In New Jersey, where I grew up, Halloween is still remembered as the place the Martians invaded.
The invasion from the Red Planet never happened of course. It was all a hoax that took place…
News
Four Edgecomb Eddy School students have been caught in the act ... of doing a good deed this year. And the school’s staff is recognizing those good deeds by presenting these students with MADE (…
It was a beautiful August night for Michael Cherney, 76, and his wife of New Milford, Connecticut. They were enjoying their stay in Boothbay Harbor and decided to try the Cod's Head Fish House and…
Woolwich clock fix includes a balancing act
What if you could control the hands of time? Gaius Hennin can, and sometimes does, but only when it’s necessary.
Hennin…
The Stephanie Ann Smith Traveling Trophy for Garden Therapy is awarded annually to a Garden Club demonstrating the best, active Garden Therapy program. This year…
While Damariscotta's big fall event has wrapped up, the town isn't without several spooky events on the calendar.
Damariscotta will look the part for the upcoming Halloween weekend, with the…
Local woman spearheaded two-year fundraising campaign to make it happen
Maine has just received a new powerful tool to combat child pornography and trafficking — a new mobile forensic laboratory for the state’s Computer Crimes Unit, thanks in large part to former…
With the success of “High School Musical” last spring, this year the fall musical for the drama club is the next installment in the series, “High School Musical 2,” again directed by 2008 BRHS…
The local polling locations and times for Election Day, November 3 are as follows:
Boothbay: Town Office, 1011 Wiscasset Rd., 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. 207-633-2051
Boothbay Harbor: Municipal…
UPDATE: Traffic was cleared to pass at 10:49 a.m.
A tree fell and broke wires on Route 96 near the village in East Boothbay Thursday morning, stranding a school bus with the…
Edgecomb
Edgecomb selectmen want a public conversation about the future municipal website. The selectmen directed the three-person Website Committee to provide the board with a presentation about the new…
Thanks, but no thanks was the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen’s response to a real estate deal offered by a local private school. The Deck House School offered to sell a .75 acre parcel to the town.…
Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce
All the signs continue to point toward another successful year for the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce. In 2015, the organization’s finances finished in the black. One of its major…
A Boothbay woman accused of trafficking heroin was sentenced to prison in Lincoln County Superior Court.
Leslie Wedel, 45, of Boothbay pleaded guilty in late September to one count of Class…
In November and December, Andrea Lani will be offering two great opportunities at Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) to show participants how keen observation,…
“Everyone in this room is here for a love of animals and a genuine, heartfelt passion to make this work,” said Joe Montisano, executive director of Coastal Humane Society and now, the Lincoln…
Harold "Robbie" Robinson, formerly of Boothbay and now a resident of Brunswick, has been accepted for "Honor Flight Maine," a…
Boothbay Harbor
Valerie Young of Bigelow Labs, chairman of the Boothbay Treasures group, came to the Boothbay Harbor Selectmen’s meeting on Oct. 26.
She came to ask the selectmen to sign a proclamation to…
Tickets for the Boothbay Region Lions Club's “Twelve Days of Christmas” raffle are now on sale. Over 30 great prizes are available through the generous donations of…
Over 45 people who care about fuel assistance and meeting the needs of people at risk during the winter gathered at United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s annual Heating and Supplemental Assistance…
The Seahawks varsity soccer team made history this year by making it to the playoffs. Though they fought hard, the game ended with a 7-0 loss to Waynflete on Friday…
Obituary
Marion A. (Rauskolb) Lester of Reading, Mass. and Southport died Oct. 26, 2015.
Marion was supreme treasurer emeriti…
Chef Matt Ginn of EVO was crowned Maine Lobster Chef of the Year before a sold-out crowd and a panel of judges at the signature event of Harvest on the Harbor, Maine’s premier food and wine…
Obituary
Paul Pearce, recently of Boothbay Harbor, died October 25, 2015 in the company of his wife and two of his three daughters.
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“It's all about buying local. Promoting local business.”
