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Halftime in America

The solstice passed last week on Tuesday, June 21 at 5:13 a.m. EDT. We are halfway to 2023. Was it just yesterday when I put the snow shovels back in the garage and wheeled the lawn mower from under...

News and Notes from the Community Center

The Question of the day is: Have you bought your raffle tickets? The winner will get 10 lobsters—just in time for that 4th of July party. Tickets are $10 each or you may purchase three for $20. All...

A Bird’s Tale

The Mystery of a 10 p.m. Late June Wood Thrush Call

At 10 p.m. on June 27, while out walking the dog, we very clearly heard a single, rather loud nocturnal flight call of a wood thrush overhead in the dark. Hearing any bird calling as it flies over at...

Ocean Point Column: A multitude of events lie ahead

Happy summer to everyone! It’s wonderful to see familiar faces finally returning to the Point for the season. This is our final few days before our activities begin and so there are several...

Southport Column: Events on the horizon

If you are reading this column on Tuesday, June 28, and you are a registered voter on Southport, today is the day to vote your opinion on the question of fiber optic cable for everyone on the island...

letter to the editor

Par for the course

Dear Editor: Democrats have not been this furious concerning judicial precedent since Republicans ended slavery in America. TOTUS condemns SCOTUS. The script writers feeding The Teleprompter Of The...

BRHS Champions of Change

Graduation costs for students

As a rising senior here at BRHS, I have just gone through the process of planning prom and recently found out, along with over 50% of the surveyed students, that the estimated cost of graduation and...

letter to the editor

Thanks ‘old scribbler’

Dear Editor: One big thank you to Joe Gelarden for his June 16 column, “Ramblings from an old scribbler.” He informed us of decisions made by all Gannett’s chain of newspapers to save money lost due...

letter to the editor

Recognition for signature events

Dear Editor: As the president of the board for the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce, I need to speak up and give some thanks. Last week the Chamber planned and executed two of our region...

Southport Yacht Club

After a successful Commissioning Week, the SYC Sailing Program is ready for the sailors to arrive. Island walkers noticed Turnabouts being ferried from their winter havens where they may have been...

American Legion Post 36

Many veterans who have choices as to where they can get their healthcare (Medicare with supplemental insurance, company retirement plans, or retired military) use the VA for many reasons. In many...

Bayville Buzz

Summer is here – but maybe someone should tell the Bayville weather. There have been several Alina Blakesley sightings on Virginia Street as 7-month-old puppy Lucky has been taking her out for nice...

Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

Summer sure is here, at last! These long days, warm temperatures and flowers are a welcome change. But, most importantly summer is time for Change Over Dinner, especially to president Jeff Long....

Juniper and McKown Points Column: The community is alive with events

By the time you’re reading this you should have signed up for the lobster bake this Saturday at 5. Pay attention to the emails regarding the bake; several things have changed including how we access...

Where It’s At

New Oyster Bar at Boothbay Craft Brewery ... by Brother Shucker

It’s really an experience, eating oysters … they are cool and soft and taste like the sea. Delicate morsels to be savored. Occasionally I will squirt some fresh lemon on one, but I tend to be a...

Sen. Susan Collins on Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision: ‘Ill-considered action will further divide the country’

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins issued this statement following the release of the Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization: The...

Gov. Mills: ‘My veto pen will stand in the way of any effort to undermine, rollback, or outright eliminate the right to safe and legal abortion in Maine

Maine Governor Janet Mills issued the following June 24 statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade:“This decision is a fundamental assault on women’s rights and on...

Maine Senate President Jackson, Senate Majority Leaders Vitelli and Daughtry react to Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade

AUGUSTA – This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, officially overturning the abortion rights affirmed in the case of Roe v...

From the assistant editor

Great day

Especially in the warmer months when more events happen, we cover them every week, each important for its cause, attendees’ enjoyment, or often both. One in Wiscasset Friday had a lot going for it –...

From the editor

Welcome to Windjammer Days!

Windjammer Days has been the Boothbay region’s summertime drawing card for 60 years. Despite its being canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, the now week-long festival honoring our boat-building...

