Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is seeking volunteers to help construct a sculpture installation unlike any other. While more details are yet to come, this series of mammoth, recycled-wood…
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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 22, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Edgecomb Community Church, United Church of Christ, will join Christians throughout the world celebrating Holy Week with the following services:
Palm Sunday, March 28 - We will celebrate…
The Edgecomb Planning Board approved four permits March 18 for a new business, deck addition, new shed and a two-car garage. Scott Libby is buying the old NT Winters building at 289 U.S. Route 1…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 21, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, March 21, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 729.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 20, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District discussed a new draft budget March 17 which proposed an increase of 2.7%, down from 5.6% in the …

This is the perfect time for anyone age 60-69 to set up an appointment at our Boothbay Harbor COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at the Boothbay Region Y.
People age 60 and up are eligible for the…

The AOS 98 Board of Directors has announced a community survey seeking input on the qualities we want in our next superintendent of schools. This is your chance to weigh in on the factors you feel…
Boothbay Planning Board members want to visit the proposed location for a new spa building prior to granting approval. On March 17, the board tabled a PGC 5 application seeking to build a new…
It’s a high school sport like no other. The sport has both fall and spring seasons. It is a co-ed activity which allows boys and girls to compete against one another or as a team versus an…

Since March of 2020 and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boothbay Region YMCA has been working to expand its offerings from the traditional in-person exercise classes to virtual. This was a…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 19, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, March 19, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 728.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday the State of Maine will move the deadline for Maine individual income tax payments from April 15 to May 17, a change aligning Maine with the…

AUGUSTA — A bill from Senator Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, the Pine Tree Amendment, received bipartisan committee support Wednesday in the State Legislature.
LD 489, “RESOLUTION, Proposing…

Cabot Creamery Cooperative has partnered with Rising Tide Co-op’s Loving Local Meals program, donating cheddar for a macaroni and cheese meal served the week of March 22nd, enabling the program to…

This week’s print issue didn’t include the answers to the March 11 crossword puzzle. We apologize for the error.
Attached is what should have been printed.

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 18, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

The Maine Department of Marine Resources will be holding meetings to engage with Zone Councils D, E and F who have fishermen who fish in the area being reviewed for the potential of a floating…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, March 18, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 727.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, introduced a bill to create a kinship navigator program to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services on Tuesday, March 16.
The bill would…

What’s wrong with success, good food, great cooks, perfect publicity, and heartfelt notes to each recipient of a traditional Irish supper? Nothing!
The reason for this second pick up free…

“He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.” Matthew 8: 17b
Please join the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor for live worship Sundays at 10 a.m. You can join us at …

If Wiscasset voters agree in June, selectmen will have a committee explore options for the school department’s future. The warrant article arose from two split votes on Zoom Tuesday night, March…
The Department of Marine Resources Coastal Program announces the availability of funds for Shore and Harbor Planning grants. Funds are provided through the state's NOAA Coastal Program Grant and…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 17, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…
Nominations are now being accepted for the annual Coulombe Center Award for Innovation, but only until April 15.
Created in 2018, this award highlights non-profit community partner…

Gail Ross, born in Bad Axe, Michigan, passed away peacefully with loved ones by her side on March 9, 2021. She lived a full and impactful 71 years.
After she graduated from Bad Axe High,…

Teamsters Local Union No. 340 President Brett Miller responded by letter to selectmen March 5 to comments made by Selectman Denise Griffin on contract negotiations at the Feb. 8 board meeting.…
Boothbay voters will vote on a small municipal budget increase when they cast ballots in May. On March 10, selectmen voted unanimously to recommend a $2,232,190 annual budget. Selectmen held the…

Boothbay Harbor selectmen will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 22 via Zoom for a public hearing on ordinance changes which will be voted on at the May 8 annual town meeting. Boothbay Region TV will stream…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 16, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

Work has grinded to a halt on the Boothbay Region transfer station’s brush pile. The aging grinder slated for replacement later this month broke, and the brush pile grows each day. During the…

Woolwich selectmen accepted an application Monday night, March 15 from Farley’s Cannabis Farm to switch from selling medical to recreational marijuana products. A public hearing to discuss the…

MaineHealth has issued a new policy for visitors to its care settings in light of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. LincolnHealth officially put this policy in place Monday (March 15) at noon.
…Senator Chloe Maxmin (Senate District 13) and Representatives Holly Stover (House District 89) and Lydia Crafts (House District 90) will host an Offshore Wind Listening Session via Zoom on…

On March 11 at 4 a.m., officer Doug Snyder received a report of burglary from a motor vehicle with a wallet stolen from a car in a downtown area, it was later reported that credit cards from the…
As the grip of COVID-19 appears to be lessening in Lincoln County, LincolnHealth has announced St. Andrews Urgent Care Center will re-open May 19. The Center’s hours will be from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.…

Winona B. Johnson, 86, passed away peacefully with her loving daughter by her side on March 10, 2021 at Coves Edge in Damariscotta.
Winona was born April 10, 1934 in Waldoboro to Roland G…
The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) applauds the Maine Legislature and Governor Janet Mills for securing funding for Maine’s tourism marketing. The Maine Office of Tourism, which falls under the…

A St. Patrick’s Day Mass will be celebrated at St. Patrick Church, located on 380 Academy Hill Road in Newcastle, on Wednesday, March 17, at noon. St. Patrick Church was the first church in the…

Employees of First National Bank recently raised $571.88 for Boothbay V.E.T.S. through its Casual for a Cause program. Employees make a contribution to a nominated non-profit organization in…
Be part of the second annual Lincoln County Council of the Mountains to Shore Board of REALTORS® Affordable Housing Yard Sale on Saturday, June 26, 8 a.m. until 1 pm., at Farrin Properties, 767…
Smuggler's Cove Inn will get new life from a group of investors including businessman Scott Larson and real estate and hospitality guru Dana Moos. Investors Diane Pace, Bill Lally, Eric Bosco and…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, March 15, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 725.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 15, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

In an effort to promote world peace, Rotary International has five peace institutes around the globe offering a master’s degree in conflict resolution. And soon a sixth will be added with help…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, March 14, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…