On Tuesday, July 24, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will offer a fun-filled and creative family activity in the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden. Local artist Arden Georgi Thompson will…

Every day more and more people are taking up golf for the first time.

If you have ever thought…

The Lincoln County Historical Association invites you to enjoy the recently expanded hiking opportunities at the Pownalborough Court House grounds on a beautiful and distinctive 90-acre tract of…

Boothbay’s local mini golf course showcases an interesting feature.

Inside the only covered bridge in Lincoln County is an extensive collection of shells…

Among the lobstermen, hauling traps day after day for their living, are a few boats up and down the coast that seem to be having a little more fun than the others.

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First Congregational Church of Wiscasset will once again offer their talents, time and treasures to raise funds for many community organizations on Saturday, July 28.
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The Morris Farm Trust in Wiscasset will join farms across the state opening their doors to the public to celebrate the 23rd annual Open Farm Day.

The Boothbay Region YMCA will be hosting its 19th annual Rowgatta this August.

Set for Saturday, Aug. 11, the Rowgatta consists of a 12-nautical-mile row…

Sailors in the Junior Program were treated to warm, sunny skies and moderate winds during what was undoubtedly the most beautiful week of the summer.

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The live and silent auctions at A Bloomin’ Good Time!, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ Thursday, July 26, fundraiser, promise a broad range of exceptional items for lucky bidders, but the one…

John Bunge of Marshall, Minn., on a vacation trip to Boothbay Harbor, caught this 41-incher on the Shark Six last week.

As our clambake chief, Jack Bauman had a conflict on our usual August weekend, so the July folk were treated to the traditional Down East Clambake last Saturday evening.

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The Pemaquid Paddlers’ next trip will be at Clary Lake on Tuesday, July 24.

Put-in is from Newcastle, take Route 215 north for 14.3 miles, shortly after passing Route 126 you will see the…

As part of the Maine Maritime Museum’s 50th Anniversary celebration, Gazela Primeiro, a 177-foot three-masted wooden sailing ship, will be open for visits Saturday, July 14, and Sunday, July 15,…

The Boothbay Railway Village will host the 48th Antique Auto Days on Saturday and Sunday, July 21 and 22.

This event brings together antique car enthusiasts from all over New England to…

From July 6-8, 11 members of the Lady Seahawks high school basketball program attended Maine Gold Rush basketball camp on a hot and humid weekend at Thomas College.

Gold Rush was established…

The Boothbay Region High School Lady Seahawks basketball team will be hosting the second annual Lobster Jam on Friday, July 20, and Saturday, July 21.

The 10 teams participating include…

Lincoln County Spark is hosting its first ever Kick Out Hunger Kickball Tournament on Saturday, July 28, on the fields at Great Salt Bay. This family-oriented event will raise funds and food for…

The Lions International and the Rotary International will team up once again to hold the 12th annual Lions-Rotary Golf Scramble at the Boothbay Country Club on Sunday, July 22. The shotgun start…

Woofstock, which attracts thousands of pet lovers to the Midcoast area, is changing venues this year.

Woofstock 2012 will be held at the Damariscotta River Assocation on Belvedere Road, the…

Music Doing Good will cook up a benefit concert for the Growing Greens Youth Gardening Program at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens on Friday, July 20, at 7 p.m.
A cocktail reception will kick…

Once again, there was a great week of weather and sailing at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program.

We had many participants for our weekly Friday races and a good time was…

A meeting for parents of students entering grades one through six this fall who are interested in playing youth football will be held in the home economics room at Boothbay Region Elementary…

Jackie Paskal hugs the halibut she caught off Boothbay Harbor aboard the Blackjack, skippered by Capt. Danny Stevens. Courtesy of Dan Stevens 

Cross over the bridge to Southport Island on Wednesday, July 18, for the Southport United Methodist Church’s annual Country Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Members and friends of the congregation…

A new nonprofit organization will promote, teach and facilitate the enjoyment of sailing in the Midcoast region.

