Emery Easton “Brownie” Brown, son of Mabel Hayden (Easton) Brown and Arthur Bernard Brown, was born Aug. 18, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, “a subsequent product of the earlier celebration of the…
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Boothbay Harbor selectmen
Selectmen postponed a decision July 27 on allowing American Cruise Lines to port one of its ships in mid-September. The board received a letter from the company’s Vice President Paul Taiclet July…
shark yet to be caught or seen again
7/28, 1:30 p.m. Update: Officials identified the shark as a great white shark during a noon press conference in Augusta.
The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) confirmed…
There is good news for Edgecomb residents waiting to register their motor vehicles. Interim Tax Collector Kim Batchelder and Deputy Tax Collector Rebecca Brewer have completed training with the…
Obituary
Francis “Eli” Whittaker, 73, of Hale Pond Road, Wiscasset, passed away July 22, 2020 at his home.
He was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island on Feb. 16, 1947,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, July 28, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 121.
A man in his 70s from Androscoggin County…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 28, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,800 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…
Newcastle Realty Office Administrator Kristy Battles has announced that Hannah Kutschinski has joined the company as her administrative assistant.
Kutschinski is a graduate of the…
Heather Leslie will present “Climate science and action for Maine’s coast and coastal communities” at 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 7, as a virtual seminar, or webinar, hosted by the University of…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District administrators have been seeking staff and parental feedback on how to proceed with opening Boothbay Region Elementary and High schools on Sept.…
The Maine Department of Transportation has scheduled more overnight paving work on ramps along Route 1 in Bath for later this week. Between 9 p.m. on Thursday, July…
Obituary
Peter White Holland, 74, also known as “Chewy” but definitely not “Mr. Holland,” passed away on July 20, 2020 after a brief illness. He was a resident of Brookfield, New Hampshire.
Born in…
Obituary
On July 5, 2020, Allan C. Flott Jr. (Tucker), loving brother and friend, passed away in Catonsville, Maryland at the age of 75.
Tucker was born on April 25, 1945 in Washington, D.C. to…
Obituary
Richard Walter Kubler, 53, died Saturday morning, July 25, 2020, at his Wiscasset residence.
He was born in Hackensack, New Jersey on April 15…
Obituary
Jib Fowles, 79, professor emeritus of media studies at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, died on March 7, 2020.
Born Robert Briggs Fowles in 1940, he was given the family nickname “Jib…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 27, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,800 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…
Visit the Boothbay region anytime during the month of August to participate in the Maritime Mystery Tour organized by the Boothbay Region Maritime Foundation.
These tiny wooden pot buoys…
The management of Boothbay Harbor Country Club informed its members Friday morning, July 24 that an adult child of one of its members, who had been at BHCC on Tuesday, tested positive for the…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 26, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,700 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, July 25, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 119.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 25, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,700 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…
The Southport Planning Board will will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday Aug. 5 at 5:15 p.m. in the Southport Town Hall.
Agenda
1. Call to…
The Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund (BRSAF) enhances its already diverse and active board by welcoming four new members this year.
Husband and wife new board members Susan and Robert (Bob…
The Maine Department of Transportation will be doing overnight paving work on ramps along Route 1 in Bath early next week. Between 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 26 and 6 a.m. on Monday, July 27, crews…
Press release
AUGUSTA – The Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee (EUT) today voted 8-1 (with four members still to vote) to proceed with additional consideration of …
On Saturday, July 25 the Boothbay Harbor Methodist Church’s annual Sunshine Lobster Roll Luncheon — take out only, this year — and a pie sale with other baked goods and pre-bagged cookies (Cookie…
Boothbay Harbor Police Department made four arrests between June 29 and July 20.
On July 2, Sgt. Patrick Higgins arrested Mark DiPhillippo, 53, of Biddeford for operating under the…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 24, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,700 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee
The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Committee unanimously passed a $10,480,417 budget onto voters July 22. The budget, up nearly $73,000 or 0.7%, includes the college access…
Nearly a year ago, Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor hired Casco Bay Associates of Gardiner to review gaps in high-speed broadband coverage. On July 22, Casco Bay Associates President Brian Lippold…
The Veterans Administration (VA) recently reported a scam in which the con artist poses as a VA official who works with veteran-owned small businesses. This impostor asks targets to donate…
AUGUSTA—The number of sales of single-family homes in Maine is down slightly in June but prices remain on the rise. Realtors across the state sold 1,720 homes in June — 78 fewer homes than a year…
The St. Andrews Auxiliary held its annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon and Fashion Show at Newagen Seaside Inn on Southport on Wednesday, July 22 after being rescheduled in March.
The…
We are eager to welcome movie lovers back to our beloved Harbor Theater! But right now we are working on making the theater safe and comfortable for all during this pandemic.
So the movie…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 23, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,700 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…
A ray of hope can appear when you least expect it. For the past four weekends, it has come to Boothbay Harbor in the form of a big, black horse named Hercules. He was brought here by owner Gerry…
Southport Central School’s guidance counselor Meredith Fowlie believes helping children grow academically requires helping them meet their emotional needs outside the classroom as well, so she…
Municipal officials have announced that the Town of Boothbay Harbor has received a $4,823 dividend check from the Maine Municipal Association as a result of its good loss experience and loss…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 22, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,700 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…
When the Burnt Island Lighthouse was built in 1821, a keeper’s dwelling was also constructed. However, drawings or photographs that document that first house have never been found. The only clue…
Press release
Lincoln County Democrats will hold the Drive In for Democracy: A Rally for the People, at the Wiscasset Speedway, 274 West Alna Rd., from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30. The “pandemic-safe”…
The lakes and ponds of the Pemaquid River watershed are a unique and valuable natural resource. Their health is the topic of an online conversation hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust from…
For seven years, Duke, a patrol and drug search dog, has taken a bite out of crime in Lincoln County. But those days are numbered. The 8-year-old German Shepherd is struggling with spinal and bone…
Obituary
John Van Reed Lyman died on July 17, 2020 in Edmond, Oklahoma after a long illness.
He was born in Bronxville, New York on March 14, 1939 to Richard Van Reed Lyman and Lois Marean Lyman,…
We’ve been good all year wearing our masks and keeping our distance from one another to beat COVID-19 and, as a result, it could be Christmas in July with us all singing “super yachts are coming…
Please join the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor for live worship Sundays at 10 a.m. You can join us at www.congochurchbbh.org, …
On July 8, Wiscasset Police Department responded to a physical altercation between two men at the Clipper Mart in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, July 21, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 118.
Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, July 21, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
There have been more than 3,700 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across the state…
Obituary
Bruce James Gilmartin, 79, of Boothbay, passed away peacefully under the compassionate care of staff at the Sussman House Hospice, in Rockport, after a long battle with complications of diabetes…
