Casey J. Main, 36, passed away on April 27, 2019. A graveside service will be held at Greenlawn Cemetery, Rummerill Road, in Wiscasset at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 22. Arrangements are under the…
News
A memorial service for Elliott Barker will be held Saturday, June 15 at 2 p.m at the Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church. A reception to follow the service downstairs in the Fellowship Hall.
Hall Funeral Home, Boothbay, will host visiting hours for family and friends of Lucille Machon on Friday, June 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 15 at 1 p.m. at…
Obituary
Marion Bailey, 99, of Wiscasset passed away June 7, 2019 at Avita of Brunswick.
She was born in Wiscasset on June 2, 1920, a daughter of George C. and Pearl…
It’s that time of year again! We are gearing up for the Windjammer Days Street Parade. This year the parade is on Wednesday, June 26 at 4 p.m. The Grand Marshals are the members of the Boothbay…
A morning retreat, “Your Life with the Psalms,” will be held at St. Columba's Episcopal Church, Boothbay Harbor, on Saturday, June 29 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Jewish and Christian people…
Terry Hodskins Fullam and fellow Rotarians from Wells Rotary Club brought quilts and a generous donation for Wrap-A-Smile to the recent meeting of the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club. Wrap-A-Smile is…
Grand March has been part of Boothbay Region High School’s graduation ceremonies for over 100 years. In the early days of Grand March history the town would gather at the Opera House to watch the…
Acting quickly to replace Engine #3, Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter informed selectmen June 3 that a 1991 KME Renegade pumper was for sale in Scio, New York, a town of about 1,800, south of…
UPDATE (new start time) On Thursday, June 13 at 6 p.m. at the Southport Town Hall, the Southport Planning Board will hold a special meeting to conduct a site plan review on an application for a…
Boothbay Region High School
Boothbay Region High School held its Graduation Exercises on Friday, June 7 at 2 p.m. Here are a few scenes from the special day for the Class of 2019.
A 62-year-old Alna man was killed Thursday, June 6 at the intersection of Route 1 and Old Ferry Road in Wiscasset in a truck-motorcycle collision.
According to a report from Wiscasset…
New research connects recent changes in the movement of North Atlantic right whales to decreased food availability and rising temperatures in Gulf of Maine’s deep waters. Right whales have been…
Obituary
With profound sadness and love in our hearts, we announce the passing of Nancy Thorpe Sellar, our adoredand devoted mother and friend to all whose lives she touched, on May 9, 2019.
Nancy…
Maine’s rich cultural history spans thousands of years. The first coastal residents were the indigenous hunters and gatherers who relied on the natural resources of the region’s forests, marshes,…
A Boothbay Animal Hospital veterinarian is treating her patients with the ancient Chinese art of acupuncture. Dr. Jenny Marvelle recently completed her training in animal acupuncture and is now…
The Boothbay Region High School Class of 2019 will finish its graduation events Thursday through Sunday, June 6-9.
Teachers’ Awards will be held Thursday, June 6 at 12:30 p.m. and that…
Lincoln County Commissioners
The Wiscasset Regional Transfer Station, which also serves Alna and Westport Island, will begin a mandatory recycling program with Lincoln County July 1.
Wiscasset had used a single-stream…
“Maine Creatures Great & Small” lecture series is a collaboration between Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and Midcoast Conservancy. The four-part series looks at four organisms important to our…
Wiscasset selectmen
John O’Connell was named Wiscasset's town manager, after selectmen met in an executive session Tuesday night.
O’Connell has been interim manager since Marian Anderson resigned in January.…
The 50th annual Special Olympics Maine State Summer Games are fast approaching. Over 1,500 athletes, ages 8-88 have been training, planning, and now packing for this exciting event. They will…
A consultant is advising municipal leaders that fiber presents the best long term option for current and future broadband internet needs. Boothbay selectmen reviewed Tom Myette’s report May 29…
You might want to think about taking your boat home if you own one of a nearly dozen at the Barters Island Road public access. Boothbay officials announced plans on June 3 to remove boats from the…
Mary Ellen Barnes, director for the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission, is pleased to announce the welcomed addition of summer intern Colleen Hendricks. Colleen was chosen from a myriad…
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
New research has found that the decisions made by individual Antarctic krill help to shape the massive schools they form, which can stretch for hundreds of miles.
