Sports

Boothbay Region YMCA

Registration is now taking place for the Winter II Program Session at the Y. The new program session begins the week of February 24.

Monthly walks with graduates of the Maine Master Naturalist Program resume on February 21 at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson. The focus of the walk changes…

Hidden Valley Nature Center
skiing

On January 26, more than 160 participants and an equal number of volunteers and spectators ignored the wind and cold to join in the fun at Hidden Valley Nature Center’s third annual Biathlon. The…

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An eerie calm settled over Boothbay Harbor on February 13.

Seahawks Basketball

Despite a fine comeback bid in the third quarter, the Boothbay Region Lady Seahawk varsity basketball team fell to Old Orchard Beach, 59-46, in a preliminary-round game at Old Orchard February 11…

Seahawks Basketball

In the wake of six players being suspended from the boys varsity…

Seahawks Nordic Ski Team
Photo of BRHS Nordic Team

For a little coastal town with intermittent snow at best and no early skier development program, the Boothbay Region High School Nordic team continues to impress.

At the Mountain Valley…

‘Round Town
Photo of Tom Woodin

Long-distance bicycling trips are gaining in popularity as a fun and healthy way to travel.  Simply search online and you will find cycling options through Africa, Europe, Australia, Napa…

Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District administrators are investigating violations of the athletic pledge by several Boothbay Region High School…

Boothbay Region YMCA

For over 20 years the Boothbay Region YMCA has partnered with the YMCA in Katwijk Holland in a student and camp counselor exchange program. This…

Seahawks Swim Team

After the Boothbay Region High School Seahawks final meet of the season against the Erskine Academy Eagles on January 31, five swimmers have qualified to take place in the state championships.…

After weeks of local, regional and national voting on USA Today’s website, Boothbay Harbor’s boys basketball coach I.J. Pinkham ended up in fourth place with 6.075 percent of the votes in the best…

Seahawks Basketball
Lady Seahawks

The Boothbay Region High School Lady Seahawks varsity basketball team, which finished in 13th place in the Western Maine Class C standings, will travel to Old Orchard Beach to take on the fourth-…

Ocean Classroom
Photo of Josiah Purin

While February maintains its wintry hold on the region, Boothbay Region High School senior Josiah Purin has escaped to warmer climes.

Purin is on board the Harvey Gamage for a…

skiers

For the past six weeks kids ages 4 to 14 (40 skiers to be exact) have been descending on Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson each Saturday morning for a cross-country ski clinic. Despite…

Boothbay Region YMCA
guide

Beginning Thursday, Feb. 6, camp registration, payment plans and scholarship assistance applications will be accepted for all YMCA Summer Camp…

Seahawks Basketball
John Hepburn

The Boothbay Region Seahawks put a wrap on the regular season on Tuesday, Feb. 4 with a 71-50 victory over the visiting Oak Hill Raiders to finish at 16-2.

On Monday, Feb. 10, the boys will…

Seahawks Swim Team

On January 31 the Boothbay Region High School Seahawks and Lincoln Academy Eagles had their final home meet against the Erskine Academy Eagles.

The Seahawks had an excellent final home match…

Seahawks Nordic Ski Team
Photo of Sophia Thayer

With even skinnier skis and a ski style more akin to ice skating than the classic Nordic diagonal stride, freestyle cross country skiers virtually fly by classic skiers on the trails. But it takes…

Seahawks Basketball
Crocker

The Oak Hill Raiders held on to defeat the Boothbay Region High School Lady Seahawks basketball team, 48-38, in the final regular season game for both teams on February 3 at Porter Memorial…

A total of 19 athletes from Boothbay traveled to the Special Olympics Maine Winter Games 2014, held at Sugarloaf in late January.

The athletes competed in three alpine skiing events,…

Hidden Valley Nature Center

The third annual Liberal Cup Biathlon was held on Sunday, Jan. 26. Over 150 racers competed in what turned out to be a great day! Competitors ranged between 8 and 65 years old. Some participants…

Seahawks Basketball

The Seahawks boys basketball team earned win number 15 on Friday, January 31 with a hard-fought 67-61 victory over the Wolverines in Wiscasset.

Boothbay built a 37-26 halftime lead and then…

Seahawks Wrestling

The Boothbay Region High School wrestling team participated in the league meet on Saturday, Feb. 1. The team placed eighth overall but was the third highest finishing Class C school.

Howie…

The Coastal Humane Society of Brunswick has two back-to-back rescues of dogs and puppies from overcrowded shelters.

