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BRHS Soccer

The Boothbay Seahawks varsity soccer team played its rescheduled homecoming game on Monday, Oct. 12, against Oak Hill.

“Started strong, let in a few late goals, but played fairly well…

Fall 2015

A large crowd meant large, repeated cheers going up in the vicinity of Damariscotta’s Elm Street on Sunday morning, Oct. 11 for heat after heat of the Pumpkin Derby.

The third annual event,…

The Boothbay Fire Department hosted its annual open house on Tuesday, Oct. 6, to massive crowds of kids and their families.

Kids ran through the EDITH (Exit Drills in the Home) trainer,…

Fall 2015

If Joe Hoyt of Edgecomb hadn't broken his leg playing basketball at CLC YMCA in Damariscotta in late September, he thinks he probably would have run in the Y's Zombie Run on Oct. 10.

Instead…

It seemed nobody was happier to see the friendly confines of Sherman Field this homecoming weekend than the Boothbay Region High School football team’s offense. The squad has struggled all season…

Seahawks Soccer

It was a close game on October 8 at home for the girls varsity soccer team. They were facing Monmouth for the second time this season and lost, 3-2. It was a major improvement over their last…

Boothbay Region High School Athletic Director Allan Crocker has announced that today's Homecoming field hockey and soccer games have been rescheduled due to the weather forecast. The field hockey…

Boothbay resident Siubhan Saal, 17,  recently received the prestigious Judges Award at the Common Ground Fair in Unity.

The Judges Award a special ribbon given to an entry "deemed to be…

BRHS Football

The Boothbay Region High School football team’s losing streak continued on Oct. 3 in Lisbon. Boothbay lost 19-0 to the Lisbon Greyhounds in a Class D South contest. This was the Seahawks’ fourth…

The tanned and bearded middle aged man, his nose red and bulbous and his paunch hugged by a T-shirt emblazoned with a map of Maine, looked more like a fishmonger…

It was a rough end of the week on the road for the Boothbay Region High School Seahawks varsity soccer team, losing their third game in a row to Mt. Valley.

“The good news is we weren't…

Seahawks Field Hockey

The Boothbay Region Seahawks field hockey team improved to 5-7 and pretty much assured themselves a spot in the Class C North playoffs with a 2-1 victory at home over the Winthrop Ramblers on…

Over 1,400 runners crossed the finish line on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the annual Festival of Champions high school cross country event held in Belfast.  

Sixty-five teams raced in six different…

Wiscasset Speedway

It was Fall Fury at Wiscasset Speedway once again on Saturday, bringing a close to the 2015 Wiscasset racing season. Fans lined the grandstand to watch a…

The Boothbay Region Elementary School soccer game scheduled for today, Oct. 5, at 3:45 p.m. against Great Salt Bay, will now start at 4:30 p.m., according to John Deetjen of BRES.

Homecoming week at Boothbay Region High School began Monday, Oct. 5 with a student dress-up day, Pajama Day, and activities will continue until the end of the…

BRHS soccer

The Seahawks girls varsity soccer team faced off against the Madison Bulldogs on Thursday, October 1. A powerful offense overwhelmed the Seahawks and the game ended in a 9-0 loss.

The…

Boothbay Region High School would like to honor the members of the 1975 state champion football team on Oct. 9.

If you are interested in being recognized at halftime of the varsity game,…

Boothbay Harbor Selectmen

It was to a full crowd of supporters on Sept. 28 that Robert Maroon Jr., owner of the Chowder House, made a proposition to the Boothbay Harbor Selectmen: It is time to take a serious look at the…

Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta

Autumn: When pumpkins fall like leaves in the Midcoast.

When wood and aluminum and fiberglass boats are put away for the winter and pumpkin boats instead dot the Damariscotta River, it’s…

Seahawk Soccer

The Boothbay Region High School varsity girls soccer team lost to the Hall-Dale Bulldogs, 6-0, in Hallowel on Tuesday, September 29. Despite great teamwork and a lot of heart, the Seahawks were…

‘Round Town

So I gave in. Like 6 zillion other folks with cameras and phones, out we went in search of the supermoon.

It's funny. The last time I tried to photograph a supermoon was 2011. Remember? The…

Lisa Evans and Tim Smith have been growing microgreens in their greenhouse in Roslindale, Massachusetts, since January, ever since Evans…

Boothbay Harbor

On Friday, Sept. 24, U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torreson ordered the U.S. Marshals Service to sell the F/V Westward, including all its equipment and fishing permits, to the highest…

Wiscasset Speedway

A crisp fall evening greeted a large crowd at Maine's Wiscasset Speedway Saturday night, Sept. 26 for the final points races of the 2015 season. Group 2 was in action with the championship title…

Photo of Shane Johnson

The Boothbay Region High School Lady Seahawks cross country team continued its winning streak with a victory at the Mountain Valley Conference meet in Augusta on Wednesday, Sept. 23. The boys team…

BRHS Soccer

The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks girls soccer team played Carrabec at home on Sept. 25.

