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Thirteen new and returning vendors have reserved tables at St. Patrick’s Christmas Fair and will sell locally made items on Saturday, Nov. 21 from 9…

Fall Harvest Fair

This year, the lunatics will get a shot at upper management at the asylum.

Or something like that.

The annual Great Salt Bay School Fall Harvest Fair is scheduled this year for…

A lot has been happening behind the scenes at Waldoboro's Waldo Theatre since the doors closed in fall 2014.

The board of directors, led by President Chrys Hearth, has been busy raising…

Boothbay Region Water District has teamed up with Boothbay Region Community TV to produce a short video about protecting the region’s public water supply. For…

Sherman’s Books & Stationery Stores has entered into an agreement with Susan and Barnaby Porter…

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The annual Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta features pumpkins in many settings — as boats, as art, and as spectacle.

On Sunday, Oct. 11, one of the massive squash was dropped 180 feet…

The 15th annual Senior Appreciation Day sponsored by the Lincoln County TRIAD will be held on Saturday,…

One tell-tale sign that attendance is good at the annual Fall Foliage Festival is that the Boothbay Region Lions Club's fish chowder booth gets sold out on the first day.

And what a first…

Healthy Kids

Childhood sexual abuse is pervasive in our communities. Stories appear regularly in our local papers about arrests made right here in Lincoln County. Statistics report one in three girls and one…

Obituary

Dorothy Harold Conner, 83, of Brookline, Mass., formerly of West Boylston, Mass. died peacefully September 25, 2015.

Born January 26, 1932 in Worcester, Mass. to Myrtle S. and Raymond P.…

Fall 2015

A large crowd meant large, repeated cheers going up in the vicinity of Damariscotta’s Elm Street on Sunday morning, Oct. 11 for heat after heat of the Pumpkin Derby.

The third annual event,…

All meetings at town offices unless otherwise noted

BOOTHBAY

Planning Board: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 6:30 p.m.

BOOTHBAY HARBOR

Sewer District: Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6 p.m.,…

All are invited to attend the upcoming “Farmers’ Feast Dinner and Dance” on Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Arlington Grange in Whitefield.

The Boothbay Fire Department hosted its annual open house on Tuesday, Oct. 6, to massive crowds of kids and their families.

Kids ran through the EDITH (Exit Drills in the Home) trainer,…

Fall 2015

If Joe Hoyt of Edgecomb hadn't broken his leg playing basketball at CLC YMCA in Damariscotta in late September, he thinks he probably would have run in the Y's Zombie Run on Oct. 10.

Instead…

For railroad enthusiasts, young and old, make sure to stop in Thursday, October 15, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., as The Lincoln Home is hosting the…

It seemed nobody was happier to see the friendly confines of Sherman Field this homecoming weekend than the Boothbay Region High School football team’s offense. The squad has struggled all season…

Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine (SASSMM) is excited to announce Yoga for Survivors, a trauma sensitive yoga based support group for female…

Route 238 (Cape Newagen Road), between Cross Road and Sawyers Pond Road, in Southport will be closed to local traffic only Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 13 and 14, to allow for public water main…

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

In this newspaper’s continuing commitment to highlight National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, October, here are 13 ways to stand against domestic violence.

13. Educate yourself. Read as…

Pumpkinfest 2015

Despite rain in the forecast, pumpkin artists showed up early on Friday, Oct. 9, to begin carving and painting giant pumpkins on Main Street in Damariscotta.

About a third of the artists…

With colder weather coming on, a brisk walk may be a frigid experience for your dog, especially if it is a small breed, such as a chihuahua. The Lincoln County Animal Shelter in Edgecomb may be…

The Sept. 8 meeting of the Pemaquid Chapter was held at the Lincoln Home library in Newcastle. Regent Louise Brown welcomed the members and together opened the…

It’s a walk that they don’t want anybody to forget. Edgecomb residents Kate Pinkham and Tom Boudin are participating in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, a nationwide effort in September and October…

Due to a lack of response and the possibility of poor weather, the halftime recognition of the 1975 Boothbay Region High School football team at tonight's football game at BRHS has been canceled.…

