With every pathway lined in lights, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens' first ever “Gardens Aglow” event premiered to around 200 special guests on Thursday, Nov. 19.
Gardens Aglow is the…
Sports
The 8th grade Boothbay Region Elementary School basketball teams will host Medomak on Monday, Nov. 23. The girls play at 3:30 p.m. followed by the boys at 5. This is an addition to the recently…
Have you ever wanted to swim with the dolphins? Snorkel in the Florida Keys? Explore the Everglades? Sounds like a lot of fun, doesn’t it? But, it’s also very educational. And in 2016, we, a group…
The International Maritime Film Festival (IMFF) is now accepting submissions for a juried contest of films celebrating the heritage, spirit of adventure,…
In what is probably a first, four former Boothbay Region High School Lady Seahawks basketball players reunited at the Emerson College Tip Off Tournament held in Boston, Mass. Nov. 14-15.
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Middle School Seventh Grade Basketball
Monday, Nov. 30: Home vs. Camden, girls first, 3:45 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 2: Home vs. Medomak, girls…
This Saturday, Nov. 21 the quiet streets of Boothbay Harbor will be bustling once again. It's the annual Early Bird sale, where discounts are everywhere starting as early as 5 a.m.
Most…
They saved it, they cared for it and now they own it. Fuller Marine Services is now the legal owner of the F/V Westward and Jean Fuller said the plan is to remove the wayward vessel from…
Darling Marine Center
Ruleo Camacho received a Young Investigator Award at the Ninth Florida State University Mote Symposium in Sarasota, Florida.
The triennial symposium focuses on issues relevant to fisheries.…
For the second straight year, Dianne and Mark Gimbel received an email that makes them proud to be a part of the Friends of…
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) presents its annual environmental lecture, Water Quality of the Estuary, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at the…
Students from Chip Schwehm's “Making and Marketing” class at Boothbay Region High School have been hard at work creating their very own company. After a lot of discussion and testing nine…
Midcoast Conservancy is the name of the new alliance of…
Boothbay Region High School celebrated its fall athletes with dessert and an awards ceremony in the school gymnasium on Monday, Nov. 9. There was a lot to celebrate…
The next time you make the trip to Southport Memorial Library take a little extra time and go next door. You'll be greeted by something that wouldn't look out-of-place in a Dr. Seuss book.
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Boothbay Region High School
The Mountain Valley Conference has announced its fall 2015 list of sports all stars and academic all stars.
Several Boothbay Region High School Seahawks were honored by the conference…
In order to help get kids and families outside having fun, Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson partners with the Maine Winter Sports Center to lease affordable, quality cross-country…
Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) has more than 25 miles of well-maintained trails and is open year round for all types of non-motorized recreation. There are…
A pair of end-of-season boat rides ended in an unexpected way Saturday, Oct. 31 near Squirrel Island.
Two local boaters were able to free and save a minke whale that had become caught on a…
The Boothbay Region Youth Football varsity team won the CYFL Championship on Saturday, Oct. 31, defeating Five Towns, 33-0, at the Rockland District Middle School.
The team won a very…
It seems the Lisbon Greyhounds could nothing wrong in their football playoff game Oct. 31 against Boothbay Region. Lisbon scored touchdowns on all five first half possessions and the Greyhound…
Boothbay Region Cross Country
After sweeping the Mountain Valley Conference Championships and the boys team winning the Southern Regional Championship title, the state championship meet on Saturday, Oct. 31 was anticlimactic…
Damariscotta River Association
The Damariscotta River Association’s newest trail in South Bristol has become “official” in that it has acquired a sign and a small parking area.
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Exploring the Midcoast
Fall is here and with the changing of the seasons come shorter, cooler days and excellent trail hiking featuring bright colors and spectacular scenery in the Boothbay-Wiscasset region.
One…
Grow It In Maine
One October, newcomer Burni wrote with glee about harvesting red berries. She had gone out to pick all she could.
“They’re almost too pretty to eat,” she raved.
