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The next Ocean on Tap event will take place on Thursday, Dec. 12 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Footbridge Brewery, 25 Granary Way in Boothbay Harbor.

Megan Shapiro, a marine resource specialist, will…

Boothbay Region Elementary School students

Little arms straining under the weight of canned goods and full grocery bags…

"I don't really eat turkey. I like the cranberry sauce. I like chicken nuggets with mustard, ketchup and chocolate milk." - Aldyn Peters. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

Last Wednesday, the Boothbay Register went to Boothbay Region Elementary School to talk…

Boothbay region school sign.

A little over a year since its charter was replaced, the Community School District (CSD) Board of Trustees is…

Crowd

Edgecomb Selectman Michael Maxim dropped by to say "Hello" Nov. 19 to the school committee meeting. Maxim wanted to introduce himself to the school committee with budget season on the horizon. "I…

Students at BRES

Thanks to students at Boothbay Region Elementary and High schools, the Turkey Trot 5k mascot has a name…

Teacher’s desk

Wiscasset School Committee Chair Jason Putnam told fellow future of the schools committee members Nov. 18, the cost to build a school now is so "daunting," towns might not want to go in together…

BRHS senior Cleyton Splaine reflects on his first few months as Student Body President. Courtesy of Cleyton Splaine

With the 2024-2025 school year well underway at Boothbay Region High School (BRHS), its newest student body…

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Always looking for fun and exciting ways to raise money for graduation, the Boothbay Region High School class of 2026 will be hosting a Pancake Palooza this Saturday, Nov. 23, at Brady’s.…

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Please join us for Vs.: A Poetry Competition in 2 parts. The competition will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 3 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Skidompha Library in…

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The Community School District School Committee reviewed several administrative policies Nov. 12. The board also reviewed a revised snow day plan.  

High school…

Edgecomb Eddy School logo

Edgecomb Eddy Elementary 6th grade class will be hosting an “Artisan & Vendor Fair” on Saturday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Edgecomb Eddy School, 157 Boothbay Road, Edgecomb.

All are…

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As we prepare for bringing another…

BRES announces the new outdoor club for sixth to eighth graders in partnership with Hearty Roots. From left,  Erin Quinley, Shawna Kurr and Misha Barker. ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register

In partnership with LincolnHealth’s Community Health Improvement Fund (CHIF), Boothbay Region…

Heartwood Regional Theater Company
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Heartwood Theater will hold student auditions on Monday, Dec. 2 for its annual Winter Theater Adventure, available to all Midcoast middle school students, grades 4-8. 

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Nov. 12 in Wiscasset Middle High School's library, Wiscasset's superintendent of schools thanked God "nobody blew up" in an incident one month earlier in a WMHS classroom.

Superintendent of…

Rebekah's ex made her cast her eyes downward when she was out in public with him. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

Why don't they leave? This is…

Heartwood Regional Theater Company
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Heartwood Regional Theater Company, in collaboration with Lincoln Academy, announces student auditions for the Broadway musical "Hadestown" nominated for 14 Tony Awards…

Midcoast Senior College is celebrating 25 years of bringing seniors in Midcoast Maine opportunities for educational courses, lectures, and excursions. The following…

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The Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 school board met Nov. 7, its first meeting…

raffle drawing

A chance to win four tickets to a Boston Red Sox game in 2025 is being offered as the top prize in the Boothbay Region High School Class of 2025 Project Graduation raffle.

Second prize…

Buffalo State interns

The Center for Teaching and Learning was excited to welcome interns back to CTL in October, fulfilling an important aspect of the school…

Nickels-Sortwell House during the holidays in 2023. File photo

Spark your holiday spirit with a…

Merry Barn founder Stephanie McSherry sits outside the creative space at 417 River Road, Edgecomb. Courtesy image

Attention writers, storytellers, and tall tale spinners! We invite you to join us at the Merry Barn for a special finale of The Sounding Board on Thursday, Nov. 14 with…

Boothbay Region High School
Broadway Cabaret cast members, from left:  Chloe Joneth, Jayden Coloumbe, Natalie Flagg, Spencer Pottle, and Adaline Barter.  Missing from the photo are Sarah Harris, Hannah Hills and Sophia Mansfield. Courtesy of Dr. Mary Miller

Join some of the Boothbay Region drama/music students as they present a Broadway Cabaret on Saturday, Nov. 16 for two performances only, at 1 and 5 p.m. at the high school…

The CSD Board of trustees.

