With the great success of last year’s garden tour, Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) was inspired to seek additional private gardens to showcase. Happily, seven more homeowners have…
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At their annual Selling Season Kick-Off Breakfast held at the Oysterhead Lounge in Newcastle recently, the 30-plus associates from Cheney Insurance, Newcastle Realty, and…
The Bowdoin, the official sailing vessel of Maine, will return to Boothbay Harbor May 25. The crew will set sail May 29 for the Arctic, mirroring the ship’s historic voyages that left…
Community members and partners joined United Way of Mid Coast Maine to celebrate their collective efforts throughout the Midcoast this year at its annual meeting and campaign celebration. The…
By Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper policy, “letters regarding elections or candidates will not be published in the issue…
The Southport School Committee has named Shawn Gallagher as the new elementary school lead teacher and future administrator. The committee approved Gallagher May 20. He succeeds retiring teacher…
Over 130 residents gathered in the Boothbay Region Elementary School gym May 21 to vote on the $12,742,897 Community School District budget. Voters passed all 21 articles by an overwhelming…
Sales of single-family existing homes in Maine are on a healthy rise. Maine Listings reported May 22 a 17.51 percent jump in sales of single-family existing homes across the state. In April 2024,…
Maine native and University of Maine alumna Christina Cash has been named executive director at the UMaine Lobster Institute, effective May 17.
Cash has been with the Lobster…
Obituary
Paul B. Adams, 99, of Boothbay Harbor, passed away on April 9, 2024 at Lincoln Health – Miles Campus in Damariscotta.
Paul was born on March 7, 1925 in Fall River, Massachusetts to parents…
The 2024 U.S. Congressional District 1 campaign visited the Boothbay region, May 17, as Republican candidate Andrew Piantidosi, 37, of Cape Elizabeth campaigned in Boothbay and Edgecomb.
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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 241 calls for service for the period of May 14 to May 21. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 4,617 calls for service.
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The town of Edgecomb will have a full-time municipal fire chief in July. On May 17, residents approved creating a full-time chief, 33-31, during the annual town meeting. Article 18 received the…
Sarah Sherman McGrail is 2024’s Boothbay Region Memorial Day Parade grand marshal. Sarah, a seventh generation Southport Island native, founded her own publishing house in 1996. She has since…
As always, all Boothbay region veterans are invited to join the parades with the veteran detachment, which will be led by U.S.M.C. Barry Sherman. Attire can be civies or uniform. Please join us in…
The Boothbay Register office will be closed on Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day. Please note: the deadline for submissions — including all press releases, ads and columns — for the…
Lincoln County Historical Association
A master blacksmith and historian from Waldoboro, Jeffrey Miller, will demonstrate his trade at the Chapman Hall House on Saturday, June 1 from noon to 4 p.m. He will be working at his 18th…
Under a state deadline to implement LD 2003 changes into town ordinances by July 1, Boothbay Harbor called in professional help. The selectboard unanimously voted May 13 to accept a bid from North…
George Chase has added another title to his collection. In the past year, Chase has served as Edgecomb’s code enforcement officer and school committee member. On May 17, he became a selectman.…
A memorial service for Robert and Janet Buck will be held at Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay, on Friday, May 31 at 11 a.m. Arrangements are under the care and director of…
A graveside service for Ralph H. “Skip” Welch, who passed away peacefully on Dec. 23, 2023, will be held at the Evergreen Cemetery in Boothbay on Friday, June 14 at 11 a.m. Arrangements are under…
Obituary
George F. Sefcik, 78, of Edgecomb, passed away May 18, 2024 at his home in Edgecomb, with his loving family by his side.
Born in Belford, New Jersey on April 30, 1946…
Celebrating 100 years
This year, Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) celebrates 100 years of providing library services to area residents and visitors. In no particular order,…
Obituary
Albert E. Anable, age 80, died on May 3, 2024 at home in Holderness, New Hampshire.
