The bohemian waxwing is the boisterous and more colorful out-of-town cousin of the usually more common cedar waxwing. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wells

A Bird's Tale

It was winter of 1996. The David Cup and McIlroy Award birding competitions were in full swing in the Ithaca, New York, area where Cornell University and its famous Lab of Ornithology are located. We were in the midst of it all, along with our birders…

The harvest house overlooks the Sheepscot River. File photo

Wiscasset planning board

‘Really excited’: Clark’s Pointers interested in next steps for subdivision

Clark's Point Subdivision residents could be closer to getting more neighbors. Design consultant Karl Olson of Karl Olson & Associates in Wiscasset represented Titan Funding Feb. 9 in a pre-application talk with the planning board. The agenda said it would be…

MPA tournament quarterfinal match

Carrabec sends Wiscasset home, 61-51

Senior guard Colton Scheve scored 32 points and the fourth-seeded Carrabec Cobras held off a late Wiscasset Wolverine run to advance to the Class D South semifinals with a 61-51 quarterfinal win at Augusta Civic Center Saturday afternoon, Feb. 14. Scheve was the…

Celebrating 60 years of service to community

The first meeting of the Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library was held on Jan. 27, 1966. Starting with just 12 members, the Friends are now more than 50 members strong. Following the goals in their mission statement, the Friends have assisted with and/or funded…

BHPD Chief Doug Snyder and Community Digital Navigator Julie Casson talk protecting yourself from scams. ISABELLE CURTIS/Boothbay Register

Presentation: How to protect yourself from scams

Vigilance is essential when protecting yourself from scammers, Julie Casson, community digital navigator at Coastal Maine Regional Broadband, and Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Doug Snyder told attendees Feb. 17 at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML). The pair…

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I was a weekend mail carrier

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Years ago, Wiscasset…
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Staff's Best Photos of 2025

Staff photographer Steve Edwards spent a morning and an afternoon on the water during the 2025 Boothbay Harbor Tuna Challenge and captured this and many other great shots. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register

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Within the Whale event rescheduled

Due to the forecasted snowfall, our highly-anticipated Within…

Senior College discussion: How the CIA informs foreign policy

This winter’s Noontime Series programs feature a trio of CSC members whose…

Hilton named to St. Michael’s dean’s list

Charlotte K. Hilton of Newcastle was named to the dean's list at Saint Michael's College…

Woolwich selectmen

Board floats shortening fish commissioner terms

The alewives fishway and historic fish house on Nequasset Brook. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper

Woolwich selectmen shared ideas with the town's fish commissioners Feb. 18…

Wiscasset selectmen

Movement toward town properties’ futures

Wiscasset selectmen William “Bill” Maloney and Alissa Eason volunteered Feb. 17 to serve on the…

Lincoln County Commissioners

Decision on opioid settlement disbursement still rankles some

A Jefferson mother who lost her son to drug addiction made a return visit Feb. 17 to the county…

MaineHealth offers free, paid CNA training

MaineHealth is now recruiting for its…

Business Booster Series: Sessions on tourism, local financing, and legal services

The Business…

Mid-Coast Audubon bird seed sale fundraiser

Jay on feeder, photo by Caleigh Waldman. Order your bird seed and support your birds this spring and summer. Courtesy photo

It’s time to prepare for your spring bird-…

Sonic Alchemy's 'Submerged' at the Waldo

Join sound worker Jim Doble, cellist April Reed-Cox, and multi-instrumentalist and third generation…

A Bird's Tale

Clint Eastwood and the Waxwings

In real time, the authors estimated 400-500 Bohemian waxwings in the tops of the trees behind the house. Later, counting from a photograph, they discovered there was more than a thousand. Courtesy of Jeff and Allison Wells.

In the Clint Eastwood movie, “Pale Rider,” a group of independent gold prospectors live and pan…

Coastal Rivers to offer hand tool sharpening workshop

A workshop participant sharpens the edges of a spade with a grinding tool. Courtesy photo

Due to high demand, Coastal Rivers has…

From the editor

Back at the tournament

After walking into the media entrance at Augusta Civic Center on Saturday morning, I sat down on an empty bleacher…

From the assistant editor

Done with winter

So done with winter. The cold, the extra cold, the wind, the little wind when the forecast said calm wind, which I think is…

Joe's Journal

Is Ms. Pigette in trouble?

