Whether they look happy, spooky, cute, menacing, pretty, or just plain odd, scarecrows are fun to have at home around this time of year; and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens makes it easy to…
Sports
Boothbay Charities Classic
It was the 1978 AL East tiebreaker game between baseball’s most heated rivalry: Red Sox vs. Yankees.
Starting Red Sox pitcher Mike Torrez threw for six innings giving the team a 2-0 edge…
For the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden’s Rachel Carson exhibit, there are books signed by the author and naturalist.
There are tattered and dog-eared copies of Carson’s opus “Silent Spring…
Seahawks Football
After a couple of frustrating losses to start the season, the Seahawks football team scored early and often on September 14 as they defeated the Sacopee Valley Hawks 50-0 in South Hiram. …
Lady Seahawks Soccer
The Lady Seahawks soccer team suffered a shut-out game against Wiscasset's Lady Wolverines on September 17, 6-0.
Played under the lights on Sherman Field, the Seahawks tried to maintain…
Storm Damage
A sailboat, with its mooring block still attached, rests on the beach at Hendricks Head on Southport Island on Wednesday morning, September 19. High winds and high tide overnight pushed the boat…
Lady Seahawks Field Hockey
The losing streak continues for the Lady Seahawks field hockey team as it dropped to 1-6 this season with losses to the Hall-Dale Bulldogs and Winthrop Ramblers this week.
On Friday,…
Video: Seahawks Cross-Country
The Boothbay Region High School boys and girls cross-country teams held their only home meet of the season on September 12, hosting four other Mountain Valley Conference teams, Hall-Dale, Monmouth…
Boothbay Region Elementary School
Soccer
Friday, Sept. 21, at Oceanside 7, 3:45 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 26, Home vs. Wiscasset, 3:45 p.m.
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Hidden Valley Nature Center
Women and the Woods
Women and the Woods is a whole day workshop on October 10, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., which is co-sponsored by…
Boothbay Region High School
Cross-Country
Thursday, Sept. 20, At UMA Conference meet, 4:15 p.m.
Field Hockey
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Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
How do you get kids interested in reading?
CLICK (Connecting Lively Imaginative Creative Kids), a collaborative effort of the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library and the Opera House, has come…
BHYC Column
I was not able to attend the Men’s Lunch last week. I had a date with Natalie at the Gregory Wing – sorry guys! Reliable sources inform us that attendance was small but the core was there. …
Boothbay Region High School
Not all Hail Mary passes happen on the gridiron.
Boothbay Region High School's boosters club managed one over…
A Bird's Tale
Not long ago many people referred to them as wild canaries. Maybe some folks still do. We like to call them “potato chip birds.” But the official name given to these little yellow…
On page 20 of the October 2012 issue of Runner's World, Dr. Aquilino Alamo of Boothbay is recognized for his 45-mile run during the 50th annual Windjammer Days held in June.
The Jammers and…
Seahawks Football
The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks football team won its first game of the season Friday night, Sept. 14 with a 50-0 defeat of the Sacopee Valley Hawks at Hiram. More details to…
Boothbay Baptist Church
Area kids and teens of all ages are invited to the FASCAR Rally at Boothbay Baptist Church on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 6:30 p.m.
Children may bring their own Matchbox or Hot Wheels cars, or…
Seahawks Football
The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks football team won its first game of the season Friday night, Sept. 14 with a 50-0 defeat of the Sacopee Valley Hawks at…
Boothbay Region High School
Most sports careers end at high school graduation.
But then there are the sports that stay with you for a lifetime.
Boothbay Region High School Club Sailing team Head Coach Sally Lloyd…
Soccer
The Midcoast United U9 soccer team lost it first game of the season 2-1 to Yarmouth at the Boothbay Community Ballfield on August 26. Jack Duncan scored Midcoast's goal in the first half.…
Get To Know...
Anyone strolling through Cozy Harbor in Southport recently has likely stopped dead in their tracks, entranced and perplexed by the bizarre spectacle seen from the shore. …
Edgecomb
Positively Best Friends Dog Training has added more Saturday dog training classes.
Starting the morning of…
Lady Seahawks Field Hockey
The Hall-Dale Bulldogs defeated the Lady Seahawks, 4-2, at Perkins Field in Boothbay Harbor on Thursday, Sept. 13.
