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EMA director updates commissioners about Boothbay Harbor propane leak
Applications are open through Oct. 31 for First National Bank's Dream First Community Grant. Courtesy photo
First National Bank launches $5,000 grant to strengthen food security 

police
BHPD makes 4 arrests from Aug. 27 to Sept. 14

Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Doug Snyder updates the selectboard on the summer happenings at the station.  ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register
Boothbay Harbor sees smoother parking, more arrests
Boothbay Baptist Church
Jimmy DeYoung Jr. at Boothbay church

Police, Fire and Courts

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office: 8 arrests
Major propane leak prompts widespread evacuation and high-stakes tactical response at Meadow Mall
Dawkins agrees to counseling, community service in path toward WMHS assault case’s possible dismissal
Back to school safety: Safe routes to school
Lincoln Country Sheriff's Office: Four accidents

Obituaries

Jo-an Ross
Jo-an Ross

Jo-an Ross, 79, from Bath Maine, passed away peacefully Sept.

Patricia Q. Farris
Obituary
Patricia Q. Farris

Patricia Q. Farris, 82, passed away on Sept. 9, 2026, at her Bath, Maine residence.

Memorial Service for Kenneth E. Pinard Jr.

A Memorial Service for Kenneth E. Pinard Jr., who passed away on July 11, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 at St. Columba's Episcopal Church, 32 Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor.

Service for Alfred Marin

 

A service for Alfred Marin will be held Friday, Sept. 18 at 1 p.m. at Hall’s of Boothbay, located at 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay.

Martin F. Achilles
Obituary
Martin F. Achilles

 

Martin Franklin Achilles, age 89, passed away peacefully on Aug. 27, 2026 at his home in The Highlands in Topsham Maine.

Sharon L. Pulkkinen
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Sharon L. Pulkkinen

Sharon Lee Andrews Pulkkinen of East Boothbay, Maine, passed on Sept. 4, 2026 overlooking Linekin Bay at her home in East Boothbay.

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Celebration of Life for Barclay Shepard

 

Ronald E. Johnson
Obituary
Ronald E. Johnson

Ronald (Ron) Edward Johnson, 76 years old, passed away peacefully on Aug. 28, 2026 at Cape Memory Care Home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

Carol A. Parker
Obituary
Carol A. Parker

Carol Ann Parker, of Middletown, passed away peacefully on Sept. 1, 2026, surrounded by her loving family.

Anthony W. Faulkingham
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Anthony W. Faulkingham

Anthony Wayne “Tony” Faulkingham, born May 27, 1953, in Harrington, Maine, passed away on Sept. 5, 2026.

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Maine Secretary of State’s Office announces three races are proceeding to Ranked Choice Voting tabulations
Boothbay Primary election results
CSD Budget Validation referendum passes
Boothbay Harbor primary election results
Southport primary election results
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BHSD investment portfolio holds steady
Sewer district sign

 

On Sept. 15, Boothbay Harbor Sewer District (BHSD) met with First National Wealth Management to get a performance update on its investment portfolio.  

Maine Press Association announces three new Hall of Fame inductees
Pictured from left, Tux Turkel, Mike Lowe and Andy Molloy. Courtesy of MPA

The Maine Press Association will honor three distinguished Maine journalists when Andy Molloy, Mike Lowe and Tux Turkel are inducted into the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame on Oct. 17 at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Portland.

Friends, family celebrate Bobby Blackman's contributions to the community
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It was a day filled with good food, good music and good friends raising money for a good cause. Cook’s Landing in Edgecomb was the scene Sept. 12 for raising money for the first-ever Bobby Blackman Scholarship Fund.

Great auction items at Health Center's annual benefit Saturday
Boothbay Region Health Center

Join us Saturday, Sept. 19 from 5 to 8 p.m. for the fourth annual Hats for Health soiree to benefit the Boothbay Region Health Center. The event takes place at Mine Oyster.

Maine photographer and photo archivist Kevin Johnson event
Courtesy of Maine photographer and photo archivist Kevin Johnson.

 

Maine Lighthouse Day
Burnt Island visited by 150 lighthouse lovers
Burnt Island Light, the second oldest lighthouse in Maine (1821), ready for Maine Lighthouse Day, Sept. 9. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

The Miss Boothbay transported visitors to and from Burnt Island Light on Saturday, Sept. 12, Maine Lighthouse Day. 

Rebuilding Together replaces roof
This roof was replaced by a professional through Rebuilding Together-Lincoln County. Courtesy photo

The Board of Directors of Rebuilding Together/Lincoln County (RT/LC) recently provided resources to replace this roof (see photo) at no cost to the owner. This is one of the several roofs currently under consideration for replacement.

The Declaration & The Sea: Sign up to win a Spinlock DURO Front Closure PFD
Signing folks up at the Tuna Challenge Wrap Up. Courtesy photo

This September, Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) is connecting our maritime history to Boothbay’s working waterfront as part of Library Card Sign-Up Month and BHML’s America 250 programming, supported by a grant from the Maine St

Come to the Pemaquid Oyster Festival in Boothbay Harbor Sept. 27
Pemaquid Oyster Festival, Sunday, Sept. 27 at Mine Oyster, Boothbay Harbor. Courtesy photo

The 23rd annual Pemaquid Oyster Festival returns to Mine Oyster Restaurant in downtown Boothbay Harbor on Sunday, Sept. 27 (11 a.m.-6 p.m.).

Finding Our Voices
Breaking the silence with statewide film tour 
Patrisha McLean, CEO+Founder of Finding Our Voices (FOV) and Livi Kessel, director of trhe documentary "Out at Six." Courtesy of FOV

Movie theaters in Rockland, Portland, and Waterville are partnering with the statewide nonprofit Finding Our Voices to roll out October's Domestic Violence Awareness Month with the screening of a powerful documentary followed by a survivor-led community discussion.

