After electing Jack Sarmanian chairman for another year, Edgecomb selectmen opened their May 20 meeting acknowledging issues residents raised at the annual town meeting May 18.
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Indivisible-Boothbay
Plastic floating in the ocean might not look like a bag or bottle. According to researchers and activists, microplastics – pieces no larger than 5 mm – are being found in mass quantities in rivers…
Lincoln County Courts
Former state representative Jeffrey Pierce, 56, of Dresden has had three Class E charges of Fraudulently Obtaining or Possessing a Hunting License dismissed by District Attorney Natasha Irving.…
Edgecomb Historical Society’s next meeting will be on Thursday May 23 at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall. We will begin with a brief business meeting which will be followed by an interesting and…
Boothbay Region Garden Club
The Boothbay Region Garden Club’s 2019 Home and Garden Tour on Friday, July 19, in Boothbay Harbor and Southport Island, could also be dubbed a walking tour as participants will traverse the…
Each year the Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame honors outstanding teams at their annual Induction Banquet.The deadline for nominating outstanding teams is June 1. You can find a nomination form on our…
Two St. Andrews Village residents joined a long line of Maine military veterans honored for their combat service. In April, Dan Jameson, 92, and Leonard Belanger, 96, traveled to…
New Ventures Maine (NVME), a statewide community outreach program of the University of Maine at Augusta, is pleased to announce that the receipt of a $20,000 grant from the Doree Taylor Charitable…
Lincoln County Commissioners
An auditors’ report by Berry Talbot Royer praised Lincoln County Finance Director Michelle Cearbaugh for organizing the county’s financial situation. Among other things, the county has yet to dip…
Memorial Day, Monday May 27, is fast approaching. Once again, the peninsula’s five parades are being organized by the Boothbay American Legion, Post 36.
As in the past, the parades kick off…
Lesley Carter Blethen, a 1985 graduate of Boothbay Region High School and past postmaster at the Boothbay Harbor Post Office, will be the guest speaker at the Boothbay Region High School Alumni…
A Saturday morning fire has left seven Boothbay Harbor residents homeless. At 3:12 a.m. May 18, the Boothbay Harbor Fire Department responded to a call at 23 Pear St. According to Fire Chief Nick…
Articles allowing the retail sale, cultivation and testing of marijuana lost at the Edgecomb town meeting on Saturday, May 18. Most of the warrant was approved, totaling $4.1 million for local…
Obituary
Lorraine Emerson Hodgdon passed peacefully, with loving family by her side, May 18, 2019 following a short illness. Her and her husband, Stanley J. Hodgdon of Trevett, just celebrated their 65th…
Twin Villages Food Bank Farm co-founders Megan Taft and Sara Cawthon won the second annual Innovation Award presented by the Coulombe Center for…
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Chip Schwehm is the first recipient of the Chamber’s Outstanding Teacher Award at Boothbay Regional High School. The Chamber’s…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
In July, Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset will lose one of its longtime boarding counties, Waldo County, and with it, a nearly million-dollar contract.
However, Col. James Bailey,…
On Thursday, May 15, Edgecomb’s planning board reviewed Cindy Landry’s plan for additional parking and seating at her Cook’s Landing business.
Landry explained the bar and grille has…
The Plastic Free Peninsula Committee will give a free presentation at the Indivisible-Boothbay meeting tonight, May 21, at the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club from 5-7 p.m.
The committee will…
Obituary
Sandra E. "Sandie" Kaiser, of Beaufort, South Carolina and Maine, passed away May 18, 2019 after a series of strokes. Her beloved husband of nearly 30 years was by her side.
Born Nov. 12,…
On Saturday, May 25, The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid will kick-off the 2019 summer season of events at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic site in New Harbor. The festivities will commence at 2 p.m…
When the Maine Bureau of Veterans Services (MBVS) announced the distribution of emergency funds for veterans, local American Legion post commander David Patch was ready.
As head of Charles…
The Lincoln County Historical Association invites you to join in the organization’s 65th annual observance of Memorial Day. The gathering begins at 11 a.m., Monday. May 27 at the flag pole on the…
Boothbay planning board members want more clarifying information before approving a Murray Hill Road summer resident’s request to add a deck. The board tabled a request made by Suzanne Adams and…
Becky Doughty, assistant show director, has announced the following dates for the 2019 craft shows on the Boothbay Common:
Memorial Day Show – May 25, 26
Windjammer Days Show – June…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD
All 17 articles of the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District budget passed unanimously in 27…
Lincoln County Courts
Michael Holbrook, 47, of Boothbay took an Alford plea to address several charges stemming from a night of violence and mayhem on April 14 and 15, 2017.
