For the second year in a row, Edgecomb will hold a referendum-style town meeting vote instead of a traditional in-person setting. In 2020, selectmen first delayed their annual May town meeting,…
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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 29, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 29, an additional seven COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 333.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen
Boothbay Harbor selectmen ratified the public works and police department collective bargaining agreements Monday. Selectman Denise Griffin and Town Manager Julia Latter led the town’s…
The Boothbay Region Historical Society board of trustees is pleased to announce current outreach manager Kathy Goldner has been named director of day-to-day operations beginning…
number of cases of COVID-19 in Maine is higher than the case numbers reported
AUGUSTA — With a daily influx of test results pouring into the Maine CDC, the state agency has been forced to alter its reporting methods.
“New positive COVID-19 lab reports are being…
On Dec. 22, Boothbay Region High School senior Glory Blethen received an unfamiliar incoming cell phone call. Her phone rang with a number from Washington, D.C. When Blethen answered, she was…
Crime continues to decrease in Maine for the eighth consecutive year, dropping -6.6% during 2019, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. The total decline during the past eight years…
Local author Marilyn Beardsley Heise recently launched retail sales of her newly published book “Perilous Pills, Protecting Yourself from Fluoroquinolone Injury” at Sherman’s stores in Boothbay…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 28, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 326.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 28, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 27, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 323.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 27, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
The Boothbay Region Lions Club recently sold raffle tickets on a Gnome Lottotree with all proceeds going to the Boothbay Region Food Pantry. The winner of the tree was Teresa Tess.
The…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 26, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine — sort of.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
Boothbay Harbor Police Department made four arrests between Nov. 16 and Dec. 23. On Nov. 16, Officer Tom Chryplewicz arrested Thomas Hourihan, 31, of Wiscasset at 8:04 a.m. on…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 25, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 25, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 319.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
Tracking the sleigh: five billion presents already delivered
The U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command, in collaboration with Canadian tracking teams, are on their game at this very moment,…
Member-owned cooperative businesses such as Rising Tide operate by a group of shared principles which include being welcoming to all and showing care for the community. Rising Tide’s donation of…
Help Yourself Shelf (HYS) food pantry in Wiscasset has been picked as a beneficiary of the Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program for January 2021.
The bag program, launched in April 2014,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 24, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 24, an additional six COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 317.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
On Dec. 10, Midcoast Conservancy accepted a donated Conservation Easement on 16 acres owned by Sue Walker and Bob Lightfoot in Whitefield. They named the property the Brook Floater property, in…
Boothbay Region Food Pantry
For 35 years, Boothbay Region Food Pantry has been helping residents in need, and the number served has grown each decade. The service includes distributing holiday meals for Thanksgiving,…
The January 2021 meeting of the Southport Planning Board will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 5:15 p.m. Because of the current restrictions on the size of public meetings and the space available,…
Low for-sale inventory and high demand for Maine’s lifestyle has driven real estate sales and values into double-digit gains. Today, Maine Listings reported that 1,965 single-family existing homes…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry will offer two free webinars for producers interested in selling packaged meat and…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 23, an additional eight COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 311.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 23, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
In its fifth growing season, Twin Villages Foodbank Farm (TVFF) grew, collected, and distributed over 75,000 pounds of fresh food to Lincoln County food pantries and youth programs. Strong support…
The past year will be remembered for several things, most specifically and especially, COVID-19, and perhaps a presidential race like no other. Our staff did the best they could in getting out and…
In 2020, Boothbay received approval for a $250,000 federal grant and a local match from Southport businessman Paul Coulombe to upgrade Clifford Park. Town Manager Dan Bryer expects work to begin…
LincolnHealth received its initial shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine late Tuesday morning and administered its first doses to front-line caregivers in the afternoon.
Leah Elias, MD, an…
As we send our students home today for the holidays in what has been a challenging academic year, I am thrilled to announce a very significant financial contribution we recently received. Mr.…
Boothbay Region Community Resource Council has been using its Boothbay Rides volunteers to provide free grocery delivery since March. Rides, formerly Friends in Service Helping (FISH), is a…
Obituary
Gerald Ainsley Barlow, 81, passed away peacefully on Dec. 8, 2020 at Mid Coast Maine Hospital in Brunswick.
He was born April 26, 1939 in Boothbay Harbor, the 9th and youngest child of…
Obituary
Jerome N. Rowe, 85, of Dresden passed away at his home on Dec. 15, 2020.
Jerome was born in Boothbay Harbor on June 15, 1935, the son of Wesley and Leona (Tibbetts) Rowe. Jerome graduated…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 22, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 22, an additional 10 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 303.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
The goal to preserve the strength, beauty, and legacy of the Burnt Island Light Station has been met. Boothbay Harbor’s beloved lighthouse will shine on for at least another 200…
Boothbay Harbor business owner Tom Myette and neighbor Chandler Wright are appealing a code enforcement decision on abutter Dennis Hilton and his business Harbor Crossing at 14 Todd Ave. Myette…
Discussion on personal property and a capital improvement plan will be two of the new business topics of the next Boothbay Harbor Board of Selectmen’s meeting on Monday, Dec. 28, 7 p.m., in the…
First National Bank’s parent company, The First Bancorp, was recently named in the top 20 performance powerhouses from Bank Director, the leading information resource for director and financial…
The committee for the annual Boothbay Region Christmas Dinner has been meeting and praying about what to do this year. With the rise of the recent COVID-19 confirmations in our…
Please join the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor for live worship Sundays at 10 a.m. at www.congochurchbbh.org, …
Maine State Music Theatre has elected one new member to their board of trustees. Cherie Scott of Boothbay is eligible to serve on the Board of Trustees for two three-year terms.
Scott was…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce
As Lisa Marr was taking part in Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce’s Thirsty Thursday gathering on Zoom Dec. 17, the Lincoln County Toys for Tots coordinator got another request for gifts, pushing…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 21, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 293.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
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