It was a good year, a record year, in fact, for the annual Southport Fireman's Auction. On Aug. 23, the auction raised a record $35,000. "It turned out well for us. We had a big crowd, good weather and people willing to spend money. It was the best year ever," said Fire Chief and auctioneer Gerry Gamage.

The Southport Planning Board will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 3 at the Southport Town Hall. The public is cordially invited to attend.

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On Tuesday, Aug. 19, St. Andrews Village residents, staff, and invited guests came together to celebrate the retirement community’s 25th anniversary.

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From the Boothbay Region Historical Society’s files, here is another newspaper article (retyped) about the Leach House.

The next monthly meeting of the Visually Impaired Persons group will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 1:15 p.m. in the Community Center/Boothbay Region Health Care Center located in the Meadow Mall in Boothbay Harbor.

The Rev. Canon Vicar Katie Pearson will be returning to the All Saints by-the-Sea community for her fourth summer at the chapel. She comes to us from Denver, Colorado and will lead the service of Holy Communion at 8 and 10 a.m. both Sundays. Inspiring organ music will be provided by our accomplished organist, M…

The Boothbay Railway Village Museum will celebrate its 61st season this Saturday, Aug. 23 with a summer gala under the stars. The event will honor the museum’s founder, George H. McEvoy, who we sadly lost earlier this summer.

Midcoast Conservancy is hosting a free training for interested hikers and curious outdoorspeople to aid in the organization’s annual property monitoring process. The training will be held on Monday, Sept.

An 11-year-old New York City boy is making the world a better place, one chess move at a time. Raza Patel is the founder of Moves For A Mission, a nonprofit aimed at helping children in need. The nonprofit hosts chess socials and provides chess education through mentoring.

The deadline for editorial and advertising submissions for the Sept. 4 edition is Friday, Aug. 29 at 4 p.m. The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper staff will be observing Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 1. We will return to work at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2.

Edgecomb selectmen will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday (Aug. 26) to begin the search for a new tax collector. On Aug. 19, Tax Collector Rebecca Brewer informed selectmen she had taken a full-time position at the Wiscasset town office, and her last day, as tax collector, is Aug. 28.

Brewer has worked for 5.5 years as the town…

Grab a teammate, bring your best toss, and join Mobius, Inc. for “A Hole Lotta Good”, a cornhole tournament fundraiser to benefit local individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. The event will take place on Sunday, Sept. 7 at the Nobleboro Little League Field on Route 1.

Teens to Trails is pleased to announce the appointment of Nate Snow as its new executive director.

The president of Maine's County Commissioners' Association Andre Cushing has now visited 15 of the state's 16 counties. On Aug. 19, Cushing, a Newport Republican, made Lincoln County his latest visit. He updated Lincoln County commissioners during their bi-monthly meeting about the upcoming State County Commissioners C…

Everyone was screaming for ice cream as Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library celebrated the end of its summer reading challenge Aug. 15 with a social on the lawn, sponsored by Blanchard’s Creamery.  

Several Knickerbocker residents raised concerns about water quantity in the lake and other issues during an Aug. 12 Boothbay Region Water District (BRWD) trustee meeting.  

In partnership with Carousel Marina’s Boothbay Harbor Tuna Challenge, the Fishermen's Memorial Committee recently announced the creation of a commercial fishing casualty fund, which will be available to anyone in the state for future losses in the industry.  

Midcoast Literacy, a nonprofit that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all ages, is holding two training sessions for new volunteer tutors this fall: one for volunteers who want to work with children and one for volunteer English language tutors for adults.

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