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,…
News
Boothbay Harbor Board of Selectmen
Boothbay Harbor selectmen opted to table Town Manager Tom Woodin’s request to shift $23,000 to the basketball and pickleball courts project May 28. The funds originated from the harbor master…
The Maine Legislature said no last week to letting unenrolled voters take part in primaries. Both legislative chambers voted in opposition to LD 211 “An Act to Open Maine’s Primary.” The bill…
Obituary
Richard A. Wilde, 55, of Salt Point, New York, died at his family’s home on Ocean Point Road in East Boothbay on May 24, 2019.
Richard was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1963 to Wilson…
Obituary
Jane Pfeiffer Mullane, 94, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2019 at Harborview Cottage in Newcastle, Maine.
Jane was a resident of the Harborview Cottage (the…
Three enterprising young men have opened a new restaurant on Pier One in Boothbay Harbor called Taka Mediterranean Bar & Grill and they mean business! A thousand tiny lights on the ceiling…
Lincoln County Courts
Patrick Shorey, 26, of Waterville, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, all but three suspended, and four years’ probation, for a 2017 crash that claimed an elderly woman’s life.
The crash…
A Red Cross blood drive will be held Wednesday, June 12, 1 to 6 p.m. on the Red Cross bus at St. Mary Church, 144 Lincoln St, Bath, Call 800-RED-CROSS for an appointment. Drop-ins also OK.…
The U.S. Coast Guard spent several hours searching for the owner of an abandoned boat found May 29 in East Boothbay. The 16-foot wooden hull boat was reported abandoned floating in the…
On Sunday, May 26, Lincoln County Animal Control Officer Will Snowman responded to the report of a possible rabid fox that had been shot and…
Obituary
Victor H. Pinkham Jr., 77, of Wiscasset peacefully passed into the presence of this Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 24, 2019 at the Veterans Memorial Hospital. He was the loving husband of…
The Boothbay Region High School Class of 2019 will begin its week-long-plus event schedule starting Thursday, May 30 with the annual Graduates’ Night at the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club. That event…
The Frances Perkins Center will honor Steven Hufnagel, executive director of the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust (CRCT) at 4 p.m. on June 26 at the Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic…
Obituary
Not long after sunset on May 20, 2019, Chester W. Thompson passed away at the age of 98 while surrounded by his family.
Chet was born in Gardiner, Maine on Sept. 25, 1920 to James and May…
Today’s (May 28) baseball game at Boothbay Region High School against Wiscasset Middle High School has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m., due to the forecast of rain, according…
Today’s (May 28) lacrosse match at Boothbay Region High School against Winslow has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 29 at 3:30 p.m. on Sherman Field, due to the forecast of rain, according to…
The Memorial Day Services were greeted by fair and balmy weather as the parades moved from the Boothbay Common to East Boothbay on Monday, May 27
Among those present at the Boothbay Common…
Boothbay Region Land Trust
All Mainers should be interested in a report recently issued by the Maine Land Conservation Task Force entitled “Shaping the Next Generation of Land Conservation in Maine.” The task force was…
Memorial Day 2019 in the Boothbay region. Good crowds turned out to witness the parades, listen to the talks and prayers, and to remember those who have lost their lives in time of war and those…
Lincoln County Historical Association volunteers strive to give visitors to their three sites a reason to return. Each house museum presents a special exhibit to help make history come alive for…
The American Lighthouse Foundation’s Keeper of the Light award is designed to honor those individuals and organizations in the national lighthouse community who have contributed in a significant…
Every year just before Mother’s Day, American Mothers, Inc. honors motherhood by presenting the Mother of the Year and Mother of Achievement award at their National Convention held…
Last week Boothbay Harbor Police School Resource Officer Larry Brown presented a bicycle safety course to students in physical education/health teacher Dennis Dacus’ classes. Officer Brown spoke…
Death notice
Elliott R. Barker III, 87. died at the Gregory Wing of St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor on May 24. A service to celebrate Elliott’s life will be held at a day and time to be announced along…
Mary Ellen Barnes, executive director of the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission, was elected vice chair of United Way of Mid Coast Maine’s Board of Directors at its annual meeting…
The Southport Planning Board will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 5 at the Southport Town Office at 5 p.m.
