Well done, local church members who rang bells March 3 in honor of those killed in Ukraine in the first week of Russia’s invasion; and kudos to First Congregational Church and St. Philip’s Church…
Editorial
From the editor
Peter R. Cook. A lifelong friend, high school teammate and best man. Having to say good-bye this week has been tough on everyone who knew him.
One thing that truly sunk in with me during…
From the assistant editor
I can’t recall a less exciting topic our towns have faced lately than Wiscasset’s look at net energy billing. I thought this as I wrote one of our recent stories on it after a Feb. 15 selectmen’s…
From the editor
With The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcing 70% or so of Americans now live in areas where they are no longer recommended to wear masks indoors in public settings, there seems…
From the assistant editor
Congratulations to the schools that have taught in the pandemic, first remotely then usually back in person. And with Maine Center for Disease Control’s new blessing on masks going optional, that…
From the editor
Even though the Seahawks won’t be going back this week, it felt good to return to the Augusta Civic Center for the Maine Principals’ Association basketball tournament on Monday.
Like my…
From the assistant editor
Since area towns’ boards and committees began meeting on Zoom and YouTube due to the pandemic, and some still are, have you been viewing and/or participating in meetings you would not have, had…
From the editor
It is a pleasure to publish stories about the successes gained by young people who are/were educated here in our regions.
Whenever semesters end, we receive several updates on college…
From the assistant editor
Of all the scenarios State Rep. Rachel Talbot-Ross mentioned to Wiscasset selectmen Feb. 1 for…
From the editor
Even though the New England Patriots aren’t playing in Sunday’s “big game,” we NFL fans will huddle in front of the TV sets to watch the yearly spectacle. Who are you cheering for? I would like to…
From the assistant editor
A headline either gets you to read a story, because it makes the article sound interesting, important, or both; or it loses you, as boring or not too important, or else we would have trumpeted it…
From the editor
The Boothbay Register has thousands upon thousands of photos in its office. Some of the prints are either identified with attached paper tags or information written on the back. Other photos, such…
From the assistant editor
Town surveys, in Wiscasset or elsewhere, do not always get huge responses, just as local votes at the polls or town meetings do not always draw most registered voters. They all get whoever shows…
From the editor
It’s not my way to state the obvious, but I was beginning to think that we might escape an almost snow-less January. However, the overnight three to four inches of the fluffy stuff on Monday-…
From the assistant editor
Why did you come here, beautiful eagle?
You might ask what we are doing here, also, beautiful bird, ever near as we can be to wherever you light. We have not your wings and eagle eyes, we…
From the editor
Ever since my last column was drying on the pages, I have been home taking care of the house, one dog and three cats. My wife, Melodee, and neighbors, Brandy, Corey and Spencer Pottle, took a road…
From the assistant editor
National Weather Service’s forecast for Jan. 11 was, as of Friday, for a daytime high near 8F. Based on years of reporting, reading, television viewing and radio listening, I can tell you what…
From the editor
Hats off to the Boothbay Region YMCA trustees, current and past members, for never standing pat on what the “heart of the region” offers. And to the people of the region and around the country,…
From the assistant editor
Early Monday, I was online looking up early 2000s Alna politics for a story on some new Alna politics, the latest petition, and Safari offered me a site that, from what I have found so far, has…
From the editor
With only one more game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, Jan. 9 at 4:25 p.m. – thankfully it isn’t “a win and you’re in, or lose and go home” situation, the Mac Jones-led New England Patriots…
From the editor
I don’t know about you, but it has been a struggle for me to remain truly happy since about March 2020 … which is when you know what happened.
Yes, there have been many personal happy…
From the editor
Before I forget, Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you enjoy time with family and friends, as well as this issue of the newspaper, with the second section packed with Letters to Santa, family…
From the assistant editor
It’s a little early for New Year’s resolutions, but there is no time like today (as in, every day) to improve. Today, I will no longer put so much time into crafting some emails. They are mostly…
From the editor
Thanksgiving is nearly three weeks in the past, however, this is still the season of caring and giving.
The saying “Someone always has it worse” really hit home this week.
Waking…
From the assistant editor
The best thing about area schools’ pooled testing for COVID is you don’t have to do it. Parents decide if they want to sign their child up. The second best thing, or a tie, really, is schools can…
From the editor
I used to ice skate and many of us who lived near Pat’s Pond in Boothbay Harbor have lots of great memories of daytime hockey matches and nighttime bonfires (and playing “Wolves and Sheep,” where…
From the editor
Have you heard about Niksen? Maybe you’ve heard of its translation, nixing?
