International students come to Boothbay Harbor every summer looking for employment and to experience the American way of life, but two Bulgarian students found more three years ago. Petroslav…
News
Two Boothbay roads are slated for maintenance this summer. The Boothbay selectmen approved Town Manager Dan Bryer’s road repair priority list, which includes Butler and Back Narrows this summer…
Obituary
Dr. Robert L. Berger died January 1, 2016 at the age of 86 of heart disease. He lived in Brookline, Massachusetts and visited Southport Island during summers with…
“Creating Gardiner” was produced last year by Lee Arnott of Sweet Thunder Productions. Arnott submitted the documentary to MPBN’s Community Film Series, films about Maine or by Mainers.
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Pat Berger was the presumptive winner of several legs of One Design races sponsored by the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club and the Boothbay One Design Association as part of Windjammer Days on Sunday…
An award-winning Maine author told a Southport Memorial Library audience June 21 how challenging it was getting a publisher to buy two of her manuscripts. Monica Wood, author of “When We Were the…
The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper will have an early deadline for advertising and news copy for the July 7 issue due to the holiday on Monday, July 4. All advertising, news copy and…
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The Boothbay Community Center is teaming with New Hope for Women in a program that assists female victims of domestic violence. Called “One less worry,” the program was started by Sharon Hobson…
The Zimmerli Pavilion, the new 12-bed skilled nursing rehabilitation wing of St. Andrews Village that opened in May, was dedicated in ceremonies on Friday, June 24.
The wing was dedicated to…
Whether you are a casual paddler or a hard-core kayak racer, the Sheepscot River Race on July 2, starting at 11:30 a.m. in Newcastle, invites your participation.…
Donation sites for gifts of school supplies have been set in place for the 2016 season. A Wish List is posted at each site that includes many classroom items required by our Boothbay Region public…
Elaine Jones, the Department of Marine Resources’ director of education has received the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment’s 2016 Visionary Award.…
Edgecomb Community Church, UCC will be holding a week-long Vacation Bible School, July 11-15 from 9:30 a.m. to noon each day. This year’s theme is "Surf Shack:…
Town of Boothbay
The Boothbay Board of Selectmen made the following annual appointments June 22 for Fiscal Year 17: Daniel G. Bryer Jr., town manager, tax collector, treasurer, road commissioner, welfare director…
Kate Jones and Chris Reardon were married on April 14 at City Hall, San Francisco, California in honor of her parents, East Boothbay residents Kathleen and George…
Lincoln County Courts
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Ken Hatch, who was arrested on two counts of the sexual abuse of a minor, a Class C felony, has been under investigation for about three months, according to…
It's not often a part-time waitress in Boothbay Harbor will cause customers to do a double take, but it's been happening at McSeagulls Restaurant on…
The results were slow in getting to us, perhaps due to the Rockland races being run the next day, but the Charles Begin Memorial Boothbay Harbor Lobster Boat Races held on June 18 were run under…
For a small business owner, it was one-stop shopping of the very best kind when the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission (LCRPC) hosted a small business forum June 21 at its Wiscasset…
Summer has begun in Boothbay Harbor. And with summer come visitors from other places, either for a day from somewhere else in Maine, or a few days or a week or longer, from another state, or even…
One man’s imagination is another man’s treasure. To wit: the Millennium House on King Phillips Trail in East Boothbay, the creation of artist-builders David and Jenny Lee, and the stop for many on…
The Maine Marine Patrol will be on heightened alert for those violating Maine’s boating under the influence laws during the national…
Edgecomb’s attorney believes the town will prevail in its contempt of court lawsuit being heard June 28 in Superior Court in Wiscasset, against a Gleason Road property owner. Bill Dale told the…
Celebrate the first week of summer with a craft cocktail tasting! SOPO wine distributors and Coastal Root Bitters will be doing a free sampling at Rising Tide Community Market Friday, June 24 from…
Healthy Lincoln County
The Healthy Lincoln County Substance Use Prevention Partnership held a meeting Tuesday, June 21, to examine the proposed initiative legalizing marijuana in Maine that will appear on November’s…
When a person experiences the death of a loved one, their life is forever changed. While there is no single solution to loss, a grief support group can allow people…
When a new person arrives in the Boothbay region, the first thing people want to know is why and where from. For massage therapist and herbalist Anna Christina Rogers, the…
The Boothbay Region Community Fellowship will host a concert by gospel singer Bob Thompson on Sunday, June 26 at the American Legion Hall, Industrial Park Drive, Boothbay.
