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• Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club

  As I mentioned in my last column there are many behind the winter scenes initiatives. There is much to do in the dozens of programs that fuel BHYC’s seasonal operation. A season that opens in late...

• Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

  With all of today's technology does anyone listen to the radio anymore? Do you remember “Radio Days?” I may be dating myself, but I do. While researching the author P.D. James I discovered that she...

• News and Notes from The Community Center

  Aging With Ease Yoga began this week. Taught by Janis Sheldon, this six-week session is open to anyone who would like to get moving in an easy, comfortable way. The class will meet each Tuesday from...

• American Legion Post 36

  

  Hopefully, the paper will publish the Letter to the Editor I submitted. The letter was to tell the readers about the 4 Chaplain Ceremony we will be holding this Saturday, 10 a.m., Feb.1, in the Hall...

• Southport Column: More condolences, the island walk and more

  January has been a month of Southporters departing from us. Bruce Johnson died Sunday afternoon, Jan. 26, after several months of declining health. Many family and friends visited this fall, who,...
• letter to the editor

  Now it’s our job

  Dear Editor: As I've listened to the entire impeachment hearings through this (Saturday) morning, I realize how essential it is for all Americans to see and hear the evidence behind the testimony of...
• letter to the editor

  Come to the Legion ceremony

  Dear Editor: This Saturday, Feb. 1, Post 36 will be conducting the 4 Chaplain Ceremony at the Hall. The ceremony is a moving tribute to four Army chaplains who gave up their lives for army troops...
• letter to the editor

  No violence at Virginia rally

  Dear Editor: On Monday, Jan. 20, tens of thousands of people gathered in Richmond to protest the egregious infringements on the right to bear arms proposed by Gov. Northam and his Democrat...

• Boothbay Region Lions Club

  

  The Lions club met for a regular meeting on Jan. 22. Our kitchen crew, Lions Barry, Jay and Pete, served up a delicious meal of lasagna with all the trimmings. Four of our members volunteered to...

• Down East Yacht Club

  It was obvious that Jane and I arrived late to Jack and Barbara Brennan’s home on Saturday, Jan. 19. Cars and trucks were parked for a long distance along both sides of the road as we drove into...
• Where It’s At

  Stargazing

  

  The night sky: Who doesn’t enjoy looking up at the stars musing about the distance between them and us? Imagining what civilizations from pre-historic times forward thought when seeing what we know...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Tree Swallows Wintering in Maine?

  

  Tree swallows are a sign of spring for many of us here in Maine. We eagerly await their return on the first extended run of days with strong, warm southerly winds. Sometimes that can bring birds here...
• Lyme Time

  Walking the Talk

  

  This past weekend, I celebrated five years and nine months of being in full remission from late stage neurological Lyme disease complicated by four other tick-borne disease, Babesia, Bartonella, RMSF...
• From the editor

  Cheers and jeers

  

  Cheers to the area public works crews for their fine job of clearing the snow and ice off the roads after the several nuisance storms we've had so far this month. Again, as a reminder, motorists,...
• Live, laugh and love!

  Tuscan meatballs

  

  Wicked cold snap … not liking it much myself. Co-ed Saturday morning basketball at the YMCA is done for another year. Watching the growth of all of the kiddos is so awesome to watch. I want to wish...
• ’Round Town

  Winter

  

  It appears that more winter-like weather has arrived here on the peninsula. So far, since just before Thanksgiving, we have had mixed signals from our well seasoned delivery systems. Which front will...
• Joe’s Journal

  Ms. Pigette’s winter tale

  Pigette stands alone,Watching snow plows cover her,Spring can’t come too soon. With all that is going on in Washington and the bitter TV battle being waged for and against...
• Out of Our Past

  Boothbay's Lost

  

  I wrote the following article in 1989. Any updates are within bracketed sentences. We've all lost or broken family heirlooms. When it happens, it seems a trust is broken and that the link...

• AARP state scam alerts: Utility bill scams

  Winter is upon us and with temperatures plummeting in many areas, keeping the heat on is critical — a fact that scammers try to take advantage of. Each winter, utility scams spike as con artists...

• News and Notes from The Community Center

  Card Making with Deb is this Friday the 24th from 6-9 p.m. The Center will be open, as usual for Game Night as well. Come on down and play with us. It should be fun. On Monday, Jan. 27 at 11 a.m.,...

