Paul Coulombe recently announced the purchase of the Rocktide Inn and Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor. His plans are to revitalize the property and part of that plan…
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Lincoln County Unified Court
The following information was provided by the Lincoln County Clerk. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
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Boothbay Harbor Country Club owner Paul Coulombe has bought the Rocktide Inn & Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor.
Along…
Obituary
Donald W. Lewis, 82, died Jan. 23, 2017.
He was born in Boothbay on March 14, 1934, the son of Wendell and Mabel Barter…
Special Operations Forces are the elite commandos of the U.S. military. They are called upon to perform the toughest duties in the armed forces, and their actions…
Damariscotta River Association is celebrating Great Maine Outdoor Weekend and invites the public to come enjoy a variety of winter activities on…
Local artist Carolyn Gabbe has joined the board of Midcoast Conservancy. Prior to her painting career, Gabbe spent…
Obituary
"Theres no place I’d rather be than back in Maine" lyrics from "Back in Maine" by Danny Beal.
Danny Beal (Daniel Wayne Beal), also known as The Music Man, died unexpectedly in Kansas City,…
In order to raise funds to pay the bill for fixing its iconic New England steeple, St. Philip’s Church, Wiscasset, is holding an iconic New England event: a baked…
The fields at Morris Farm may be sleeping under a winter blanket of snow and ice, but new programs are sprouting up at the educational farm in…
Lucille Machon turned 100 on Sunday, Jan. 22, at a party thrown for her and a community of her closest friends at the House of Pizza in Boothbay Harbor. There, in…
Traditionally, healthcare was a service you used when you were sick or injured. Today, there is an increasing emphasis on wellness and prevention — one of the many…
Boothbay Region High School may field a varsity football team this fall if a proposed fifth class is approved by the Maine Principals Association. Boothbay would…
“What’s Nude in Boothbay Harbor? A Celebration of the Human Form” a show of paintings, paper work, photography and sculpture will be held at Studio 53, 53 Townsend…
The Boothbay Harbor Sewer District began replacing a sewer line and adjacent service laterals on Jan. 30. Barring bad weather or…
The Boothbay Harbor footbridge linking downtown with the east side of the harbor will reopen to foot traffic on Jan. 31. The engineering firm overseeing the first…
JSJ Holdings LLC bought the former Wiscasset Primary School property Monday afternoon for $505,000, the town’s real estate agent on the property, Sherri Dunbar of…
Obituary
Jon South of Boothbay died Jan. 27, 2017.
He was born June 13, 1935 in Germantown, Pennsylvania to John W. and Ruth (…
Obituary
Maren Olsen Howarth died peacefully in Dublin, Ireland Jan. 10, 2017, surrounded by family and friends.
Beloved wife…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Because many of Lincoln County’s legislative delegation could not make the early morning breakfast meeting scheduled at the Lincoln County Communications Department on Tuesday, Jan. 31, the…
Obituary
Olga F. (DiIanni) Carito of Watertown, Massachusetts and Boothbay Harbor, died Jan. 27, 2017 at age 88.
Olga was the former owner and operator of the 1879 Seafarer Inn on Union Street from…
Community School District School Committee
Preliminary 2018 budget figures for Boothbay region schools show increases in both health insurance rates and retirement costs. On Jan. 25, Alternative…
As always, there are many people to thank for their donations to the Boothbay Region Food Pantry – but first, the news.
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Many retirees wish they had begun focusing on financial, retirement and lifestyle planning much earlier in their lives.…
Maine Forest Service District Forester Morten Moesswilde will present a free evening talk, “Stumped About Tree Growth? Understanding Maine’s Tree Growth Tax Law,” in…
Finding a few good people to drive a school bus hasn't been easy on the Boothbay peninsula lately. The drivers busing kids around the Alternative Organizational…
The Boothbay Region High School girls basketball team’s game at Madison scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 28 has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 4, according to an announcement from BRHS Athletic…
Obituary
Rodney Alan Lowery, 66, of Boothbay died suddenly, peacefully and far too soon on Jan. 26, 2017, on Squirrel Island, with his caring friends attending him, and having just smiled at them in his…
This week’s At a Glance features two high school teams, an oratorical contest participant, a Coast Guard boot camp graduate and 94-year-old Curt West receiving a plaque for his 67 years of…
Lincoln County EMA, 911-Communications
A decision made last summer to separate emergency management and emergency response in Lincoln County has resulted in two new directors, and the departure of Tod…
Join Midcoast Conservancy at their Wiscasset office for an evening with beaver expert Skip Lisle on Friday, Feb. 24 from 6-8 p.m. Lisle will be talking about his work with beavers, and his unique…
Jessica Richards has joined the Midcoast Conservancy staff through a position with the Maine Conservation Corps, whose mission …
For the 18th year, the Institute for Family-Owned Business (IFOB) will honor the best Maine businesses owned by families. Nominations are open now and will close Feb. 17.
The Maine Family…
On Friday, Feb. 3, the Portland Museum of Art will reopen after being closed for more than one month, welcoming visitors and members into a completely reinstalled and re-envisioned museum,…
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In Memoriam
Jan Christiaan Havinga
Born: Nijmegen, The Netherlands, July 20, 1920
…The Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation has awarded a $1 million matching gift to endow the vice president for research and education position at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences…
Icy road conditions are being cited as the cause of a school bus accident Thursday morning, Jan. 26 in Boothbay. AOS 98 bus driver Bob Jacobson encountered ice-covered roads as he began his route…
Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission
Municipal attorney Ted Kelleher of Drummond Woodsum appeared Jan. 25 at the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission’s workshop on the marijuana initiative for town officials, “Weeding Through…
Free income tax help is being offered in several Midcoast locations. The assistance is for low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those 60 or older. You do not…
It’s going to cost a little more to operate the Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District in the next fiscal year. The trustees approved a $1,668,367 fiscal year 2018 budget Jan. 12, a $42,200…
A Wiscasset man escaped serious injuries but not arrest in a one-car crash on Middle Road in Boothbay Harbor on Sunday, Jan. 23.
The Boothbay Harbor Police Department reports that Cainin…
Coastal Studies for Girls
The board of trustees at Coastal Studies for Girls (CSG) in Freeport has formally announced that Jennifer Mathews has been unanimously selected as the school’s interim…
Boothbay Town Manager Dan Bryer said this afternoon that tonight’s (Jan. 25) board of selectmen’s meeting has been canceled because the board wouldn’t have a quorum.
Officers for the 2017-19 term of the Lincoln County Republican Committee (LCRC) were elected at its Jan. 18 meeting. With over 70 people in attendance and 56 Committee members present and voting,…
Obituary
John Ludlow Ogden died peacefully with family and friends in attendance on Jan. 7, 2017, at his home in East Boothbay.
John was a gifted artist, a humanist, and a true renaissance man. He…
Newcastle Board of Selectmen
The Newcastle Board of Selectmen agreed Jan. 23 to start logging the site surrounding the old town dump to create a new recreation area there.
The parcel, about 43 acres, is on the north…
It’s not often one sees State Rep. Stephanie Hawke and Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson in the same place. But there they both were on Jan. 20 attending President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration…
In keeping with their decades of support for the LincolnHealth-Miles Campus organizations, the Miles League has pledged $250,000 in support of a new outpatient Health Center. The two and a half…
