Sports

Get your tickets soon for the June 24 drawing of a canoe package raffle valued at $2,500 being offered by the Wiscasset Rod & Gun Club.

The winner will receive a classic 16-foot Grumman…

The 47th annual Special Olympics Maine State Summer Games are fast approaching. Over 1,500 athletes, ages 8-88 have been training, planning, and now packing for…

A Bird’s Tale

We were out on Monhegan Island over Memorial Day weekend. After a wild boat ride out courtesy of very strong northerly winds, it was a pleasure to arrive on the island to be greeted by lots of…

Talking to Ralph and Elena Smith, you get the feeling they just don't know the meaning of “spare time.”

The Smiths are the owners/…

The First Tee of Maine will be offering sessions for youth and teens at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club on Saturdays in June from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Cronk

Oscar Cronk has had many titles over the years, worm digger, hunter, trapper, dog trainer, husband, church elder, and renowned maker of hunting scents; just don’t…

In the Mountain Valley Conference boys tennis championship match at Hall-Dale on Wednesday afternoon, May 27, the top-ranked Bulldogs won the title, 3-2, in…

Harbor Fest 2015

This year, Harbor Fest takes place around Labor Day in September and lasts for a full 10 days, but the party is starting early down at Boothbay Craft Brewery and Watershed Tavern.

The…

Deer hunters in Maine harvested 22,490 deer in 2014, the second-highest total in the past six years. 
“Hunters had an unusual year with heavy snow hitting much of the state on opening weekend,…

ReAnna Heino, Mackenzie Abbott and Cagney O'Brien each had two runs batted in during Boothbay Region High School's 18-4 win over the Wiscasset Wolverines in Mountain Valley Conference softball at…

The Boothbay Region High School boys tennis team soundly defeated the visiting Carrabec Cobras (3-8) Wednesday afternoon, May 20, 5-0, in matches and on Tuesday, May 26, the Seahawks defeated St.…

Seventeen gymnasts from the CLC YMCA gymnastics team, along with approximately 1,100 gymnasts…

Camp Knickerbocker season is approaching fast, so please get your registrations in soon. The deadline for camp scholarships is May 29. Free…

St. Philip’s Church will be holding its 63rd annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Pitcher Adam Sirois of the Damariscotta Newcastle Rotary Wheels Team pitched a perfect game on May 20, 2015. The Lincoln Little League team members of Maine Little…

 

Over the May 16-17 weekend, 10 high school outing clubs came together in Caratunk at Adventure Bound…

Each spring Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) turns locally harvested wood into unique, creative picnic tables and benches. You can outfit your house or yard with the perfect piece just in time…

Although it is still early for boating in Maine, it is never too early to think about making boating safer for children. Nothing gives parents and grandparents more…

BRHS boys tennis

The Boothbay Region High School boys tennis team soundly defeated the visiting Carrabec Cobras (3-8) Wednesday afternoon, 5-0, in matches to improve to 10-1 on the…

The Midcoast United Soccer Club is now registering players, ages 7 to 13, for the fall 2015 league play.

For more information on registering, email mtilas.midcoast@gmail.com or call 207-380-…

The Boothbay Region High School girls tennis team have hit the homestretch of the regular season, notching three more wins to…

BRHS Track and Field
Photo of Antonio Maulolo

Boothbay Region High School track athletes squared off against competitors from Mountain Valley, Dirigo and Wiscasset in the last small meet of the season at Wiscasset on May 12. Both girls and…

Join us on Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the return of the alewives. The eighth annual Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Restoration Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day…

BRHS Boys Tennis

The Boothbay Region High School boys tennis team made it three wins in a row with a 5-0 win in matches over Madison on Monday, May 18 at Madison.

The Wiscasset Community Center (242 Gardiner Road) and the American Red Cross are conducting a certified lifeguard course beginning May…

Boothbay Region High School junior Nick Gorey, who plays first singles for the BRHS boys tennis team, has advanced to the State Singles round of 48 players on Friday, May 29 at Colby College in…

BRHS Boys Tennis

The Boothbay Region High School boys tennis team improved to 8-1 on the season with a 3-2 win in matches over the visiting Monmouth Mustangs on Friday, May 15. Monmouth dipped to 5-3 on the season…

A Bird’s Tale

Great horned owls do it. Northern cardinals do it. Rose-breasted grosbeaks do it — duet, we mean.

