Family and friends gathered Nov. 7 at Skidompha Library to thank and celebrate Lincoln Home resident Billy Flanagan for her 20 years of volunteer work at the library. Billy has monitored the…
News
Attention all boat owners — show your holiday spirit and help the region celebrate the 32nd annual Harbor Lights Festival and the Boothbay Festival of Lights by participating in the Lighted Boat…
Boothbay selectmen
Boothbay selectmen dipped into the municipal capital improvement account Nov. 8 to purchase new fire and public works equipment. The board authorized purchasing a Kohler 20RES generator for $8,205…
According to Boothbay Region High School teacher Mark Gorey, literacy at the school is slipping. At the Oct. 11 CSD School Committee meeting, he voiced his concern and accepted an invitation to…
The First Congregational Church UCC of Wiscasset will be honoring our veterans at Ames Supply in Wiscasset on Saturday, Nov. 11. From 8 to 10 a.m., free coffee and homemade baked goods will be…
On Tuesday, Nov. 14, Somali Bantu farmers from New Roots Cooperative Farm in Lewiston will give a presentation about their new farm at the Friends Meetinghouse in Damariscotta. The event is…
Boothbay Region High School is looking for local tradespeople to share their experiences, backgrounds, and expertise with students interested in working in that particular field. We have lots of…
Red, white and blue were the dominant colors of dress, and songs, words and decorations in praise of veterans filled the Southport Town Hall as the town’s school children and staff, as well as…
For the third year running, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is welcoming visitors back to its annual seasonal celebration, Gardens Aglow. This year, CMBG is taking its dramatic…
Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop & Café in Damariscotta will host a book signing with Laurie Apgar Chandler, author of “Upwards: The story of the first woman to solo thru-paddle the Northern…
On Thursday, Nov. 16, from 2-4 p.m., Paul Kando will offer a two hour free public presentation and discussion at Friends Meeting House, 77 Belvedere Rd. in Damariscotta that will explore the…
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit health care ratings organization, recently announced the fall 2017…
Boothbay Harbor Sewer District Superintendent Chris Higgins announced Wednesday, the crew working on the Union Street pump station and underground lines will soon begin work on Oak Street.
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This Sunday morning at 10, veterans will be recognized and thanked during worship at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor. There will be a special reception honoring veterans following…
Friday, Nov. 10 will mark the 242nd Birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps. There will be a celebratory party hosted by local Boothbay area Marines to mark the occasion,…
Lincoln County commissioners hosted their eighth annual Spirit of America awards ceremony Tuesday afternoon. Among those recognized for their many hours of community volunteerism were a retired…
There are early deadlines approaching for the print editions of the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper during the holiday season.
These deadlines are for all copy, ads, columns…
On Tuesday, Edgecomb voters supported three of four state referendum ballot questions. The only ballot question not receiving local or statewide support was a measure which would have allowed slot…
Boothbay voters adopted two new local ordinances during Tuesday’s state referendum election. One local ordinance regulates retail marijuana and the other establishes nine drug-free zones.
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Edgecomb
With the wind storm over and power restored, local school committees are now looking toward making up for lost time. In Edgecomb, the school committee began discussing possible ways for recouping…
Of the four questions on the state ballot – Question 1, the York County casino issue; Question 2, Medicaid expansion; Question 3, the transportation bond; and Question 4, a constitutional…
Suicide is an often preventable tragedy that has touched too many families in this community and beyond. Help for someone who is struggling with hopelessness and distress…
Lincoln County Commissioners
The Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency and the Communications Department had something of a trial by fire the week of Oct. 30. And as of Tuesday, Nov. 7, the county still had 1,743 roads…
Boothbay Harbor voted Tuesday on five separate articles outlining prohibitions of specific retail marijuana functions – stores, social clubs, and cultivation, manufacturing and testing facilities…
It has taken about 350 man hours in the past week for Edgecomb firefighters to remove debris from the town’s roads. Fire Chief Roy Potter and Edgecomb Emergency Management Agency Director Bill…
One of the casualties of last week’s storm in Lincoln County was the annual Haiti Benefit Dinner. Power was not restored to St Patrick’s in time to hold the dinner on Nov. 3 as originally…
A sturdy bridge has withstood all types of weather to connect Westport Island with the mainland. But the same could not be said for the island’s main power and telephone lines, brought down by the…
Obituary
Phillip J. Shepherd, 79, of Wiscasset, died Nov. 5, 2017 at Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick.
