Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is a significant step closer to bringing the community’s vision of a fully accessible, mile-long trail connecting Round Top Farm to Salt Bay Farm in Damariscotta…

Before dressing their Thanksgiving turkeys, dozens of families bundled themselves up to take part in the 2024 Boothbay Region Turkey Trot at Boothbay…

Southport Lead Teacher Shawn Gallagher has embarked on an important task in his first year in his new position. Gallagher is leading a community effort to create a "Mission-Vision" statement for…

When you visit the Boothbay Region YMCA this time of year, you’ll be greeted by a 12-foot Christmas tree that exudes holiday spirit as it transforms the foyer. When the tree is first set into…

There may not have been any snow on the ground, but that doesn't mean there wasn’t holiday spirit in the air at Boothbay Railway Village Museum. The North Pole Express made its first appearance of…

Anyone interested in serving as a Southport selectman, school committee member, or Boothbay Region Water District trustee has until Jan. 2 to return nomination papers. The following municipal…

In our cozy corner of Maine, there's a quiet group of folks doing some really big things. The volunteers at Mobius, based in Damariscotta, are a strong support to their community, giving time…

Celebrate the holiday season with the Boothbay Region Historical Society at our Annual Holiday Open House on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will be held at the Historical…

Through the hard work and perseverance of firefighters, who over the course of nine months raised significant funds through various fundraising efforts over the spring, summer and fall, Boothbay…

More than 100 people were at the Charles E. Sherman Jr. hall Thanksgiving Day for the American Legion's free community Thanksgiving feast from noon to 3 p.m. While the Legion is known for its…

Gordon Banning Richardson Sr., 87, of Caldwell, Texas joined the hand of his beloved wife Judy in Heaven in the early hours of Nov. 12, 2024.

She made a pumpkin pie, an apple pie, a blueberry pie, a rhubarb pie, a chocolate cream pie, an applesauce pie and a mincemeat pie. Marjorie Di Vece of Wiscasset made all theses pies not for her…

Boothbay Region Water District Accountant/Administrative Manager Marcia Wilson told trustees Nov. 26, the district's current income is about $60,000 short of the budgeted net income (projected…

Remote school days at Boothbay Region Elementary School (BRES) could look a little different this winter as new regulations from Maine Department of Education (DOE) require that students…

The Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace is preparing a renewed Advent gift to the Boothbay Region Community on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m.. This gift has a 35-year history as a…

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in November:

Alna: Moon, Noelle Catherine to Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railway…

Rebecca Ann Riser Miller, 38, died Nov. 24, 2024, at her home in Boothbay.  

Rebecca was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Christopher Riser and Julianne Sexton. At the age of 18 months…

“Snow drops and cookies and cakes of white chocolate, bright shiny trees and mulled spices in goblets, Holiday trees and wreaths of pine branches, Fairy houses…

The next meeting of the Visually Impaired Persons Group (VIP) will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 1:15 p.m. in the Community Center located in the Meadow Mall on Townsend Avenue…

Adams Pond has been theprimary public water supply for the Boothbay region since the 1800s, according to Boothbay Region Water…

Rebecca Ann Riser Miller, 38, died Nov. 24, 2024 at her home in Boothbay.

Friends are welcome to join the family for an informal gathering to honor and celebrate Rebecca…

The Southport Memorial Library is hosting a food drive to benefit the Boothbay Region Food Pantry.  Food can be dropped off Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; the…

Little arms straining under the weight of canned goods and full grocery bags made quick work of restocking the Community Resource Council (CRC)…

Andrew L. Poore, 64, of Lewiston died Nov. 24, 2024 at Andwell Hospice in Auburn…

St. Andrews Auxiliary members gathered once again at St. Andrews Village’s dining room for the annual October meeting.

This is the first time since Covid that the Auxiliary has been able to…

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 217 calls for service for the period of Nov. 19 to Nov. 26. Year to date, LCSO has responded to…

The Boothbay Region Health Center’s annual Online/Mobile Auction kicks off at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3…

The Boothbay Planning Board Nov. 20 heard a pre-application from Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens for constructing a horticulture and plant science center. The proposal includes a 10,770 square…

Businesses across 15 Midcoast towns raised $28,000 for Maine domestic abuse survivors in July's Finding Our Voices second annual "Into the Light!” Foodie Festival.  

According to Patrisha…

Saturday, Dec. 28 Mine Oyster is the place to be from 8 to 11 p.m. for the Holiday Jam featuring Hello Newman, a 90s-2000s band. 

There will be finger foods, a cash bar…

Richmond Fire Department took home both the Judge’s Dalmatian Cup and the People’…

It’s been almost two years since Doug Snyder became Boothbay Harbor police chief after Chief Bob Hasch…

A little over a year since its charter was replaced, the Community School District (CSD) Board of Trustees is seeking…

Wiscasset Middle High School students and employees were back far enough from the building following an Oct…

Despite the drizzle and cool temperatures, the 2024 Early Bird Sale and Pajama Party drew lots of shoppers in downtown Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, Nov. 23.

The Register's Steve Edwards is…

Over three years after the Eastside Waterfront Park shoreland permit was approved by the Boothbay Harbor…

A month shy of his 90th birthday, Albert C. Sirois passed away on Nov. 19, 2024, at home…

Edgecomb Selectman Michael Maxim dropped by to say "Hello" Nov. 19 to the school committee meeting. Maxim wanted to introduce himself to the school committee with budget season on the horizon. "I…

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, an accredited land trust since 2014, is pleased to announce it is now applying for its second 5-year renewal of accreditation. A public comment period is now…

Veggies to Table, a non-profit grow-to-donate vegetable and flower farm in Newcastle, has been selected by Hannaford Supermarkets as a beneficiary of their Fight Hunger Bag Program at their…

Domestic violence happens every day, to all types of people.However, some communities are statistically more at …

MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital announced Nov. 22 that Rep. Lydia V. Crafts has joined its Board of Directors…

The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce has announced that the Lighted fire truck and first responders parade, and the chili cook-off at the Meadow Mall, scheduled for 4 p.m. on Saturday,…

The “Little Church that Lights the Harbor,” better known as Boothbay Harbor’s First United Methodist Church, at 81 Townsend Ave., is structurally as solid as ever following the completion of…

Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for Nov. 1-15:

 Arrests/Summonses

Nov. 1, Robert Scalfani, 55, of Wiscasset was summonsed for Criminal Trespass…

Wiscasset School Committee Chair Jason Putnam told fellow future of the schools committee members Nov. 18, the cost to build a school now is so "daunting," towns might not want to go in together…

With the 2024-2025 school year well underway at Boothbay Region High School (BRHS), its newest student body president…

Lincoln County commissioners unanimously approved a $16.8 million Fiscal Year 25 county budget Nov. 19. County spending is offset by $2,017,861 in revenues resulting in taxpayers contributing $14,…

Wiscasset selectmen Nov. 19 set a 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3 special town meeting at Wiscasset Community Center, to take $353,750 from surplus as the town's match on a $4 million grant toward moving…

Thomas Powers, 78, of Edgecomb died Nov. 16, 2024 …