Wayne Allen “Grampy” Brewer, 77, of Bradley Road, Boothbay Harbor, passed away peacefully on Aug. 27, 2024.
Born on Dec. 19, 1946, in Damariscotta, Wayne was the beloved son of Carl “Bo”…
News
A three-year study monitoring Midcoast traffic patterns begins this fall with a focus on alleviating Route One congestion. On Sept. 3, Executive Director Emily Rabbe announced Lincoln County…
Obituary
Helen M. Lewis, 95, died Sept. 2, 2024 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor with her family by her side.
Helen was born Aug. 23, 1929 in Mystic, Connecticut to Anton Bartik and Ida…
Boothbay Railway Village Museum
A 60th Celebration Fundraiser is planned for Saturday, Sept. 14 at The Boothbay Railway Village Museum from 6 to 9 p.m.
The evening will begin with a train ride to the…
A Boothbay man on a stopped motorcycle was struck by a slow-moving mobile home Aug. 29 while waiting for a mother duck and her ducklings to cross the road.
Alex Antoine, 22, had stopped…
Burnt Island Lighthouse will be hosting an open house on Saturday for Maine Lighthouse Day from 10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
As part of the Return…
Men’s Night in Boothbay/Boothbay Harbor has traditionally been held the Wednesday before Christmas week. On Men’s Night, local businesses offer special sales for last minute shoppers or people who…
Rescinded. That was the Boothbay selectboard’s decision Aug. 28 to reverse its $75,000 fine against McGee Construction of Gardiner. On Aug. 14, selectmen voted, 3-2, to assess a $1,000 per day…
Obituary
Sarah Webster Heald, 67, of Georgetown, Maine, passed away peacefully, in her sleep at home, on the morning of Aug. 3, 2024, after a three-and-a-half-year battle with cancer.
Born on May…
On Monday, Sept. 2 at 2:36 p.m., Lincoln County Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a motor vehicle crash on Route 27/Gardiner Road in Dresden.
Deputies responded to the…
The Sunday, Sept. 15 matinee at 2 p.m. of the popular new film “It Ends With Us” (PG13; 2 hours, 10 minutes) adapted from Coleen Hoover’s romantic novel will include a special opportunity to delve…
Obituary
Michael Davis Moss passed away August 25, 2024 at the Gosnell House in Scarborough.
Michael was born in Hanover, New Hampshire to John Russelll Moss and Nancy Paddock Davis Moss. At two…
Calling all Sheepscot River enthusiasts! Midcoast Conservancy is hosting their second annual State of the Sheepscot event on Sept. 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Whitefield Elementary School Gym…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 418 calls for service for the period of Aug. 27 to Sept. 3. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 10,511 calls for service.
Summonses…
A Celebration of Life gathering for Daniel G. Bryer, who died Aug. 2, 2024, will be held Saturday, Sept. 21, 1 to 4 p.m. at the Boothbay Fire Station.
Red, white and blue signs, some with stars, stripes, or both, fill a window at Craig and Laurie Winslow’s commercial building at 51 Water St. in Wiscasset. The signs declare local pets’…
The workshop, “Give Light: Spiritual Support for Climate Engagement,” is open to anyone interested in participating. It will be held Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Second Congregational Church, 51…
Camden International Film Festival
Cannes and Sundance, step aside! The 20th edition of the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) is in the spotlight this month, with screenings of a wide variety of documentary films from…
Mary Ellen Lemay, director of Landowner Engagement for the Aspetuck Land Trust (Connecticut) and co-founder of Pollinator Pathway, will be presenting at the next monthly meeting of the Boothbay…
Are you a local librarian, community or non-profit volunteer, or tech-savvy in general? Do you like helping neighbors solve computer or phone issues? Coming up in September is “Empowering The…
Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in August:
Alna: Alna Inhab Of to Fifield, Brian T; Fifield, Brian T to Green Rocket Farm…
The Southport Climate Action Team is considering a third grant for making Hendricks Head Beach more resilient to climate change. The team received a $50,000 Maine Infrastructure Adaptation Fund…
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) will host its annual Harvest Dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6 ,…
What began as a passion for figure skating led an East Boothbay man all the way to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Elliot Schwartz, 57, began figure skating as an MIT (Massachusetts Institute of…
Midcoast Maine’s Regional Domestic Violence Resource Center will host Xavier L. Guadalupe-Díaz, Ph.D, professor and criminology program coordinator in the Department of Sociology and Criminology…
Southport Town Hall
Friends of the Southport Historical Society present “Maine in the China Trade,” a talk by Cipperly Good, Sept. 7, 7 p.m…
Join Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) for the Storybook Ball, a fundraising gala in celebration of the Library’s 100th anniversary. Dedicated as a memorial to World War I veterans, and…
Lincoln County can be justly proud of the people who have contributed to the rich and colorful history of this region. Evidence of this pride can be found in local historical societies like…
On Sunday, Sept. 15, 3 p.m., at the Edgecomb Town Hall, the Edgecomb Historical Society will host a talk by longtime resident Bob Brown entitled, “Yesterday's Mount Hunger and Today's Schmid…
In 2024 the National Institute of Cancer states there will be over 9,600 children of childhood cancer and that it continues to be one of the leading causes of deaths in children.