Phillip was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 12, 1938, a son of…
As a result of the cancellation of the Nov. 1 Southport Planning Board meeting due to the power outage, the November meeting has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. at the Southport…
The Edgecomb Fire Department responded to 17 emergencies in town and three mutual aid calls between Oct. 3 and 31.
On Oct. 3, the department responded to a medical call on McKay Road for a…
Over 60 members attended the annual meeting of the St. Andrews Auxiliary on Wednesday, Oct. 18. The delicious luncheon, always a draw for many, was…
The town of Boothbay has contracted with John E. O’Donnell and Associates (www.jeodonnell.com) to complete a review of all taxable properties and to set…
Obituary
Robert Allen Marden died at his Waterville home on Oct. 29 at the age of 90.
“Bob,” as his friends knew him, was born in Waterville on Jan. 4, 1927, the son of Harold Chesterfield Marden…
Boothbay Harbor Sewer District
Boothbay Harbor Sewer District Superintendent Chris Higgins said Sargent Corporation is two or three days behind schedule due to issues with the bypass pumps being used to continue operations…
The YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program, offered by the Boothbay Region YMCA and the Central Lincoln County YMCA in partnership with LincolnHealth, is encouraging residents of Lincoln County to…
It’s become easier for Edgecomb residents to get a quick bite to eat or pick up some household items. The town is no longer without a general store. A Boothbay Harbor couple is leasing the former…
A smoke detector woke a woman at 497 Lowelltown Road, Wiscasset, Sunday morning and she escaped the fire that claimed the home she was renting, she and a fire official said.
The fire was…
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce will host a Business After Hours for Kyndall Schmidt, a representative of New York Life, at the Boathouse Bistro and Tapas Bar on Wednesday, Nov. 15…
It’s been a trying week in the Boothbay area, along with many other towns all over Maine, after a severe wind and rain storm devastated the state last Sunday night. Many weren’t prepared for the…
Acting on its goal to expand activities for local residents “beyond the walls of the Community Center and out into the world,” the Center’s van has been in overdrive since it was acquired in April…
Chris Buchanan, chair of the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Board of Trustees, began the Wednesday, Nov. 1 meeting by addressing the elephant in the room — AOS 98 Superintendent Eileen King would be…
Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Eileen King and Facilities-Transportation Director…
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation
Owing to lack of power in town and rain in Friday’s forecast, the Halloween parade and block party rescheduled for Nov. 3 will be moved to the Wiscasset Community Center. Parade lineup begins at 4…
The usual out-of-state visitors at Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna come for a train ride or to volunteer, but on Thursday morning, Nov. 2, Ohio and New York crews…
Event rescheduled
A collection of rare and unusual items never before placed on the market will be made available at a public auction to benefit Chop Point School. Due to the storm on Oct. 30,…
One man’s photos of Monday’s storm damage looks like a skidder went through the area near his home on Lakeside Drive, Boothbay Harbor. The accompanying photos were taken on Wednesday, Nov. 1.…
It wasn’t him. President Barack Obama did not march in the annual Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Halloween Parade. It was a former U.S. Army veteran who moved to Edgecomb this summer bearing a…
NOAA Fisheries has released the “Fisheries of the U.S.” 2016 report, and once again New Bedford, Mass. was the leading U.S. port by value for the 17th consecutive year and American…
United Way of Mid Coast Maine
Lincoln County
American Legion Post #36 Christmas Dinner for Boothbay and the surrounding areas. Christmas meal served Monday, Dec. 25 at noon. Reservations recommended; transportation…
The following is a list of voting locations for Election Day, Nov. 7. All locations will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Boothbay Town Office, 1011 Wiscasset Road
Boothbay Harbor…
