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• Letter to the editor

  Maloney for Wiscasset

  Dear Editor: This year we have five candidates running for three seats on the select board. We are lucky to have people ready to commit to the time and energy that is required to be a good selectman...
• Letter to the editor

  What a prom night!

  Dear Editor: What a wonderful Saturday for the first prom in two years. The crowd was large and the dresses were beautiful for pictures at Barrett’s Park. We could not have asked for a better day...
• From the assistant editor

  Layers of a season, layers of news

  

  The Midcoast takes wearing so many layers in winter, when it and its ghost, the cold winds that underly and undermine spring, are finally gone for about five months, we can’t wait for short sleeves,...
• Column

  Southport

  All Southport taxpayers should have gotten a letter from our selectmen, accompanied by a letter from Axiom, the company planning to bring fiber optic internet to Southport. The selectmen’s letter is...
• Letter to the Editor

  In support of the East Side Waterfront Park

  Dear Editor: When I was growing up in Boothbay Harbor, the waterfront was easily accessible to most people. Fishermen were seen mending their nets and repairing traps on the dock where Fisherman’s...

• Protecting Mainers’ reproductive rights

  

  Like many in our community, the leaked Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade filled me with sadness and fear. Though the news didn’t come as a total surprise, it did drive home for many of us...

• Don’t forget the red, white & blue

  Dear Editor: I have a suggestion to make. If you’re going to display a Ukrainian flag, please also display an American flag. American men and women have died to protect our freedoms. Please honor...

• Avian Flu in Maine

  

  While we humans have been dealing with the difficult and sad implications of COVID, birds have been dealing with a different and very deadly virus called Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)....

• Elbridge

  

  Elbridge Giles and I bonded over dynamite. Not your average coffee table conversation, but an interesting journey, nonetheless. We had different but similar experiences to share. Elbridge, his...

• American Legion Post 36

  

  As you have read in the Register last week, we have elected our new slate of officers for the 2022-2023 term. I am excited that Robin Ford will be our new Commander. Robin has demonstrated amazing...

• News & Notes from the Community Center

  

  From time-to-time we have special needs in order to provide services at the Center. This is one of those times. (1) We need a volunteer Personal Shopper - someone who would be willing to go to the...
• Letter to the Editor

  Be part of the Memorial Day Flag placement

  Dear Editor: Memorial Day is rapidly approaching and I am looking forward to seeing veterans of all generations marching with us or riding in the trolley. More on the parade details next week. As...
• letter to the editor

  The final chapter

  Dear Editor: George “Pop” Durfee and Joyce Barlow were married in May 1957. They moved into a house on Atlantic Avenue. They lived the simple life of a fisherman’s family, raising four kids in that...
• Letter to the Editor

  Vote for William Maloney

  Dear Editor: The energetic Bill Maloney of Wiscasset is well known to enjoy a full grasp of any situation put before him. Bill is thoroughly acquainted and eminently qualified to deal with the...
• Letter to the Editor

  Pan Fried Steel sends its thanks

  Dear Editor: I am writing on behalf of the members of Pan Fried Steel to express our wholehearted thank you to the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor for hosting us at Caribbean Night last Saturday, May...
• Letter to the Editor

  Vote for Bill Maloney

  Dear Editor: At Selectboard meetings throughout the past year, there were a number of discussions relating to expenditures which left me concerned with the effect on our property taxes. It is always...

• Maloney: a great choice for Wiscasset selectman

  Dear Editor: Bill Maloney has served as chair of the budget committee for two years. This makes him uniquely qualified to guide our town over the next two years and beyond! He’s a numbers man and...

• AARP scam alert: We’re all targets

  

  If there is one thing everyone should understand, it’s that “scammers” are career criminals skilled at the art of manipulation and no one is immune. These crooks target people of any age; in fact, 41...
• letter to the editor

  Public water access in Edgecomb

  Dear Editor: The Edgecomb Waterfront Committee questions the “need” for public water access as proposed in the recent Letter to the Editor. In addition to the capital price of purchasing the Shore...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Yellowlegs Making Heroic Journeys

  

  A few days ago, our favorite “pop-up pond” played host to a flock of six lesser yellowlegs. These long-legged birds of the sandpiper family move through Maine in April and early May on their way...

