Edgecomb selectmen voted, 2-1, to approve a liquor license May 12 for Glidden Point Oyster Co. Despite neighbors' persistent complaints about alleged ordinance violations, Code Enforcement Officer Marian Anderson reported April 16 that the business owned by Ryan McPherson is in compliance except for two saunas.

May 11, Boothbay Harbor selectmen announced that Garrett French is resigning as shellfish warden and is switching from a full-time to a reserve officer position at Boothbay Harbor Police Department. Applications for French’s former positions and a variety of others are on the town website.  

Boothbay Region High School's girls tennis game at Spruce Mountain is postponed.  Tentative rescheduled game may be Saturday, May 16 at 11 am.  Spruce is checking our court availability.

The monthly meeting of Lincoln County Republicans will be held Wednesday, May 27, at the Damariscotta American Legion, 527 Main St. Damariscotta. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the speakers begin at 6 p.m. This month’s guest speakers are Garrett Mason, Jonathan Bush and Robert Wessels, candidates running for governor.

From now through October 12, Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop will be open every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. During the rest of the year, it closes at 4 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety are urging drivers to buckle up ahead of the Click It or Ticket seat belt safety campaign. The national high-visibility seat belt enforcement effort, which coincides w…

AUGUSTA, Maine – On June 6, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS), the VA Regional Benefit Office at Togus, and VA Maine Healthcare will host a Veterans and Community Connection Expo at the Boothbay Railway Village Museum (586 Wiscasset Road in Boothbay) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fall might seem far away now that spring is finally here, but Boothbay-Wiscasset Regional Adult Education is already planning its fall enrichment course catalogue. The program seeks proposals for classes from anyone with a hobby, skill, interest, or expertise they want to share with others in the region.

Haley Barnes and Katy Inman, of the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb, traveled to Southbury, Connecticut, on April 28th to present to an audience of regional teachers and administrators at the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Educator Showcase for Independent Schools.

Maine Art Gallery (MAG) is hosting a multi-media exhibition titled “Art to Table: Visual Sustenance,” which investigates the deep connection between creativity, nourishment and societal norms surrounding food. The exhibit, free to the public, runs through June 14 (Thurs. – Sunday 11 a.m. -4 p.m.). About 200 people packed int…

Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club’s iconic seasonal venue, the Big Gray Barn (66 Montgomery Road, Boothbay Harbor) is open for its sixth season and has bargains, smiles and colorful inventory. By transforming donated goods such as furniture, tools, décor and collectibles into sales revenue, the club supports a wide range of social and humanitarian…

Monday, May 11: Baseball @ Mt. Valley - 12:30 p.m. dismiss, 12:45 p.m. depart, 4 p.m. start; Girls Tennis @ Winthrop: 1:15 p.m. dismiss, 1:30 p.m. depart, 4 p.m. start;  Boys Tennis v. Winthrop, 4 p.m. start: team dismissed at 2:13 p.m.

Parents, players, coaches and sponsors, in conjunction with the Boothbay Region YMCA and Special Olympics Maine (SOM), are pleased to announce the formation of a new adult unified basketball team for the region.

The Boothbay Register has a mystery on its hands. We're seeking our 1927-30 editions, missing for years and wanted back as we continue digitizing the Register’s 150 years of reporting generations of peninsula life and news.

Join us on Saturday, June 6, 9 to 11 a.m. on the Library Lawn for our biennial Plant Sale benefitting Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library’s annual operating fund. Remember: the early birds get the worms, so come early!

One of the clear indicators that summer is on its way is the annual opening day of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

Beth Macy, New York Times-bestselling author, of a seminal book on how corporate greed created the opioid epidemic, is joining Finding Our Voices online, Tuesday, May 12 at 6 p.m. to talk about the link between substance abuse and domestic abuse, and how both are exacerbated by a dysfunctional class system and rad…

There was very little opposition to the $4,487,740 2026-27 Edgecomb school budget May 2, but there was a lot of conversation regarding school spending. The meeting took about four hours to discuss the 21 warrant articles. The only opposition to the school budget came from a small minority of residents who pr…

Join Boothbay Region Land Trust, in partnership with Boothbay Clean Drinking Water Initiative, Maine Forest Service, Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, and Boothbay Region Water District, for a free, hands-on Live Staking Workshop at Oak Point Farm May 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. 

Due to enthusiastic community response and additional tuber availability, Veggies to Table has re-opened their dahlia tuber sale, for in person sales only, with a lineup of three dahlia pop-up events at the farm, offering last chance tu

St. Giles Episcopal Church in Jefferson is gearing up for its annual Country Fair, to be held outdoors under the pines Saturday July 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Spring was in the air Friday night, May 1 at our St. Andrews Auxiliary Thrift Shop as Auxiliary officers presented a second round of donations to support the medical community.

At one time, a state grant for regionalization of two or more schools seemed attractive to Wiscasset and Boothbay officials. The two applied for a consolidated grades 9-16 school last year which included a career technical center through a state grant, but now, it is no longer an option.

Our community is once again showing its incredible generosity and spirit as we prepare for our upcoming Tricky Tray Fundraiser. Southport Town Hall doors will open at 5 p.m. Friday, May 8 and prize drawings will begin at 6:30. Raffle tickets can be purchased at the door and dinner conce…

BRHS Drama staged three shows of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” May 1-2 in the school’s auditorium. A small cast of 13, determined to perform Broadway’s notoriously difficult classic, aligned with the vision of Director Dr. Mary Miller, to remind us that only those who aim for more, achieve it.

On April 16, the Pemaquid Chapter, NSDAR daughters donated 20 plus large bags of clothing to New Hope Midcoast and presented them with a $150 check for their April matching donation campaign.