That's how Michelle Davis, visitor and member relations coordinator at the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce, describes the…
A Rockland man who asked his friend's girlfriend to wash his truck in the nude has pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual touching after a groping incident at a local campground this…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
A Westport Island man who was in jail for allegedly violating his probation and conditions of release has allegedly broken those conditions…
The Darling Marine Center in Walpole is pleased to welcome Dr. Jeremy Rich, the newest faculty member of the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences.
Rich…
Healthy Lincoln County has received a grant for $125,000 per year for up to five years to prevent youth substance abuse in Lincoln County communities. This is one of 697 Drug-Free…
BRHS Cross country
The Boothbay Region High School boys cross country team won its third consecutive Southern Regional Championship title at Twin Brooks in Cumberland on Saturday, Oct. 24. Freshman Faith Blethen…
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
An outstanding selection of fine art and antiques has been harvested from homes throughout Maine and New England for Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ fall sale on Nov. 14 and 15. The auction…
Married United Way of Mid Coast Maine co-chairpersons Lennie Burke and Bob Beaumont announced that United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s Campaign so far has raised $1,147,618 or 60 percent of its $1,900…
The Seaside Lodge of Masons #144 will hold a Master Masons degree on Monday, Oct. 26 at the Masonic Lodge in East Boothbay. Dinner is at 6:30 followed by work at 7 p.m.
Join a group of other interested volunteers at Maine’s First Ship’s waterfront boatshed on Sunday, Nov. 8, for the second annual Women’s Shipbuilding Day in Bath.…
“We won’t bid against a neighbor.”
With these words, a scheduled auction in Southport came to an end Wednesday, Oct. 21…
There's a newly renovated Cape style house on Cross Point Road in Edgecomb that makes one want to stop and admire. It is a classic, tastefully appointed house that…
If Damariscotta wants to fund a new parking lot, it might have to look beyond the lot for funding.
At least, that was the main theme of a workshop between the town selectmen and the Twin…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) is hosting an invasive plant identification and management class on Friday, October 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. This class will be…
Teacher Mark Gorey brought two of students to present their “Champions of Change” projects from last year at the Oct. 14 CSD School Committee meeting.
Each year, students in Gorey's class…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) has arrested a couple from Westport Island on heroin charges.
Arrested were Roger Gingrass, 37 of Westport Island for Aggravated Trafficking in…
The following property transfers were recorded at the Lincoln County Registry of Deeds during August 2015.
Alna: Mackiewicz, Steven T and Mackiewicz, Leslie G to Kristan, Linda J and Kristan…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
An East Boothbay woman was in jail and facing felony charges after she allegedly took illicit photos of an underage relative and sent them to a man in South Carolina.
Rachel Anderson, 35, of…
The Leaf Peeper Road Rally, an annual event of the Mid Maine Sports Car Club, was held on Sunday, Oct. 18, on the Boothbay peninsula. Rally Master Lew Prycl of…
Patti Corscaden, LMT, a nationally board certified massage therapist from Newcastle presented at the Southern Maine Oncology Nursing Society's (SMONS) 6th annual conference in Portland on October…
Local students from Boothbay, Edgecomb, Southport and Boothbay Harbor were treated to a “KinderKonzert” by the wind ensemble of the Portland Symphony Orchestra at the Opera House on Thursday, Oct…
The Boothbay Fire Department will be holding a Halloween party and haunted house at the fire station, 911 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. Refreshments will be…
No one was hurt in a nighttime fire that claimed a vacant cape home on West Alna Road in Alna on Oct.21, Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask said.
An electrical malfunction ignited a wall in the back…
Seahawk Field Hockey
Second-seeded Maine Central Institute defeated seventh-seeded Boothbay Region High School, 4-0, in the quarterfinal round of the Class C North field hockey tournament on Wednesday afternoon, Oct.…
Boothbay selectmen are wondering if the newly painted dimensions leading into the country club’s entrance are a “little tight.” The privately funded project began Sept. 30. The Maine Department of…
In a meeting that saw more people than the annual town meeting, Newcastle residents came out Monday, Oct. 19, to vote on the future of its public works operations.
In the end, the town voted…