With defense strong on both sides, there was no score during regulation time.

The first…

Hannah Braun scored her second goal of the game to give the host St. Dom's Saints a 4-3 overtime victory over the Boothbay Region Seahawks field hockey team Saturday, Sept. 26.

Braun's goal…

Boothbay Charities Classic 2015

Handicapped, celebrity and Boothbay area golfers joined together at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club on Saturday, Sept. 26, to raise money for Special Olympics Maine.

Taking to the course…

‘Round Town

Headed home to Southport last week, driving around Mill Cove, I noticed a very substantial motor yacht parked at Donny Wotton's old pier. I was reminded of my boat.

Admittedly, my boat is…

Department of Marine Resources staff were given awards during the department's annual meeting on Friday, Sept. 11 at the department's Boothbay Harbor facility.

Marine Resource Scientist…

Cross Country

Saturday, Oct. 3: At Belfast, TBA

Varsity Football

Saturday, Oct. 3: At Lisbon, 1:30 p.m.

J.V. Football

Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) is once again teaming up with Kenneth Kortemeier of the Bristol Folk School to offer two great woodcraft workshops at HVNC. Beginners and experienced woodworkers…

BRES Cross Country

The Boothbay Region Middle School cross country boys and and girls teams outpaced three other opponents Sept. 24 in earning a Busline League victory. The Boothbay Region girls earned 25 points,…

Former Lady Seahawk basketball standout Katie Sibley will be among the seven new members inducted into the University of Southern Maine Husky Hall of Fame when the USM Department of Athletics…

The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks varsity girls soccer team had a solid win over Winthrop at their Sept. 23 game.

The game was mostly defensive, with only one goal being scored the…

BRHS Cross Country

The Lady Seahawks cruised to another victory at the Mountain Valley Conference meet in Augusta Wednesday, Sept. 23, and the boys placed second overall.

Faith Blethen won the girls race in a…

Seahawk Field Hockey

Trailing 1-0 with just under 12 minutes to play, the Boothbay Region Seahawks varsity field hockey team scored two goals in less than four minutes and held for a 2-1 win over the Lisbon Greyhounds…

The third annual Kehail Point Regatta was held on Saturday, Sept. 5, on the Sheepscot River. Boats from Edgecomb, Westport Island, MacMahan Island and Georgetown, ranging from 12 to 37 feet,…

On Saturday, Oct. 3, Pejepscot Historical Society will present an afternoon of old-fashioned baseball at 1 p.m. at Bowdoin College’s Pickard Field.

Partnering with Maine’s Dirigo Vintage…

River Arts in Damariscotta, is teaming up with the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association for its next open juried show. The opening reception is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 9, from 5-7 p.m. The…

WMHS Soccer

Although school has only just begun, the Wiscasset Middle High School soccer season is nearing the half-way mark.

And as the Wolverines near homecoming and the season's second half, the…

Boothbay Region High School

Boothbay Region High School Athletic Director Allan Crocker announced Tuesday morning that the school's non-conference exhibition football game at home against Lincoln County scheduled for Friday…

BRHS Field Hockey

The Boothbay Region High School varsity field hockey team got two wins this week around one loss to improve to 3-5 on the season.

At home against winless Hall-Dale on Monday, Sept. 21,…

Foreign Automobiles of all marques and models take center stage at the Owls Head Transportation Museum’s Foreign Auto Festival, Saturday, Sept. 26, and Sunday, Sept. 27.

The museum’s annual…

The Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Macrobiota (NCMA) at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is developing a program to train the next generation of scientists and…

BRES Cross Country

The Boothbay Region Elementary School girls placed first and the BRES boys placed second at the cross-country meet held at Great Salt Bay on Sept. 17.

"It was a very warm day on a course…

The Boothbay Region football team’s losing streak continues, but the Seahawks snapped their scoreless streak. Boothbay Region scored two first-half touchdowns during the team’s 42-13 loss to Oak…

‘Round Town

Alfred Huskins lived across the street from “The Pink Cottages” just off Dogfish Head Road, back from Ebenecook Harbor, on Southport. He and I met when I was doing some work for Mary and Liz (…

BRHS Soccer

The BRHS Seahawks played the Mt. Abram Roadrunners at home, resulting in a 2-2 tie in double overtime on Thursday, Sept. 17.

Goals were scored by Summer Chamberlin and Helen Hamblett.