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Grade 4-6 category winner by Madison Woodbine
Environmental Youth Education fundraiser, poster contest gallery night March 24

Residents gather March 17 to approve the $2.4 million AOS 98 budget for FY27. ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register
Voters pass $2.4M AOS 98 budget
The Red Hat Brigade on March 14. Courtesy of Nigel Calder
‘Red Hat Brigade’ takes to the streets

Local Resources

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Education

  • CTL students wrap up cross country skiing with Hearty Roots
  • Coastal Senior College course: Memoir Writing
  • Sign up now for April classes at Boothbay-Wiscasset Regional Adult Ed
  • Coastal Senior College physicists tell ‘Quantum Tales’
  • BRHS Project Graduation fundraisers announced 
  • CSD school committee nods alternative education, talks AOS future   
  • Pre-k, kindergarten registration at Edgecomb Eddy
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Health and Wellness

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  • Mid-Coast Audubon bird seed sale fundraiser
  • Veggies to Table launches season 8, save the date Aug. 9
  • Join your local garden club for a timely talk on winter sowing
  • Spring plant sale fundraiser launched
  • Seed Share at BHML Jan. 17
  • A year of growth, nourishment, and joy at Veggies to Table
  • Holiday Festival and Winter Market is on its way
  • Maine is building homes faster, but they are emptier
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Social

  • Easter Eggstravaganza April 4 at Boothbay FD
  • Holy Week services at St. Columba's
  • This week at the Lincoln Theater
  • Game nights continue at Southport Library
  • Winter migratory bird walk at Reid State Park
  • Teaming up for teens
  • Coastal Rivers to host wooden spoon carving workshop
  • The First serves Community Lunch
  • Fourth Valentine’s night w/ Pat Colwell & The Soul Sensations
  • This week at the Harbor Theater
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Join the Eco Art Show: Your vision, our planet  
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Are you passionate about the environment? Do you want to help do something for the planet? Do you love expressing yourself through  art—or willing to  try for the first time? The Boothbay Region Climate Action Team (BRCAT) wants your art. 

The 2026 season at The Maine Art Gallery
Exploring connections between Maine lifestyle and the natural world
“Close Comfort” by Jean Kigel in Wiscasset Maine's  Maine Art Gallery. Courtesy of the venue

Maine is a very special place for artists. Its ragged coast and interior woods, fields, and mountains have long provided inspiration for creative expression. Maine Art Gallery (MAG) in Wiscasset has chosen to focus its 2026 exhibition season on the ways in which imaginative individuals respond to the natural world and to the state’s place in the sustainable agriculture movement. 

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Grow dahlias, feed neighbors in need: Veggies to Table launches annual Dahlia Tuber Sale
Dahlias. Erica Berman photo

Veggies to Table has launched its annual Dahlia Tuber Sale, offering gardeners in Maine and across the country the opportunity to grow beautiful blooms while helping provide fresh, healthy food to community members experiencing hunger.

Midcoast Conservancy protects 108 acres along Pettengill Stream in Union
A stream running through the new conservation easement at Herbie Hill. Morganne Price photo

Midcoast Conservancy is pleased to announce the successful completion of a new conservation easement protecting 108 acres of forest, wetlands, and wildlife habitat along Pettengill Stream in Union. The property, now called Herbie Hill for the landowner’s beloved tortoiseshell cat, will remain permanently conserved, safeguarding an important stretch of land within the Upper Medomak River watershed.

Intergenerational bingo at St. Andrews Village
Interact member and BRHS German exchange student Frida Kirchhauser with resident Joann Amos. Courtesy of Bob Drury

As part of an intergenerational series St. Andrews Village is holding, 15 members from the Boothbay Region High School Interact Clubrecently joined residentsfor a rousing game of bingo. 

OLQOP serves last Community Lunch of the season
Sara Mitchell photo

Monday, March 9 saw the sun rise and a literal heatwave hit the Harbor as all the volunteers and the hosts, Our Lady Queen of Peace, gathered at Brady's for the final Community Lunch of the 25/26 season. Everyone was a little sad to see the end but also a little happy because it marks the beginning of what everyone hopes will be warmer weather and a busy season for everyone.

Women's History Month
Patriotism is in their blood
Daughter of the American Revolution members gather at the Boothbay Harbor Historical Society to celebrate the chapter's 92nd birthday. ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register

The patriotism of Revolutionary War soldiers lives on through the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)’s Pemaquid Chapter.   

The members’ commitment to fostering education, historic preservation and patriotism manifests through community involvement. DAR donates about $3,000-$4,000 a year to support veterans' causes, like the Boothbay V.E.T.S. trailers for  veterans experiencing homelessness.DAR also maintains a $500 Good Citizen Award scholarship for regional high schoolers.   

