In 2016, Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District, as a member of the Municipal Review Committee, decided to end its 25-year relationship with Penobscot Energy Recovery Company and send the…
News
The Maine Council for Elder Abuse Prevention (see www.elderabuseprevention.info ) and the GFWC Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs (see…
Boothbay selectmen are a sending a letter to Gov. Janet Mills asking her to reconsider Maine’s strategy combating health threats from COVID-19. On June 10, the selectmen held their first public…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, June 14, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 2,793 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 2,…
Wiscasset Municipal Airport’s apron had a big blue M on it Saturday and planes flew over, one after the next, as Morse High School’s “The Blue and the White” played, and Regional School Unit 1…
Beginning Monday, June 15, Healthy Lincoln County will be providing free, healthy summer meals to children 18 years old and younger at locations throughout the county. No registration is required…
The Rev. Maria Hoecker, rector of St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Boothbay Harbor will open the summer season at All Saints by-the-Sea with an online service of worship and music on Sunday, June…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, June 13, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 2,757 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 2,…
A Queen song and senior Natalie Potter pointed out, the champions at Wiscasset Speedway Friday night were Wiscasset Middle High School’s Class of 2020. In face masks as the sun set behind an…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD School Committee
Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Keith Laser and school committee members decided June 10 to pay a portion of stipends for coaches and teachers leading extracurricular…
The Maine Historic Preservation Commission invites the public to take an online survey and provide data for the next edition of the statewide historic preservation plan, which will cover the years…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, June 12, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 2,721 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 2,…
Boothbay Harbor Planning Board
Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation’s site plan review was tabled June 10. Project architect Mitchell Rasor of MRLD Landscape Architecture + Urbanism introduced the plans which include a…
The current “new normal” of so many people working from home has opened a wide window for scammers. They are taking advantage of so much work and decision-making being conducted by email.
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In the off and on rain at Wiscasset Municipal Airport Thursday afternoon, David Ingmundson predicted education might change more in the next year or so than in the 40 years he has taught reading,…
Southport selectmen said there is a buyer for Ruth’s House at Hendricks Head Beach.
In 2013, the town bought both the house and beach from Ruth Gardner’s heirs in order to save public…
Obituary
Helen R. Shorey, 90, of Gardiner Road, Wiscasset died June 9, 2020 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.
She was born in Wiscasset on April 30, 1930, a…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, June 11, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 2,667 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 2,…
Wiscasset School Department Thursday morning announced it will go with the rain date of Friday, June 12 for the Class of 2020’s graduation. Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Charles Lomonte’s…
The Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, in cooperation with Conley’s Garden Center and the Boothbay Region Greenhouses, will be holding a plant giveaway event on Saturday, June 13 from 9 a.m…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a free online workshop about raising pigs for small-scale use from noon to 2 p.m June 16.
Topics will include appropriate housing,…
Please join the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor for live worship Sundays at 10 a.m. You can join us at www.…
There will be graveside service for Leila Barter on Friday, June 26, 1 p.m., at Oaklawn Cemetery, Route 96/Ocean Point Road in Boothbay Harbor. Please be mindful of the Governor's orders of no…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, June 10, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 2,637 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 2,…
Greg’s Used Cars and Service has been a piece of the Wiscasset business community for over 35 years and when owner Greg Lemar died in a snowmobile accident last February, wife Wanda wanted to…
John (Jack) Arsenault, who grew up in Boothbay, graduated May 24 with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.…
As any gallery owner knows, artist requests for representation are frequent. The fact is, there are far more talented artists than there are galleries that handle fine art. With so many artists to…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen
Since Maine is reopening its economy, Boothbay Harbor should reach out to residents, taxpayers and businesses on what the town expects for public safety, Selectman Wendy Wolf said June 8. Wolf…
As the school year ends, the Edgecomb School Committee still has at least one unresolved issue. The Edgecomb Eddy School roof needs an estimated $250,000 in repairs. The undesignated fund balance…
Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Charles Lomonte said Tuesday night to expect a decision by Wednesday night on whether to keep graduation on Thursday or move it to Friday due to rain. Either…
The “Open Air Market” on Main Street in Damariscotta will be piloted in June, beginning Saturday, June 13. The idea, which is being done in several other Maine communities, is to have locals and…
Healthy Lincoln County’s “Lulu the Lunch Wagon,” an innovative summer meals program, was chosen as the 2020 Coulombe Center for Health Improvement Innovation award.
Created in 2018, this…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, June 9, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 100.
The individual was a resident of Cumberland…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, June 9, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 2,606 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases across the state, including 2,…
The following is the first in a weekly blog series by Environmental Educator Tracey Hall of Boothbay Region Land Trust. Tracey will be sharing her observations of nature and providing insights…
Memorial Day has come and gone without one of Bill Campbell’s Balmy Days Cruises vessels: Balmy Days, Novelty, Bay Lady, or Miss Boothbay, on the water; without the graceful…
A graveside service for Tamara Page will be held on Thursday, June 25 at 1 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery, Barter's Island Road, Boothbay. Please be mindful of the Governor's orders of no more than 50…
A graveside service for Stuart Greenleaf will be held on Wednesday, June 17 at 1 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery, Boothbay. Please be mindful of the Governor's orders of no more than 50 people to…
Around 300 Boothbay region community members gathered June 7 to mourn the loss of George Floyd with flags and signs bearing expressions of the Black Lives Matter movement. The demonstration at the…
Principal Ira Michaud imparted four final lessons on Edgecomb Eddy School’s Class of 2020. On June 5, Michaud recalled his sixth grade year in 1991 as being a “real pain” to his parents, extended…
On Sunday, May 31, Boothbay Harbor bakery Farm 23 owners Laura and Josh Puchalski did a Facebook live drawing of…
Tracy Emerson of Boothbay is proud to announce the engagement of her daughter, Katie M. Worthley, to Paul Hanscom. Katie is also the daughter of Greg S. Worthley of Roxbury, Maine.
Katie…
Stage lights will be coming up again at the Opera House of Boothbay Harbor the night of July 3 when The Boneheads return to the peninsula’s musical arts center for a 7:30 show. It will be the…
Democrats from across Lincoln County and beyond gathered online Saturday night, May 16, for the Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s (LCDC) biennial Frances Perkins Award Dinner honoring Sheriff…
The Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) held their monthly meeting at their headquarters, 241 US Highway 1, Damariscotta on June 3. A crowd of about fifty people attended. A lengthy agenda…
Obituary
Mark Robert Woodman, 47 of Wiscasset, passed away suddenly on the evening of June 4, 2020 after suffering a heart attack.
Born on Oct. 21, 1972 in Damariscotta, he was the son of Judith…
Midcoast Literacy announces the organization is moving offices this month to a new location at 1100 Washington Street in Bath’s North End. After 10 years at Wing Farm Parkway in Bath, the regional…
Obituary
Gretchen Greenleaf, 47, of Westport Island, passed with her loving mother and brother holding her at Maine General Medical Center, Augusta on Sabbath, June 6, 2020.
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The Lincoln Home staff has come up with a creative utilization of space to allow safe visits with family members. Mike Knopf and Kevin Benner built a half wall with a plexiglass top to allow…
There are new owners of the Boothbay Harbor bed and breakfast which boasts of possessing the “Oceanfront Hot Tub.” A Serbian couple bought The Harborage Inn Feb. 28, after working for five years…