Boothbay Region High School Athletic Director Allan Crocker has announced that today's Homecoming field hockey and soccer games have been rescheduled due to the weather forecast. The field hockey…

Homecoming is a high school and college tradition during the fall sports season. Locally, Boothbay Region High School celebrates during the week leading up to the games with dress-up days in…

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Nine Boothbay Region Garden Club members who care for the Armillary Garden responded to an email request to help cut down, gather and carry away the stalks and leaves of the lilies that gladden…

Amy Preston, Mike Preston, The Alna Store

Amy and Mike Preston have no regrets about buying The Alna Store in 2004. They love the town and the people, and business has been good, Amy Preston said. But the couple has been thinking about…

A Boothbay woman is facing a charge of operating under the influence of drugs in connection with a Route 1, Wiscasset crash on Oct. 8, police said. The accident led to one person’s injuries and a…

Riverside Adult Day Services, the area’s first provider of adult day services, has ceased operations after serving Lincoln County for 30 years.

Wanda Wilcox,…

A pilates class will be held on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. at the new studio, Crow Point Yoga, 24 West Street in Boothbay Harbor.

Certified Nurse Midwife Stacey Rees was in a Ph.D. program in comparative literature at Princeton University when she realized, early one morning, that she wanted a more hands-on…

Fall Foliage Festival

The Boothbay Railway Village has grown two Atlantic Giant Pumpkins this season and both will be carved live throughout the day on Saturday, Oct. 10, by artist Thomas Block of Boothbay Harbor.

Obituary

Jeffrey A. Gray, 52, of Bristol died Oct. 7, 2015, at Lincoln County Health Care, surrounded by love.

He was born Aug. 13, 1963, to Donna Mae Emerson Gray and Larry Gray.

Jeffrey was a…

The Maine Press Association will induct three new members into its Hall of Fame at its annual meeting and conference, set for Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Hilton Garden Inn.

Inductees include…

Nine community members recently completed Miles and St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice Patient Volunteer class of 2015.

The purpose of the 20-hour hospice volunteer training is to prepare…

Fall Foliage Festival

 

Saturday, Oct. 10

10:30-11:30 a.m.: Fay Christy Murphy
Noon-1 p.m.: The Boothbay Alumnae Band
1:30-2:30 p.m.: Kaity Newell and the Oyster Creek Fiddlers
3:30-5:30 p.m…

Wellness Forum

At 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Boothbay Fire House, behavioral therapist Liz Lussier will lead an interactive…

Two Salty Dogs is currently gathering donations to send overseas to dogs serving in the United States military through the The United States War Dog Association, Inc. (…

The Boothbay Railway Village invites guests to meet Master Blacksmith Sam Smith of the Portland Forge during this year’s Fall Foliage Festival.

Looking for a great way to spend a Saturday? Join Central Lincoln County Adult Education on a day trip to Boston’s Chinatown and the Museum of Fine Arts from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5…

WALDOBORO — Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde announced in a new release that on Oct. 6, at approximately 6:10 a.m., officers responded to Reef Road for the…

There were no reported injuries stemming from a two vehicle accident Wednesday morning in Boothbay Harbor. Around 8:30 a.m., Adria King of Bath was driving her black Hyundai Accent south on…

The year 2016 may be the last time Maine’s federal and state candidates can win with less than half of the popular vote. A non-partisan grassroots committee has amassed over 75,000 signatures to…

This year The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, founded on Oct. 11, 1890, celebrates its 125th year of being a worldwide organization,…

The town of Boothbay has received absentee ballots for the Nov. 3, 2015 election. There will be a town referendum ballot as well as a state referendum ballot.

As an emergency medical services provider, the Boothbay Region Ambulance Service does more than pick people up and take them to the hospital. The Boothbay Region Ambulance Service provides both…

Americans have a day for giving thanks. We have two for getting deals (Black Friday and Cyber Monday). Now, we have Giving Tuesday, a global day dedicated to giving…

Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association

The Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association will continue its long-standing tradition of conducting "Old-Fashioned Fall Turkey Shoots" each Sunday through Nov. 1.

Held at the club rifle…