A public supper…
ROCKLAND — Rockland City Manager James Chaousis resigned today, June 22. He wrote in his letter:
“Dear…
Firefighters from Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor and Southport were called to the scene of a structure fire on Atlantic Avenue in Boothbay Harbor on June 22. The fire appeared to be coming from the…
For Elysha Thompson, the LincolnHealth Certified Nursing Apprenticeship Program came along at just the right time.
Thompson had wanted to become a Certified…
Everything will be ready for the Boothbay Civic Association's 30th annual Fourth of July celebration on the Boothbay Common.
"Town Manager Dan Bryer assured me that the construction near the…
Midcoast Conservancy’s Hidden Valley Nature Center will host a guided tour of its own kettle hole bog ecosystem on Thursday, June 30 at 10 a.m.…
Lincoln County Commissioners
At an abbreviated meeting of the Lincoln County Commissioners on Tuesday, June 21, Ken Mason of the Sheriff’s Department announced that the department had taken possession of the five new vehicles…
Two Bridges Regional Jail
The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority on June 15 chose a path it had never chosen before. It voted to give itself a budget more than $100,000 in the red.
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In its 36th season, the Lincoln Festival Chorus is currently in rehearsal for two performances in August.
Under the direction of semi-retired Bowdoin College Professor Tony Antolini and…
On Eating and Loving Food
Who can resist a taco? Not I. I think if I had just finished a big meal and someone placed a taco in front of me I'd have no choice but to eat it.
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On Thursday, June 30, at the Boothbay Region Historical Society, Chris Hoffman will present a program entitled The struggle for the supremacy of the coast: baseball and identity in Boothbay Harbor…
Artisan Days: Celebrating Maine’s Craft Heritage, a season-long series of craft demonstrations at Boothbay Railway Village, begins on Wednesday, June 22…
The Rev. Charles Carrick will lead the first service of the season at the Wilson Chapel on Ocean Point on Sunday, June 26. The service is at 9:30 a.…
54th Windjammer Days Festival
The Friends of Windjammer Days has announced that the tall ship, Lynx, will be joining the Parade of Sails on Wednesday afternoon, June 29.
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Come join Two Salty Dogs Pet Outfitters in its fourth annual Mutt Scrub on Saturday, July 30 at 22 McKown St. in Boothbay Harbor. Festivities and scrubbing take place between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.…
Edgecomb town officials believe the Maine Department of Transportation’s maintenance lot on U.S. Route 1 needs to move, and they want State Sen. Chris Johnson’s help. The Somerville Democrat…
Barrett’s Park in Boothbay Harbor was teeming with people and dogs on June 21. It was a perfect early summer day. The sky was blue, the sun was shining and the water was warm — at least from a…
Our community can be twice proud. Once, for our 49 graduating seniors from BRHS, and secondly, for the continuing and growing number of grants made by the Boothbay…
Deputy Ken Hatch of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Tuesday and taken into custody at Two Bridges Regional Jail on two charges of Sexual Abuse of a Minor, a Class C felony, Tim…
The Lincoln County Criminal Investigation Division is investigating four Boothbay burglaries that happened last weekend. Four motor vehicles on the Pension Ridge, Back Narrows and Hardwick roads…
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office released the following statement Tuesday afternoon, June 21:
Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Ken Hatch is on administrative leave pending the outcome of a…
