In partnership with Carousel Marina’s Boothbay Harbor Tuna Challenge, the Fishermen's Memorial Committee recently announced the creation of a commercial fishing casualty fund, which will be available to anyone in the state for future losses in the industry.  

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Since the Boothbay Region Historical Society’s mission is to promote interest in the history of the Boothbay region, the upcoming evening on Sept. 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Leach House on Sawyers Island will allow attendees a rare chance to step back in time.

This month, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens breaks ground on the Edward and Gwendolyn Asplundh Horticulture and Plant Science Center.

On Sunday, Aug. 24 at 4 p.m. at the Bremen Town Center, 208 Waldoboro Road (Route 32), Mary Bryant Berger will present “Growing Up at Camp Biscay,” a program about her family’s camp on Biscay Pond.

A single-vehicle accident on Aug. 14 in Edgecomb is still under investigation. Lt. Brendan Kane reported Roy Charles Merritt, 85, of Little Rock, Arkansas was driving his red Nissan Sentra southbound on Route 27 when he apparently "fell asleep" around 6:36 p.m. "He left the road and hit a utility pole near Blanchard's…

On Friday, Aug. 15, Washburn & Doughty Shipyard in East Boothbay launched its latest build, the 93-foot x 38-foot Gerard McAllister, a tractor tug for McAllister Towing and Transportation Co. Inc., New York.

The Boothbay Register is in the process of digitizing its newspapers. However, several issues from 1910 to its beginning in 1876 were destroyed by fire in 1945. Some issues were recovered after the fire, but very few. 

Several years ago, the Broadway musical "Rent" asked, "How do you measure a year in the life?"

For almost 150 years, the Boothbay Register has been "measuring" each week in the life of the region, recording events - significant and routine - and help is now needed to make sure that written record is prese…

The Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason will lead the last service of the 2025 summer season at Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point this Sunday, Aug. 24. Her sermon is titled 'The Poetry of Prayer & the Prayer of Poetry’. Margaret Mceldowney will serve as organist, and special music will be p…

The 6th annual Maine Book Festival (formerly the Maine Authors Book Festival) will be held on Saturday, Aug. 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Thomaston Public Library, 60 Main St., Thomaston. The event is sponsored by Maine Authors Publishing! The “Maine Woods & Water” theme will focus on celebrating the natural beauty and outdoor he…

Please join us in celebrating the summer 2025 graduates of the MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital and Central Lincoln County Adult Education CNA Training Program. The class graduated on Thursday, July 31 after completing seven weeks of classroom instruction, skills labs and clinical experience.

Southport selectmen issued a new special amusement license Aug. 13 for the Lincoln Arts Festival scheduled at Hodgdon Yachts later this month. At a recent meeting, selectmen approved a one-day special license for Aug. 8. Lincoln Arts contacted selectmen about the wrong date, and requested a new special amusement license. 

The Knickerbocker Lake Association will hold its annual meeting on Monday, Aug. 25 at 4:30 p.m. at 10 McDonald Lane, Boothbay. McDonald Lane is located 0.9 miles from the Center off Back River Road.

All property owners on Knickerbocker and Little Knickerbocker lakes are welcome. Attendees can come by water or air.

The Community School District (CSD) moved forward on creating a new subcommittee during a meeting Aug. 12. The School Committee gave Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Robert Kahler approval to formalize an official Future of the Schools group under district leadership.   

The monthly meeting of Lincoln County Republicans will be held Wednesday, Aug. 27, at the Safe Harbor Community Chapel, 50 Mill St., Waldoboro. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the speakers begin at 6 p.m. This month’s guest speakers are House Representative Katrina Smith and gubernatorial candidate David Jones.

With a splash of education and fun, Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library’s (BHML) Ocean Day event Aug. 12 celebrated its third successful year. Community members gathered on the library lawn to learn more about marine life with hands-on activities and chats with volunteers from Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (D…

The Lincoln Arts Festival (LAF) Art Show has been held since 1995, and almost always at a shipyard. For many years now, Hodgdon Yacht Services, at 100 Ebenecook Road, Southport has generously provided the perfect space for this show, Art for Art’s Sake.

A journey to 19,341 feet above sea level begins with a single step. Longtime regional visitor Greg Godkin, 53, recently joined ranks with those who have reached the summit of Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro — all with a broken foot.  

Summit day began at midnight and took four hours to reach the peak; just in time for the sun to rise.…

Maine artist Susan Bartlett Rice has been commissioned to create two murals for the Carter’s Wharf buying station on Atlantic Avenue in Boothbay Harbor. The first one is a generational piece which portrays how lobstering is an important family tradition. The second one of a young fisherman with a dory full of pogies represent…