Due to the weather forecast of snow on Saturday, the Boothbay Region High School girls basketball games at Dirigo have been postponed, according to BRHS Athletic Director Allan Crocker Friday…
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BRHS boys basketball
Boothbay Region High School Athletic Director Allan Crocker announced this morning, Dec. 16, that the boys basketball games against the Dirigo Cougars have been rescheduled from Saturday to…
Town of Boothbay
An outside group’s request has prompted the Boothbay selectmen to organize a regional discussion regarding the state’s approval of legalizing recreational use of marijuana. Pending a statewide…
BRHS girls basketball
Page Brown scored 21 points, Faith Blethen added 19 (including four three-pointers) and all 11 players scored in Boothbay’s convincing 67-24 win over the Hall-Dale Bulldogs Thursday, Dec. 15 at…
Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene
The Wiscasset Church of the Nazarene will host the Sky Family Celtic Revival for a Christmas program on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 11 a.m.
The Sky Family, from Prince Edward Island, Canada, will use…
The Boothbay Region Ambulance Service announced Tuesday, Dec. 13 that, through the generosity of the community, it has raised $47,000 towards its goal of raising $50,000 by the end of 2016 and…
At a Glance is a new feature we will post on our website each week of the photographs and cutlines which make it into print but haven't appeared online during the week. The beginning words of…
The plays in the upcoming season at Portland Stage Company share a common thread of ties that bind: love, relationships and family.
Currently on stage: Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”…
For the past ten years, thousands of packages are delivered to the Lincoln County Animal Shelter (LCAS) on Christmas Eve, filled with food, supplements, remedies, toys, medications, beds, litter…
Concerns about the environmental impact on Knickerbocker Lake are delaying the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ pursuit of beginning the first phase of its $30-plus million expansion. In October,…
Skidompha Public Library
Skidompha Public Library is offering several opportunities in the coming weeks for those interested in family history research. Perhaps you’ve been given a subscription to Ancestry.com…
Imagine that you are able every month to pay your bills for rent, heat, light, and telephone, but usually, especially in Maine’s cold winter months, you barely scrape by. If the car breaks down,…
This Sunday, Dec. 18, during worship, there will be an old-fashioned Christmas Pageant led by Magen Chryplewicz, children's education director, and Cama Hagerthy, pageant assistant. Following…
'Tis the season of giving and, Leslie Cook, BRGC Youth Program chair (and honorary elf) has been busy distributing a gift to the young children of the Boothbay…
BRHS boys basketball
At Madison Tuesday night, Mitch Jarvais led the host Bulldogs with 14 points as Madison beat Boothbay, 58-50.
The Seahawks got off to a terrible start, and…
Newcastle Board of Selectmen
Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt, Project Manager Deane Van Dusen, and other staff members appeared at a meeting of Sherman Marsh residents and other interested…
It wasn't very long ago that our temperatures here on the peninsula were still warm enough to make a deposit of bulbs in the ground for a return of beautiful flowers in the spring. The Interact…
With 50 entries in Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ first Gardens Aglow Lighting Contest, the competition was fierce! Of the 50 entries, 35 were businesses. Merchants and home owners alike strung…
The last paragraph of an article published in the “Boothbay Register” on July 19, and written by Cheryl Rust, regarding the retirement of community member and…
When Bobbie Reed, Grace Morgan, Angel Ames and Confetti Winslow started a sewing group last spring, they didn’t realize their efforts would comfort so many members…
Working remotely, but not from home — that’s the concept behind a new business in Damariscotta.
One day recently a man was walking…
Boothbay Harbor Police Officer Larry Brown did not have to look far to find this year’s honoree for the annual YMCA New Year’s Day Penguin Plunge.
“What the Penguin Plunge likes to do…
The Boothbay Planning Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15 in the Boothbay Region YMCA. The board scheduled the special meeting last month after tabling the Coastal Maine Botanical…
obituary
Jim Wade, 75, of Damariscotta, died the morning of Dec. 7, 2016 while surrounded by his loving family.
