The Lady Seahawks soccer season opened with an away game against Dirigo's Lady Cougars, on August 31. The Cougars are a strong team and won the game 5-0. Boothbay had only 4 shots on goal because…

The Seahawk cross-country team traveled to Thomaston on Friday, Aug. 31 to compete in its first meet at Oceanside High School with six other schools from the Midcoast area. The meet was a non-…

A festive lobster bake will kick off the Boothbay Charities Classic starting Friday, Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. under the big top at the Boothbay Railway Village, Route 27, Boothbay. 

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Scrimmages, sprints, rapid fire, attacks and defense. These are a few of the types of exercises Coach Kate Hossler has the Lady Seahawks soccer team performing during practices to prepare for a…

Common nighthawks are fairly large birds, shaped like small falcons with long, sharply pointed wings. Despite their name, they are not closely related to hawks at all. And, sadly, they are also…

When Debbie Speed of Wiscasset started Zumba over three years ago she didn’t realize the impact it would have on her life. Today she is nearly 100 pounds lighter and feels terrific…

Kaitlin Iuzzolino has begun her second season as coach of the Boothbay Region High School field hockey team, and she and her players have been working hard the past two weeks to…

Starting Tuesday Sept. 3, the Boothbay Railway Village will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with steam train rides offered at 11:30 a.m., and 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 p.m.…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club-sponsored high school club sailing program will operate again this fall under the coaching of Sally Lloyd who returns for her third season. Twelve young men and…

Our annual meeting went off last Saturday morning so smoothly, it was scary. One member reported that it took 59 minutes from gavel to gavel. The Dorothy Stewart award, our most prestigious, is…

The closing weekend of the 2012 season featured the annual meeting and the commodore’s reception. Members gathered in the morning to hear about the state of the club, the tentative…

Dance Classes in Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Pointe, and Creative Movement will begin Friday Sept. 7, at Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta. Additional classes will be held…

On August 26, Midcoast United's U12 soccer team started its fall season with a 3-1 win against Cumberland at Cumberland.

From the onset, Midcoast applied great pressure; midfielder Simon…

Cross country: Wednesday, Sept. 5: At Winthrop, 4:15 p.m

Field hockey: Monday, Sept. 3: At Lisbon, 4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 5: Home vs. Mt. Valley, 4 p.m.

Football: Friday, Aug. 31:…

Scottish conservationist John Muir would routinely walk with friends in the Sierra, taking more than an hour to cover a mile of linear distance. His fascination with everything natural in his path…

Coming back from a Fisherman’s Island tour last August, we noticed that there were hundreds of laughing gulls fluttering in the air above the spruce trees as our boat passed Spruce Point. We might…

Two second-half goals held up as the Boothbay Region High School Lady Seahawks field hockey team won its first game of the season, 2-1, at home over the St. Dom's Saints Wednesday, August 29.

Cross-Country: Wednesday, Sept. 12, Home meet, 4:15 p.m.

Field Hockey: Friday, Sept. 7 at Telstar, 4 p.m.; Monday, Sept. 10 at Oak Hill (Wales), 4 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 12, Home vs. Hall-…

The weather was perfect for the 8th Annual Westport Island Shore Run or Maine’s Best Little 10K Road Race, which took place on August 19 beginning at 9 a.m. Fifty-six runners took…

National and local sports stars will be coming to the region for the 22nd annual Boothbay Charities Classic golf tournament, lobster bake and sports auction to benefit the Special Olympics Maine.…

Starting this football season, www.SunJournal.com and www.TheForecaster.net will carry audio broadcasts from high schools in Androscoggin, Oxford, Franklin and Cumberland counties.

