UPDATE: This event has been rescheduled to Thursday, Nov. 1.
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District announces its 71st annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 5 to 8:…
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Boothbay Harbor Board of Selectmen
The Boothbay Harbor Board of Selectmen are scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 9 deviating from their usual Monday meeting schedule due to Columbus Day. Jon Ziegra of the Boothbay Region…
Painters and carvers got an early start on Friday morning creating their pumpkin art on Main Street in Newcastle and Damariscotta.
“I like it when it is quiet,” said Susan Bartlett,…
The Frances Perkins Center has been awarded a $30,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation, the independent foundation created by the late actor and philanthropist, Paul Newman. The award to the…
Lincoln County Courts
Shawna Gatto, 43, of Wiscasset, accused murderer of Kendall Chick, 4, of Wiscasset, was denied a motion to suppress statements she made to police in the days after Chick's death.
In court…
Obituary
Vivienne I. Daniels, 86, passed away Oct. 3, 2018.
Vivienne was born on March 19, 1932 to George F. Miller and Isabelle V. Brown in Jersey City, New Jersey where she attended local schools…
Boothbay Harbor Police Department
Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch reports that a woman was severely injured in a collision with an automobile on Oct. 4.
In a press release, Hasch said that Sgt. Patrick Higgins and…
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD Board of Trustees
One of the biggest issues that need to be addressed is Boothbay Region Elementary School's ventilation, CSD Facilities and Transportation Director Dave Benner said at the trustees' Oct. 3 meeting…
Soon, Joe and Lisa McSwain will say goodbye to the high life.
The company they’ve run together for 25 years — Mid-Maine Restoration, founded in 1983 — will keep going, passed on to their…
Joint Economic Development Committee
For about the last three years, the Joint Economic Development Committee has been charged with recommending a strategy for the region, member Tom Woodin said at the Oct. 2 JEDC meeting. Woodin…
“I soaked them in big bins on a sunny hot day and stirred them every so often.”
Faye Snyder knows her recipes – for textiles, that is.
The collections chairman for Lincoln County…
Official Great Pumpkin Commonwealth (GPC)
Weigh Off Results
YOUTH GIANT PUMPKIN
1st -Catherine Lopresti-Buxton, ME -529 lbs…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) convened a panel of women from across New England for an extraordinarily timely discussion of “The Power of Women in Politics in 2018: Voting,…
Four years ago, Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter was wrestling with a problem. He looked at the average age of his all-volunteer team and knew he needed to get younger people involved, “to replace…
The ninth annual Tobacco-Free Hospital Gold Star Standards of Excellence Awards Celebration, hosted by the MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence’s Breathe Easy initiative, was held on Sept.…
After 38 years of business on Boothbay Harbor’s Pier 1, Mountain Tops Tees will be closing its doors. But when one door closes, another opens, or in this case, the same door: Mark and Dianne…
“Settlement of the Midcoast, Conflicting Land Claims” is the topic of a talk and discussion at the Oct. 23 meeting of the Westport Island History Committee and Friends of Westport…
Lincoln County Commissioners
On Oct. 2, Lincoln County Administrator Carrie Kipfer informed commissioners of changes to Maine Public Employee Retirement System rules that would require Lincoln County, or other Participating…
The Boothbay Railway Village is excited to announce that its illustrated talks and hands-on arts classes will now be housed under one program. Primer: Lessons with Experts & Masters launches…
To help meet the demand for nurses in Lincoln County, the Central Maine Community College/LincolnHealth Nursing School has expanded.
“There is a shortage of nurses in Maine and throughout…
Boothbay Region Television wants to help improve local broadband access. On Sept. 26, the cable access channel volunteered to spearhead an effort to identify broadband cable needs. Station Manager…
#3001: Miles Eames, 157 Cross Road, new house
#3002: Glenn Hodgdon, 44 Nickerson Road, replacement garage
#3004: Genie Gannett, 1 Cameron Point Road, garage
Ada Rowe Cook, 96, died on Sept. 22, 2018 at Seal Rock Healthcare in Saco.
She was born Nov. 30, 1921 in Boothbay Harbor to J. Bryan and Margaret Sawyer Rowe.…
The Boothbay Railway Village, along with the Boothbay Information Center, will once again showcase the artistic talents and creative spirit of Maine at the 51st annual Fall Foliage Festival Oct. 6…
Family violence, IT crimes and lifesaving drugs are not part of most workplaces, but for Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett, they are a daily part of the job.