Born on October…
obituary
Joanne D. “Jo Jo” Russell, 37, of Alna, formerly of Bath, died Dec. 6, 2016 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
She was born in Bath on Jan. 29, 1979, a daughter of Samuel C. and Dorothy E…
Obituary
Edward Noble Simpson, 84, of Wiscasset, died peacefully on Dec. 8, 2016 at the Bodwell House in Brunswick.
He was born in Belfast, Maine, on Sept. 17, 1932, the son of Orville & Mabel (…
BRHS basketball
Due to today’s weather, the scheduled basketball games tonight at Boothbay Region High School against Madison have been rescheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 13.
The junior varsity game will begin…
For the fifth time in the past six years, LincolnHealth has been recognized by the Leapfrog Group as a Top Rural Hospital in the United States. Widely acknowledged as the most prestigious…
Please join us at The Lincoln Home on Thursday, Dec. 15, from 3 to 4 p.m. Well known historian, Jerry Wiles, will give a presentation on…
As president of the Boothbay Region Garden Club, I would like to express our gratitude to all who contributed to the great success of the 2016 Festival of Trees. We were fortunate to have former…
Wiscasset District and Superior courts
The following closed court cases have been reported by the Lincoln County Clerk. Unless otherwise noted, all sentences are served at Two Bridges Regional Jail.
Clarence Reisen, 32, of…
You may have noticed our local porcine celebrity, Miss Piggy, is missing from her pedestal.
Edgecomb’s Harbor Master Corning Townsend was so concerned…
On Dec. 7, the Lincoln County Democrats met in the Community Room at the Newcastle Fire Department to discuss plans for the future growth of the…
Obituary
Aaron David Pearce, 46, of Edgecomb died unexpectedly but peacefully at his residence on December 5, 2016.
Aaron was born on October 20, 1970 in Boothbay Harbor to R. Daniel and Mary (Oakes…
This year the Tree of Giving is supporting 48 local families and 114 children to brighten their holidays with 456 gifts! As of today, 45 mittens remain on the tree.
Consider stopping at the…
Every year, near the day with the longest night and the least sunlight, communities across the country acknowledge the problem of homelessness with memorial services for homeless people in each…
The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Board of Trustees met on Dec. 7 in the…
Newcastle Local Planning Committee
Two years after they began, members of the Newcastle Local Planning Committee unveiled the first draft of a comprehensive plan and “character codes” during an event at Lincoln Academy’s dining…
The Lincoln County Registry Of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in June:
Alna:
Noddin, Stephanie T. to Weekes, Charles D. Tr., Weekes, Luanne P.…
The Coastal Humane Society of Brunswick and Lincoln County Animal Shelter of Edgecomb are looking for Homes for the Holidays for two special groups of animals rescued from overcrowded facilities…
Mary: The Heart of Justice: This Sunday's 10 a.m. worship service at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor will celebrate Mary, the mother of Jesus. The choir has…
Do you need to get away from the hustle and bustle of your holiday preparations? Do you long to slow down, catch your breath and center yourself in the true meaning…
Chesterfield Associates Inc., the Westport Island marine construction contractor selected by Boothbay Harbor to make temporary repairs to the harbor’s footbridge,…
death notice
Cynthia A. Williams, 90, died October 29, 2016 at her residence in Trevett.
Memories and condolences may be offered at www.…
At a Glance is a new feature we will post on our website each week of the photographs and cutlines which make it into print but haven't appeared online during the week. The beginning words of…
Healthy Lincoln County
The Substance Use Prevention Partnership (SUPP), a coalition of health care providers, media, educators, parents, students and law enforcement, under the auspices of Healthy Lincoln County, is…
The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give the lifesaving gift of a blood donation in December, a time when donations decline but the needs of patients…
The Edgecomb Fire Department’s effort to secure a $275,000 federal grant crashed last month. The Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to receive the town’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant…
Damariscotta Planning Board
Damariscotta’s Planning Board gave the OK for three projects to move forward, although two of them still have some work to do before the board will consider their applications.
A new…
Lincoln County Commissioners
At the Dec. 6 Lincoln County Commissioners’ meeting, Sheriff Todd Brackett announced the resignation of Sgt. Jason Nein, who is leaving to join the Department of Motor Vehicles as an investigator…
