Boothbay Region High School’s Class of 2024 visited Boothbay Region Elementary School Friday morning, June 7, hours before graduation. This traditional walk through the halls of the school most of…
News
At the Boothbay Harbor planning board’s June 5 meeting, neither of two applications nor a pre-application got full approval, due to missing information, incomplete applications, and more time…
On a picture-perfect evening at Coastal Prime in Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County Dental received the seventh annual Coulombe Center Award for Innovation on June 3.
Lincoln County Dental…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 267 calls for service for the period of June 4 to June 11. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 5,387 calls for service.
Summonses
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Press release
The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea and the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services have partnered to identify and invite Korean War Veterans (Boots on the ground 1950-1953, and in country…
On July 6 at 9 a.m., Southport Central School’s Playground Committee will be hosting a ceremony for the official opening of the new natural playground. The Committee welcomes all to attend (…
Because Wednesday, June 19 is a federal holiday, there will be an early deadline for submissions of copy for the June 20 issue in order for the newspapers to be mailed to subscribers. U.S. Post…
Janet Mills, Maine's governor, joined in the fun at Gleason Fine Art's June 7 First Friday reception for artists Kevin Beers and sisters Anne and Dorothy Eisner. Mills extended her evening in…
Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor
The Congregational Church’s Mission Committee has a long history of welcoming summer workers from near and far to our community by hosting a lunch gathering and gifting them with non-perishable…
Obituary
Patricia (Pat) Houghton Greene died on June 7, 2024 after a brief struggle with cancer and a long struggle with bronchiectasis and other lung issues.
She was born on…
A July 8 disposition hearing is set for the Boothbay man charged in regard to a Feb. 8 head-on collision on Route 27 in Edgecomb. Alexander Nielsen, 33, was charged with operating under the…
A June 20 sentencing hearing is set for a Boothbay Harbor man allegedly involved in a March 19, 2023 shooting incident at Campbell Creek Housing Complex. Matthew A. Plummer, 42, faces three…
Readers with certain tastes may have to wait a while longer to get their next library book after statewide changes to a widely used lending program. Due to a complication with the company that…
Charlie Begin Memorial Lobster Boat Races
According to the Complete Guide to Lobster Boat Racing, the first organized Maine races were held in 1964. Sixty years later, we are counting down the days for the race that kicks off the season…
The Boothbay Region Democratic Committee is excited to announce our participation in this year's Windjammer Days Parade in Boothbay Harbor on June 26, and we're calling on all local Democrats and…
The Rev. Paul Tunkle, our neighbor from Dresden, will be presiding over the season opening services of Holy Communion on June 16 at All Saints by-the-Sea Episcopal Chapel on Southport Island.…
Press release
The town of Southport has been working for more than a year to develop an amendment to their Land Use Ordinance to bring it into compliance with a new state law relating to the availability of…
At 11 a.m. Saturday, June 8, about 75 paddlers departed Glidden Point Oyster Farm on a five-mile route to Damariscotta Town Landing for Hearty Roots’ (HR…
Salt ’n Spar
Let’s talk worms, marine worms that is – “blood” and “sand” – prized bait for saltwater sports fishermen and that fetch between $12 and $15 a dozen on the Jersey shore. Once upon a time Wiscasset…
Voting for various offices in the State Primary Election at the local town offices on Tuesday, June 11 will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
According to Maine.gov, a voter not enrolled in a…
Death notice
Roland G. McLellan, 84, died peacefully on June 8, 2024 in Trevett. Services will be announced along with a full obituary soon.
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The Maine Seafood Promotional Council, an initiative designed to boost market growth and opportunities for Maine's seafood sector, is gearing up for a two-year pilot phase. This project is funded…
As Pride Month is celebrated this month, the Southport selectboard is receiving both positive and negative remarks about the Pride flag hanging near the municipal building. During the June 5 board…
Death notice
Judith Adams Pinkham, 89, died on June 5, 2024 in Waterville. Services will be announced.
Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay.
Boothbay Region High School held its graduation ceremony Friday, June 7 with 35 graduates receiving diplomas. Here is the second of two galleries of the…
Boothbay Region High School held its graduation ceremony Friday, June 7 with 35 graduates receiving diplomas. Here is the first of two galleries of the ceremony.
