The front room of Dick and Alice Thompson’s house on Thompsons Hill — with its sweeping view of the cove — is an excellent vantage point on what Southport is today, and what it was in years gone…
News
Williamsport, Pennsylvania isn’t the only site of a Little League Baseball tournament this month. Boothbay Harbor is hosting the second annual State Little League Challenger Jamboree on Aug. 25…
Townsend Avenue in downtown Boothbay Harbor has now been reopened after an accident occurring at 4 p.m.
Original post: Townsend Avenue has been shut down due to a multi-car accident near…
Obituary
Mary Alice Vannah Fairley died three days after her 102nd birthday on Aug. 17, 2018 at the Gregory Wing of St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.
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Lincoln County Commissioners
Lincoln County Dental on Tuesday asked Lincoln County commissioners to help it buy the former Wiscasset Dental building at 93 Churchill St.
LCD asked for $100,000, nearly a quarter of the…
Who doesn't love a chance to look around a shiny fire truck, a big dump truck, or a speedy race car? There’s going to be the opportunity to explore those and many other vehicles at Wiscasset…
BRES: Routine maintenance and cleaning; annual inspections of fuel tanks, elevators, asbestos, boilers and fire systems; fire panel devices updated, per code.
BRHS: Routine maintenance and…
Times listed are approximate and subject to change after school begins on Aug. 29.
Edgecomb
Bus departing from Edgecomb a.m.
6:40 Depart Edgecomb Eddy,…
Wednesday, Aug. 29 is the first student day for Boothbay Region schools grades Pre-K-9, Southport Central School, and Edgecomb Eddy School. BRHS students in grades 10-12 will begin Thursday, Aug.…
On the third Sunday in August for the seventh straight year, Boothbay Region Community Resource Council held Set for Success in the field house of the Boothbay Region YMCA. Churches, businesses…
Maine has the oldest population in the U.S., according to last year’s U.S. Census Bureau report.
The good news is a program created in 2014 was designed for seniors to make living at home…
Pemaquid Chapter DAR
Yes, it seems that Martha and George Washington enjoyed Parmesan ice cream as one of the popular flavors of their day. This information was part of a presentation on the history of ice cream in…
Boothbay Harbor Planning Board
The Boothbay Harbor Planning Board will be holding a workshop at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 23 in the town office at 11 Howard Street. The workshop will explore possible amendments to…
Westport Islander David Grant, 32, won the 14th Westport Island 10k Shore Run on Sunday with a time of 47 minutes and 14 seconds. The other resident among the 21 entries was Dr. Edward…
State Representative Stephanie Hawke is seeking a third term this fall in District 89 which encompasses the towns of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb, Southport, Westport Island and part of…
Boothbay Region Garden Club
Linda Redman, Boothbay Region Garden Club (BRGC) member and local beekeeper, recently addressed the garden club on the intricacies and rewards of beekeeping. Redman walked the group through not…
Democrats from throughout Lincoln County came together in rousing fashion during the annual Lobster Bake and Family Fun Day, Sunday, Aug. 12, at Waldoboro’s Cider Hill Farm. Eight local and…
Weather permitting, the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor will worship at Barrett’s Park at 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 26. Please dress comfortably and, assuming we are blessed with a sunny day,…
The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, one of our nation’s oldest (pre-1895) has selected its new slate of flag officers to lead the 2019 season. Succeeding Commodore Rob Wheeler will be Gardiner…
The Rev. Frederic Reynolds will lead the service at the Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point this Sunday, Aug. 26. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome. Clarissa Brown will be our musician…
The class action lawsuit filed against Central Maine Power July 19 expanded Aug. 15.
The court has made no decision on the proposed class. Cumberland County Superior Court said a decision…
Voters are invited to join local candidates for informal conversation over coffee on Saturday mornings, 10-11 a.m. at various locations across the county.
This week, State House candidate,…
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…
“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…