• Smart moves

  

  With Lincoln County’s COVID count ticking back up and Maine in recent days second in the nation, Wiscasset, much more mask-free and at times less socially distant this spring, is making some smart...
• From the editor

  Birds, basketball and brrr

  

  Is it just me or have you seen more varieties of birds and more birds in general this month? Perhaps if I hung out at my in-laws’ house I would see even more as they have a virtual aviary set up on...
• ’Round Town

  Jenny

  

  Let me take this opportunity to introduce our local versions of Google and what used to be the telephone book. If these two ladies don’t know where you can be found, you can’t be. Unless, of course,...
• Joe's Journal

  Town meeting

  

  The New England town meeting is a time-honored practice, said Boothbay Harbor’s town manager as she began her annual presentation last Saturday. Of course, Julia Latter is right. It goes back to the...

• News and Notes from the Community Center

  The Yellow Brick Roadshow is coming to the Community Center on Wednesday, June 22, beginning at 2 p.m. The Wizard of Odds, Richard Plunkett, will assess your treasure for a donation to the Center....

• Ocean Point Column: A passing, graduations and more

  Although rather cool and somewhat windy, it was a spectacular weekend at the Point. Each week that passes the Point shows a little more activity than the previous one. Many took advantage on Mother’...

• American Legion Post 36

  

  Travis Mills recently had an "ad" where he acknowledges the volunteers that enabled The Travis Mills Foundation to be so successful helping veterans and their families re-calibrated through various...

• Southport Column: PACA Lunch and more

  As our summer calendar begins to fill up with guests, I stay alert to special things to do, especially outside. On the bulletin board to the right of the entrance to the Southport General Store is a...
• letter to the editor

  ‘Disinformation’ board?

  Dear Editor: The administration has announced they intend to form a “disinformation” board as part of Homeland Security, a “Ministry of Truth” as it were. Keep in mind that the Department of...
• letter to the editor

  Don’t stop Southport’s broadband project

  Dear Editor: I don’t understand all the negativity toward the broadband project in Southport. The project was diligently researched, developed and negotiated by the board of selectmen with support...
• letter to the editor

  Treason?

  Dear Editor: Definition from Oxford Languages: Treason: The crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government. U.S. Constitution: Article...
• letter to the editor

  Who speaks for God?

  Dear Editor: The proposed Maine GOP 2022 platform makes numerous mentions of faith. and freedom of religion. But against a backdrop of opposition to sharia law, Islamophobia, and rising anti-...
• Commentary

  Waterfront access should be preserved for generations

  Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation (BBHWP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supported by folks in our community who believe that a resource as beautiful and important as our waterfront...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  

  The Rotary Club celebrated the holiday with ersatz Latino appetizers and what we do best: fellowship and laughter. It was a youthful crowd. Not only were our young(er) members out in force, but the...

• St. Columba’s Episcopal Church

  

  Last Sunday at St. Columba’s Church the theme was “The Lord is my Shepherd.” Most people know the 23rd Psalm, or find the title familiar. The analogy of shepherd and sheep echoes through the Bible,...

• Trevett Column: First potluck of the year

  What a great night for the first potluck of the year. Approximately 50 folks attended the April event. The was food delicious and plentiful filling both tables end to end with all sorts of yummy...

• AARP scam alert: Bad news – but some good news – on ID fraud trends

  

  Last year, 42 million consumers suffered a staggering $52 billion in losses from identity fraud. Just when you think there can’t possibly be a silver lining – we found one. Much of this activity is...
• letter to the editor

  Public water access in Edgecomb

  Dear Editor: Edgecomb needs public access to the water. There is a nice piece for sale on the Shore Road. It was looked at several years ago when the selectmen thought it could be taken for back...
• letter to the editor

  Boothbay Harbor warrant Article 25 guts resident appeals process

  Dear Editor: This Saturday, May 7, at 9 a.m., Boothbay Harbor residents will convene for their town meeting at Boothbay Region Elementary School to vote on 29 warrant articles. We urge residents to...
• From the assistant editor

  Appreciations

  

  Given the challenges towns and their public safety and other departments have faced this year, including finding staff and paying them enough to stay in that line of work and with that employer, some...

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Recent Blogs

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  What’s the Buzz? One Rose For Wendy

• What Do We Do Now? A Strategic Response to the Stock Market Tumble

• 2022 Retirement Legislation Update

• The Art of Grieving

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Columns

• Ship to shore

• A special place

• The Duck That Would Rule the World?

• Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

• Ocean Point Column: Volunteers needed, clean-up day and more

• Southport Column: Island clean-up, new harbor master and more

• AARP scam alert: The problem with gift cards

• News and Notes from the Community Center

• American Legion Post 36

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

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Letters

• On Fauci

• Selectmen silent at Axiom meeting

• The power of prayer

• Love the Register

• Appreciates Conley’s

• Thankful for community

• Thanks YMCA, pool leaders

• Protect our right to protest

• Vote against Article 28

• Being safe and practical

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Editorial

• My old school

• Dreams of bowling

• Road warriors

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