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Launching and change

Like most launchings, it started with a groan as gravity, and a pull from a tug, began to pull the steel vessel from the shed where she was born. Slowly at first, then a bit quicker, she slid down...

Southport Column: Read on for the good news

Lots of good news this week. Talked with a Water District employee working to activate meters who said all of us on Southport connected to summer water should have it flowing by the end of this week...

letter to the editor

Supporting Allen for selectman

Dear Editor:It is my pleasure to write with unqualified support of Alyssa Allen to serve on the Boothbay Harbor Board of Selectmen. I have known her since moving here in 2005. I have know her as a...

letter to the editor

Vote for Harmon and Lewis

Dear Editor: I’m writing to encourage Boothbay’s citizens to re-elect Dale Harmon and Steven Lewis for the town’s Board of Selectmen. I served with Dale and Stevie on the Select Board from May, 2017...

letter to the editor

Court packing

Dear Editor: The communists running our country are too smart for court packing (they know it will cause a revolt). When one of the conservative judges suddenly dies in an accident or from some...

letter to the editor

Funeral invitations for Wayne LaPierre

Dear Editor: Here’s part of the gun-violence butcher’s bill for our country in 2021: 11 mass murders, claiming the lives of 69 people. This, however, is only a small subset of the 147 mass shootings...

letter to the editor

Allen is a good choice for selectman

Dear Editor: I am writing in support of Alyssa Allen who is a candidate for Boothbay Harbor Selectmen. I have known Allysa for a number of years and have had the privilege of working with her in her...

letter to the editor

We, the media

Dear Editor: Once again I pick up my metaphorical pen to write a letter to the editor. In this letter I hope, in 350 words or less, to convey my thoughts and opinions that this newspaper is under no...

letter to the editor

My, how times have changed

Dear Editor: In the movie "12 Angry Men," screenwriter Reginald Rose describes Juror #8 (played by Henry Fonda) as “a man who sees all sides of every question and constantly seeks the truth. A man...

letter to the editor

Don’t dump on ME!

Dear Editor: I was walking along Back Narrows Road a couple of days ago soaking in the sun and noticing the little signs of spring in the trees and on the ground. But then, I also starting noticing...

American Legion Post 36

Our second breakfast for the season is this Sunday. Spread the word, invite the neighbors, and remember, we are following all the CDC/state Covid rules. The Post would really appreciate your support...

Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

Join us this Thursday, April 22 at 6 p.m. at our Zoom meeting for “Big News!” At the last Board of Directors meeting we voted to go ahead with a big project that’s been on the backburner for too long...

Boothbay Region Lions Club

The Boothbay Region Lions Club met for a regular meeting on April 14. We passed a motion to donate to the Community Health Center. Plans were finalized for our Spring Project of putting together...

Lyme Time

Ticks are active

Hearing a lot of screams of tick encounters and I even got a phone call asking if they're active earlier this year. Remember: Ticks become active when temps are above freezing — 32F+ — and they...

Boothbay Region YMCA: Community Catalyst For Good

The Boothbay Region YMCA may have its physical location on Townsend Road, but its reach extends far beyond the property. The Y partners with numerous organizations throughout the year to fulfill the...

From the assistant editor

Candidate-free

Soda comes caffeine-free and sugar-free, bread gluten-free, and the Wiscasset June ballot budget committee races, candidate-free. This is not an isolated incident for the panel that reviews and...

From the editor

Hail to our volunteers

Having lived in the Boothbay region most of my life and been at the forefront of knowing what has transpired as the editor of this newspaper for over three decades, I am still amazed at the amount of...

’Round Town

Maine State Ferry

First off, let me say that Kevin Burnham's photograph of the Maine State Ferry launch at Washburn & Doughty's shipyard is better than mine. But we were in attendance for different reasons. Kevin...

Joe’s Journal

A Saturday in spring

I took a chance on Saturday. After all it was a warm sunny day, the perfect day to begin the outdoor chores season. It just seemed to be the right thing to do. So, I gathered up the hated snow...

A Bird’s Tale

A Hawk Prepares Dinner in the Neighborhood

On a recent early evening the family was out in the yard enjoying the spring sunshine and singing birds while shooting hoops on the driveway basketball court. To be entirely accurate, we were playing...

