The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks varsity girls soccer team had a solid win over Winthrop at their Sept. 23 game.
The game was mostly defensive, with only one goal being scored the…
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Obituary
Georgia F. Emerson of Boothbay Harbor died Sept. 20, 2015.
She was born April 11, 1932 on Boston Light in Hull, Massachusetts, the first person born on the oldest lighthouse in this country…
Everyone is invited to come celebrate Sheepscot Valley’s narrow-gauge railroading history at the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna on Saturday, Sept. 26.
The…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) has launched a holiday food drive this fall to provide foodstuffs to county food pantries for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, Lincoln County…
The third annual Kehail Point Regatta was held on Saturday, Sept. 5, on the Sheepscot River. Boats from Edgecomb, Westport Island, MacMahan Island and Georgetown, ranging from 12 to 37 feet,…
Florence Haggett, 102, was recently given the Boston Post Cane for Boothbay Harbor. The Boston Post Cane is traditionally given to a town's oldest resident, and while Haggett no longer lives in…
This coming weekend will mark 25 years for the Boothbay Charities Classic. Kicking off the weekend on Friday, Sept. 25, is the lobster bake and silent auction beginning at 4 p.m. and the live…
The Edgecomb Planning Board wants further examination of a Merry Island Road plot prior to ruling as to whether or not it’s located in a resource protection zone.
The board required Maine…
Several talented ceramic artists from the Midcoast region will be featured in a pottery open house and sale on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. The Watershed sale is…
Southport will soon be using a new bus for its 57 students after purchasing a 2016 vehicle for $85,250 from O’Connor Motor Company.
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The Lincoln Home
After a summer hiatus, The Lincoln Home's monthly conversation series for family and friends of those with dementia resumes from 4…
Fall in Maine
Fall usually beckons the question: Where can I pick my own apples?
The answer is: all over the Midcoast. So pack up the car and take a road trip to the nearest orchard for a day of fun.
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Boothbay Region Ambulance Service
Several proposed regulations regarding Maine ambulance services are being discussed in Augusta.
The proposed rules include requiring more frequent training and putting more control over…
Obituary
Kitty (Kalia) Lee Breskin, 66, was an engineer, gifted musician, teacher, mentor, triathlete (avid runner, swimmer, cyclist), sailor, sea kayaker, sail maker, seamstress, gardener, political…
Clamshell Quilters of Damariscotta will be hosting an evening lecture and an all-day workshop with Adele Scott on Oct. 23 and 24. The location for both events will be the…
WMHS Soccer
Although school has only just begun, the Wiscasset Middle High School soccer season is nearing the half-way mark.
And as the Wolverines near homecoming and the season's second half, the…
#1901: George Bishop, Map 15, Lots 13 & 14, 67 Breakneck Hill Road, stairs
#1903: Nick Hurd, Map 32, Lot 37, 10 Pratts Island Road, demo
#1904: Frank Sample, Map 32, Lot 53, 5…
The Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Macrobiota (NCMA) at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is developing a program to train the next generation of scientists and…
Area kids of all ages are invited to the annual FASCAR rally at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30…
Foreign Automobiles of all marques and models take center stage at the Owls Head Transportation Museum’s Foreign Auto Festival, Saturday, Sept. 26, and Sunday, Sept. 27.
The museum’s annual…
A celebration of life for Kitty (Kalia Lee) Breskin will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Congregational Church…
Boothbay Region High School
Boothbay Region High School Athletic Director Allan Crocker announced Tuesday morning that the school's non-conference exhibition football game at home against Lincoln County scheduled for Friday…
The Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel (CAP) is seeking the strength and safety of numbers: strength, in the form of a bigger voice by reaching out to similar panels around New England; and…
At its recent annual meeting, the Damariscotta River Association elected six new members to its board of trustees. The newly elected trustees include Tom Field,…
Marine microbes produce half the oxygen we breathe. They are the base of the food chain, and without them the food source for billions of people would be threatened…
Damariscotta Selectmen
With news about police officer shootings grabbing headlines, the Damariscotta Police Department got a little safer Wednesday night.
