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Tai Chi Class at MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital to promote fall prevention and wellness
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Edgecomb seeking MMA advice on abandoned sailboat disposal

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'The Latest in Fishing Gear Innovation'

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Pure Prairie League plays Boothbay Harbor July 6
St. Giles Episcopal Church garden. Courtesy photo
Crafters sought for July fair in Jefferson

Police, Fire and Courts

BHPD honors police chiefs past, present
Sheriff's Department not interested in assisting ICE
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office: 4 arrests
Boothbay Fire & Rescue 2025 Summer Educational Program
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office: 4 arrests

Obituaries

Service for Ronald J. Riml

A graveside service for Ronald JosephRiml, who passed away on Dec. 7, 2024, will be held at Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 163 Mount Vernon

Service for Arlene Goyea Smith

A graveside service for Arlene Goyea Smith, who passed away on March 23, 2025, will be held at Evergreen Cemetery on Barters Island

Memorial Service for Royall M. Dodge

A memorial service for Royal M. Dodge., who passed away on Dec. 30, 2024, will be held on Saturday, June 21 at 10 a.m. at the American Legion Post 36, 25 Industrial Park Road, Boothbay. 

Carol A. Pinkham
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Carol A. Pinkham

Carol A. Pinkham, 86, passed away peacefully on May 31, 2025 at St.

Jeanette M. Green
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Jeanette M. Green

Jeanette M. Green of Wiscasset, 96, passed on April 20, 2025.

Celebration of Life for Richard C. Forrest

Please join us as we celebrate a life well lived, full of love, laughter, and lasting memories. The celebration for Richard C.

Donald Sprague obituary photo
Obituary
Donald Sprague

Donald "Don" Sprague, of Wiscasset, Maine passed away on May 23, 2025 surrounded by his loving family. Don was a gentle man, well liked and known for his kindness and easy smile, as well as for his enterprising nature. He was always developing inventions to solve everyday problems.

Richard W. Blake
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Richard W. Blake

Richard Wayne Blake, lovingly known as Ricky to his friends and family, passed away peacefully on May 25, 2025. 

Rickey was born to Sharon Dowd and the late Kenneth Blake. A veteran, Rickey served his country for eight years in the United States Navy. 

William "Bill" Allison
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William Allison

William "Bill" Allison of Naples, Florida and Boothbay Harbor, passed away peacefully in Naples on May 20, 2025. He was 96 years old, and lived a wonderful and full life.

Celebration of Life for Craig Paine

A Celebration of Life gathering for Craig Paine, who died April 10, 2025, will be held at the Knights of Pythias Hall, Lakeside Drive, Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, June 14 at noon.

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Elections

New candidate for Edgecomb School Committee John Allen III
Candidate for Edgecomb selectboard Forrest Carver
Candidate for Edgecomb selectboard Stuart Smith
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Boothbay Harbor voters pass $6.4M budget
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Maine writer Monica Wood to speak at Popham Library
Monica Wood. Courtesy photo

Monica Wood,novelist, memoirist, and playwright will be the first speaker at this year’s “Summer Serie…

NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT
Firewood program strikes ‘cord' with community
The Woodchucks are a longstanding volunteer group dedicated to supplying area households with firewood. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register

It's easy to forget the chill of winter as summer nears. But preparing for Maine’s coldest weather is year-round work for the Woodchucks, a group of Boothbay-area volunteers who meet twice a week, all year, to help keep area households warm.   

Coastal Rivers offers Wilderness First Aid certification course
First aid

Coastal Rivers is hosting a two-day Wilderness First Aid certification course through Wilderness Medical Associates International from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 21 and 22.  