Ocean Point Column: Remembering Tracy

I was very encouraged to see that the BBRWD has posted their matrix for seasonal water turn on which is certainly great news for all of us. As always a huge thank you to the water district for your...

Southport Column: Broadband, Ship Ahoy and more

A public hearing was held on April 10 at 1:30 p.m. in the back of the Southport Town Hall to discuss the proposed town owned fiber optic broadband network. This system will provide equal access to...

News and Notes from The Community Center

As summer approaches and vaccinations increase daily, the Board of Directors is working on a plan in anticipation of re-opening the Community Center. Our plans are to be there from 10 a.m until 2 p.m...

letter to the editor

In support of Alyssa Allen

Dear Editor: Spring is here and that means it is local election time. This year it is nice to see the younger generation showing interest in town management. There are two candidates running for one...

letter to the editor

Voting for Alyssa Allen

Dear Editor: I am enthusiastically asking the voters of Boothbay Harbor to elect Alyssa Allen for the Select Board. I have known Alyssa for 25 years and she would be a strong member of the Board....

letter to the editor

Vote for Alyssa Allen

Dear Editor: I am pleased to write in support of Alyssa Allen, a candidate for the one-year position on the Boothbay Harbor Board of Selectmen. I’ve known and interacted with Alyssa for many years,...

American Legion Post 36

Our first breakfast for the season was last Sunday and it was a great success. The Legion breakfast team didn't lose their touch over the winter and clearly all 68 who attended didn't lose their...

Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

The spring peepers are singing and I have a gorgeous daffodil bouquet from my garden on my coffee table. It’s a wonderful time to live in Maine, lucky us. We’re also lucky because the Rotary Club...

Out of Our Past

Boothbay in 1836

The following article was printed December 22, 1836 in a Bath newspaper, “The Telegraph.” It’s interesting to see a mention of the early 1660s settlement in East Boothbay, to have Dunbar’s 1729...

From the editor

Beating the drum again: Slow down

The Maine Bureau of Highway Safety and Maine State Police were scheduled to hold a press conference on Tuesday, April 6 to talk about "a disturbing trend," excessive speed, speeding through...

A Bird’s Tale

When the Hidden World of Birds is First Revealed

The pure joy of discovery. As children we often felt that joy, as we found something we had never seen or learned about something wondrous that we had only dreamed of or heard stories about....

’Round Town

Air

Since last week's (April Fool’s Day) adventure involving a fake snowstorm went over like a lead balloon, I figured I'd try to redeem myself with a view from a real balloon. Our wonderful neck of the...

Joe’s Journal

Facebook failures

Here is a column that I just wanted to get off my chest. I dreamed I was talking to a guy and asked him what he thought about the school's proposal to spend nearly $50 million on needed improvements...

Where It’s At

The photographic stories of Eva McDermott

The new exhibit upstairs at Boothbay Region Art Foundation features color images Eva McDermott captured on Lofoten Island, Norway and Isle of Skye, Scotland – digitally and with film. McDermott was...

Boothbay Region YMCA: Community Catalyst For Good

Yet another example of how the Boothbay Y is a community catalyst for good happened earlier this year when we began working with a wonderful young woman, Elisabeth Wright, in a "job mentoring"...

Southport Column: SIA financial help, voting and more

Additional information to add to last week’s news about financial scholarships for Southporters and other financial help from the Southport Island Association (SIA) is that applications are available...

letter to the editor

An Edmund Pettus Bridge moment

Dear Editor: We have today a revealing moment, wherein the Republican Party (not the voters, but the vast majority of the elected officials) has become the line of police standing on the Edmund...

letter to the editor

Mask rules are unconstitutional

Dear Editor: Signs in Boothbay Harbor “Be Kind Wear A Mask “ are misleading and it’s unconstitutional to force people to wear one. Masks are health hazards. They increase the incidence of dental...

letter to the editor

Media, politicians and guns

Dear Editor: With renewed cries for more restrictions on private firearm ownership in our country, we should once again take an honest look at the issue. When legislators propose a ban on modern...

letter to the editor

Re: Infringing on gun ownership

Dear Editor: In his March 15 letter to the editor, Linc Sample of Boothbay Harbor opined that many members of Congress did not understand the 2nd Amendment’s prohibition of the right of the people...

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