The Community School District Board of Trustees made further steps…

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Artificial Intelligence has spread across the digital landscape like ants in a lawn. Hubs scattered in plain site offer a glimpse of hidden…

Upcoming events scheduled
EES students

A graduation trip to Boston has been a tradition for Edgecomb Eddy School sixth graders for as long as anyone can remember. This year they have a higher than usual fundraising goal, because they…

CTL students

Students from the Center for Teaching and Learning recently visited the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. Students viewed the exhibit “Magwintegwak: A Legacy of Penobscot Basketry” as part of…

Check presentation

On Wednesday, Oct. 23, representatives from Special Olympics Maine and the Boothbay Cornhole Classic joined YMCA staff to present a $10,000 donation to support the Unified Champion Club at the…

Presley Crommit and Emily Sue Barker

The Webster Beal Student Music Program is pleased to announce that it has chosen Presley Crommit as its most recent recipient of music lessons and an instrument. Presley is the daughter of…

Heartwood/Lincoln Academy production
Elias Bassett is Macbeth in the LA/Heartwood collaboration opening Oct 25. Griff Braley photo 

Excitement is mounting in the Poe Theater, as 22 students race to the opening night of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” – an ambitious undertaking for any cast - and these students will deliver a…

Harbor Theater
"Lost on a Mountain in Maine" opens at Harbor Theater Nov. 1. Courtesy of the venue

On Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m., Harbor Theater presents a screening of “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” introduced by a talk called "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Woods? Horror and the Power of Kids" by…

Teacher’s desk

If Wiscasset closed its high school grades, "everybody" would end up regretting it, School Committee Chair and Wiscasset future of the schools committee member Jason Putnam said. "I think it would…

Reishi mushroom watercolor by Hilary E. Bartlett

Learn more about the fascinating, magical world of mushrooms on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 2 p.m., when Southport Memorial Library (SML) welcomes local author and artist Hilary Bartlett to talk about her…

CTL students

The Center for Teaching and Learning, a Pre-K–8 independent school in Edgecomb, will hold an open house on Sunday, Oct. 27, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. All members of the midcoast community are cordially…

Boothbay Region High School sign

The Boothbay Region High School National Honor Society Induction Ceremony was held on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. in the BRHS Gym. The 11 new inductees were Madeleine Andreason, Magen Burge, Rose…

Wiscasset school committee
WMHS. File photo

Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson told the school committee Oct. 8, she got back seven of the surveys sent to families of students who'd…

Cadence Balbo Towle as Lady Macbeth and Elias Bassett as Macbeth during a recent rehearsal.  Courtesy of Heartwood

In what has become an annual theater highlight in this community, Lincoln Academy (LA) and Heartwood Theater present their 22nd collaborative production in LA’s Poe Theater, Oct. 25 –…

BRHS Interact Club

Interact met once again on Oct. 8 During this meeting, club members labeled non-perishable foods everybody had contributed for a food drive focused on…

BRHS food closet

Members of the Boothbay Region High School Student Health Advisory Board are busy stocking the school food closet.  This closet is open to all students at BRHS from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. 

We…

Learn about Dr. Teel's innovative Brain Health Research Program to Reverse Cognitive Decline at the Bosarge Family Education Center at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 105 Botanical Gardens…

CTL staff with authors

Center for Teaching and Learning was honored last week with a visit from Penny Kittle and Linda Rief, two long-time teachers of writing and writers about teaching. Kittle is best known…

brothers

Students, staff and families gathered at Southport Central School during the evening of Sept. 26 for the school's annual Open House. 

Students had the opportunity to share with their family…

Maine Art Gallery
“Night Train at Wiscasset Station,” Kosti Ruohomaa photo. Courtesy of Maine Art Gallery

Several of Kosti Ruohomaa’s haunting and desolate, yet often beautiful and welcoming photographs of Maine in an earlier time are included in Nocturne, the current exhibit at the Maine Art Gallery…

Midcoast Senior College brings classes to seniors interested in lifelong learning. The following new courses begin the week of Nov. 4 and run through Dec. 13. Courses are four- to six weeks long…