BRWD’s Southport water main project goes out to bid
BRWD

Boothbay Region Water District (BRWD)’s Hendricks Hill Road water main replacement project has officially gone out to bid for construction. As previously reported in the Register, the work will convert 8,000 feet of seasonal water main along Hendricks Hill Road in Southport to a buried year-round main. The deadline for bids…

Lawn sign a mystery to former state rep
Lawn sign

No, Stephanie Hawke is not running for governor or any other office. The weekend of June 7-8, Hawke received phone calls regarding a pink lawn sign on the traffic island at the Route One and Route 27 intersection. Signs with a pink background and white lettering were used five years ago when Hawke last ran for the legislature…

Festival in Alna blends art, social change
Hand-carved wooden sculpture by Keith Plummer

Something remarkable is taking shape in Alna this summer. From July 5 to Aug.  3, the Puddle Dock Village Festival will turn the town into a stage for creativity, connection and courageous conversation.

Boothbay, Wiscasset 2025 adult ed graduation
2025 Adult Ed Grad

Boothbay Region Adult and Community Education (BRACE) graduated nine students June 10 in the Boothbay Region High School library. Commencement was moved from Barrett’s Park due to rain. Over 50 friends, family members and administrators gathered in honor of the students' achievement of their high school equival…

Early deadline for June 19 issue
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Because Thursday, June 19 is a federal holiday, there will be an early deadline for submissions of copy for the June 19 issue in order for the newspapers to be mailed to subscribers. U.S.

School budget passes with split vote
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Community School District voters passed the $11.4 million CSD budget for the 2026 fiscal year June 10. Overall, voters approved the Budget Validation Referendum 310-273. 

Community Improvement Fund supports affordable housing in Lincoln County
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Members of the MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital and MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital Community Health Improvement Committee announced their support for two organizations focusing on providing safe, affordable housing and the needed support services for low-income individuals and families who may ot…

Coastal Rivers hosting Trail Tamers 'After Hours' workday
A view of Muscongus Bay from Bass Rock Preserve. Courtesy of Coastal Rivers

Coastal Rivers is hosting an “after hours” Trail Tamers work partyat Bass Rock Preserve in Round Pond on Wednesday, June 18 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. …

Waldoboro Lions Club earns 8th annual Coulombe Center Award
The Waldoboro Lions Club received the Coulombe Center Award for Innovation on June 4. Pictured in the photo are, from left, Katie Spear; Lions Club president Daniel Vannah; Coulombe Center for Health Improvement Director Anni Pat McKenney; and MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital President Cindy Wade, RN, BSN, MHA. Courtesy photo

Waldoboro Lions Club was presented the eighth annual Coulombe Center Award for Innovation in a brief ceremony at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor. 

The Lions were nominated for their innovative support of eye care for school-age students who cannot afford care. The selection committee…

March with us in the Windjammer Days Parade
Windjammer Days Street Parade 2024. Courtesy of Leanne Pander

The Boothbay Region Democratic Committee is excited to announce our participation in this year's Windjammer Days Parade in Boothbay Harbor on June 25, and we're calling on all local Democrats and unenrolled voters to join us! 

Maine Lobster Boat Racing Season
A whole lotta wake'll be kicking up June 14
Mike Leonard photo 2024

Lobster boat captains up and down the coast and right here in Boothbay Harbor are revving up for the 2025 racing season. The races begin with the Charlie Begin Memorial Lobster Boat Races Saturday, June 14. Since 2005, Boothbay Harbor’s races are held in honor of Begin, a beloved native lobsterman and racer.

BRHS Class of 2025 graduates
BRHS Class of 2025 class marshal Neal Baldwin leads his classmates into the gym for Graduation ceremonies on Friday, June 6. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register

Diplomas were handed out to the 39 members of the Boothbay Region High School Class of 2025 during Graduation Exercises in a humidity-filled Porter Memorial Gymnasium on Friday afternoon, June 6.

While the event programs made for makeshift fans, the hundreds of family members and friends watched, listened and cheered during the ceremony…

Join Midcoast Humane's fundraising Sunset Cruise June 27
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A fundraiser for Midcoast Humane – a sunset cruise provided by Balmy Days Cruises in Boothbay Harbor – will be held Friday, June 27 from 5 to 8:30 p.m.

BRHS student brings Maine Spirit to New Orleans
BRHS high schooler Adaline Barter represents Maine at the annual Billy Michal Student Leadership Awards. Courtesy of Katrina Dunsmore

Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) freshman Adaline Barter spent a whirlwind weekend representing Maine’s American Spirit at the National World War II Museum.  

