Bullying at Boothbay Region High School goes beyond being a disciplinary issue, it is a threat to student safety, mental health, and the learning environment we all share. I am calling on the BRHS administration to implement stricter, more meaningful consequences for bullying, including the use of a structured in-school suspension that promotes accountability rather than avoidance. 

As a student who has experienced bullying firsthand in the past, I know the impact it has on my peers every day; I know the harmful behavior that goes insufficiently addressed. If our school is truly committed to

The First Friday Art Tours in our Boothbay Harbor region date back to 2000 when it was Art Along The Avenues. Artist Lynne Seitzer, co-owner of Joy to the Wind Gallery, shared its evolutionary history, some years ago, but for the sake of this column, here's a much abbreviated version:

Five to eight galleries hosted receptions set up to coincide with Boothbay Region Art Foundation's show calendar. This was followed by hosting art tours on the last Friday of each month, known as the Last Friday Art Tour but, it was not highly successful. In 2002, the decision was made to adapt to the nationwide

About 20 years ago, Dr. Jack Fulmer and his bride, Holly, drove to East Boothbay, fell in love with an old house overlooking Mill Pond, and bought it.

Unlike many well-off retirees, Jack and Holly didn’t just move in, settle into comfy chairs on the porch, and watch the sun set over Linekin Bay and bitch about property taxes. They are just not built for that kind of lifestyle.

Jack is an Ohio kid raised not far from where that state meets Michigan and Indiana. Flatlands all. He grew up working in auto shops, learning how to fix stuff with his hands, while exercising his big brain in school

Before I get too far offshore with this week’s adventure to Monhegan Island, I’d like to mention new information regarding last week’s subject, the new book “The Baycliff Saltwater Farm Family” by Dr. Clarice Yentsch. I mentioned that the book could be found through Waypoint Foundation’s website. Well, the good news is that it will now be available at Boothbay Harbor’s Sherman’s Bookstore. I didn’t goof exactly, but I wasn’t certain enough to mention this last week. So, get your copy soon because there may not be an unlimited supply.

Now, about our family visit to Monhegan Island.

In recent

Our official calendar of summer activities has ended and sadly our AD’s Tim and Abby Mahoney have returned to their winter home. Thank you to both of them for all of their efforts in helping to make this a very successful season; we wish them well and look forward to their return next summer.

Luke Driscoll did an outstanding job filling in for Tim and Abby on their day off; all the best to Luke as he enters his sophmore year at Boston College.

Our last official event of the season was quite successful due to Riptide Services and Business Management. Thank you to Pete and Mary Ripley, Nick and

A great big thank you to September’s Volunteer of the Month Dwight Lewis! Dwight has helped us with his continuous support as a board member and volunteer. His contributions include soup nights, dump runs, years of 911 signs, Sam’s Club supplies and cribbage games. Thank you, Dwight, from all of us at the Community Center.

We have two free printers looking for a good home! The smaller one is an HP color printer in good condition. The larger one is a Lexmark which only prints in black and white. It needs a new drum which costs around $80.

Have you seen our new website? It is full of information

Why are girls in the packing line at the sardine cannery in Boothbay Harbor being murdered? The year is 1910 and this industry is thriving. So what’s going on? In addition to their deaths, bundles of silk and seal skins are being shipped out in crates labeled “Maine sardines”? And, are all the seals really seals … or are there also selkies among them (more about them later)? Other intriguing characters in this tale include the Madam running the brothel on Sea Street where some of the prostitutes are meeting the same fate as the sardine factory women; a mysterious stranger walks the streets

Dear Editor:

I am supporting Charlotte Nutt for State Representative because I believe our community would benefit from having someone in Augusta who understands the Midcoast firsthand and has the experience to help address the challenges we face.

Charlotte grew up in Edgecomb, so she knows our community and the issues that matter to the people who live here. Her connection to this area is not simply political—it is personal.

Charlotte is also a self-employed data consultant whose work focuses on building resilience for Midcoast municipalities. She works with municipal leaders on issues

Dear Editor:

I recently drove Charlotte Nutt, candidate for Maine House District 48, as she canvassed voters throughout South Bristol. We stopped at over 20 homes and, time after time, I watched as she engaged in lengthy, animated conversation—with folks she had only just met—about their vision for good government.