While we think of males as being the sex in birds that does most of the singing (and they…

Boothbay Region pitcher Zach Vise pitched a complete game striking out three walking one and allowing eight hits, but it wasn’t enough. Telstar High School of Bethel topped Boothbay Region, 7-3,…

Wiscasset Speedway

Despite a coolness to the air, fans gathered last Saturday, May 9 at Wiscasset Speedway to watch the group two division of racing.…

Boothbay Region Sailing Club

On May 2 the Boothbay Region Sailing Club (BRSC) went to its first regatta of the season in Rockland. The regatta was called the…

Spring has finally arrived in Maine, and with it, golf season is here. The Boothbay Harbor Country Club in Boothbay will open for the season on Thursday, May 14…

Boothbay Harbor Selectmen

As the Boothbay Harbor summer season begins, so too does the music season. Many local downtown establishments have live entertainment, which is a huge draw for tourists and some locals as well.…

BRHS boys tennis

The Boothbay Region High School boys tennis team got back on the winning track on Tuesday, May 12 with a 5-0 win in matches over Mountain Valley (2-5) at BRHS.…

BRHS Girls Tennis

During the first week of May, the Boothbay Region High School girls tennis team hit a rough patch when highly ranked St. Dom’s and Hall-Dale high schools swept the Lady Seahawks. But Boothbay…

Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club

The Junior Program of the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club has appointed Charles Barclay of Honolulu, Hawaii as director of its Junior Sailing Programs.…

‘You can do it’ * Emergency Service Challenge, May 23, Camden Snow Bowl

Last May, Shawn St. Cyr, a father of three and industrial arts teacher at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, ran the 5K

BRHS Boys Tennis

The Hall-Dale Bulldogs boys tennis team (6-0) handed the Boothbay Region Seahawks (6-1) their first loss of the season on Friday, May 8, 4-1, at Farmingdale.

First singles…

On Saturday, May 2, the Down East Yacht Club gathered at the Kennebec Tavern restaurant in Bath to celebrate the new Commodore Dave Quist.

A full house of 88 members were on board to enjoy a…

After the final bell sounded, more than 30 hearty kids bounced through the gymnasium doors at Boothbay Region Elementary School on May 7, eager to skip some rope. …

BRHS spring sports

The Boothbay Region High School boys tennis team improved to 6-0 at the midway mark of the regular season by defeating St. Dom's, 3-2, in matches in Auburn on…

BRHS Track and Field
Photo of Howie Carter

Like the weather, the Boothbay Region High School track and field season is heating up. On Tuesday, May 5, BRHS athletes faced competitors from Hall-Dale, Monmouth, Richmond and Wiscasset at…

The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) is offering free children's programs with the Patten Free Library in May. The two programs will offer spring themed stories…

The Boothbay Region High School baseball team nearly broke into the win column last week against Mountain Valley and Winthrop. The Seahawks lost both road games, but they had the tying runs on…

It has been an eventful 24 seasons for Dolphin Mini Golf.

The 18-hole miniature golf course hosted the 2008 U.S. Open championships, the only sanctioned Maine professional tournament by…

BRHS Girls Tennis

The Boothbay Region High School girls tennis team defeated Lisbon and Dirigo recently to bring the regular season record to 3-2…

Wiscasset Speedway
Fans packed the Wiscasset Speedway grandstands on a bright afternoon for what proved to be exciting racing action. On the schedule were the group one division including Thunder 4’s, New England Four…
Hidden Valley Nature Center

Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 31, 7:30-10:30 a.m., for Hidden Valley Nature Center’s annual pancake breakfast at The Alna Store. Anyone and everyone is…

The Spectrum Generations Golf Tournament, now in its 13th year, will be held at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro on Monday, June 8 and welcomes golfers at all levels to come out and enjoy the day…