Joe’s Journal

A Modest Proposal revisited

Last week, this column chided some major newspaper chains for eliminating and cutting back on opinion pages, including my favorites, called letters to the editor and op-eds. We argued that those...

’Round Town

Windjammer Days

Lonny Sisson (may he rest in peace but not far from croquet and golf) landed in Maine early in life. When he started a family, producing income became a paramount concern. He was a likable chap and...

Juniper and McKown Points

And we’re off ... to the Summer of 2022 and, fingers crossed, back to our usual round of activities here on the Point. This weekend starts the ball rolling with “Gentle Yoga with Romee” at the...

A Bird’s Tale

Five Easy-to-Learn Wild Bird Sound Imitations

In our modern age of technology, more and more people are tempted to just use an app like Merlin (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) to identify the bird sounds they hear. But if you really...

Ocean Point Column: Upcoming events

Summer has officially arrived and as each day passes more Ocean Pointers have taken up residence. As I write this week’s column I am enjoying what is a truly spectacular summer day. Our Assistant...

Southport Column: Stolen signs, store improvements and more

Hey, play fair! I understand that out of the fifty Axion signs that were recently placed around the island to give information about signing up for the broadband project, about thirty of them have...

News and Notes from the Community Center

Have you been watching us on Facebook? If so, you have seen the wonderful sweaters the knitters are making as gifts for the students in our schools. The colors and designs are unique and beautiful....

letter to the editor

Re: Southport broadband issues

Dear Editor: Southport Selectmen’s latest emotional fit should prove to islanders that the broadband debate was never about Southport’s future. By refusing to accept Spectrum’s offer to wire up the...

letter to the editor

No, yes and no

Dear Editor:Southport voters – By the time you read this in the Register our public hearing on Wednesday,June 22 will have come and gone. Now it comes down to voting on Tuesday, June, 28. I hope you...

From the Maine Senate

Protecting Mainers from price gouging

Soaring gas prices are hitting us and so many of our friends and neighbors hard. The fact is, most of us rely on gas to power our cars, and we rely on our cars to get us where we need to go. Public...

Bayville Buzz

In honor of Father’s Day (and because I have very little news), I bring you a much abbreviated edition of the Buzz. By the time you read this, the late sunsets - and fun times - of summer will have...

BRHS Champions of Change

Class needed to teach social awareness

“Way to [sic] many people ‘feel gay’ nowadays.” This is one of the replies to a student survey I sent out. This and many other negative replies to my survey show the issue that is prevalent in our...

letter to the editor

Spectrum is afraid of competition

Dear Editor: Spectrum’s letter to the editor (June 16) is an expected reaction to their fear of competition from fiber optic broadband. They have known for over a year that Southport voted for the...

letter to the editor

A special thanks to the voters

Dear Editor: I want to thank the residents of House District 48 in Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb, Southport, South Bristol and Westport Island for voting for me in the June 14 primary election...

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

When I hear the expression “Let's go to the movies,” I think of playwrights, screen writers and film makers. However more often than not an author's book or series is picked up for movies or...

American Legion Post 36

I don’t normally provide congressional legislation that is pending until it becomes law, but the legislation that just passed the Senate 84-14 and will pass the House probably this week and expected...

Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

Summer is almost here, not hot yet, but the weeds in my garden sure think it is. So do the weeds at the Rotary Club. So, this week we’re having our first annual grounds maintenance and beautification...

AARP scam alert: Car rental scams

For the second year in a row, sticker shock – especially with rental cars – is greeting summer travelers. Reduction in fleet sizes during the pandemic and supply chain issues have once again created...

AARP scam alert: Student debt relief scams

School is out for the year, but for millions the bills keep on coming. More than 43 million Americans are paying off student loans and every one of them is eager to do so as quickly as possible....

From the U.S. House of Representatives

Kids shouldn’t have to beg Congress to keep them safe

Last week, I received a letter from an 8-year-old constituent of mine about the recent shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children around her age were gunned down in their classroom. Her words,...

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