 6 election. In total, 805 of the 6,036 registered voters in Edgecomb, Boothbay,…

Obituary

Jacqualyn Louise Sproul passed away on Oct. 27, 2018 in Melbourne, Florida.

Jackie was born on Aug. 2, 1961 at St. Andrews Hospital to Jim and Chris Sproul. She graduated from Boothbay…

On Saturday, Nov. 3, an enthusiastic group of quilters from three local guilds joined Rotarians at the Rotary Clubhouse to produce hand made quilts for Wrap-A-Smile.  It was a day of shared…

The Frances Perkins Center held a groundbreaking conference honoring the women behind the New Deal in Berkeley, California in October.

“Women were some of the driving forces behind the…

The Good Shepherd Food Mobile will come to Boothbay Harbor on Tuesday, Nov. 6 and Tuesday, Dec. 4. Hours: noon to 1 p.m. The truck will park in the lower parking lot of the Congregational Church…

Cub Scout Pack #271 will  hold a food collection of non-perishable (no refrigeration required) food items until Nov. 15. Drop off location is the Boothbay Register, 97 Townsend Ave., Boothbay…

LincolnHealth Director of Emergency and Urgent Care Services Nancy Jackson, RN, MSN, and Great Salt Bay Community School and LincolnHealth Nurse Kerri Lilly, RN, BSN received statewide awards from…

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office arrested Brian Cookson, 53, of Nobleboro Friday morning in Edgecomb on charges relating to the theft of an antique automobile earlier this year in Nobleboro.

Obituary

Minerva Evelyn Townsend Chalaby departed her earthly body on Oct. 14, 2018 while attending worship at Vienna Baptist Church. The daughter of Arthur and Laura Webber Townsend, Minerva was born in a…

The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in October:

Alna: Towers, Danamarie K. to Thurlow, Erin and Rose,…

‘Re-Envisioning Education for the Boothbay Region’

Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Keith Laser offered the wisdom of Bob Dylan’s 1963 hit “The Times They Are a’ Changin’” at a breakfast meeting at St. Andrews Village…

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarist Ted Chatham received the “2018 Auxiliarist of the Year” award from U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division 2. The…

Boothbay Region Historical Society

On Nov. 11, 1918, an armistice was signed by France and Germany ending World War I.

Boothbay Region Historical Society will display Raymond Pennoyer's World War I army uniform, as well as…

The Morris Farm will hold its annual Thanksgiving Community Potluck dinner on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 156 Gardiner Road, Wiscasset. The Morris Farm supplies the turkeys, dressing, gravy and a few…

Midcoast Conservancy and the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District will be hosting a gravel roads workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Jefferson Fire…

This year there are two distinctive opportunities to volunteer during Boothbay Lights and we are looking for your help! Whether you are part of an organization, student group or non-profit who…

Midcoast Humane with campuses in Brunswick and Edgecomb announced the expansion of its adoption program on Monday, Oct. 29 with the goal of bringing more adoptable pets home.

The shelter…

Maine Preservation includes Boothbay Harbor waterfront, statewide dams, Newcastle home on annual list

The Yarmouth-based nonprofit Maine Preservation released its 20th list of ‘Most Endangered Historic Places in Maine’…

Southport Central School students arrived at school Oct. 30 to discover it was not going to be just another Tuesday. Principal Lisa Clarke had something else in mind. It came as a great surprise…

The Boothbay Harbor House of Pizza in the Meadow Mall has closed its doors after a fire early Tuesday morning.

Owner Mark Rigas said water and smoke damage throughout the restaurant and…

Fall back

Sunday, Nov. 4 is the day to move your clocks back an hour as daylight saving time (DST) ends. Officially, daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m.

These are the locations and times of the local polling stations for Election Day, Nov. 6:

Boothbay, 7 Corey Lane, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Boothbay Harbor, 11 Howard Street, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m…

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay has announced receipt of a $6 million National Science Foundation grant that will empower the institute to develop new genetic research…

Lincoln County Commissioners

Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett met with Commissioner Hamilton Meserve Tuesday to discuss his department’s budget, after the Budget Committee tabled it Oct. 25.

Meserve was on his own…

There is significantly more to hunting in Maine than firing a gun. On Oct. 18 and 25, a class of future hunters attended the final two sessions of a firearms hunter safety course offered by the…

Local law enforcement officials reported a steady stream of volunteers on Oct. 26 dropping off outdated prescription drugs to the Boothbay Harbor Police Station during the nationwide biannual Drug…

Obituary

Janice L. Baird, 68, of Alna, passed away Oct. 27, 2018. She had resided at Cove's Edge in Damariscotta since 2014 where she touched many peoples lives, residents and staff alike. Everyone there…

Boothbay Harbor Fire Department

Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay and Southport fire departments responded to a sprinkler alarm and a call about smoke coming from the back of the House of Pizza in the Meadow Mall on Rt. 27/Townsend…

“Someone already has a standing reservation for Saturday nights and we are booking holiday parties.” Jen Jones said. She and her husband Jeff, owners of the new Boothbay Harbor restaurant Brady's…

Some people challenge themselves to climb a mountain or run a marathon. The challenge for writers is to complete a novel. For them, there is a NaNoWriMo.

That’s the acronym for the National…

This article contains important dates in November and December for clients of the Boothbay Region Food Pantry.

Food pantry directors and volunteers will prepare and distribute Thanksgiving…

On Saturday, Nov. 17 Spectrum Generations is offering an AARP Safe Driver Course at the CLC YMCA, 525 Main St., Damariscotta. The course hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

All participants…

The Southport Planning Board will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 5 p.m. at the Southport Town Offices.  The agenda will include the following items:

1…