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• Down East Yacht Club

  

  It has been a long while since DEYC members were able to celebrate camaraderie and enjoy the beauty of cruising together on the Coast of Maine. But on Saturday, June 27, a small group of members...
• Lyme Time

  Chronic Lyme Disease: Does It Exist?

  

  The simple answer is yes, and with that comes the fallout of years of controversial arguments, evidence, advocate and patient abuse. I say abuse because as current times have proven, we all have...
• A Bird’s Tale

  A Grand (Lake Stream) Adventure at Weatherby’s

  

  For Father’s Day, I sent Jeff and our son Evan on a fishing adventure Downeast. This is Jeff’s recount of that adventure. —Allison Wells Once again it was the time of year when being a...
• From the assistant editor

  A ramp, masks and many kudos

  

  As the summer of strange and still scary on some fronts continues, our towns are getting down to serious business doing their same old business in new ways and places, indoors and out, and different...
• From the editor

  Three things

  

  Did June feel like one long day to you? It did to me. I guess when you don’t do anything exciting, the days turn into weeks and then the month is up, just like that. Other than covering the local...
• Where it’s at

  The wordless stories of Jaap Helder

  

  The modern abstract painting in front of me draws me into its surreal world … An oval mirror near its center draws me in. I see a figure of a woman inside it. I cannot tell if she is standing or...
• ’Round Town

  Anna

  

  Anna Christina has been interested in the natural healing properties of alternative medicinals since she was a very young child. This was due, in large part, to a variety of childhood ailments. Anna...
• Joe’s Journal

  Week 16: I don’t like

  

  I don’t like wearing a mask. When the summer sun is shining, I like the way it warms my face. When the gentle ocean breeze blows over the seaweed at Ocean Point, I love the unique smell that comes...

• Juniper & McKown Point Column: Much ‘improvement’

  Welcome back, everyone and Happy Fourth of July! We are so sad that we are unable to hold our traditional welcome back party and lobster bake. However, everyone is finding a way to greet and catch up...

• Ocean Point Column: Tennis everyone!

  I don’t know where the month of June went but it certainly passed quickly. It was a great month weather-wise and today Monday June 29 we are experiencing some much-needed rain! As each day passes...

• The Bayville Buzz

  I have no idea if there was a Bayville Improvement Association annual meeting during the Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918 (and Phil couldn't remember), but there will be one this year. I won't be...

• Southport Column: Celebrate the 4th your way!

  July fourth in two days! And how will we celebrate? I understand that Boothbay Harbor Oceanside Golf Resort will have fireworks beginning about 9 p.m. perhaps visible from many places around the...

• American Legion Post 36

  

  Our traditional breakfasts are back! We have had two successful breakfasts and while the feedback from everyone has been great, we still learn each time how to improve them. Some changes we have...
• letter to the editor

  Fireworks display is nonsensical

  Dear Editor: Towns have been canceling fireworks due to the virus and our small town is going forward? This is nonsensical, irresponsible and dangerous. Imagine the number of people from off the...
• letter to the editor

  Sara Gideon for Maine

  Dear Editor: Every time we turn on the news, we are overwhelmed with the increased numbers of people infected with and dying from the coronavirus. The coronavirus is an unparalleled public health...
• letter to the editor

  Too many unanswered questions

  Dear Editor:Remember the Ferguson riots, when the Communist Party of the USA and its backers began earnestly placing America in its crosshairs, riling up as much racist hatred and vandalizing thieves...
• letter to the editor

  Be wary of mail-in ballots

  Dear Editor: Please everyone, keep your eyes open. My request for a mail-in-ballot carried two mistakes; first, my address was listed in a different town so the ballot took a week to arrive, after...
• letter to the editor

  Kudos to the library staff

  Dear Editor: I believe special mention should be made of the ever-helpful staff of our town library. They have, over the past several months, kept me going, providing me with hour after hour...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  

  All Rotarians, family and friends are invited to the first ever “Circling the Wagons” party on July 2 at the Railway Village. Please arrive a bit early so we can get all the cars comfortably seated...
• Out of Our Past

  The Schooner Baracoa’s 1876 Adventure

  

  An old friend, Jon Wood, reminded me of the following incident which appeared in Greene’s 1906 history of Boothbay and in Rice’s 1938 Shipping Days of Old Boothbay. The focus of the story is Leonard...
• Lyme Time

  What is this tick? Am I safe?