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On May 29, bar, restaurant and convenience store owners and staff received training that provided them with tools to help reduce underage drinking and drunk driving. The Responsible Beverage…
If everything goes according to plan, a 24-acre site on Middle Road in Boothbay Harbor will become a community of as many as 20 moderately priced homes, financed in large part by an anonymous…
Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 57th annual Community Awards dinner at Fisherman’s Wharf Inn May 30. Six awards were handed out to businesses and people. The keynote…
Obituary
Elliott R. Barker III, 87, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine died peacefully at St. Andrews Village on May 24, 2019.
A native of Maine, he was born in Waterville on April 7, 1932 and graduated from…
Boothbay Region High School
Boothbay Region High School can add another two stars to its growing list of accomplished students. Junior Hali Goodwin won fifth and senior Lilley Harris won seventh nationally for the 2019…
All are welcome at the second annual Alna Day, Saturday, June 8 at locations throughout Alna from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Alna Day celebrates all things Alna: its residents, businesses, organizations,…
Lesley Carter Blethen, guest speaker at Sunday's Alumni Banquet, focused her speech on falling back on the foundation she gained growing up in the Boothbay region.
She told the Boothbay…
Several local organizations are coming together to provide kids and teens with free, healthy meals throughout the summer through the USDA funded Summer Food Service Program.
The program is…
Maine State Legislature
A bill to ban single-use plastic bags in large retail stores, including grocery stores, advanced May 30 when the Maine State House voted 91-52 to advance the bill. It goes next to the Senate, but…
Obituary
Cheryl E. Greenleaf, 72, of Westport Island, passed away on May 26, 2019 in Arizona.
She was born in Sanford on July 16, 1946, a daughter of Frank T. and Beatrice (Colby) Greenleaf Sr.…
Obituary
Erik Van Name, 40, passed away peacefully at home on May 25, 2019.
He was born on November 27, 1978 in New Haven, Connecticut, he was the loving son of Sandy Van Name and the late Edward…
Some things old, others new, always unique is how Betsy Kyle described White Pine Home, a new business in Wiscasset Village specializing in vintage and antique home décor.
It is in the…
Get out your calendar and note the annual “Bands for Books” party benefiting Wiscasset Public Library, on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The event, held since 2014, features…
Join the Friends of the Southport Historical Society on June 10 at 7 p.m. in the Southport Town Hall for the group’s 2019 annual meeting. Following a brief business meeting, the program will…
Since the 19th century, residents and vacationers have gathered on Southport Island to worship God and to fellowship with each other in the beautiful setting on the water that is now All Saints by…
Orono, Maine — A $75,000 gift from two seafood companies will fund a fourth field season for a University of Maine deepwater lobster…
The VIP will meet on Tuesday, June 4 at 1:30 p.m. in the Community Center, Meadow Mall, Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. The VIP welcomes all who are learning to cope with vision loss. For more…
Energy, Technology and Utilities Committee
LD 1646, a bill to create a public utility authority in Maine, was tabled until next week after discussion at a May 30 work session. The bill's goal is to create a consumer-owned utility in Maine…
Robinson’s Wharf & Tugs Pub on Southport Island, Maine is the first lobster donor of the season to the Travis Mills Foundation in Rome, Maine. Special thanks to seafood manager, Hugh Thompson…
A memorial service for Frank Richards of Edgecomb, who died Nov. 18, 2018, will be held at noon on Saturday, June 15 at the VFW Hall in Damariscotta. All are welcome to come share a ham and bean…
In December 2017, the Wiscasset Police Blotter included a listing that David Nery, then 48, of Wiscasset was issued a summons for OUI on Dec. 20, 2017. The summons was dropped in January 2018 and…
On May 22 at the Newagen Seaside Inn, a large and lively group of St. Andrews Auxiliary members and volunteers gathered to celebrate the past year of service to the community.
Significant…
The Lincoln Home is once again celebrating its employees for a perfect Department of Health and Human Resources survey. Every two years all Assisted Living communities are surveyed…
At 7:20 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, Boothbay Region Ambulance Service and Officer Aaron Beck of Boothbay Harbor Police Department responded to a call on Lakeside Drive.
Beck said Kari Babcock,…
