Galleries

  • BHML celebrates 100th

    Sat, 07/13/2024 - 5:45pm

    Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML ) reached a special milestone; it celebrated its 100th anniversary on the library’s lawn Thursday, July 11, with music, food, laughter and sunshine

  • Southport Central School honors Gaudette with woodland playground

    Mon, 07/08/2024 - 12:00pm

    About 100 people gathered Saturday, July 6 at Southport Central School for the ribbon cutting, dedication ceremony, and grand opening of the new natural woodland playground.

  • Ultimate Frisbee back for third season

    Wed, 07/03/2024 - 8:45am

    Scenes from the Boothbay Ultimate Frisbee Pickup game July 1, which is in its third seaso

  • Antique car show highlights pier party

    Tue, 07/02/2024 - 10:45am

    An antique car show followed the antique boat parade June 28 as part of Day 6 of Winjammer Days at Bristol Marine Shipyard.

  • Stone makes splash at rock skipping contest

    Mon, 07/01/2024 - 3:30pm

    With a name like Cary Stone, what options do you have but to win a rock skipping contest? Managing 20 skips across the inner harbor, “Mr.

  • Vintage Boat Parade

    Mon, 07/01/2024 - 11:30am

    The Vintage Boat Parade was held on Day 6 of Windjammer Days in the inner harbor June 28. A large crowd assembled at Whale Park to watch the antique boats. 

  • Windjammer Days Wednesday from Mike Leonard

    Fri, 06/28/2024 - 9:45am

    The newspaper is lucky to have a friend in professional photographer Michael Leonard, who has contributed his work to us for many years ...

  • Yacht club team lands another cod race victory

    Thu, 06/27/2024 - 7:15pm

    The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club boys defended their title at the annual Windjammer Days Cod Fish Races June 26.

  • Windjammer Days Street Parade: A whole lotta local fun

    Thu, 06/27/2024 - 12:00pm

    The sun was out, it was a bit humid, but there were ways to cool off (thanks to the squirt guns and fire apparatus) as the annual Windjammer Days Street Parade rolled through town to cheering crowd

  • The ships sail in under sunny skies

    Thu, 06/27/2024 - 10:00am

    It’s the main event of Windjammer Days and the weather conditions were great for the Gathering of the Fleet on Wednesday, June 26.

  • Pirates at Whale Park

    Wed, 06/26/2024 - 11:15am

    The Pirates of the Dark Rose returned to Whale Park for Windjammer Days June 25.

  • Windjammer Days Kids Alley

    Wed, 06/26/2024 - 10:45am

    June 25, day three of Windjammer Days, had dozens of children creating various objects at Whale Park between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

  • Pancake breakfast in Whale Park

    Wed, 06/26/2024 - 7:30am

    By the time you read this, you have probably missed Boothbay Harbor Fire Department’s Windjammer Days Pancake Breakfast on Wednesday morning, June 26, from 7 to 9 a.m., in Whale Park off Commercial

  • On the trail: Great stops for antiques hunters

    Thu, 06/20/2024 - 3:00pm

    Among the many fun pastimes on the Boothbay peninsula is the joy of hunting for unique items from our past. If "something old" is calling you, why not check out these stops? Who knows?

  • Indexing the heat beaters

    Thu, 06/20/2024 - 1:15pm

    Getting to the ocean was one of the best ways to keep cool Thursday, June 20, the first day of summer, as the air temperature rose to above 90F with a heat index nearing or exceeding triple digits.

  • Boothbay Craft Brewery: First place with judges, chefs

    Mon, 06/17/2024 - 3:00pm

    Claw Down 2024: What a night June 13 was!

  • ‘Making the mundane magnificent’: Fishin’ for Fashion stuns for ninth year

    Mon, 06/17/2024 - 2:45pm

    If there was a theme for the ninth annual Fishin’ for Fashion, it would be “more:” more designers, more merchants, and even more to do!

  • Boothbay Harbor Lobster Boat Races

    Mon, 06/17/2024 - 10:00am

    Contributing photographer Michael Leonard once again captured the action of the Charles Begin Memorial Lobster Boat Races on Saturday, June 15.

  • Parents work to expand softball programs in region

    Mon, 06/17/2024 - 8:45am

    Josh Miller and Lisa Smith got involved in coaching softball for the same reason: It was for their children. 

  • Looking back at Pen-Ex ’79

    Mon, 06/17/2024 - 8:45am

    This spring marks the 45th anniversary of an extraordinary event hosted by the communities of Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor – a reenactment of preparations for the historic Penobscot Expedition.