A fun-filled evening of food, drink, music, photography and just plain mingling with friends will take place Saturday, Sept. 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the lovely waterfront home of…

Midcoast's largest festival for pets, Woofstock 2012, has changed venues this year, and will be hosted at the Damariscotta River Association at 110 Belvedere Road in Damariscotta, on Saturday,…

The Arthur Hale Veasey Regatta was held in Spring Cove at Squirrel Island on August 21. It is held every August in honor of its founder, Arthur Hale Veasey, who began the tradition over 70 years…

The third Corinthian Stonington to Boothbay Harbor ocean race finished at Burnt Island off Boothbay Harbor on July 31 after a run of 332 nautical miles from a start by Stonington, Connecticut and…

The deadline for submissions for the September 6 edition is Friday, Aug. 31 at 4 p.m. 

The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 3, in…

On Friday, Aug. 17, the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Junior Program completed its 2012 summer season with a well-attended awards banquet. Gary Ferris, head instructor, presented…

The “Walk for the Animals” fundraiser will begin at the Meadow Mall on Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor on October 14.

The two-mile walk supports the Lincoln Country Animal Shelter and was…

These young basketball players attended the week-long basketball camp run annually by Boothbay Region High School varsity boys coach I.J. Pinkham at the Boothbay Region YMCA August…

Last Friday evening sailors, instructors, parents and grandparents crammed into the Southport Town Hall to celebrate the accomplishments of the summer. Because of the way the calendar fell this…

The Pemaquid Paddlers' next trip will be Tuesday, Aug. 28 at Knickercane Park off of Barters Island Road in Boothbay. The participants will paddle past the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and out…

Hidden Valley Nature Center has organized a 7-plus mile nature walk along a half-marathon trail, guided by Director Gary Hayward on August 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The walk will…

Southport Yacht Club Sailors compete in the 8th annual Harraseeket Regatta on August 2 and 3 in Freeport. From left are Hannah Karel, Victoria Thompson, Kylie Roach, Jo Shaw, Alexandra Webb,…

The Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum is hosting an old-fashioned ice cream social on August 25 on the 1, 2 and 3 p.m. trains. Musical entertainment will be…

The days are shorter and folks are heading home because in many parts of the country school started this week. 

The weather is beautiful, probably the best time of the year – cool…

Hootenanny’s innovative music and movement program is a time for grandparents, children and caregivers to celebrate our culture’s music through song, dance, rhythms and games.…

This year's Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta is scheduled to begin with the Volunteer Grower’s Weigh Off on Saturday, Sept. 29.

Last year, local Maine artists carved and painted almost…

When Nancy O'Brien MacKinnon is teaching the next generation of swimmers, she uses herself as an example of one of the biggest points she tries to impress on them: Swimming is a…

The Boothbay Harbor House of Pizza in the Meadow Mall, 185 Townsend Ave., in Boothbay Harbor will host another fingerprinting and identification session for children on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 1…

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Last Friday afternoon, after a wonderful lunch at Trevett's General Store, the Howard family was boating home to Edgecomb along the Sheepscot River. All…

Tyrese, 10, from the Bronx, N.Y., second from left, and Reanna, 12, from Brooklyn, N.Y., third from left, have fun with a water hose during their visit with the Eve and Robert Conlin family in…

Another busy week came to a close at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, which was host to the exciting Maine State Opti Championship on August 8 and 9.

Sailors from as far as Vermont and New…

The eighth annual Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association Saltwater Fishing Tournament was August 11-12, and despite some unsettled weather, a striped bass, two bluefish, and a number of…

Friday, August 24, will bring a favorite instructor, Greg Marley, to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens for a day-long workshop to forage for and learn about Maine’s marvelous mushrooms. The program…

Cross-Country

Friday, August 31..........................................To be announced…

The 2012 Arts and Crafts Show is behind us and we cannot fail to mention those who make this possible. Thank you to Linda Murphy for publicity, Carol Allison for the preshow wine…

The weather looks like it will be just perfect for the 8th Annual Westport Island Shore Run - “Maine’s Best Little 10K Road Race” – which takes place this year on Sunday, August 19…

Inspired by the athletes competing in the 30th Olympic Games? Feeling like this is the summer you and your family can go for the gold together? Then do it for a great cause.…

Scheherazade skillfully outmaneuvered the fleet Sunday to take first place honors and winner overall at Shipyard Cup X.

With great patience and flexibility, the race committee, led…