On Tuesday, Dec. 15, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) and their community partners will hold a Stand Down for homeless veterans in need of assistance. The Stand Down will be held at…
News
According to a recent AARP survey, more than 2/3 of U.S. consumers will purchase a gift card for someone this holiday season. While these gifts are easy to give and popular to get…
A local basketball milestone was recently brought to light 46 years after it happened.
Laurel “Laurie” Reed, Boothbay Region High School class of 1974, was an outstanding basketball player…
Maine Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Nirav Shah announced Dec. 7 the CDC has launched an investigation into East Boothbay shipyard Washburn & Doughty for a COVID-19 outbreak.
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Obituary
Christine King died on Dec. 2, 2020 at her home in Wiscasset, Maine.
Born on June 19, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts, she was a 1983 graduate of Marblehead High School and received a degree…
Boothbay is anxious to begin Clifford Park renovations, but it looks like the project will not begin until at least early summer. The town was recently notified it qualified for a federal $250,000…
Damariscotta’s historic Lincoln Theater is preparing for a change in leadership. At their most recent board meeting, the Lincoln Theater Board of Directors voted to approve an executive…
Wiscasset Police Department reported on its Facebook page Friday, that, just before 7 a.m. two Wiscasset residents were arrested and charged with armed robbery related to the Nov…
Boothbay Harbor Planning Board
The Boothbay Harbor planning board Dec. 9 approved Boothbay Harbor Maritime Foundation's plans to renovate Carter's Wharf. BRMF President Deanne Tibbetts and Gartley and Dorsky Engineering and…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 11, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 250.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 11, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
Obituary
Edwin P. “Ted” Creaser Jr. passed away on Nov. 29, 2020 after a long battle with cancer.
He is survived by his loving family; wife Marge, children Dennis, Peter and Carol,…
Rebuilding Together-Lincoln County (RT-LC) has initiated a Ramps-for-All program to assist Lincoln County residents who, because of permanent handicap or temporary disability, require ramp access…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 10, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
For a Mainer, meeting future First Lady Rosalynn Carter was like …
St. Andrews Auxiliary
“Fast away the old year passes . . .”
Today should have been the traditional day for the Auxiliary’s “LincolnHealth Employee Appreciation Luncheon”. The annual event featured a delicious…
Knox-Lincoln, Kennebec and Waldo Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) field offices in Belfast and Augusta, will…
Boothbay Kwiltz 4 Kidz (K4K) recently delivered 18 quilts to Healthy Kids in Damariscotta, 16 to New Hope for Women in Boothbay, and 19 to the residents of St. Andrews Village. The groups received…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 9, an additional seven COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 246.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
Most doctors fresh out of medical residency don’t have the pleasure of seeing doctors they know well on the first day of work. Valerie Smith, MD, a primary care and women’s health physician at…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 9, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
The Leapfrog Group has named four MaineHealth hospitals – LincolnHealth, Pen Bay Medical Center, Waldo County General Hospital and Stephens Memorial Hospital – as Top Rural Hospitals 2020.…
The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), with support from Governor Janet Mills, is launching a branding and promotion initiative to…
The Boothbay Harbor broadband committee learned Dec. 7, broadband provider Lincolnville Communications (LCI) has shifted all its December efforts to build-out elsewhere. The committee has been…
On Dec. 5, Edgecomb School Committee member Dawn Murray received all 16 votes in a special election to fill Jack Sarmanian’s vacated term as a selectman. Prior to the Dec. 7 school committee…
The USDA measures food insecurity as a lack of access to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and a limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods.…
The book world rarely sees a new book with such an unusual history as “Chickens, Gin, and a Maine Friendship: The Correspondence of E. B. White and Edmund Ware Smith,” published by Down East Books…
Obituary
Carl R. Pearson Jr., 78, of Main Road, Westport Island and Florida died Dec. 3, 2020 at Miles Memorial Hospital.
He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts a son of Carl R. and Kathleen (…
The following notice regarding a positive COVID-19 case was sent to area parents and posted online this week by the Community School District school principals:
Dear Families, Students and…
You wake up one morning and just feel off. Your throat is a bit scratchy, you are feeling stuffed up, you have got post-nasal drip, feel warmer than usual and your body feels like it has been hit…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 8, an additional 12 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 239.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 8, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
With nine in 10 U.S. adults online these days for work, finances, shopping or entertainment, criminals have many opportunities to steal money or sensitive personal information. When you factor in…
Make your appointment to give blood, platelets or plasma with the Red Cross by downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or…
The Southport Memorial Library is hosting a canned food drive to benefit the Boothbay Region Food Pantry. Food can be dropped off Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; the librarians will collect it and…
As of 1 p.m. Monday, the number of power outages in Lincoln County has been reduced to just under 1,000 customers after Saturday’s and Sunday’s rain and snow storm knocked out power to over 19,000…
On Dec. 3, nearly a dozen Rotarians from the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club delivered 88 USDA food boxes to families and individuals in the Boothbay region. The Rotarians were responding to a request…
In November 2011, a bald eagle’s nest in Edgecomb resulted in Maine Department of Transportation canceling a proposed bypass route to end traffic congestion along U.S. Route 1. In 2020, the…
Obituary
Patricia Lois Flynt Waldman was born in Augusta, Maine on Jan. 19, 1938 to Horton and Barbara (Burr) Flynt. Her life spanned just beyond eight decades and she packed every one full.
She…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 7, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 6, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 5, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 227.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 5, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
Obituary
April Ellen Reed Danielson, 78, of Boothbay Harbor died on Nov 26, 2020 at Chase Point Assisted Living.
Born on Oct. 14, 1942 to parents Barbara Granger Reed and Carlton Reed of Boothbay…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Friday she will extend the requirement for certain businesses statewide to close by 9 p.m. through Sunday, January 3, 2021.
The extension is aimed…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) Commissioner Amanda Beal announced Friday a commitment of $2 million in federal…
Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce has announced Santa's sleigh is in the shop so they have had to modify his visit to Boothbay Harbor this Saturday, Dec. 5. Instead, tune in Saturday at 5…
Middle school basketball starts Dec. 14 for Boothbay Region Elementary School with boys and girls players dribbling, passing and shooting, but they won’t compete in the Busline League. School…
Nathan’s Wellness Pharmacy and Apothecary, in the Meadow Mall in Boothbay Harbor, is teaming up with the Whitey Foundation, an institution started by Lawrence Pitcher, to help animals.
Four…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 4, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its …
