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Interested in advocating for the best interests of a Maine child? The Maine Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program is holding its spring training for volunteer advocates on March 23-26.…

After a peaceful protest by Southport Central School students delayed the filling in of…

Boothbay Harbor Police Department made three arrests between Dec. 24, 2020 and Jan. 20, 2021. On Jan. 8, Officer Tom Chryplewicz arrested Courtney Brown, 48, of Boothbay Harbor…

Tony C. McKim, president and chief executive officer of First National Bank and its parent company, The First Bancorp, has announced the appointment of Alyssa Allen as business development officer…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 21, an additional six COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 536.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens ended its experimental, sixth Gardens Aglow season on high notes. CMBG President and CEO Gretchen Ostherr said the team pulled off a spectacular and successful…

Please join the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor for live worship Sundays at 10 a.m. You can join us at …

Wiscasset Fire Society has come a long way from patrolling the streets with leather buckets. Formed in 1801, the group’s purpose stated in its rules and articles was to “aid in the prevention and…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 20, an additional 11 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 530.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

Mid-Coast Audubon will be accepting bird seed orders through Feb. 20 to raise funds to support bird conservation and education programming. Orders can be placed by mail-in form available at Mid-…

Obituary

 Louis Nicholas “Nicky” Mihalos Jr., 65, of Wiscasset died peacefully on Jan. 18, 2021, at his home surrounded by his family after a long illness with cancer.

Louis was born on Oct. 20,…

On Jan. 13, Boothbay Selectman Steve Lewis was pleasantly surprised with the initial draft of the 2021 municipal budget showing a 0.21 increase. Town Manager Dan Bryer presented the plan during…

Candles lined Wiscasset’s Main Street for Route 1 motorists to see on Tuesday, Jan. 19 and, at 5:30 p.m., the sound of church bells tolling echoed through town. It was a time of remembrance in…

Individuals age 70 and up who have an appointment will be the first to be vaccinated at…

Protect Maine’s Fishing Heritage Foundation is announcing Jon Lewis, the former director of Maine’s Aquaculture Division, is joining PMFHF’s efforts to protect the ocean.

Lewis said, “I am…

Obituary

Judith Alice (Benner) Seiders of Whitefield passed away at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor on Jan. 19, 2021 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Jan. 10.…

Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District unanimously approved spending up to $1,040,000 Jan. 14 to buy a new grinder and pay off the balance of a 20-year bond. In 2006, the district borrowed money…

The Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor is seeking a youth ministry coordinator to organize events, programs, and retreats for Jr. and Sr. High youth. 5 hours/week. Send a cover letter and…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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, Jan. 19, an additional five COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 519.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

ElderCare Network’s Boothbay Green staff and residents have made a smooth transition to other facilities in the network, said President Dr. Allan S. “Chip” Teel. ElderCare notified the three…

While researching Maine wood banks, the New York Times discovered a volunteer group made up mainly of senior citizens in the Boothbay region. That research led the newspaper known for reporting “…

St. Columba’s Episcopal Church continues to have online services available by going to: stcolumba’smaine.org/media Other…

Obituary

Deborah Lee Mullen, 78, died on Jan. 14, 2021 at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Born on Nov. 1, 1942 in Quincy, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late…

After a year-long search, parishioners at St. Giles Episcopal Church Jefferson will meet their new rector in a Zoom service Sunday, Jan. 24. The Rev. Dana Stivers is “thrilled to join such a…

WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The Internal Revenue Service has announced the nation's tax season will start Friday, Feb. 12 when the tax agency will begin accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns.…

Obituary

Our beloved mother, wife, grandmother, sister and friend, Diana Dorothy Paris Breslav of Tamarac, Florida, passed away peacefully with family on Jan. 8, 2021 at University Hospital in Tamarac,…

Obituary

Andrew Christian Twaddle, 82, died of complications from the COVID-19 virus on Dec. 2, 2020, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.

He was born in Hartford,…

Y Arts has done it again! Twenty-five of our local youth worked together to create a competition piece for this year's Junior Theater Festival and received high honors winning the award for…

A Southport selectboard decision to fill in the pond at Southport Central School drew about 20 protesters to the pond early Monday morning, Jan. 18.

Word spread through Facebook, emails and…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 18, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 514.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

It is official, we survived 2020. There is no question it was a trying year for each and every one of us. The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce was amidst a significant self-examination…

The Boothbay Harbor Board of Selectmen will meet Monday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. The public may join the meeting virtually. See instructions below.

The agenda will include: RFB-Broadband,…

Obituary

Robert W. Cochran I, with his loving family by his side, peacefully ran out of runway at his home in Winthrop, Maine, on Jan. 8, 2021. He was 87. The youngest of four children, he…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 17, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 511.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

Atlantic Edge has opened its next chapter. Married couple Nick and Kristin Page and Nick’s brother Andy Page are the new owners of the longstanding Boothbay Harbor business at the town’s fish pier…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 16, an additional 30 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 507.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

Scammers make their living by keeping up their ploys day in and day out. Often, they aren’t solo con acts but are part of a large criminal enterprise scheming to fund illegal…

We like boats more than we have good sense and want everyone to share that passion. Every March at the equinox, since 1987, the Maine Boatbuilders Show has been on the minds and calendars of the…

Boothbay Harbor Planning Board

Kourtnee Langlois and mother-in-law Laurie Dickinson will open a “nutritional shake and energizing tea shop” in the yellow building at 43 Oak St. by early April. The Boothbay Harbor planning board…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 15, an additional 16 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 477.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

BRHS Project Graduation

Larry Brown of East Boothbay has donated a beautiful bench, made from the Boothbay Region High School bleachers which were in place for 60 years, as a raffle prize for the BRHS Class of 2021…

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is partnering with the Maine Primitive Skills School and Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine to offer a new monthly outdoor educational series for…

FOOD RESOURCES

AOS 98: School Lunch

Monday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. with curbside pickup at Main Entrance:

Boothbay Region Elementary School

Southport Central…