As chair of the Program Committee, Dr. Nicole Poulton is pleased to announce BSSC’s summer 2016 schedule of STEM-based experiential sea and science programs for…
On the Water
On Saturday May 28, sailors from the Boothbay region High School Sailing Team traveled to Mount Desert Isle for the Great Harbor Regatta hosted by MDI Community…
The Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) is pleased to announce that this summer they will be welcoming Gray Ferris as the Center’s waterfront director and Taylor…
A nationally respected U.S. Sailing Keelboat Certification course will be offered on June 26, 27 and 28 by the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club and enrollment in the…
Enrollment is now open for local youth to enroll in the junior program activities at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club. Programs in sailing, tennis and…
Sunday, May 15, 2016 was the opening ceremony, the Commodores Luncheon, for the Down East Yacht Club to kick off its 50th anniversary year. A large number of…
If necessity is the mother of invention, then Ross Branch of the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard may have created the mother of all chainsaw attachments. This fall the…
The Lincoln County Fish and Game Association and Medomak Valley Land Trust will be hosting the annual Youth Spring Fishing Day at the Waldoboro Quarry on Depot Street on Saturday, May 21 from 8 a.…
The Boothbay Region High School sailing team raced in the Breakwater Blast Regatta at The Apprentice Shop/Rockland Community Sailing Sunday, May 1. Six sailors from…
The Down East Yacht has finished its winter gatherings and would like to thank all those who opened their homes up here in Maine and in Florida.
The Maine gatherings were hosted by F/C…
The Wiscasset Community Center (W.C.C.) and the American Red Cross are conducting a certified lifeguard course beginning May 16. Upon…
It all started with a good idea, willing partners, and a $5,000 corporate-sponsored research project. The idea germinated, blossomed, and grew into a $300,000…
Spice up your celebration of spring with an adventure by land and sea exploring the history and mystery of lighthouses in the Boothbay Harbor region on an exclusive tour with The Lady in The Red…
Citing a lack of participants, Hodgdon Yachts has canceled this year’s Shipyard Cup, the annual super yacht regatta held during the last week of August in Boothbay Harbor. The three-day event was…
Looking for an exciting, in-depth boating safety course? Central Lincoln County Adult Education is offering America's Boating Course beginning Tuesday, April 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The course…
For the past three years, Boothbay Harbor has been the home of a one-of-a-kind opportunity for children and young adults ages 5 to 17. The B…
On the morning of March 23, Tim Tibbetts had plans to haul out and demolish the float at his home on Christmas Cove, Southport Island. While he was waiting for his friend Gerry Gamage to show up,…
The 5th annual Harbor Fest will kick off on Labor Day Weekend with a full, 10-day schedule of events. The festival takes place in a variety of locations on the…
March 17 was a cold, dreary, raw day. But it could have been worse. The weather forecasters had us anticipating driving rain and possible thunderstorms during the afternoon. It's bracing enough to…
Boothbay Sea and Science Center
The Boothbay Sea and Science Center is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a beneficiary of the Boothbay Harbor Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag…
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club
The officers and Search Committee are pleased to announce that Charles Barclay will return to Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club as adult sailing director (ASD) and high…
Judy Dorr is looking forward to having some fun with some of her students.
On May 10 she’ll be taking 12 eighth grade students to…
A story ran in the August 4, 1972 issue of the Portland Press Herald with the headline: “A Future for Seaweed?”
The answer is yes.…
The United States Power Squadrons® will be teaching a one day recreational boating safety course at the Boothbay Region YMCA on Saturday, April 2. This is an eight-hour course which covers Maine…
The Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) is pleased to announce that online registration is now available for 2016 Sea and Science summer programs at www.boothbayseaandsciencecenter.org. Space…
The Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association’s Annual Kids’ Ice Fishing Derby held at Wiley Pond in Boothbay on Saturday, Feb. 20 started out rainy but the…
The Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association will hold its annual Kids’ Ice Fishing Derby on Wiley Pond from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb.…
Maine shrimp lovers are hoping for the best this winter. With the shrimp population in decline over the past few years, and the Gulf of Maine shrimp fishery being closed…
The Down East Yacht Club gathered on Jan. 23rd at the home of Jack and Barbara Brennan of Edgecomb. They opened up their beautiful home to about 28 members. The floor plan is open and flowing as…
The Junior Program of the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club is pleased to report the selection of Chris Liberti of Stonington, Connecticut as director of…
Tim Simmons of Boothbay just returned from a week in Sweden. As interesting and exciting as he said it was, it wasn't a vacation. He was invited to go by his friend, crustacean scientist Matz…
On Sept. 1, a film crew from NESN's New England Boating TV was in Boothbay Harbor. Award-winning journalist Parker Kelley and producer-director Gene “Cap” Allen were…
BRHS swimming
The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks swim team had two meets last week, home against Wiscasset on Dec. 22 and away against Brunswick on Dec. 15.
The Dec. 15 meet was dominated by the…
Evy Case, who qualified for two events in states at the Boothbay Region High School Seahawks swim team's first meet, qualified for two more events, the 200-yard IM and 100-yard freestyle, at the…
In response to the depleted condition of the northern shrimp resource, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section extended the moratorium on commercial fishing for…
It didn't look much like Christmas in Boothbay Harbor on Dec. 5, with clear sunny skies, 50 degree temperatures and a ground bare of snow.
…
Padebco Custom Boat Builders & Full Service Boatyard recently launched its newest model, the V25R.
The sporty…
The International Maritime Film Festival (IMFF) is now accepting submissions for a juried contest of films celebrating the heritage, spirit of adventure,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
