Sports

Come Tuesday, June 23, we'll be seeing visiting Schooners American Eagle, Heritage, Alert and Bowdoin, along with local schooners Eastwind, Lazy Jack

Middle School Sports

The Busline League Small School championship game has again been postponed due to the weather.

The Woolwich Wildcats girls team will…

People went to bed on Monday night with thoughts of doom and gloom, after listening to most news stations reporting on the blizzard that would be bearing down on the northeast section of the…

Boothbay Region High School Basketball

The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks continue to roll along as the top seed in Western Maine Class C boys basketball as they picked up two more easy wins over…

The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks swim team competed in 13 out of 22 events at their most recent meet against the Winslow Raiders and Lincoln Academy Eagles.

First places went to Evy…

Boothbay Region Elementary School

The Boothbay Region Elementary School eighth grade girls basketball team capped its undefeated season by winning the Busline League large school championship, 54-25, over Oceanside Blue on Monday…

Busline League

The Boothbay Region Elementary School eighth grade girls basketball team will host the Oceanside Blue team today, Jan. 26 for the Busline League championship at 3:45 p.m. Following the game, the…

The Wheaton College women’s basketball team, featuring Coach Melissa Hodgdon, an East Boothbay native, and player Sarah Caron of Boothbay Harbor, has been recognized for its community…

The Lady Seahawks held off the Carrabec Cobras in a tightly played Western Maine Class C basketball game, 41-28, Friday night at Boothbay Region High School to improve to 14-1.

Boothbay held…

Due to Saturday's predicted snowstorm, the Busline League large school girls and boys championship basketball games at Boothbay Region Elementary School have been postponed, according to John…

Boothbay Region Elementary School

The Boothbay Region Elementary School seventh and eighth grade girls basketball teams will play for the Busline League championships after beating their semifinal opponents on Thursday, Jan. 22 at…

Boothbay Region High School Swim Team

The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks swim team continues to excel, with six Seahawks now qualified to participate in the state meet, many in multiple events. Their most recent home meet was on…

Paul Coulombe is excited about the future.

The Boothbay Harbor Country Club owner has built a new driving range, redesigned the golf course, and has expanded the club's grounds (over 70…

Boothbay Region High School Nordic Ski Team

After a week of practicing on snow at home, the Boothbay Region High School Nordic team turned in this season’s best performance at the Maranacook Waves freestyle race on Saturday, Jan. 17 at…

The Central Lincoln County YMCA gymnastics team traveled to Old Town YMCA on Jan. 3 with coach Janice Cormier-Hay, and assistant coach, Lincoln Academy junior and former team member, Catherine Roy…

Hidden Valley Nature Center

Update: Due to the warm weather and melted snow, the biathlon has been moved to Sunday, Feb. 8.

With temperatures returning to winter levels, the time will soon come again to head out into…

The following changes have been made to the Boothbay Region High School boys and girls basketball schedules, according to BRHS Athletic Director Allan Crocker.

The boys games at home against…

Boothbay Region High School Swim Team

The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks swim team had its last away meet of the season in Wiscasset on Friday, Jan. 9.

Four teams competed including the Lincoln Academy Eagles, Wiscasset…

New England set for eighth Super Bowl appearance

SEATTLE and FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The two teams that will play in Super Bowl XLIX, the 49th edition of the Super Bowl, have been decided after conference championship contests took place Sunday, Jan…

A Bird’s Tale

We recently read a short essay in the Birding Community E-Bulletin about what the authors called “The Shrimpy Effect.” It turns out that “Shrimpy” was the affectionate name bestowed on a…

Lady Seahawks Basketball

The Boothbay Region High School Lady Seahawks basketball team improved to 12-1 with an easy 61-10 home victory over the Mt. Abram Roadrunners Saturday afternoon, Jan. 17.

Coach Tanner Grover…

Boothbay Region High School Basketball

In one of its biggest tests to this point, the Boothbay Region High School boys varsity basketball team (11-1) proved why it is still a major player in Class C, as the Seahawks knocked off…

WGME's fourth “School Spirit Challenge” is about to begin, and this time, Boothbay Region High School has been chosen to participate.

Along with eight other schools, the challenge is to…

Witness galaxies, constellations, planets and much more at a Star Party jointly offered by Damariscotta River Association (DRA) and Central Maine Astronomical Society (CMAS). Between Jan. 16 and…

The Boothbay Region Y is holding a singles and double tennis tournament on Saturday, Jan. 17.