Niksen is a Dutch verb which means “doing nothing.” It has been used to deal with work-related health problems,…
From the editor
When Daylight Saving Time ends, it is not fun. You go to bed when it is dark and you wake up and it is still dark. My dog doesn't like it either. She takes shorter walks when it isn't light out. I…
From the assistant editor
Hope you have many personal things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Here are some thoroughly Wiscasset-area reasons to be:
Senior housing developer Optimus set its sights on Wiscasset…
From the editor
I have heard a few comments this past week that it’s going to be a “long winter.” The calendar says winter begins Dec. 21, over four weeks away, so we’ve got a good stretch of time before the next…
From the assistant editor
When did an expletive help win an argument, political or otherwise? Using them may be understandable when the speaker is upset from fear, anger, frustration, or grief. But if you’re speaking…
From the editor
Celebrations have and will be held this week.
American Legion Post 36 started things off Saturday with its annual community awards. Congratulations to all the deserving recipients. Good…
From the assistant editor
It’s a small, mostly local victory in the scheme of very important things, a pandemic, climate change and American politics where dramatic things have happened in recent months and years. But it…
From the editor
A few weeks ago, I received an email asking that we change where we place the obituaries on our websites.
The email read: “Is it just me or is it a little unusual and somewhat depressing…
From the assistant editor
Go to the grocery store and find a shelf bare? Order online locally or not and find that something is out of stock? In the pandemic, the season of giving and celebrating is also the season of…
From the editor
Congratulations to coach Nick Scott, coach Warren Cossette and the Boothbay Region-Wiscasset cross-country team. As Cossette pointed out in a letter to the editor last week, with assistance from…
From the assistant editor
When Wiscasset Farmer’s Market talked with selectmen Oct. 19 about possible new sites, Parks and Recreation Director Duane Goud offered one that could make sense. The back of Wiscasset Community…
We’ll get to the Red Sox. Cheering for their record-breaking third grand slam Monday night goes without saying, but cannot be said enough.
But first, back to Wiscasset: Sometimes after a…
From the editor
It’s 7:27 on a Friday morning here at the office. I am the only one here. I just downloaded onto my laptop some game photos taken yesterday afternoon and will check my email and start editing…
From the editor
Comeback wins! A scoreless tie! Celebrations!
Taking into consideration the local sports scene and Boston/New England teams, this week has been a fun week to be a fan.
Friday night…
From the editor
Do you like to get the lowdown on what the local winters are going to be like?
As soon as October arrives, I start scouring the internet for stories from “experts” predicting the upcoming…
From the assistant editor
What if we could have put on our Facebook page a link to Monday afternoon’s announcement of three days of remote learning for Wiscasset Middle High School due to COVID-19?
We could not,…
From the editor
I don’t normally watch YouTube videos that are longer than 10 minutes (unless it is for work) but tuning into Boothbay Region Land Trust’s 2021 annual membership meeting last week kept me glued to…
From the assistant editor
This time of year, you start to see the most orange on our pages. Christmas has its reds, greens and often nature’s white backdrop; and red is a February regular for Valentine’s Day, plus paired…
From the assistant editor
Did you feel it?
Not the icy reception selectmen’s and other boards’ decisions in any of our towns receive sometimes. That can happen any time of year.
This was the other night. A …
From the editor
At least I’m not staring at a wall all the time – as was the case during my time working at home when the pandemic struck.
For the most part of my three-plus decades here at the Register…
From the assistant editor
Another round of outdoor events in the past week and a first week of full-time school accomplished, Wiscasset is forging through the change of seasons and, where it can, moving nearer to normal…
From the editor
I was going to write another “serious” column this week – about the Delta virus and what I read in a New York Times article about the variant of COVID-19 – but I chucked that idea out the window…
From the editor
We still seem to be on edge 20 years after America was attacked Sept. 11, 2001, perhaps more so because of the homespun violence rather than a foreign plot. Chicago’s violence numbers, alone, are…
From the assistant editor
How was your summer?
Did you weather Wiscasset traffic and find, sometimes, at least, it flowed better than you expected for that time of day or week? And did the opposite also happen? As…