The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen approved a Department…
Area business owners and managers, interested residents and others are invited to attend a Harbor Fest Wrap up and Media Showcase from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at Boothbay Lobster Wharf…
Hank Lunn will give a public talk at The Lincoln Home in Newcastle on how German prisoners of war in Maine transformed from foe to friend. The talk will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept…
Betsy Spekke, a preservation specialist, and Tammy Marks, director of Archive Services and Records Management, Maine State Archives, spoke to the Lincoln-Sagadahoc County Clerks' Association about…
When the acclaimed PBS series “American Experience” tells the story of Rachel Carson, famed author and naturalist, locations on Southport will be prominently featured.
42nd Parallel Films…
An employee at Mad Hatters Smoke Shop in Wiscasset has been arrested and charged with indecent conduct, according to a press release from Wiscasset Police Department.
Michael Hoffman, 39, of…
Nicholas Krunkkala of The Thistle Inn has won the Judges’ Choice Award in the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce’s Claw Down Chef of the Year blind judging competition held Sept. 17.
…
Obituary
Linda Harrington Young, 65, died July 9, 2015.
She was born on November 15, 1949 in Port Jefferson, New York, to…
Obituary
Gardiner-Jean Eugenie Simonyi Tibbetts died on Sept. 2, 2015, at the Maine General Medical Center in Augusta, a few weeks before her 95th birthday.
She was born in Manhattan, New York City,…
September 2015
The Lincoln County Grand Jury indicts the following individuals:
Heather Fontane, 29, of Brunswick was indicted on one count…
The Coastal Humane Society of Brunswick has received a Belvedere Animal Welfare Fund grant through the Maine Community Foundation in…
The Boothbay Region Community Center has just recently opened its doors, and its Artist of the Month for September is Helen Farnham.
Farnham has been painting since she was a child,…
Speaking at the Tuesday, Sept. 15, meeting of the Lincoln County Commissioners, Sheriff Todd Brackett raised the possibility of a bail fund and additional bail commissioners as a means of reducing…
Claw Down 2015
Nicholas Krunkkala, chef at The Thistle Inn in Boothbay Harbor, took two top honors at the fourth…
A Whitefield man who was arrested twice in July has been arrested twice in September.
Kimber Niles, 61, of Whitefield, was rearrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office after he…
Hidden Valley Nature Center
Do you or your family own a woodland? Have you taken the time to plan and care for your land? If you’re like most women woodland owners, there are 101 reasons why…
BRHS Cross Country
Boothbay Region High School hosted a steamy cross country meet on Wednesday, Sept. 16, and the weather wasn’t the only thing that was hot. The Lady Seahawks cruised to an easy victory and the boys…
The biggest single factor in county spending is the jail system, according to District One Commissioner Hamilton Meserve (R-Southport). The county jail encompasses over a third of the $10,673,017…
The Rocktide Inn was packed like sardines for the second annual Fishin’ for Fashion show on Saturday, Sept. 12, the final event for Harbor Fest. Designers upped their game this year, using fishing…
If Facebook were a country, it would be the world's third largest; and yet, for many people, social media can be intimidating. A free workshop for anyone who is timid but curious about how to use…
Jakob Roth, 25, was a student in the GAPP program and came to Boothbay Region High School in 2007. It was his first time traveling abroad, and a life-changing experience for him, he said.
On…
A Belfast woman has been charged with driving to endanger and leaving the scene of an accident after an alleged road rage incident in Wiscasset.
Elizabeth Brown, 26, of Belfast was arrested…
Boothbay Region Historical Society
Don’t miss out! The Boothbay Region Historical Society’s annual Grafton Village aged-cheddar cheese and sweet treats sale is scheduled for Saturday…
Proponents of two petitions currently being circulated are working hard to have their initiative on the November 2016 ballot. Both initiatives aim to legalize the sale and use of marijuana in…
On Saturday, Sept. 26, Wicked Good Yoga of Wiscasset will host Bmoved, a worldwide Baptiste Yoga event, to raise funds for the Baptiste Foundation and local charities around the globe.
Join…