The format is 8-game pro sets for singles and 4-game pro sets for doubles. Singles will be…

Seahawks Basketball

The Boothbay Region Lady Seahawks held the visiting Dirigo Cougars to just six points in the fourth quarter and came back from a three-point deficit entering the final frame to defeat the Cougars…

The University of Maine at Farmington women's basketball team, which includes former Boothbay Region High School players Meghan Smith and Allison Crocker, welcomed the Boothbay Lady Dribblers…

Boothbay Region Elementary School Basketball

The seventh grade girls basketball team will host Great Salt Bay on Thursday, Jan. 15 in a playoff quarterfinal. Game time is 3:30 p.m.

2014 MPS “Clark’s Cove” Scott See

Entries for the juried 10th annual Maine Photography Show (MPS) are still being accepted, but not for much longer. The deadline is midnight on Friday, Jan. 23.

This…

The Boothbay Region High School state championship and sportsmanship banners have returned to the school gymnasium (except the 2013 cross-country banner, which is still on order).

The…

Boothbay Region High School Basketball

The Seahawks fell from the ranks of the unbeaten on Friday, Jan. 9 in Dixfield as the Dirigo Cougars won a battle of momentum swings to come out on top, 73-66.

Leading by as many as six in…

Seahawks Basketball

At home against Monmouth on Tuesday night, senior Morgan Crocker led the Boothbay Region High School Lady Seahawks (10-1) to a 48-27 win with 25 points. Sophomore Cagney O'Brien added nine points…

Boothbay Region YMCA

The Boothbay Region YMCA Dolphins swim team hosted the Sanford Titans for their fourth meet of the season on Saturday, Jan. 10. Great teamwork and personal best…

Boothbay Region High School Nordic Ski Team
Photo of Kyler Carty

It’s been a tough winter for Nordic skiers. Warm temperatures in December brought virtually no snow and when snow finally arrived here it was soon covered with ice. Because of this, the Boothbay…

In early December, 55 third graders from Great Salt Bay School participated in the Damariscotta River Association’s (DRA) Wabanaki Living Skills and…

In 1969, Special Olympics Maine held the world's very first Special Olympics Winter Games. It all began on a small hill in Gorham with only a handful of people. Today, in 2015 Special Olympics…

The Newcastle-Damariscotta Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee would like to remind all area residents and visitors to take a few minutes to complete the…

Due to today’s snowstorm, the Boothbay Region High School girls’ junior varsity and varsity home basketball games have been postponed, according to BRHS Athletic Director Allan Crocker.

“We…

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Have you ever wondered what knot is best for tying a tarp to a tree during a camping trip or how best to keep the canoe from leaving and yet be able to untie it a week later?

Get instruction…

After almost 11 months of opening up the ceiling and replacing walls and floor to expose and enhance the beauty of the building they bought last March, Alison Evans and…

Stepping Stone Housing will be conducting a tennis tournament on Feb. 7 to raise money for affordable housing in Lincoln County. The round robin tournament is…

Seahawks Basketball

The Seahawks fell from the ranks of the unbeaten on Friday night in Dixfield as the Dirigo Cougars won a battle of momentum swings to come out on top 73-66.

Leading by as many as six in the…

Seahawks Girls Basketball

A fourth quarter comeback by the Boothbay Region High School girls varsity basketball team at Dixfield gave them a 60-47 win over the previously unbeaten Dirigo Cougars on Thursday night.

Boothbay Region High School Swim Team

The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks swim team faced the Belfast Area High School Lions at home on Jan. 6. Despite a valiant effort, the Seahawks were unsuccessful at taking the top spot for…

The Boothbay Region High School boys basketball team improved to 9-0 after an 82-28 victory over St. Dominic Academy (2-6) Wednesday, Jan. 7 in a make-up game at BRHS. The game had been postponed…

On Dec. 4, Dr. Beth Orcutt and Dr. Graham Shimmield left Costa Rica for a 14-hour journey into the Pacific Ocean to study the Dorado Outcrop, located near where two tectonic plates, the Cocos and…

The CLC YMCA Gymnastics Team set off for Augusta’s Mainely Gymnastics to compete against teams from Augusta, Waterville and Farmington with coaches, Janice Cormier-Hay and Assistant coach, Lincoln…

Boothbay Region High School Nordic Ski Team

The Boothbay Region High School Nordic ski team logged its first win in the sport’s short local history on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at Black Mountain in Rumford.

The Seahawks faced Dirigo, Mountain…