During brief moments between stops, she and I discussed issues ranging from regional planning to land use to her favorite music (Indie-Funk!).

Charlotte Nutt is a bright, articulate young woman whose professional life has been devoted to helping regional and municipal governments

As most know, I write this article under the American Legion logo, mostly because it is the only Veteran Service Organization on this peninsula and the logo is recognized. I am also a member of several other VSOs, the VFW, Vietnam Veterans Association (VVA), and Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), which help me stay informed on veteran issues at the national level.

I also co-founded Maine Veterans in Need (MVN) in 2020, focusing on homeless veterans and those in danger of becoming homeless. MVN is part of a statewide network that includes the VA, Maine Bureau of Veterans Services

Summer friends. They have a feel and ease that simply isn’t replicated in friendships from other times in the year and other parts of our lives. Is it the warm weather, the geography of a small spit of land on the coast of Maine, or just people being different during the wonderfully free two to three months of summer? Who knows? But almost to a person, folks, regardless of age, on Juniper Point seem pretty sure summer friends are different.

First there are the boomers. Ones like Carey Swope and Cammie Beattie, who converse in deeply-rooted Juniper Point-speak that leaves those of us who’ve

Crickets serenade all day now, yellows are the dominant color for flora, black-eyed coneflowers, groundsel and most of the eleven varieties of golden rod prevail through the drought conditions that continue as the promises of rain are broken again and again. Also standing tall are the purple hued Joe-Pye weed and echinacea, but much else has withered, crisped and curled unless you have watered, which many on well have not, so we look like fall with ferns browning and even the moss blankets deep in the woods no longer retaining their lush green. Driveways and roads throw up dust as we move

In these late days of August, hints of autumn abound: luscious yellow goldenrod, Queen Anne’s Lace, and all the varieties of asters—white, purple, violet—greet us out on walks or just beyond the cabin door. Late summer in Sprucewold holds a richness, a beauty, that I want to take in and remember all winter long.

But summer is not over! We’ve been delighted this week to welcome a visit from our former Birch Road neighbors Sheila and Larry Jaeger. Their cabin at 8 Birch Road is now occupied by Jen and Dave Thompson and their three children. The Jaegers have been staying with both Doug and Dottie

Some boats have been put away and the people who own them have begun their migrations to points near (Brunswick) and far (Coronado). Nature is telling us change is in the air as some leaves have started to lose their color and a few have even fallen from one of our birch trees. Another sign; a large chevron of geese flew over me headed south. The direction may have only been a coincidence as it seems they are hanging out here year round, but perhaps, last winter was a bit too cold for their liking and they have voted that a journey to warmer temps might be a good idea.

It appears Phil Roberts

It was a beautiful evening as nearly 100 supporters gathered in the Winslow Community Room for the Y’s annual President and Legacy Circle evening of gratitude.

“Everything we do is anchored in this community and responding to needs as they evolve. And all of you are a big part of making that possible,” said the Y’s CEO, Megan Benvenuto.

The room was abuzz with donors and current and former volunteers greeting each other, spanning decades of leadership and stewardship of the Y, from our youngest youth trustee, rising high school junior Ethan Clark, to our first female Board President Nan

“Transportation for cooperative sports is something that we provide when we can but is not something that we can guarantee. I agree that it does create a barrier, which is why we do everything we can to make it happen.” (quote from BRHS Athletic Director Allan Crocker in an email dated Sept. 4, 2025). 

As a rising senior at BRHS, I am writing to point out that, to play the sport I am most passionate about, soccer, on a joint Wiscasset-Boothbay team, others and I must find our own transportation to Wiscasset, since the high school does not currently provide a bus. Because BRHS does not have a

Many thanks to Mary Lou Teel whose event drew a big crowd to our office. And thanks, too, to Hannaford for the delicious desserts, to Chris Armstead and the Sherman American Legion Post for the technical support and to Boothbay Region TV for recording it. We'll post a link to the recording when we have it so those who couldn't join us will be able to see it.

Thanks to Bethany Schmidt from the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library who will be at the Center on Aug. 20 between 11 a.m. to noon. Bethany will help those looking to solve technology issues with their iPad and cell phone.

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