The Edgecomb Planning Board is looking to change the application process. On Aug. 16, members considered requiring applicants to submit all requests online.
In recent meetings, members…
News
“Ragtime” Jack Radcliffe was the featured performer on the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library lawn on Friday, Aug. 17.
Radcliffe played a variety of ragtime, folk and blues numbers using his…
Locals, summer residents and those from away showed up in numbers for the 52nd Cecil C. Pierce annual Southport Volunteer Fire Department auction and flea market on Saturday, Aug. 18.
“They…
Camp Knickerbocker kids are riding into the past this summer at Boothbay Railway Village. Each week, the campers arrive for a history lesson. During the two-hour presentations, campers learn how…
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The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Board of Trustees and School Committee talked in the Boothbay Region High School cafeteria to discuss the recent Honeywell energy audit and…
Two Edgecomb residents should expect a letter in the next couple days from the select board. Selectman Ted Hugger reported he was “almost ready” to send letters to abutting landowners regarding a…
Aug. 22, 5-7 p.m.
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce will host a Business After Hours for First National Bank. The event will take place at The Gathering on Route 96, on Wednesday, Aug. 22 from 5 to 7 p…
In East Boothbay, a group of scientists have devoted their academic and professional careers studying how some of the smallest living organisms makes the biggest impact on the global environment…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
On Thursday, Aug. 16 at approximately 9:49 a.m., Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported rollover involving a loaded fish bait truck on U.S. Route 1 near Mexicali Blues. The fish…
A new set of rules are being compiled for Wiscasset Municipal Airport. The airport advisory committee hopes to have the document completed for Town Manager Marian Anderson's review in September.…
For those struggling with mental health challenges, the strength to tackle issues can come from discussing them confidentially in a group setting.
For those with family members who are…
At 10 minutes to 2 Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 14, the world music drums — 20 in all — sat in a circle at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor, their resplendent colors cast against silence.
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A Service of Celtic Evensong will be held at All Saints by-the-Sea Chapel, Southport on Sunday, Aug. 26 at 5 p.m.
ln our hurried and noisy world, we offer gracious space and an evening's…
On Oct. 15 the Central Lincoln County YMCA (CLC YMCA) and Boothbay Region YMCA (BR YMCA) will begin offering the YMCA’s Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program, designed to help participants with…
Wiscasset’s Steve Whitfield has worn a tie to work nearly every day of his 42 years in education, first in Wiscasset, then Lewiston.
Last school year, the Martel School principal never wore…
Lincoln County Gleaners
On two very hot mornings Aug. 6 and 8, the Lincoln County Gleaners trekked out to Clark Farm in Nobleboro to get food for area food banks, churches, libraries, senior citizen homes and senior…
Boothbay Region Land Trust
As promised, it was a night to remember the evening of Boothbay Region Land Trust’s (BRLT) Taste for Place: Wine Tasting & Boat Cruise. The major fundraiser to support the conservation and…
Wally, the Red Sox mascot, is coming to Boothbay Harbor.
The 2018 Maine State Challenger Jamboree, presented by the Maine District 2 Little League, will be held on Boothbay Region High…
Boothbay Harbor selectmen
The east side zoning proposals have not yet reached the select board, but on Monday, Aug. 13, that board announced the zoning changes are not in line with the town's comprehensive plan.
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All interested voters are invited to meet candidates on Thursday, Aug. 23, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Split Rock Distilling, Osprey Point Road and Route One in Newcastle.
There is no charge for the…
The Morris Farm presents its 19th annual Tour de Farms Bicycle tour on Sept 15.
It starts at 7 a.m. and goes until the last rider is in and fed. There are…
Obituary
Bridgett M. Clark passed away Aug. 11, 2018 at Maine Medical Center.
She was born on Aug. 10, 1966 in Reading, California, where she attended local schools.
While living in…
The three-day, 38th annual Arts and Yachts Art Show and Sale at the Hodgdon Yachts Southport boatyard featured 24 artists.
Among the many artists demonstrating their crafts…
The Lincoln Home antique car show has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 21 at 6 p.m.