Shanay Gilbert scored three goals and Nicole Pelletier added one as the…
The World Around Us
This year there seems to be a healthy abundance of ospreys throughout the Boothbay peninsula. Ospreys, whose diet consists almost exclusively of fish, migrate to southern Florida…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
“Sprouts!” is the calendar heading Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens uses for programs and special events for children and families, and this fall season is sprouting a lot of activities (many of…
Wiscasset
While summer doesn’t officially end for for a few more days, the Labor Day holiday signified that summer is over for most of us. Wiscasset Harbor is a beautiful location for reflection and…
Seahawks
The Lady Seahawks field hockey team dropped to 1-4 on the season after losing at Telstar and Oak Hill and at home against Mountain Valley this week.
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Wiscasset Public Library
Story Time will begin again at the Wiscasset Public Library Children’s Room on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. each week beginning September 13. As autumn creeps toward us, stories of…
Lady Seahawks
Boothbay's Lady Seahawks soccer team won its first game of the season against Winthrop's Lady Ramblers, 5-0, at home on September 10. Mikayla McFetridge, Abby McLellan, Evie Greenleaf were…
Tennis Anyone?
A few games of tennis could rebuild the ground under your feet.
The “Support Your Courts” tournament will be on…
Maine History
Red Cloak Haunted History Tours, which has hosted walking tours exploring the “other side” of five Midcoast towns for the past 7 years, is opening a new option for their guests:…
Boosters Club
The Boothbay Region High School Athletic Boosters Club is urgently seeking more members, especially those who want to serve as club officers. The club's next meeting is Thursday, Sept. 13 at 6:30…
BHYC Column
What a season 2012 has been. Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club produced winners this year. The third running of The Lobster Run included two Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club boats and our own Ken Colburn took…
Seahawks Cross-Country
The BRHS boys and girls cross-country team continued their success competing at Winthrop high school Wednesday, Sept. 5. Both teams placed first at the meet against four other teams in the field…
Three years ago, Amercian Cruise Lines added Boothbay Harbor to their tour of coastal Maine. Two ships, Independence and American Glory, dock at Wotton's Wharf on Thursday…
Boothbay Region Elementary School
Soccer
Friday, Sept. 14, Home vs. Great Salt Bay, 3:45 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 19, Home vs. Jefferson, 3:45 p.m.…
Pumpkinfest
Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta is pleased to again invite all chefs, bakers, and wannabe Food Network stars to enter the fourth annual Pumpkin Dessert Contest. This yummy event will be…
Hands-On
The educational programs at Seeds of Knowledge have been well received by families around the Midcoast area. In order to provide learning opportunities to more students, enrichment…
For a Good Cause
Ed and Marie Bosarge of Southport are platinum sponsors of the 22nd annual Boothbay Charities Classic Golf Tournament. They join other locals such as gold level sponsor the Manuel Gordon…
A Bird's Take
When most people think of the world’s great wildlife migrations they might think of herds of zebras and wildebeest crossing the African plains or the march of the emperor penguins across the…
In a regular season football debut that was delayed twice due to severe weather, the Seahawks led twice before coming up on the short end of an 18-14 decision against the Freeport Falcons at…
Boothbay Region High School
Cross-Country: At UMA Conference meet, 4:15 p.m.
Field Hockey: Friday, Sept. 14 at Winthrop, 4 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 18 at St. Dom's, 4 p.m.
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Equestrian
Horses under saddle were passing through pockets of morning sun in the indoor arena at Sea-Vu Farm in Boothbay on August 24. The farm's trainer called out to riders with reminders…
A Bird's Take
A whimbrel is a large brown shorebird that's almost as big as a laughing gull, with a distinctive long, down-curved bill and black stripes on the head. Whimbrels nest in the tundra of Canada and…
The Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association has achieved land trust accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance…
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club
Last week, our Thursday evening get-together was again well attended. I am pleased to see and meet the several new Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club members who find these Thursday evening parties a…
The ferry boat Prudence was built in Boothbay Harbor more than 100 years ago at a shipyard that no longer exists. Passengers can still take a ride in this historic vessel on the Penobscot…
'Round Town: Robert Mitchell
If you ever see a kayak right side up with a person attached, it probably won’t be me.
Don’t get me wrong, some of my best friends are kayakers. Kevin Kiley, one of our oldest and dearest…