Holbrook took the plea, similar to a…
Lincoln County Courts
A Lincoln County grand jury indicted Matthew Plummer, 36, of Wiscasset May 15, charging him in connection with an eight-hour police standoff Dec. 14-15, 2018 at his apartment on Heritage Lane.…
The Barters Island Baptist Church will be celebrating its 152nd anniversary this Sunday, May 19 at the 11 a.m. worship service. All are invited to come out and rejoice in all God has done over the…
Coping with your own or a loved one’s mental health challenges? If so, a combined support group meets on the third Tuesday of each month. The group meets at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, Emery…
Darling Marine Center
Dr. Damian Brady has been promoted to associate professor with tenure. He is a faculty member in the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences and based at the Daring Marine Center in…
Heading “up to camp” and putting everything back in order after a long winter, like getting your boat ready for a new season, can feel like a chore. Things that worked in the fall may not be in…
This year’s Edgecomb Eddy School Yard Sale will be held Saturday, May 25 from 8 a.m. to noon.
Those interested in having a table, the cost is $10 and the proceeds go to benefit the 6th…
LincolnHealth Ambulatory Surgery Nurse Ericka Fairfield was recently chosen to receive the prestigious DAISY Award for providing exceptional care. The award was presented May 7 by Bonnie and Mark…
The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) is pleased to announce that the American Legion and Easterseals Maine will be points of contact for distribution of Veterans’ Emergency Financial…
Chief Robert Hasch of the Boothbay Harbor Police Department has released the following information about the standoff which occurred today (May 15) at 31 Oak St.:
“On 5-15-2019 at…
UPDATE: A standoff at 31 Oak St. came to a head around 1:15 p.m. as Boothbay Harbor officers and Lincoln County deputies safely apprehended Konstantinos Rigas, 31,…
First National Bank recently donated $2,500 to sponsor the 2019 Damariscotta Oyster Celebration.
The second annual Damariscotta Oyster Celebration kicks off on June 13 with chefs from North…
Healthy Lincoln County and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are working together to provide local restaurants, bars, and stores with Responsible Beverage Seller/Server training…
Thanks to a generous grant from the Chester and Muriel Dawes Foundation, the Boothbay Region Food Pantry has purchased a van to replace the use of volunteers’ vehicles in the pick-up and delivery…
Energy, Technology and Utilities Committee
A public hearing for LD 1646, “An Act To Restore Local Ownership and Control of Maine's Power Delivery Systems” drew hundreds to the Energy, Technology and Utilities Committee hearing room Tuesday…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen
Selectmen welcomed newcomer Ken Fitch to the board and elected a new chair, Mike Tomko, and vice chair, Tricia Warren, May 13. The board also fielded a letter signed by 56 pickleball athletes…
For 17 years, the second Saturday of May has typically meant one thing in the Boothbay region. The community springs into action to assist in home improvement projects for low income property…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Commissioners approved the towns’ tax commitments May 7. The total county budget to be raised by taxation is $10,203,674. That is lower than the general expenditures, because some…
Obituary
Craig Tibbetts, 61, of Raiford, Florida died May 4, 2019 at Haven Hospice in Orange Park, Florida.
He was born Sept. 19, 1957 in Boothbay Harbor, the son of Albion B. and Fern Thayer…
Obituary
Robert “Bob” Frederick Foster, 84, of West Southport, passed away on April 1, 2019.
Born Sept. 25, 1934, Bob was the son of William Sproul Foster and Francis Elizabeth Feltis of Walpole.…
Do you wonder about the so-called 'standard' gauge and whether it is really always the right choice when building a railway?
Come to a presentation at the Alna Center Station on Saturday,…
The barn at Morris Farm is once again filling up with a huge selection of heirloom tomatoes, hardy Maine-grown perennials, vegetable and flower seedlings, and herbs for the farm’s annual plant…
Obituary
Charles J. DiPerri Jr., 77, of Wiscasset, Maine, died May 4, 2019 at home surrounded by family after a long battle with prostate cancer.
Charlie was born February 23, 1942, son of Dr.…
Boothbay selectmen completed some unfinished business May 8 pertaining to the recently completed municipal elections. The board welcomed Desiree Scorcia to her first meeting after she won her…