Sip on root beer or orange floats as…
On Monday, Aug. 20 at 7:30 p.m., The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid (FOCP) will conclude its 2018 Summer Lecture Series with an evening program entitled, “Kennebec Caper: Bath’s 1775…
Peanut Conner and Tiger Dalton know a good deal when they see it. The Southport married couple are typical yard sale-goers. Each week, they scour local papers for locations where the next great…
August is National Immunization Awareness month. We want to remind everyone that people of all ages should have timely vaccinations to prevent diseases, ranging from polio to the flu, to pneumonia…
Maine’s First Ship is celebrating the end of a very busy summer with a Full Moon Dinner on Sunday, Aug. 26 at the Bath Freight Shed. This farm-to-table favorite began in the summer of 2013 as a…
Obituary
Marjorie “Marcia” Lorraine Rice, 79, of George Wright Road, Woolwich died peacefully at home Aug. 7, 2018.
She was born in Bath on July 14, 1939, a daughter of Anthony S. and Margaret (…
I'm a long way from the East Boothbay neighborhood I grew up in. I graduated from university with a couple degrees in social work and psychology but quickly became burnt out with the long hours…
Death notice
Jean Tarr Fleming, 92, died peacefully on Aug. 11, 2018 surrounded by family at home in Pasadena, California.
Beginning in July of 1964, the Flemings spent every summer on Juniper Point and…
Obituary
Richard Alfred “Rick” Wood died at home under hospice care April 22, 2018 after a brief period of declining health.
Rick was born Oct. 28, 1930 in Ridgewood, New Jersey to the late Flora (…
Obituary
Mark Alan Foye, 61, of Willow Lane, Wiscasset died Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
He was born in Damariscotta on Jan. 19, 1957, a son of Maurice A. and Audrey L…
We first invited the Rev. Loren Lasch to come to All Saints a couple of years ago when she was serving at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. However, a change of appointment and…
“Amazing,” “So inspiring,” “What beautiful children,” “What beautiful voices,” “They sure are energetic!” These are the comments heard after most every concert by Hope Haitian Choir. This non-…
On Sunday, Aug. 19 at 10 a.m. at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, the Rev. Robert “Bob” Dent will offer a message, "Centered on God," which explores the…
The Rev. Edward J. Wynne Jr. will lead the service at the Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point this Sunday, Aug. 19. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome. Clarissa Brown will be our…
The Southport Yacht Club held its 45th annual Arts and Crafts Fair on Saturday, Aug. 11 and Sunday, Aug. 12.
Manager Leal Brinegar said she was the third head of business…
The Sea and Science Center of East Boothbay held its annual fundraiser on Saturday, catered by Mine Oyster of Boothbay Harbor and featuring the Marcus and Riza Printup Jazz Quartet.…
Boothbay Harbor Selectmen
Boothbay Harbor selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13 at the town office, 11 Howard St. The agenda includes an update on town economic priorities and a status review of planning board…
The date is set for “Brewing Democracy: a Night at The Opera House,” part of a series of informal meet-ups across Lincoln County. Democratic candidates for local and statewide offices will gather…
Popham Beach's annual Historic Parade celebrates the arrival of the colonists to the village in 1607. The parade is led by founder George Popham and his second-in-command, Raleigh Gilbert,…
Are you looking for a new birding spot? Do you have a question about a bird you might have seen on your last visit to the beach? Join us for this month’s KELT Untapped! The Kennebec Estuary Land…
Lincoln County Courts
A Newcastle man who practices law in Damariscotta is out on bail and facing several charges connected with his alleged mishandling of funds from a Bath nonprofit. On Aug. 8, a warrant was issued…
U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced Friday that staff from her Augusta Constituent Service Center will hold local office hours in Waldoboro, Newcastle, and Boothbay on Thursday, Aug. 16.
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"Climate Change Impacts Assessment and Policy - Where we are Gaining and Losing" is the next “Egghead Evening” topic Monday, Aug. 20, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s…
The Popham Beach Library annual Fort Popham Concert featuring the Bath Municipal Band, under the direction of Kathy Downing has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 6:30 p.m. The original…
During 2018 The Eldercare Network of Lincoln County will be celebrating 20 years of service to Lincoln County’s older adults. Through special community based programs including an Age Positive…
The St. Philip's haddock chowder supper scheduled for Monday, Aug. 13, has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, according to an email message to the newspaper from Gretchen Burleigh-…