Heads of…
The Boothbay Region YMCA is a proud recipient of funding from Mid Coast Parkview Health and LincolnHealth to expand programming for middle and high school youth. “FREE Time [Fun, Readiness,…
Community Resource Council (CRC)’s annual Set for Success event returned for its second year in its new location, Boothbay Region Elementary School (BRES) on…
Lainey Bell, the 2024 American Honey Princess, will visit Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St., Augusta, on Sunday, Sept. 8. She will participate in the first Maine Bee Fest with the Maine State…
Cross Country
Thursday, Sept. 12: At Medomak, boys at 4 p.m., girls at 4:45 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 19: At Camden, girls at 4 p.m., boys at 4:45 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 26:…
There was an accident involving a motorcycle and camper around 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon near Shore Hills Campground. Boothbay Fire Department, Boothbay Region Ambulance Service and Lincoln County…
A proposed affordable housing project may create more living spaces, but also more traffic problems for current Butler Road residents. On Aug. 27, the Boothbay Planning Board reconvened their Aug…
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CAMDEN — Maine Senator Angus King spent an hour with the Camden Rotary at its regular Tuesday noon meeting Aug. 27. At the podium in the…
Obituary
Lucille T. Brewer died on Aug. 25, 2024 after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. She was 77. MS is a cruel and debilitating disease, but Lucille faced it with courage and a calm resolve.…
The popular interlibrary loan (ILL) system will be back in circulation Sept. 3 after a temporary summer shutdown. Readers are asked to limit their requests as the program restarts, but librarians…
Wiscasset Elementary School’s Becky Hallowell told Wiscasset Newspaper Aug. 28, she is ecstatic to be a finalist for Maine Teacher of the Year. The news came hours earlier from Maine Department of…
The deadline for editorial and advertising submissions for the Sept. 5 edition is Friday, Aug. 30 at 4 p.m. The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper staff will be observing Labor Day on Monday,…
Southport property taxpayers will pay a little more in 2024. Selectmen approved a 0.005685 mil rate which is 8.25% more than in 2023. During the Aug. 21 selectboard meeting, Selectman Gerry Gamage…
Obituary
Susan Jean Sutter, 76, passed away at her Alna home on Aug. 19, 2024.
Susan loved nature, the outdoors and flowers. She was able to train chickadees to eat from her…
Salt ’n Spar
Do you remember when little Alna, Maine was home to an eclectic gathering of mule and donkey owners? The daylong celebration was called fittingly enough, The State of Maine Mule and Donkey Day. It…
Obituary
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Howard Alden Cederlund, 97, of Wiscasset on Aug. 22, 2024.
Howard was born in Worcester,…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 412 calls for service for the period of Aug. 20 to Aug. 27. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 10,093 calls for service.
Summons
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With more teams, more prize money and more events, the 2024 Boothbay Harbor Tuna Challenge promises to be the largest yet. In its third year, 90 teams will compete Sept. 2-5 for a combined $100,…
Aug. 20 was a busy night for Heather Sinclair who attended two board meetings. At 5 p.m., she led the first school committee meeting of the new year at Edgecomb Eddy. Her second came an hour later…
Imagine being a pirate stranded on a Maine island. Like any good seafarer, you need a telescoping spyglass to peer over the horizon. Alas, all you have are raw materials: In this case, paper, tape…