I think I reached her…
AUGUSTA -- Maine’s firearm deer season begins this Saturday. Even with last year’s long winter, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologists are expecting…
It was a beautiful August night for Michael Cherney, 76, and his wife of New Milford, Connecticut. They were enjoying their stay in Boothbay Harbor and decided to try the Cod's Head Fish House and…
While Damariscotta's big fall event has wrapped up, the town isn't without several spooky events on the calendar.
Damariscotta will look the part for the upcoming Halloween weekend, with the…
BRHS field hockey
The second-seeded Maine Central Institute field hockey team jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first six minutes and went on to shut out the seventh-seeded Boothbay Region Seahawks, 4-0, in the…
The Seahawks varsity soccer team made history this year by making it to the playoffs. Though they fought hard, the game ended with a 7-0 loss to Waynflete on Friday…
Seahawk Football
It seems the Boothbay Region High School football team saved its best play for the end of the season. The Seahawks struggled to start the season losing their first four contests. But Boothbay…
Galvanized by an infusion of youth, the Boothbay Region High School girls’ soccer team is headed to the playoffs for the first time…
From butternut squash bowling and the scarecrow relay race, to the pumpkin pie contest and prizes galore, the second annual Great Pumpkin Hunt at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens promises to be fun…
BRHS Soccer
It was a rough regular season ending for the Boothbay Region High School varsity soccer team, losing 4-1 at Oak Hill on Oct. 15 and 1-0 at Wiscasset on Oct. 19.
“We played a bit better but…
Busline League Cross Country Championship
The Boothbay Region Elementary School boys cross country team edged Camden-Rockport by a single point, 53-54, to win the 2015 Busline League championship on Oct. 15. Great Salt Bay finished third…
Boothbay Region High School
The old bleachers in the high school gym are in the process of coming down, to be replaced by brand new ones over the next couple of weeks.
If anyone is interested in the old bleacher boards…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is dedicated to the protection of the land, water, and wildlife of the Kennebec Estuary region. With ten preserves open year-round dawn until dusk for the…
Dirigo’s team strength, speed and overall depth proved too much for the Boothbay Region Seahawks to handle Oct 16 in Class D North football action. Dirigo of Dixfield defeated Boothbay Region High…
The old Boothbay Harbor Country Club clubhouse was demolished on Monday, Oct. 19. Work started around 6 a.m. and continued through the day.
The old log cabin was built around 1926, according…
Busline League Field Hockey Championship
The Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast defeated the Boothbay Region Elementary School Wildcats, 2-1, in double overtime at Perkins Field in Boothbay Harbor to win the 2015 Busline League field…
On Oct. 7, the Boothbay Region Special Olympics soccer team traveled to Husson University for the Central Maine skills competition and tournament.
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Fall 2015: Video
It's hard to quantify pumpkin destruction, but here goes:
Three cameras, one waterproof housing, two clunkers, one pool, hundreds of people, 180 feet, more than a ton of pumpkins and more…
BRHS Cross Country
Wow. Boothbay Region High School cross country teams won big, really big, at the annual Mountain Valley Conference championship meet in Augusta on Friday, Oct. 16.
Both girls and boys teams…
A Bird’s Tale
The leaves are finally turning and the nights are getting cold—we even had to scrape the frost off the car windows last week — so we know that snow is coming sooner or later. The birds are way…
‘Round Town
Late summer and early fall seemed unusually warm and dry to me. Experience, as a well documented “fall lover,” tells me that this is not a good combination for much color in the trees, which is…
The Boothbay Region Elementary School field hockey team advanced to the league championship game Thursday. BRES defeated Great Salt Bay Community School of Damariscotta 7-3 in the Busline League…
Andy McEvoy, director of Hidden Valley Nature Center, happily takes possession of a new (slightly used) Polaris Ranger. The Ranger is one of the most heavily used pieces of equipment as McEvoy and…
Seahawk Field Hockey
The Seahawks field hockey team held on for a 3-2 win at home over Telstar on Wednesday, Oct. 14 to finish the regular season at 7-7. Boothbay finished in seventh place in the Class C North Heal…
BRHS Cross Country
Oct. 16 update: The Boothbay Region High School girls and boys cross country teams have captured the Mountain Valley Conference championship!
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