The Shipyard Community Sailing Center has been created to carry forward the…

Charles Brooks of Boothbay holds the 50-pound, 50-inch striped bass he caught off Barrett’s Park on July 4.

A mother osprey, top right, looks on and voices skepticism at the passersby. A nice little gust of wind propelled the young sailors quickly past her not-yet-hatched offspring in the channel marker…

Sailing season for the summer of 2012 has begun at Southport Junior Yacht Club Sailing Foundation!

A light rain was falling in the early morning, but by 9 a.m. the sun was peeking through…

The third annual Lobster Roll 5K run/walk, a fundraiser for the creation of a track in the Boothbay region, will be held Saturday, July 28. The event, hosted by the Boothbay Region Athletic…

For nine years, Orne’s Candy Store has hosted their annual Rock Skipping Contest, where kids (of all ages) come and see whose rock can boast the most skips.

The Boothbay Harbor footbridge…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens knows how to throw a party, and this year’s fundraising event on Thursday, July 26, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., will be the party of the season.

Fabulous food,…

My mother used to say, “Now Bob, watch your step…” And my father (a sergeant in the USMC) shared something similar: “Watch where you’re going, you knucklehead!”

At the carnival we were urged…

The second annual Maine Craft Beer Comes to Boothbay on Saturday, July 14, will be more of a tasting than a festival says Maine Brewers’ Guild President Dan Kleban.

The event showcases the…

Children in two different age groups can enjoy wonderful books and exciting activities during any or all of the four Monday sessions of Every-Birdy Loves Reading at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens…

Two hundred years ago in 1812, the U.S. Navy saved our country and our way of life. On July 14, at the Town Hall in the Boothbay Railway Village, you can talk and listen to the man who knows the…

The Windjammer Days Festival kicked off June 24 with a fleet of a dozen Boothbay Harbor One Design sailboats competing in the inner harbor.

The Boothbay Harbor One Design is a classic 20-…

As I check my notes and reflect on the past week or so, I realize that the Dock Party wasn’t a month ago but just over a week ago. When the Fourth of July falls on Wednesday our world gets…

When Huntington, an eastern screech owl, was younger, his feet became caught in a fence. That could have been the end of the little guy, but he was rescued. Last year, he came to live in Wiscasset…

Luke and Jonathan Yerrall caught their first striped bass on the Fourth of July, and it's a beaut! The 6-year-old twins fought and later released the 30.5-inch fish aboard the Breakaway…

Midcoast United will host summer soccer camps with Seacoast United Maine. There will be a full-day camp for those serious soccer players. Campers can expect high level coaching with one of the…

Due to a higher than normal number of bear-related complaints this year, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife wants to remind the public how to best avoid bear conflicts.

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Boothbay Region High School field hockey coach Kate Iuzzolino invites field hockey players, from middle school age to former players, to play pick-up games and runs on Perkins Field at Boothbay…

The Fourth of July fireworks display, cancelled due to weather conditions on the night of the Fourth, will be tonight, July 5, at 9-ish p.m. Be there!

The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Annual Windjammer Days Boating Treasure Hunt.

Sisters from Southport Allie Withee, 15, and Cate Withee, 12, won the 50th Annual Windjammer Days Boating…

The Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum will celebrate the grand opening of their display at the Wiscasset waterfront on July 4 at 5 p.m.

This display is a full-size boxcar…

Come visit the Boothbay Harbor region in full bloom of rich vibrant colors showcasing our region’s unique fashion boutiques. The annual Boothbay in Bloom Fashion Show will be held at the Spruce…

Salad Days is the perfect combination of local food, local music and great ceramics coming together for a fun, one-day event on the beautiful Watershed campus in Newcastle. The fundraiser has…

Come to Fiddle Day at the Morris Farm on July 8 from noon to 5 p.m.

This event, sponsored by Wiscasset Family Medicine, will be held on the back lawn of the Morris Farm. Concertgoers are…