Meeting agenda
1. Review and approval of the April…
Boothbay Region High School juniors will be ready to wash your car at Good 'N You, Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 26. There will be a baked goods table,…
Parents in Lincoln County are invited to complete a local survey for a chance to win up to $250. Healthy Lincoln County is conducting the survey, which is aimed at parents and grandparents of…
Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has finalized the design of the Maine bicentennial commemorative flag, to be on display statewide through 2020.
The flag is comprised of a field of blue…
The Boothbay Board of Selectmen will hold a workshop on Wednesday, May 29 at 6 p.m. at the Boothbay Town Office for the following: Broadband in the Community.
Boothbay selectmen
Boothbay selectmen are concerned about trash piling up on weekends at Clifford Park. Selectman Dale Harmon asked if the town empties the park’s trash receptacle on weekends. He noticed several…
Sue Hochstein of Boothbay Harbor, Barbara Belknap of Damariscotta and Audrey Miller of East Boothbay attended the spring meeting of the Maine Daughters of the American Revolution in Auburn, Maine…
After electing Jack Sarmanian chairman for another year, Edgecomb selectmen opened their May 20 meeting acknowledging issues residents raised at the annual town meeting May 18.
Sarmanian…
Indivisible-Boothbay
Plastic floating in the ocean might not look like a bag or bottle. According to researchers and activists, microplastics – pieces no larger than 5 mm – are being found in mass quantities in rivers…
Lincoln County Courts
Former state representative Jeffrey Pierce, 56, of Dresden has had three Class E charges of Fraudulently Obtaining or Possessing a Hunting License dismissed by District Attorney Natasha Irving.…
Edgecomb Historical Society’s next meeting will be on Thursday May 23 at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall. We will begin with a brief business meeting which will be followed by an interesting and…
Boothbay Region Garden Club
The Boothbay Region Garden Club’s 2019 Home and Garden Tour on Friday, July 19, in Boothbay Harbor and Southport Island, could also be dubbed a walking tour as participants will traverse the…
Each year the Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame honors outstanding teams at their annual Induction Banquet.The deadline for nominating outstanding teams is June 1. You can find a nomination form on our…
Lincoln County Commissioners
An auditors’ report by Berry Talbot Royer praised Lincoln County Finance Director Michelle Cearbaugh for organizing the county’s financial situation. Among other things, the county has yet to dip…
Two St. Andrews Village residents joined a long line of Maine military veterans honored for their combat service. In April, Dan Jameson, 92, and Leonard Belanger, 96, traveled to…
New Ventures Maine (NVME), a statewide community outreach program of the University of Maine at Augusta, is pleased to announce that the receipt of a $20,000 grant from the Doree Taylor Charitable…
Memorial Day, Monday May 27, is fast approaching. Once again, the peninsula’s five parades are being organized by the Boothbay American Legion, Post 36.
As in the past, the parades kick off…
Lesley Carter Blethen, a 1985 graduate of Boothbay Region High School and past postmaster at the Boothbay Harbor Post Office, will be the guest speaker at the Boothbay Region High School Alumni…
A Saturday morning fire has left seven Boothbay Harbor residents homeless. At 3:12 a.m. May 18, the Boothbay Harbor Fire Department responded to a call at 23 Pear St. According to Fire Chief Nick…
Articles allowing the retail sale, cultivation and testing of marijuana lost at the Edgecomb town meeting on Saturday, May 18. Most of the warrant was approved, totaling $4.1 million for local…
Obituary
Lorraine Emerson Hodgdon passed peacefully, with loving family by her side, May 18, 2019 following a short illness. Her and her husband, Stanley J. Hodgdon of Trevett, just celebrated their 65th…
Twin Villages Food Bank Farm co-founders Megan Taft and Sara Cawthon won the second annual Innovation Award presented by the Coulombe Center for…
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Chip Schwehm is the first recipient of the Chamber’s Outstanding Teacher Award at Boothbay Regional High School. The Chamber’s…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
In July, Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset will lose one of its longtime boarding counties, Waldo County, and with it, a nearly million-dollar contract.
However, Col. James Bailey,…