Rev. Suzanne F. Colburn to open All Saints services June 15
Rev. Colburn

All Saints by-the-Sea Episcopal summer chapel is pleased to announce that our opening services, on Sunday, June 15, will be led by our Boothbay Harbor neighbor, the Rev. Suzanne F. Colburn. Please join us at 8 and 10 a.m. as we celebrate Holy Communion and rejoice in the beauty of the new season on Southport Island…

County 911 emergency dispatchers recognized for outstanding work
Heroes

Two Lincoln County emergency 911 dispatchers received recognition June 3 for changing the lives of two familes. Craig Balsdon of Boothbay Harbor provided verbal assistance to a couple who gave birth to their son in a vehicle. Richard Hasch of Southport provided a bystander instruction by phone to perform cardiopulmonary rescitation.

Parishioners take pride in pie
Pie Ladies

Since 2007, a dedicated group at First United Methodist Church of Boothbay Harbor has sold homemade pies on the church lawn. For about a dozen Saturdays, Memorial Day through September, visitors and locals can have their tastebuds tingled with offerings ranging from strawberry rhubarb to pecan, lemon meringue to cherry, chocolate cre…

Walkathon rescheduled
Walkathon flyer

Due to weather June 7, the American Legion Auxiliary Veterans Suicide Awareness Walkathon has been rescheduled to its rain date: Saturday, June 14 at 10 a.m.

The Class of 2025's walk through the past at BRES
LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Graduation morning, Friday, June 6, the Class of 2025 walked through the halls of Boothbay Region Elementary School in their blue caps and gowns where many of them began their education. 

Pre K through sixth graders and middle schoolers (seventh and eighth graders) held signs, high fived, and cheered as the seniors and the…

2025 BRHS Graduation
Cleyton Splaine Honor Essay
Cleyton Splaine

My name is Cleyton Splaine, I am the now former Boothbay Region High School student body president, and today, your honor speaker and I am honored to be here today, with this class and you all.

I want to briefly discuss my favorite thing with you today.

2025 BRHS Graduation
Salutatorian Anna Gosselin Welcome Address
Anna Gosselin

Good afternoon and welcome to the graduation ceremony for this year’s graduates of Boothbay Region High School. My name is Anna Gosselin and I am the salutatorian for the class of 2025. I just want to start by saying how proud I am of my class. It’s so amazing to see all the different directions we are headed, even though we w…

Class of 2025 Graduation Parade
Class of 2025 Car Parade

The Boothbay Region High School Class of 2025 paraded the town’s streets Friday, June 6, kicking off their post-graduation celebration with a car parade. Students loaded into decorated cars, trucks and convertibles and waved at onlookers as they looped through the inner harbor before turning north towards the rotary and Boothbay Com…

BRHS Graduation 2025 Scenes II
KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register

This is the second of two photo galleries of the Boothbay Region High School Class of 2025 graduation ceremony on Friday, June 6.

Contact the Boothbay Register for reprint information.

Southport Island Association announces events

The Southport Island Association would like to announce that it will hold both its Annual Meeting and Bolster Day on Sunday, June 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Newagen Seaside Inn.  …

BRHS celebrates students at awards night
Neal Baldwin, left, leads the class of 2025 at the annual Boothbay Region High School awards night June 4. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register

Family, friends and community members gathered at Porter Memorial Gymnasium June 4 to celebrate the accomplishments of graduating students and outstanding underclassmen at the annual Boothbay Region High School awards night.  

Maine State Aquarium opening June 11
Be sure to see the 26-foot minke whale skeleton that hangs from the ceiling. Photo from Aquarium website

The Maine State Aquarium, located on the McKown Point Road in West Boothbay Harbor, is set to open its doors on Wednesday, June 11.

Cemetery District revises bylaws, elects officials
Pear Street cemetery

Boothbay Region Cemetery District trustees on June 4 began the process of revising their bylaws. The changes largely focused on cleaning up language, reorganization and updating procedures.…

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