Last weekend, as I drove back home from (never mind), I stopped to chat with Ms. Pigette. It has been a tough winter…

'Round Town

1987

Perhaps a midwinter puzzle might provide diversion from the coldness that has been with us for our recent past and present,…

Westport Island Dems to caucus Sunday

Westport Island Democrats will hold their biennial caucus on Sunday, Feb. 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the…

This week at the Lincoln Theater

The 2026 Oscar nominated Short Films begin screening at the Lincoln Theater Friday, Feb. 20 - Wednesday, Feb. 25. Image courtesy of the venue

"The Choral" - (R; 1 hour, 53 minutes) - 1916. The Choral Society in Yorkshire has…

This week at the Harbor Theater

"The Choral" - (R; 1 hour, 53 minutes) - Set in 1916, "The Choral" unfolds in Ramsden…

A beloved Sondheim musical returns to the big screen

"Merrily We Roll Along," screening Feb. 26 at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theater. Courtesy of the venue

Few musicals have traveled a more surprising path than Stephen Sondheim’s “…

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: 3 arrests

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 230 calls for service for the period…

Wiscasset school committee

Proposed independent probe a no go in school department matter

Wiscasset's school committee declined Monday night to hire an independent investigator to…

Wiscasset’s Brycson Grover makes school committee

Three residents offered to fill the seat Victoria Hugo-Vidal left on Wiscasset's…

Wiscasset school committee

Panel gets school budget draft

A budget draft Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kim Andersson…

Tides

Friday, 02/20
12:48 AM	High	10.25`
6:42 AM	Low	-0.53`
1:05 PM	High	10.33`
7:02 PM	Low	-0.61`

Saturday, 02/21
1:26 AM	High	10.46`
7:27 AM	Low	-0.62`
1:49 PM	High	10.04`
7:44 PM	Low	-0.37`

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No tide data available.

Rockland Tides

Friday, 02/20
12:20 AM	High	10.53`
6:29 AM	Low	0.01`
12:36 PM	High	10.85`
6:52 PM	Low	-0.21`

Saturday, 02/21
12:59 AM	High	10.80`
7:15 AM	Low	-0.15`
1:21 PM	High	10.62`
7:35 PM	Low	-0.01`

Marine Forecast
Data courtesy of NOAA

Belfast Tides

Friday, 02/20
12:17 AM	High	11.17`
6:23 AM	Low	-0.38`
12:36 PM	High	11.28`
6:44 PM	Low	-0.50`

Saturday, 02/21
12:58 AM	High	11.36`
7:08 AM	Low	-0.47`
1:21 PM	High	10.98`
7:26 PM	Low	-0.23`

Marine Forecast
Data courtesy of NOAA

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Blue Café Book Release and Performance featuring Peter Gallway and his book, "Hardtail Strat - Guitars, Heroin, Songs, and Stories"

Camden Opera House

Evergreen Home Performance named top insulation rebate contractor in Maine

Evergreen Home Performance

Sunday Breakfast at Brady's

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Winter Supper Series at Southport General Store

Southport General Store & Barn

Baby Back Ribs & All You Can Eat Haddock Thursday open 11-5

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Sonic Alchemy: Submerged

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Blue Café Book Release and Performance featuring Peter Gallway and his book, "Hardtail Strat - Guitars, Heroin, Songs, and Stories"

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Evergreen Home Performance named top insulation rebate contractor in Maine

Evergreen Home Performance

Sunday Breakfast at Brady's

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Brady's to host all day Super Bowl Event and open for the BIG GAME!

Brady’s

Buy a bouquet & help Meals on Wheels serve a meal!

MCH Making Community Happen

Winter Supper Series at Southport General Store

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Baby Back Ribs & All You Can Eat Haddock Thursday open 11-5

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Walter Parks with Ada Dyer Feb. 20

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