• Ocean Point Column: Jean Slayton, Pat Farrin and more

  With just a month into winter season, dare I say it has been quite mild with just a few minor snowfalls to date. I, like so many others I’ve spoken with, would be happy if the rest of winter remained...

• Southport Column: Weather, store information and more

  In case you missed the obituary notice or this column last week, the celebration of the life of Michael Eastwood will be Friday, Jan. 24 at 11 a.m. at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church. Also a reminder...
• letter to the editor

  Words of advice?

  Dear Editor: I kept the following for many years. It is from a clipping that my mother, Ann Margaret Petersen Larson, carried in her purse. The author is unknown. Those I read it to in church...
• letter to the editor

  Replace the footbridge

  Dear Editor:Based on what we have heard from the experts over the last 2-3 years, it seems pretty clear that the footbridge in Boothbay Harbor needs to be replaced. It is deficient in terms of load...

• Show your support for LD 594

  Dear Editor: It is a stark reality that on average, working households in Maine have just $2,500 in retirement account savings. As the current AARP Volunteer State President, a Portland resident and...
• letter to the editor

  Footbridge restoration or replacement?

  Dear Editor: Anyone interested in keeping our historic footbridge, recognizable as the icon it has been for 118 years, should go to the Boothbay Harbor Selectmen meeting on Monday, Jan. 27 to make...

• Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club

  Well, it is definitely a new year at BHYC. This column has been in hibernation since December but the club has not. We are blessed to have Tom Serino return as general manager. At the January board...

• American Legion Post 36

  

  The new Veterans Emergency Temporary Shelter (VETS) continues to gain support from the organizations in the state that are working on the homeless issue. It is important for all to know that this...
• Lyme Time

  Ticks Do Not Discriminate

  

  With new cases of tick-borne disease being reported, more stories of suffering and misdiagnosis are coming to the surface and the common denominator is this ~ ticks do not discriminate. They have one...
• From the editor

  Our schools

  

  For many, many months, I have thought a lot about our area schools. Perhaps it started when Wiscasset shuttered its primary school on Gardiner Road and moved those classes to the elementary school on...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Our Mindfulness Maine Birding Big Year Wrap Up

  

  We hope you recall our 2019 pursuit of a Maine Mindfulness Big Year. As of our last report in October, we had found 214 species in the state since Jan. 1. We mentioned then of our hope to get over to...
• ’Round Town

  Samantha

  

  I’ve realized over many years of photographing that there can be a wide range of reaction to any given subject. One person’s meat can be another person’s poison, to paraphrase an old saying. It’s a...

• Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

  The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library is thrilled to announce that it has exceeded its annual fund goal for 2019, raising $94,820.39. We want to thank everyone who contributed to make this possible....
• Joe’s Journal

  Pat Farrin: A survivor

  

  I ran into Pat Farrin in East Boothbay the other day. He was riding a powerful yellow excavator doing its level best to buck him off and pitch him down a muddy hillside. Pat and his son Kipp were...
• Live, laugh and love!

  Pan-seared fresh scallops

  

  Hope everyone is keeping up with this crazy weather. Saturday it was over 50 degrees in January. I was very fortunate to have the time for a nice long walk. It was an absolutely gorgeous day … such a...
• Where It’s At

  Bob Crink’s ‘Women of the Boothbay Region II’: B&W vignettes

  

  What is it about B&W photos and films that grabs us? I know it’s not just me who adores them. For me it’s because B&W images have a timeless element about them. B&W also adds super shadow...

• News and Notes from The Community Center

  Richard Plunkett and Bibbs Clifford report that the Open Art Studio is gathering more interest each week. We invite all who wish space and time to work on an unfinished project or start a new one to...

• Boothbay Region Lions Club

  

  The Boothbay Region Lions Club met for a regular meeting on Jan. 8. We enjoyed delicious appetizers provided by those attending. Our guest speaker was 2nd District Governor Jeff Woolston. He began...
• letter to the editor

  Musings with Bo Bo

  Dear Editor: Today (Jan. 12) at Brady’s brought together a group of people that we really haven’t seen for a long time. That was an observation Corey “Bo Bo” Tibbetts was quick to make at the end of...

• DAR surpasses one million members since its founding

  Last fall the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) surpassed one million total members who have joined the organization since its founding in 1890. The DAR is a women’s service...

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