Following her announcement Tuesday that she would extend Maine’s stay-at-home order, Governor Janet Mills…
News
Cloth face coverings are not a replacement for adhering to physical distancing protocols.
Boothbay Harbor’s newest food business, Marcel’s Submarine Shop, is open after closing over a month ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The shop…
Wednesday morning, April 29 saw the “Grim Reaper” walking Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor for what he believes is his next victim: The Maine economy. The “Grim Reaper” carried a homemade…
ROCKLAND — It is with great sadness that Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors has cancelled its 2020 Maine Boat & Home Show in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, said the magazine, in an April 29…
When Darlene French began as school lunch cook in 1977, meals were a quarter and the program served 500 meals a day. Over the next five decades, the program expanded from lunch to include…
The 58th Windjammer Days Festival set for June 21-29 was canceled Wednesday, April 29.
According to Capt. Pete Ripley, board member of Friends of Windjammer Days, the decision was made…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 29, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 52.
The individual, a female in her 70s, was a…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 29, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,056 cases confirmed across the state.
Across the state…
ROCKLAND — Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 North Atlantic Blues Festival slated to be held in mid-July in Rockland has been canceled.
“This is something…
Looking forward to Aug. 4-8, 2021
The Maine Lobster Festival’s board of directors has been closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic in hopes that it would be able to safely offer its event to visitors from all over the world,…
Edgecomb Community Church, UCC is currently worshiping on Zoom due to the stay-at-home order to help stop the spread of COVID-19. We welcome you to join us Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m.
For…
Amid concerns and news about COVID-19, there also came news reports of a tiger in a New York zoo and three cats and two dogs in China, France and Belgium all testing positive for the virus after…
One year after Damariscotta River Association and Pemaquid Watershed Association joined forces to become Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Coastal Rivers has made public the organization’s new…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen have been receiving numerous questions and concerns from the public on COVID-19 safety protocol and social distancing. Selectman Wendy Wolf, a retired physician,…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills presented her Administration’s plan to gradually and safely restart Maine’s economy April 28.
The plan, which comes as the State appears to be successfully…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 28, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,040 cases confirmed across the state.
Across the state…
The 2020 United States Census is happening at the same time as a global pandemic, shelter-in-place orders, and government stimulus payments. With so much going on at once, scammers are using the…
Governor renews calls on feds to provide states with flexibility to use funding
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission and Revenue Forecasting Committee are to convene off-cycle to examine the economic ramifications of COVID…
A summer resident who served as an Edgecomb volunteer fireman will be remembered as someone with a knack for making the seemingly impossible task, possible.
“He was a real go-getter,”…
Obituary
Rupert Neily III died in a cabin overlooking Knickerbocker Lake, Boothbay, Maine, on April 27, 2020, lovingly cared for by son Aaron, partner Leslie, and sister Sandy.
Rupert was born on…
It is with deep gratitude for his years of outstanding service that Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) announces the retirement of Land Manager Michael Warren at the end of May. Michael joined the…
After spending nearly a month providing an additional layer of support on LincolnHealth’s Miles campus during the COVID-19 pandemic, the team from Lincoln Medical Partners’ Family Medicine in…
Obituary
Lester Arthur Barter Jr., 55, passed away peacefully at Mid Coast Hospital on April 22, 2020, after a long illness.
Lester was born Dec. 29, 1964, to Lester A. Barter Sr., and Georgia M.…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 27, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 51.
The individual, a male in his 70s, was a…
In March, a Boothbay man began Cross River Blasting which uses a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)-approved method for removing top layer surface contaminants in cleaning…
This year’s Boothbay town meeting won’t happen on the first Monday of May. On April 22, selectmen held their first regularly scheduled board meeting since the state’s stay at home order and…
Obituary
Consuelo Joerns, 94, of Wiscasset, passed away on April 13, 2020, much the way she wished. She fell and broke her hip, went to the hospital for only a few days and no nursing home. Her wonderful…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 27, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,023 cases confirmed across the state.
Across the state…
Thursday, April 23 was Tom and Breanna Davis’s daughter’s 5th birthday. Of course, Kennedy’s planned party was canceled and she was disappointed to not share the day with her friends.
“I…
Obituary
Ronald J. Sheay, 86, of Stockton, New Jersey and long-time summer resident of Southport, died of a massive stroke on April 5.
He was born in Newark, New Jersey and graduated from West…
From columnist Robert Mitchell: In last week’s column “Emma and Sparky,” I was not totally accurate, for which I apologize. I’d like to offer some additional information. Emma Balazs, in addition…
Chloe Maxmin will host a virtual town hall on Thursday, April 30 from 6-7 p.m. Log on to Facebook.com/ChloeForSenate to tune in and ask questions.
Maxmin, currently the State Representative…
More than 25 Ocean Pointers gathered on Shore Road, Boothbay on Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m. for a "Make Noise for Maine" event in support of the many volunteers and caregivers giving their all…
Obituary
Charlie William Emerson passed away suddenly on April 9, 2020 as the result of a stroke.
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Due to the concerns around the COVID-19 virus, St. Patrick’s Church is canceling their postponed St. Patrick’s Day Dinner originally scheduled for March 17, 2020. We had hoped to hold the dinner…
The Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club has continued weekly meetings even through the “Stay-at-Home” order, although now finding each other online. The first of these virtual meetings, on April 2,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 26, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 1,015 cases confirmed across the state.
Across the state…
Opinion
On April 2, Gov. Janet Mills put a Maine stay-at-home order into effect, joining in the third wave of states issuing those orders to limit the spread of COVID-19.
States began acting when…
Five thousand Maine children and adults with intellectual disabilities, rely on and look forward to the 75 events offered by Special Olympics Maine each year. The athletes train hard and get…
The Boothbay Region YMCA received approval on Jan. 6 to build a new bathhouse facility at Camp Knickerbocker and construction began shortly thereafter. Since then,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 25, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 50.
The individuals were residents of Waldo…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 25, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine. Additionally, a new interactive data feature has been released by the Maine CDC, which…
Traditionally, we think of con artists as lone wolves working out of their basement, but today’s scammers are more like cogs in a much larger operation. Most scams today start with a phone call,…
Obituary
Aaron Roos “Ronnie” Scharff Jr. beloved husband of Jane Coltrain Scharff of 42 years, father of four boys, grandfather of nine, passed away at home at the age of 88 after living a wonderful life…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, April 24, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 47.
One was a man in his 60s from York…
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 24, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.
Today, there are 965 cases confirmed across the state.
Across the…
The old cast-iron siphon in West Harbor Pond operated for over a hundred years, maintaining the pond’s water quality. Until it broke in 2008, it continuously evacuated water from the pond bottom…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is again offering local residents the opportunity to improve soil and…
At the Southport selectmen’s meeting April 22, selectmen Gerry Gamage, Mary Lou Koskela and Smith Climo thanked two donors who had contributed $1,000 apiece to the general assistance program. “We…
more than twice the peak number in early 2009 during the last recession
AUGUSTA – Initial claims for unemployment compensation totaled 11,560 in the week ending April 18, …
