Update: BRTV has been notified that live broadcasts, other than those offered by a subscription from the NFHS Network, are not allowed during the MPA tournament. BRTV is looking to possibly enter into an agreement with the MPA which allows public access channels to broadcast games 72 hours after the conclusion of the game.

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust announces major improvements to La Verna Preserve in Bristol, including a new, larger parking lot and expanded land conservation, while continuing a fundraising campaign for further enhancements. 

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust invites community members to gather for an evening of firelight, marshmallow roasting, and sledding. 

The Waldo is excited to have Saturday Night Live (SNL) cast member James Austin Johnson performing stand-up April 24 at 7:30 p.m. James Austin Johnson is a comedian and actor currently in his fourth season.

He is also known for his prolific voice-over work in both TV and film. His acting credits include “Barry,” “Better Call Saul,” “She Said” and “Hail Caesar!” He voices the Grinch in Wondery’s podcast series “'Tis the Grinch Holiday Podcast," which recently wrapped its second season.

The MathCounts team from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb placed second in the regional competition on Saturday, Jan. 31. The event was held at Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield. This year’s team included Adeline Inman, Charlie Record, Enilea Burns, and Toby McKenzie, all seventh graders. Their coach, Nick Record, is in his fourth year with the team, which meets once a week as a free afterschool club at CTL.

If you’ve ever driven by Boothbay Region High School (BRHS), you may have noticed the annual appearance of a wooden lighthouse on the lawn. It's the campaign sign for Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund (BRSAF), which is celebrating 61 years of financially supporting post-high school education for BRHS alumni. However, it's out with the old and in with the new, thanks to a refresh from STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) class students, led by Chris Liberti and Chip Schwehm.  

The following article was written by John Cooper, a ninth grader at Boothbay Region High School. This is an article about Burnt Island history, and its education program for 4th-6th graders in the AOS 98 school district. He wrote this for an extra-credit in a college-prep English class.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has announced that Edgecomb resident Brynna Nelson, a member of the class of 2027 majoring in biomedical engineering, was named to the university's dean's list for academic excellence for the fall 2025 semester.

Community Lunch on Monday, Feb. 2 was a group effort of volunteers putting out what could only be described as a "chopped" potato bar. Everything and the kitchen sink was on the table for all to enjoy.

Over 60 people attended with a few more new faces in the crowd to meet new people and catch up with old friends.

Next week's lunch will be hosted by The First Bank. They will again be putting on a ham dinner with all the fixins.

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust naturalist Sarah Gladu will lead a hike atKeyes Woods Preserve in Bristolfrom 2 to 4p.m. on Friday, Feb. 13.  

Join us at Harbor Theater on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. for a free screening of "Ocean" (2025; 1 hour, 35 minutes) with David Attenborough sponsored by the Boothbay Region Climate Action Team.

"Ocean" takes viewers on a breathtaking journey, showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. Attenborough, the celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker, reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery.

Seniors High Honors - Sarah Harris, Hannah Kreft, Eleanor Marshall, Justine Marshall, Piper McKane, Abigail Orchard, Afton Warren-Burdin; Honors - Madeleine Andreasen, Hailey Babineau, Logan Bourne, Rose Campbell, Rebecca Fassett, Tatum French, Harry Hinkley, Aileigh Johnson, Lysander LeFevre, Matthew Little, Morgan Steane, Ella Watts, Griffin Yereance 

Juniors High Honors - Cole Hyson, Cale Roger; Honors - Allan J. Crocker, Ronan Drage, Joel Felten, Shawn Gamage, Aubrey Holmes, Jason Main, Lee Pangburn, Casey Phelps, Sabine Pochee 

Ever dreamed of living in an historic island lighthouse just a mile off the coast of Maine? The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), in partnership with the Keepers of Burnt Island Light (KBIL), is seeking a volunteer caretaker couple to serve as seasonal stewards of Burnt Island Light for the 2026 season.

This is the third installment in a limited series on Maine’s “quaint holdover,” the annual town meeting. This week we turn on the Wayback Machine and visit a Maine village about the time when Maine’s James G. Blaine was a national political powerhouse … 1884.

Tourism was beginning to look like potentially being big business. In the late 1800s, “Variety Vacationland” was just beginning to boom in Maine. To summer on the coast was becoming “a thing,” and to pop off and go skiing in the winter was gaining popularity.

Students in pre-kindergarten through grade 8 at the Center for Teaching and Learning learned all about fossils from guest educator Deb Johnson of the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum on Jan. 16. Johnson traveled to Edgecomb from Bethel to spend a full day with the students in each class as part of the school’s study of geology and paleontology this year.

The Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) will present the second program in its series of free online talks on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 5:30 p.m., offering the public an in-depth look at households in Colonial New England.