2026 Windjammer Days
Griffin Kane: Petty Officer First Class
Griffin Kane. Courtesy photo

100+ Women Who Care sets goal of raising 100k for local nonprofits by end of year
More than 100 women gather at Bigelow for the January 2026 meeting of “100+ Women Who Care Lincoln County Maine” Melissa Keyser photo

Since its inception last October, 100+ Women Who Care Lincoln County Maine has been the catalyst to raise over $33,000. By year’s end, they have a goal of raising $100,000 to support the tireless work of local nonprofits.

AOS 98 public budget meeting set for March 17
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The annual Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) budget meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 at the Boothbay Region Elementary School gym. Residents will vote on the 14-article warrant, including a $2,442,959 budget proposal for the 2027 fiscal year.  

‘This is going to happen’: Place eyed in Wiscasset to teach veterans a trade and help them in other ways
On this parcel on Wiscasset’s Route 27, prospective land donor Allen “Big Al” Cohen, left, and Boothbay V.E.T.S. founder Ed Harmon show their enthusiasm March 8 for the project   eyed to help veterans. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

March 23, Wiscasset’s planning board is set to hear from Ed Harmon about a school and much more to help veterans thrive. The Boothbay man, founder of Boothbay V.E.T.S., said this would also help fill area workforce needs, by teaching the veterans a trade. And Harmon's goal has big help from the man who for years brought shoppers to “Route One, Wiscasset,” and continues to spend much of his time serving local causes, Allen “Big Al” Cohen, retired from his famous Big Al's store.

Coastal Senior College course explores two sets of literary sisters

The BugTussle Annex in Waldoboro is a beautiful meeting space in which to explore plays together. Joseph Cote will lead just such a group of explorers on Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon, beginning April 9.

Two Spoons: On Eating in Midcoast Maine
In the Camp Kitchen -- A Legacy Feeds Community
Lee Giberson in the kitchen at Camp Kieve. Courtesy of Emily Whiting

In the heart of winter, Camp Kieve is quiet. The cabins are swept clean and locked tight. No trace of wet swimsuits or half-finished puzzles. No backpacks left behind, heavy with headlamps, binoculars and hand-scrawled maps. No letters from home tucked beneath mattresses. In a few short months there will be a line of cars snaking up the road from Reunion Station, delivering young campers to the promise of summer.

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust seeking community ambassadors for upcoming season 
Coastal Rivers volunteers

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is inviting community members to help grow the local conservation movement by becoming volunteer ambassadors. A training session for outreach and events volunteers will be held on Thursday, March 19, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Coastal Rivers Denny Conservation and Education Center in Damariscotta. 

Coastal Senior College students listen to 'Voices of Modern Shepherd Writers'

Our 21st century culture is often focused on urban, electronically-connected life. In “Time Drives the Flocks From Field to Fold”: Voices of Modern Shepherds,” Coastal Senior College instructor Ann Nesslage introduces students to writing by 21st century shepherds each Friday, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., beginning on April 10 in person at the Bremen Library.

Guided hike at Dodge Point
Brickyard Beach

CMBG to bloom year-round with new glasshouse  
CMBG's shares design concepts for a new glasshouse during a public forum March 11.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) is asking the community to help plant the seeds for its future. President and CEO Gretchen Ostherr unveiled plans for a 35,000 square foot glasshouse/conservatory, revamped butterfly and insect house, and Wabanaki garden during a packed public forum at CMBG’s Bosarge Family Education Center March 4.

The goal was to receive and integrate public feedback while the project is still in its early design phase. Several more community meetings will be hosted in the coming months.  

Captain’s licensing course in Belfast

Atlantic Captains Academy will be conducting their Coast Guard Approved OUPV Captain’s Licensing Course at the Fireside Inn in Belfast. The course will be begin on Monday April 13 and will meet every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through April 19. The final exam will be conducted on April 20 at the same location starting at 9 a.m.

Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission
Workshop on business financing with local banks March 19
LCRPC office

Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC), in partnership with SBDC Maine, Bangor Savings Bank, Bath Savings Bank, and First National Bank, is hosting a free informational workshop on using local banks for financing on Thursday, March 19, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the LCRPC conference room at 297 Bath Road in Wiscasset and online.

Rebuilding Together hosts Community Lunch
Dee and Howard Wright, Community Lunch regulars for five years. Tancy Mitchell photo

The next to the final Community Lunch of the season was held Monday, March 2 and hosted by Rebuilding Together. This was their second lunch and they turned up the heat with stuffed shells, Shepard's pie, Caesar salad, and an amazing assortment of homemade cookies.

Howard and Dee Wright presented all the CL volunteers with a flower thanking them for their dedication to providing all the guests with outstanding service and conversation for the past five years and especially this season with the weather obstacles and such.

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