  

  Ticks have one focus and one focus only: find a host and feed. I have people emailing me photos or calling me and asking, “What kind of tick is this?” or they say “I took a tick off of me but it was...
• A Bird’s Tale

  “Feathered and Fearless,” the Bird Reality Show

  

  With the need to spend more time at home due to the pandemic, we have taken to doing more of the things we already do around the house—birding, yard work, reading, jigsaw puzzles…and a bit more TV....

• Ocean Point Column: Horribles Parade will go on

  How wonderful to see Ocean Point bustling with people! Many residents have returned and Shore Road is busy with pedestrians out walking and enjoying the beautiful weather. And it’s certainly exciting...

• Juniper & McKown Point Column: Summer of 2020

  Welcome to the summer of 2020. For those who’ve been here under quarantine, have completed the quarantine or have just arrived under new guidelines (Vermont and New Hampshire residents can now come...
• From the assistant editor

  Swimming holes and days gone by

  

  The swimming hole Atlantic Salmon Federation and Alna officials said Head Tide Dam would not lose is still there, and getting a lot of use these hot days. This is the first summer swimmers have had...
• From the editor

  We are open for business

  

  A Boothbay Harbor business owner contacted me a couple of weeks ago. She said business was down and perhaps one of the reasons why – besides the COVID-19 pandemic – was that people didn’t know her...
• ’Round Town

  Solstice

  

  Before trailing off into the tall grass in search of new adventures, I wanted to share a tiny bit of post-Father's Day best wishes for dads here and gone. It’s just a small item, please bare with me...
• Joe’s Journal

  Week15 – Summertime

  

  Last Sunday, Boothbay Harbor looked like summer. A warm sun smiled as local clergy asked the Almighty to protect our fishermen in the annual blessing of the fleet. A blue and white yacht, nearly the...

• Southport Column: Food, religion and voting

  Last week I mentioned a food trailer in the parking lot next to the post office. That lot is also for “Sweet Dreams Bakery,” which continues to be open for orders. Owner Marie Kelley can be reached...
• Commentary

  Why I wear a mask

  A few weeks ago, we celebrated the brave men and women who have served this country and paid dearly for that. I've never been on a battlefield, never seen my friends blown up, never suffered a loss...
• letter to the editor

  Re: Heartbreak and resolve

  Dear Editor: Perhaps what Deborah Bonk really meant to declare for the Boothbay region is that the progressive-Democrat-party has failed black people in this country. More than four decades of a...
• letter to the editor

  Thank you so much former President Obama

  Dear Editor: Here was sitting President Barack Obama, attempting to offhandedly claim on BET that inner city law enforcement was systemically racist way back in December 2014: “And, you know, I’ve...
• letter to the editor

  Clerks encourage absentee voting

  Dear Editor: As Southport’s town clerk, I am writing to encourage voters to vote by absentee ballot in the upcoming Primary Election on Tuesday, July 14. Any registered voter may cast an absentee...
• Lyme Time

  Visitors guide to a tick-free summer

  

  As summer brings back many of our seasonal residents and many more visitors to our wonderful state, Midcoast Lyme Disease Support and Education wants to make sure that you enjoy your stay and partake...

• American Legion Post 36

  

  This past Sunday was the return of the Legion breakfast and by all accounts it was a great success! I would like to thank all of our guests for joining us and understanding the changes we had to make...
• A Bird’s Tale

  “Graduating” in the Bird World

  

  It’s been a memorable graduation season this year for several reasons. Most significant to us is our son’s high school graduation at a ceremony over the weekend. For 2020 graduates everywhere,...
• ’Round Town

  June

  

  OK ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, its time for this year's obligatory lupine photo. I know that everyone with an image making device is out there crawling through the pucker brush, transiting...
• From the assistant editor

  Once in a lifetime, hopefully

  

  An especially strong gust blew across Wiscasset’s graduation early in Friday night’s ceremony, knocking off one of the floral displays. And a strong one near the end of Morse High School’s at...
• From the editor

  Happy Father’s Day

  

  Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers I know and don’t know. Sunday, June 21 will be quite a melancholy day for me despite my being a father. My siblings – six of them, including my older sister who...
• Joe’s Journal

  Week 14: Hope

  

  As the calendar marches towards our summer season, the word in Boothbay, Wiscasset and Damariscotta is hope. Our communities have a deep history intertwined with the sea, from fishing to boat...

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Opinion

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Letters

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Editorial

• Could it be?

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