Place-based learning program ready to launch
CSD school sign

 

Sept. 8, Educate Boothbay's board chairman, Bruce Harris, announced that the place-based learning program is ready to launch due to a generous $400,000 donation. The announcement came in a Community School District (CSD)…

A life and science of adaptation
A life and science of adaptation

While many evolutionary biologists trace their passion to an early childhood love for dinosaurs, Senior Research Scientist John Burns of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (BLOS) followed a less linear trajectory. He did not take a single biology class during his undergraduate…

Chalkboards to Fire Trucks: Generations return to celebrate 100 years of the East Boothbay School
Larry Brown leading the event off with an overview of the school’s history and planned speakers and activities. Mark Sullivan photo

On Saturday, Sept. 5, at 10 a.m., the bay doors of the East Boothbay Fire Station were open for a different kind of gathering. Over 45 community members—spanning multiple generations—came together to celebrate the rich history of the building that, for over a century, served as the East Boo…

Remembering those lost, region hosts 9/11 memorial
 ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register

 

A wall of 2,977 flags decorated Sherman's Field in the early morning of Sept. 11; each one representing a life lost during the terrorist attack 25 years prior. "So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart," wrote then-U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins of the tragedy.…

Boothbay area author releases second music album
Simonds' new album is available on major streaming platforms like Spotify, AppleMusic, and Pandora. Courtesy of the artist

Boothbay area author and now songwriter Skip Simonds has released his second original music album, "Walking on Water."

BR Historical Society offers Antique Appraisal Day
Poster

On Saturday, Sept. 26, the Boothbay Region Historical Society will offer an Antique Appraisal Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the museum house located at 72 Oak Street, Boothbay Harbor.

CMT stages 50s style murder mystery
CMT's "Flashback to Murder"

Through Sept. 26, Carousel Music Theater is staging “Flashback to Murder,” a musical comedy whodunnit set in the disco-vibed world of 1975, flashing back to a 1955 high school reunion where the prom queen’s unsolved murder takes center stage.

LC Republicans meet Sept. 23

The monthly meeting of Lincoln County Republicans will be held Wednesday, Sept. 23 at the Wiscasset Community Center, 242 Gardiner Road, Wiscasset. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m., doors open at 5:30.

Conservation District seeks nomination for Board of Supervisors
KLSWCD logo

The Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) is seeking nominations for one elected position on its five-member Board of Supervisors.

Maine home sales down in August; values increased
Real Estate sign

The Maine Association of Realtors reports 1,542 existing single-family homes changed hands in August—a decrease of 10.09 percent year-over-year.

Selectmen approve ballot question for Nov. 3 election regarding ordinance changes
Boothbay Town Office

 

What American history forgot about the Revolution
BHML finishes its summer series with a lecture from Tribal Ambassador Osihkiyol Crofton-Macdonald of the Houlton Band of Maliseets on the Watertown Treaty of 1776.  ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register

America's first foray into foreign relations is not as straightforward as history class taught us. The Revolution is usually cast as a struggle between two powers: the British government and its representatives in modern-day Canada, and the American colonists. However, this ignores the Indigenous nations who pursued…

Railway Village Museum
RVM launches student marketing intern program
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Visit 1778 at Pownalborough Court House
Anette Ruppel Rodrigues is featured as part of the 1778 historical theater event at Pownalborough Court House Sept. 19. She will present “The British King’s German Allies in the American War of Independence: A Mother’s Perspective” at 1 p.m. Courtesy of Anette Rodrigues

On Saturday, Sept. 19, visitors to Pownalborough Court House in Dresden will have the opportunity to interact with life in 1778, when the American Revolution was still being fought and the new nation was taking shape.

9/11 Remembrance at BRHS Friday
American flag

A quarter century after September 11, 2001, the Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) Student Council invites community to a 25th Anniversary Remembrance and Service Assembly on Friday, Sept. 11.

Property transfers in August
Lincoln County seal

The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in August:

It's Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Month
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Heads of the Harbor is underway with its annual fundraiser in honor of their beloved family member, Jameson Brooks, who lost his battle with cancer in 2022. Over 15,000 children are expected to be diagnosed with cancer from birth through the age of 19 in 2026, according to the American Cancer Society's website. 

International students serve cuisine from their homeland in Southport
INTERNATIONAL FOOD DAY

Stefan Popedi and Moti Bogdan spent Sept. 6 doing something they probably could've have done in their native Romania.

Epic Estate Sale in Camden to benefit Finding Our Voices
From left to right Linda Marshall, Christine Buckley of Camden Curated and Christine's Framing Gallery, and Dr. Stephen Huyler, with some of the exotic treasures being readied for the epic estate sale hosted by Stephen and Helene on their property, Sept. 19 to benefit Finding Our Voices. Patrisha McLean photo

Stephen and Helene Huyler are mounting an epic estate sale featuring exotic treasures from their travels around the world as a benefit for Finding Our Voices, at 10 Sea St. in Camden on Saturday, Sept. 19. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine.

An artful auction at Kerr+Jones Gallery
This Andrea Peters painting, "Reaching For the Sky," is among the treasures that could be yours at Kerr + Jones on Sept. 18. The auction is a benefit for the region's Community Resource Council. Courtesy of the gallery

In collaboration with the Boothbay Region Community Resource Council, Kerr+Jones Gallery will host its third biennial auction on Friday, Sept. 18 from 4 to 6 p.m. Join us for a late summer gathering featuring seasonal appetizers and deck drinks. The inimitable Peter Panagore will reprise his role as auctioneer.

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