Longtime Democratic activists Christopher and Valarie Johnson of Somerville were presented with the John Walker Award during the 2024 Maine Democratic State Convention on Saturday, June…
Members of Boothbay Region High School’s (BRHS) Class of 2024 are no strangers to car parades. Having graduated middle school in a COVID year, the car parade arose as students had to find ways to…
An over 100-year-old tradition continued June 6 in Boothbay Region High School’s Porter Memorial Gymnasium. The graduating class of 2024 participated in the Grand March, one of the community’s…
Wiscasset Police Department reported the following for May:
Arrests/Summonses
May 5, Stuart C.S. Wyman, 33, of Wiscasset was arrested for Unlawful Possession of Scheduled Drug,…
Hall Funeral Homes & Cremation Services have been recognized by Johnson Consulting Group (JCG) for their excellence in customer service to the families they…
For Nathan Yeaton of Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, a career in law enforcement is a perfect fit and continues his grandfather Frederick's tradition of service. Nathan Yeaton never got to meet…
Hundreds of colorful, patriotic banners have been proudly displayed on utility poles in the region’s five towns. The American Legion Post 36 started the Boothbay Region Veterans’ Banner…
Friends of Windjammer Days
This year Tall Ships America chose Boothbay Harbor as Port of the Year at their annual conference in Baltimore. Friends of Windjammer Days accepted the award on behalf of the community. For…
Obituary
Herman N. Wright IV, 39, of Engelbret Road, Edgecomb passed away on June 4, 2024.
He was born in Bath on May 17, 1985, a son of Herman N. and Valerie A. (Pushard) Wright III. He…
Family, friends and administrators gathered on June 5 to celebrate the Boothbay Region Adult and Community Education (BRACE) graduation of Andrew Gudroe, its third and final graduate of the 2023-…
Two lengthy stays in the repair shop have led the county sheriff’s department to re-think using hybrid vehicles. On June 4, commissioners approved a plan to begin re-stocking the department’s…
A Memorial Service for Karen Marshall Keyes of Boothbay Harbor, who passed away on April 1, 2024, will be held June 27, 2024 at 1 p.m. at the Boothbay Baptist Church.
All the items on your boat the CG Auxiliary checks are the same items the active-duty Coast Guard or Marine Patrol will check if you’re stopped and boarded; if any item is missing, expired, worn…
Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) class of 2024 Salutatorian Margret “Meg” Sledge is the epitome of a student-athlete. Born and raised in Boothbay Harbor, Sledge has captained countless sports…
Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) graduate Jordan Chamness has attained the top academic achievement for a high schooler. She is valedictorian for the 2024 class.
“I was so surprised to…
Obituary
Dorothy Campbell, 97, of East Boothbay, passed away on June 1, 2024, at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.
Dorothy was born on July 5, 1926, in Collingswood, New…
Organizers of the 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days announced that Tim Hodgdon, president and owner of Hodgdon Yachts, has been named Grand Marshal of the Windjammer Days…
Dow Furniture proudly participated in the 13th annual Miles for Mills Memorial Day Weekend Race in Brunswick on Sunday, May 26, with its Dow Furniture Run Team of 10 participants. The company…
Scenes from the 2024 Boothbay Region High School awards night June 4 where students, parents and staff gathered June 4 to celebrate graduating seniors and outstanding underclassmen. A list of…
Southport selectmen approved an agreement May 29 with Sunrise Ecologic of Boothbay to administer a $67,000 state grant for work on the Beach Road. Last year, selectmen…
For this o-fish-al update, we introduce you to the new name for our educational facilities at the Dept. of Marine Resources’ Boothbay Lab – the Gulf of Maine Discovery…
The following scholarships and awards were presented to Boothbay Region High School seniors and juniors at BRHS on Tuesday, June 4 during the annual Awards Night ceremony.
West…
Boothbay Region High School teacher Dennis Dacus, a 16-year veteran of the Maine Army National Guard, arranged to have an Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter join the BRHS Field Day on…