The first group of dogs, already arrived…

The Great Maine Outdoor Weekend is being held February 14-16 throughout the state. Hidden Valley Nature Center, a proud participant, invites you to several fun family events. Or just get out on…

Boothbay Region Land Trust

On Friday, Jan. 31 Tracey Hall, Environmental Educator of the Boothbay Region Land Trust, held the first ever “Tails on the Trails” dog hike at Penny Lake preserve. With her was her Labradoodle…

The road to naming America's best high school boys basketball coach has entered its final…

Wednesday afternoon, January 29, the Busline League Cheerleading Competition was held at Medomak Middle School. Along with the Boothbay Wildcats, there were teams from Medomak, Oceanside, Great…

Lift and Lodge

There is nothing I like better in the winter than to don my skis and take some turns on one of Maine's many mountains.

But the equipment and the lift ticket for my favorite sport both come…

High School Basketball
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Alecia Faulkingham and Briana Goud couldn't remember the last time the Wiscasset High School girls varsity basketball team had beaten the Boothbay Region Seahawks.

Seahawks Wrestling

The Boothbay Wrestling team went to Monmouth Wednesday, Jan. 29 and wrestled Monmouth, Oak Hill, and Wiscasset’s club team.

Against Oak Hill, Boothbay lost 24 to 33. Jude Alamo and Howie…

USA Today

In the USA Today best coach vote, Boothbay Region High School coach I.J. Pinkham found himself in a dogfight with West Hartford, Conn.'s John Mirabello.

High School Basketball

In the second meeting of two Midcoast rivals, it will be the Wiscasset Wolverines with a home court advantage.

The Wiscasset High…

Maine Wildlife

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has embarked on an intensive 5-year moose research project that will give department biologists an even greater understanding of the health of…

Boothbay Basketball

Teams from the boys and girls basketball Busline Leagues played for the championship on January 25 at the Camden-Rockport Middle School.

The Boothbay girls seventh grade team showed early…

Hidden Valley Nature Center
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Sochi, Russia is a long way from Jefferson, Maine.

Make that 4,974 miles, to be exact.

But, despite…

Boothbay Region’s Middle School Math Club walked away January 25 from the Alpha Chapter Regional Math Competition with a trophy and a chance to compete in the upcoming state meet which will be…

Seahawks Basketball

The Lady Seahawks varsity basketball team avenged an earlier regular season loss to the Hall-Dale Bulldogs on Monday night, January 27 with a 44-41 overtime win in Farmingdale. Morgan Crocker led…

Seahawks Nordic Ski Team
Photo of Robert Campbell

The Boothbay Region High School Nordic team competed with 37 other Maine high schools in the annual Sassi Memorial Classic 5K race at Black Mountain on Saturday, Jan. 25.

The Seahawks boys…

USA TODAY

With the window closing for USA Today's Best High School Boys Basketball Coach online voting, Boothbay Region High School's I.J. Pinkham has slipped into second place…

Damariscotta

Do you want to be a better boater and amaze your friends with your expertise? The Wawenock Sail and Power Squadron is sponsoring classes to help you realize your full potential! In Damariscotta,…

Seahawks Swimming

On Friday, Jan. 24, the Boothbay Region High School Seahawks and Lincoln Academy Eagles faced off against the Belfast High Lions in their third away meet of the year.

The Lions took first in…

Boothbay Region YMCA

Featured Event: YARTS Atlanta group is performing at the Opera House on Thursday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m. This is a free community performance of the group’s award winning Atlanta piece.…

Seahawks Basketball

The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks basketball team’s bid at a huge comeback fell just short on Friday, Jan. 24 a at Spruce Mountain as the Phoenix held for a 66-64 victory, giving the…

Wiscasset Parks & Recreation
Wiscasset Winterfest logo

The late January snow Mother Nature has painted on Wiscasset may not melt any time soon, but even it does, Winterfest, set for Saturday, Feb. 1, will happen, Parks & Recreation Director Todd…

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Boothbay Register graphic designer Make Marr spent countless hours building a miniature model of the Boothbay Register office for the 2013…

Hidden Valley Nature Center

Like guns? How about skiing? Most importantly; looking for some off-the-wall outdoor entertainment?

The third annual Liberal Cup…

Wildcat Basketball
Blethen

Three of the four Boothbay Region Elementary School basketball teams have advanced to the large school Busline League finals on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Camden with impressive wins at home Thursday,…

Seahawks Basketball

The Boothbay Region Lady Seahawks junior varsity basketball team, as of January 26, has gone 8-3 on the season with three games to play.