Dear Editor:   

I would like to congratulate Heather Sinclair on her re-election. Anyone running or serving in any public office deserves credit. It is not for the faint-of-heart with so many diverse opinions in a community. So, best wishes to Heather and other school board officials as they work to tackle difficult issues and new opportunities for the school.  

Also, sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone who voted for me. As a first-time candidate, I was honored to get your vote.  

I went into 2026 with one primary misogi  - the word that means having one annual goal that is daunting

Dear Editor: 

At Burnt Island, we are excited for the upcoming summer season. The Keepers organization has been working hard behind the scenes to ensure a successful season of visiting, learning, and community engagement.  

We have been strengthening our partnership with the Maine Department of Marine Resources, scheduling visits for student groups and community organizations, and preparing for a busy public season. Balmy Days Cruises will once again provide regular transportation to the island four days a week for public visits. We are also thrilled that construction of a new pier and float

Dear Editor:

Several years ago, my husband and I purchase a walkway paver to be place in the Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation Park in memory of a lifelong friend. Unfortunately, due to many legal battles between the park's abutters and BBHWP, we have been unable to see the paver placed on this lovely site by the sea.

I have been appalled and deeply saddened by the fact that one couple has been able to delay the completion of the park for five-plus years.

Hopefully a resolution will happen soon. Waiting!

Marcia Soler

East Boothbay

Dear Editor:

In his shamelessly self-aggrandizing 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy report, Donald Trump equates “Violent Left-Wing Extremists, including Anarchists and Anti-Fascists” with transnational drug cartels and “legacy Islamist terrorists” as one of the three greatest domestic threats to national security. No mention of right-wing terrorism and mass murder.

MAGA memory is short, apparently, and selective, obviously. The 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which killed 169 people, including 19 children, and injured another 684, was the deadliest act of

Dear Editor:

There is no greater responsibility, nor greater reward, than giving our children every possible advantage as they make their way in the world. Raising children is not solely the duty of parents, it is a shared responsibility and obligation because the next generation ultimately benefits the entire community. We all benefit when we invest in children with social stability, lower crime rates, stronger communities and educated citizens. Children become future workers, taxpayers, and citizens. For that reason, we have a collective obligation to help reduce the costs of child-rearing

Dear Editor:

Graham Platner has been direct, clear, and, in my estimation, a man of character who both admits and has learned from past mistakes, as well as a man with ideas and positions we desperately need to be implemented here in Maine and across the USA.

Currently, Mainers in Lincoln County and everywhere else in the state are being subjected to a series of commercials on broadcast TV and YouTube spuriously asking, “Who is the real Graham Platner?” and painting him as a hateful person. A far more compelling, telling, and critical question Mainers should be asking themselves is, “Who is

Dear Editor:

You’d think after photographing the NIAGARA project at Sample’s Shipyard for five months, that I would know how to spell NIAGARA. But alas, such was not the case in last week’s column.   Sorry.  And,I even visited Niagara Falls as a kid with my family. I couldn’t even pronounce it then. 

Maybe future projects will have simpler names like USS Bob, or Carol, or Greg or Sam. I’d have a better shot at correct spelling! 

Despite my mistake, the re-launch of NIAGARA went very well with continued preparations underway for the ship’s return voyage to Lake Erie in June. 

Robert Mitchell

Dear Editor:

This Memorial Day we honor all of our service men and women. Never forget – all gave some and some gave all.

To my fellow veteran friends, Stott, Fran, George, Roger, Linc, Miles, Phil, Barry, Jim, Bill — just to name a few — thank you all for your service and all you do to remember those who gave their all.

The flag flying in East Boothbay flies to honor all veterans, first and foremost my dad, Frank S. Dodge, his brother Maurice S. Dodge and my good friend, Paul Adams.

God bless all our veterans, past, present and future, for their service to our country and their communities.

G

Dear Editor:

We are writing to strongly voice our family’s concern to MaineHealth’s leadership and to alert the people of the Boothbay region that yet another vital service in our community has been taken away without warning.

While attending a Wound Care appointment at MaineHealth Primary Care in Boothbay Harbor, we were informed that effective immediately, toenail care would no longer be offered and if we wanted to continue this service for our 98-year-old mother, we would have to travel to the MaineHealth MilesCampus in Damariscotta. This treatment is covered by Medicare and is essential to

Edgecomb Fire Rescue responded to 14 calls in April, compared with 34 calls in March. April calls included two mutual aid requests for structure fires, one brush fire, five medical emergencies (ME), three motor vehicle accidents (MVA), and one other call for a bomb threat drill at Wiscasset Elementary School. For the year-to-date, we have responded to 84 calls.

We participated in a joint training exercise with Wiscasset, Westport Island, and Alna fire departments on fighting rural fires, hosted by the Alna fire department. The training included pumping water from a local pond, filling a tanker

Home repairs are inevitable—whether from everyday wear and tear or unexpected damage. But when you’re looking for help, the wrong contractor can make matters worse. Some promise quick, low-cost fixes, then deliver poor work, damage your property, or disappear before the job is done. 