At his office overlooking…
The Community Center’s knitters have a reputation for helping those in need.
Carol Cragin, coordinator of the group, said: “Most knitters don’t just knit for themselves, they always have…
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce will host a Business After Hours for the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club. The event will take place at The Rotary Clubhouse on Montgomery…
An informal overview of Lincoln County’s departments and their expected needs for the next fiscal year was held Sept. 27 at the Communications Center in Wiscasset. Budget workshops start in…
As a division of the Boothbay Harbor Police Department, municipal parking's focus is on maintaining law and order when it comes to parking. That includes patrolling spaces.
With four lots…
Obituary
George Dix Whitten, 94, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, died Sept. 29, 2018 after a brief…
Obituary
Ellen Hunter Scott of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Boothbay Harbor, Maine died peacefully at home early morning Sept. 23, 2018 from the consequences of brain cancer and multiple sclerosis. Despite…
Obituary
Patrick W. Perry, 59, of Lowell Town Road, Wiscasset passed away unexpectedly Sept. 25, 2018 at his home.
He was born in Boothbay Harbor on Nov. 11, 1958.…
The deadline for editorial and advertising submissions for the Oct. 11 edition of the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper is Friday, Oct. 5 at 4:30 p.m.
The Boothbay Register office…
Doug Peck wins 13 blue ribbons
A Boothbay Harbor man’s flowers had the sweet smell of success at the Maine Organic Farmers’ and Growers’ Association Fair. Doug Peck, a professional gardener, earned 13 blue ribbons during the…
The sweet, tangy flavor of fresh-pressed apple cider is always an autumn treat and the 1761 Pownalborough Courthouse in Dresden was a perfect setting for Sunday’s cider-pressing sponsored by the…
Coastal Senior College (CSC) is proud to announce that the Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Chief Justice Leigh I. Saufley, will deliver an address to CSC members and members of…
Boothbay Harbor Planning Board
The Boothbay Harbor Planning Board voted Sept. 26 to recommend a two-zone solution be vetted, then go to voters. The decision did not come lightly.
Board Chair Bill Hamblen…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is joining the Bowdoin College Museum of Art for a collaboration celebrating the artistic talents of two New England botanists, watercolorist Kate Furbish and…
The twelfth annual Pumpkinfest kicked off Saturday with the arrival and weigh-off of amateur-grown pumpkins at Pinkham’s Plantation in Damariscotta. Many young growers were among the first timers…
When a business has been around for 67 years and word comes it’s changing hands, a natural response might be to wonder: Will the name change? Will it provide the same service?
Dusty and Amy…
The grabber is the color scheme of her signs, Carole Jordan said. Brown and pink, the placards for Boothbay Canine Daycare & Boarding are hard to miss…
A six-week Survivors of Suicide Support Group is starting on Friday, Oct. 12 in Newcastle. To preregister and for more information, please call Lisa Beth Hammer at 978-853-1950.
The support…
Edgecomb Historical Society board member Dave Boucher spoke with Edgecomb selectmen Monday at their meeting on Monday about a possible future EHS home.
EHS has identified a town-owned…
Claude Clayton Parmenter, 78, of Southport, Maine passed away on Sept. 24, 2018 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine surrounded by his loving family after a brief illness.
Claude…
Barbara Sue Bush died peacefully at the age of 95, Sept. 23, 2018 at Indian River Estates in Vero Beach, Florida. Barbara was born in Washington, D.C., the only child of Maxwell Blick and Florence…
A kind and compassionate flame was extinguished unexpectedly early Sunday evening, Sept. 23, 2018. Nancie Bokesch was born Nancie Jane Duff on Nov. 26, 1946 in Alliance, Ohio, the only child of…
Boothbay Region Food Pantry
On Sept. 30, the summer version of the food pantry’s Fresh and Frozen Fruit and Vegetable Program will draw to a close. As with the pantry’s previous voucher programs, this one has been extremely…
The wooden sloop Providence docked in Wiscasset Harbor Tuesday for repairs expected to take until late spring. The Providence will require, among other things, new masts and…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen
Boothbay Harbor Selectmen's Chair Wendy Wolf said the Housing Committee on Sept. 19 designated a subcommittee to examine Boothbay and Boothbay Harbors' comprehensive plans for language relevant to…