Born to Jeannette and Albert Annable in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Al grew up in…
Farnsworth Art Museum
This summer, the Farnsworth Art Museum (16 Museum St., Rockland) presents “Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled,” a major exhibition that traces a persistent vein of…
Carol Johnsen, age 86, of Lincoln County, died on May 18, 2024. A time visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 21 at 2 p.m. at Hall Funeral Home of Boothbay, 975 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay, Maine,…
Answering common questions around CSD budget votes
The annual Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Budget Meeting is Tuesday, May 21 at 6 p.m. in the Boothbay Region Elementary School gym. However, the school charter enacted in…
George Chase defeated Timothy Harrington, 92-7, May 17 in Edgecomb’s municipal elections. Chase succeeds Mike Smith, who decided not to seek a fourth term. Chase served two years on the school…
For Lisa Burnham, a friend in need is a friend indeed. Burnham received Boothbay Planning Board approval May 15 to create a campground on her Pension Ridge Road property. Last summer, she assisted…
Finding Our Voices
Sailor, activist, and author Heidi Love will join the online discussion of her best-selling new book Laughing at the Sky in the Finding Our Voices book club Tuesday, June 11 at 6 p.m.
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Carol Leone has had it with the loud, “jackhammering” sound of “Jake brakes.” She has listened for years to noise created by large trucks when they are braking, as they travel at high speeds and…
Join us on Saturday, June 1 when the stalwart gardeners of Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library will offer a native plant sale from 9 to 11 a.m. on the Library Lawn (rain location: Boothbay Harbor…
A Beach Road drainage project tops the Southport Climate Action Team’s priority list. The project has an estimated $93,070 cost to replace a culvert with a larger one and pay for a study to…
There will be no Gay Pride banner on Edgecomb’s flagpole. There won’t be an official proclamation, but there will be some sort of official recognition of June being “Gay Pride” month in Edgecomb.…
The Community School District (CSD) Board of Trustees on May 14 unanimously rejected a citizen’s petition contesting the April 24 referendum that approved renovating Boothbay Region Elementary…
Maine’s First Ship and the Arnold Expedition Historical Society are two of the 121 nonprofit, cultural organizations across 29 states and the District of Columbia who will receive a total of $1.4…
On Friday, May 17, 68 police Cadets will graduate from the Basic Law Enforcement Training Program (BLETP) at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro.
The BLETP is an 18-week…
Obituary
Christiaan Wilkinson Huff Conover died unexpectedly at the age of 35 on May 8, 2024 at his home in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. Christiaan’s sudden death of a pulmonary embolism stuns…
Between the Boothbay Region High School playing fields and Townsend Avenue stands a Blue Star Marker. It was placed there by Boothbay Region Garden Club in 2010, and it rests in a pocket garden…
The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library invites all to a moment of reflection and time to gather together in the Great Room on Memorial Day, May 27, before and after…
Bath Savings Trust Company (BSTC) President Tom Whelan announced the appointment of Ashley Daigle as vice president, trust officer. In her new role, Daigle will work with…
Obituary
Bruce C. Engert, age 80, died at his home in Boothbay Harbor, on May 10, 2024.
Born on March 13, 1944, Bruce was a son to Frederick Burbank Engert, Jr. and Elsa Holmestrahm. He attended…
Eastside Waterfront Park turned into an administrative merry-go-round last month after a court remanded key issues to the Boothbay Harbor Planning Board.
Lincoln County Superior Court…
Consider all the Veterans who have been part of your life. Now imagine life without them. The very sad truth is we are losing, nationally, 24 veterans to suicide each day. In response, the…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 279 calls for service for the period of May 7 to May 14. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 4,376 calls for service.
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Outside of Gardens Aglow, there is no busier weekend at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens than their free weekend, Maine Days. Now a family tradition for many of the state’s residents, the Gardens…
The Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District annual Budget Meeting will be held on…
Boothbay Region Water District had planned to improve Adams Pond Road “to better protect the pond and improve water quality” with a $150,000 Department of Environmental Protection grant, but those…
LincolnHealth was pleased to learn that its $4.5 million Congressional Directed Spending (CDS) grant application to expand oncology and infusion services on the Miles campus has been approved by…
Obituary
Elizabeth Ellen “Betty” Johnson, 84, of Wiscasset, passed away at her home on May 11, 2024 surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Bath on Feb. 6, 1940, she was the…