Be cautious of contractors who show up uninvited and say they can start work right away, pressure you to make quick decisions, or ask for cash up front. After severe weather, shady contractors may also push you to sign over insurance payments or take out loans for payment. 

Always take time to review your options

Rainy and cold again today. Do May showers bring June flowers in the Gulf of Maine? It always seems like spring is a late bloomer here. That beautiful, but cold Atlantic Ocean that we love just doesn't help with the spring warm up. Thursday we heard about an organization working to keep that cold, beautiful ocean healthy. 

Last Thursday we welcomed Emma Weed, program director for the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation (GOMLF) which is dedicated to protecting and sustaining a healthy lobster fishery and marine environment through collaboration with fishermen, scientists, educators and

Whether he is sponsoring the Maine Cornhole Classic to support Special Olympics Unified Champion Clubs, picking up trash during Barters Island community clean-up days, or enjoying a concert at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House, Rob Wheeler is someone who shows up for his community. But during a recent visit, it was his recertification for volunteer lifeguarding duties that put a special gleam in his eye. 

Two years ago, when the perennial shortage of lifeguards threatened to close the Boothbay Region YMCA’s pools to early-morning swimmers, Rob stepped up. He began opening the Y’s doors at 5:25

As Boothbay Harbor prepares to celebrate the 64th annual Windjammer Days, this year’s theme proudly honors the past, present, and retired members of the United States Navy who have served our nation with dedication and distinction. Throughout the coming weeks, we will feature a series of profiles highlighting local Navy service members—sharing their stories, experiences, and the lasting impact of their service. These articles are a tribute to the men and women whose commitment to duty reflects the maritime heritage at the heart of Windjammer Days and the deep appreciation of our community

For us, spring birding this year has been marked by a new species arriving just about every day, making us very aware of that deep pulse of life on Earth called migration. Eastern kingbirds arrived last week, a house wren a few days ago, and today, our first prairie warblers and brown thrashers. Right in the backyard, a flock of warblers flitted through—a black-throated green singing “Zee-zee-zoo-zee” to alert us that it was there. After a few minutes of scanning the newly green maples, we’d seen black-and-white warbler, northern parula, yellow warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, and

Editor's note: The Boothbay Register erroneously published an Edgecomb political letter past our announced May 4 deadline. We regret that error and, because the letter, which endorsed school committee candidate Maureen Heffernan, also commented on candidate Heather Sinclair, we invited Sinclair to make a statement before this week's election. Here is that statement. 

My thanks to the Boothbay Register for the opportunity to make a final statement.

Public education is deeply complex, fully intertwined with other social and economic issues, and poorly understood. Most people deeply value our

Dear Editor:

Early in the 21st Century, the United States appeared to falter. Iran was advancing its nuclear program while exporting terror. Cuba remained a hostile outpost off our shores. China was tightening its grip on the Panama Canal. The world depended on unstable OPEC oil from Arab oil exporters, while Europe struggled with open borders, unsustainable social programs, and mass immigration. Russia and China projected power into our hemisphere. America’s future looked bleak in 2024.

Fast forward to 2026. Under decisive leadership, the tide has turned. Panama is realigning with the United

All five of Wiscasset's selectboard candidates for three seats, both of Wiscasset's school committee candidates for one seat, and Westport Island's lone selectboard candidate on that town's ballot, took the time to thoughtfully answer Wiscasset Newspaper's questionnnaire. We thank them for that time, and for their willingness to, if elected, take part in night meetings and all the reading, studying, listening and decision-making involved in serving on those bodies.

At wiscassetnewspaper.com and in this week's print edition, the candidates' responses are published. We thank you for any time you

Imagine if you can, a 118-foot, 12,000-pound tree lying on the ground with all sorts of branches dangling from the top one third of its length. Now, visualize lifting that tree from the ground, by its top, to a totally airborne vertical position. Then take that tree another 50 feet into the air so it can be aligned perfectly to fit in a hole just under two feet in diameter. It's an almost incomprehensible process. Then, once that tree is in place, do it all over again with another tree!

Watching masts being lifted and placed (stepped) is breathtaking, especially for someone like me with very

With all the bombast going on in the Maine Senate race, the strangeness of Washington, D.C., the not really a war in the Middle East, and our local town meetings and elections, last week Columbia University  awarded the Pulitzer prizes.

In the news/scribbling biz, what is left of it, they are big deals, really big deals.

Of course, the big boys pulled in the goodies, like the NY Times, Washington Post, Reuters and AP. They awarded a special citation to Julie K. Brown, the Miami reporter who first introduced us to Jeffrey Epstein and his peccadillos. Bully for them and Ms. Brown.

But way down