Russell red lupines on display at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. MIKE MARR/Boothbay Register Jane Lunt, scholarship chair, and Claire Tomlin, president, Boothbay Region Garden Club join Andy Hamblett and campers at Y Camp. The Garden Club donated $5,000 to the scholarship fund for the camp. Courtesy of Carole Zalucky A recent sunny afternoon in Damariscotta. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Wiscasset Ford general sales manager Chris Lefebvre on June 20 presents a $1,682 check to Vanessa Dunn, president of Wiscasset Middle High School’s high school student council. The check, resulting from a Drive 4UR School fundraiser, will benefit the student council’s charity work, WMHS technology coordinator-student council adviser Deb Pooler said. Pooler, council members and Superintendent of Schools Heather Wilmot joined Wiscasset Ford staff for the presentation at the Route 1 business. Courtesy of Deb Pooler Edgecomb Eddy School recently held a fundraiser to purchase playground equipment. Jameson Brooks is a kindergartner who has a rare brain and spinal cancer. Easy Access playground equipment is needed to help him with his independence and mobility. Here, Debbie Graves, left, presents a check for $670 from the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club to help pay for the equipment. Accepting the check are special education teacher Tanya Thibault, center, and Principal Lisa Clarke. Courtesy photo Sarah Winchenbach graduated from St. Joseph’s College on May 13 with a bachelor of science in business administration, with a concentration on banking. Sara is the assistant branch manager of Bath Savings Institution in Damariscotta. She lives in West Boothbay Harbor with her husband, Bob, and children, Dylan and Marissa. Sarah is the daughter of Sherry and Ted Hodgdon. Courtesy photo Students of Sheepscot Valley Children’s House and their families enjoy lunch outside on the playground June 14 for the annual Family Picnic to celebrate the end of the school year. Courtesy of Krista George Outgoing BRGC President, Mimi O'Neill, left, accepts awards from outgoing Garden Club Federation of Maine (GCFM) President, Suzanne Busnell at the statewide GCFM convention held the week of June 20 in Freeport. The Boothbay Region Garden Club brought home the following certificates and awards: Yearbook Award – First Place for 100-299 Members; 2016 Publicity Press Book – First Place for extra-large club; Publicity Press Book – Regional award – 2nd place, extra-large club; Club of Distinction – 305 points; Certificate of Recognition for support of Habitat for Humanity (GCFM projects); Certificate of Recognition for continued maintenance of a Blue Star Marker; Certificate of Participation for school gardening; and Honorable Mention for Active Garden Therapy Program. Courtesy of Carole Zalucky/BRGC Patricia Royall, executive director of the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce, adjusts one of the paintings currently on display at the Chamber office on Townsend Avenue. The display includes some of the paintings and photographs which will be sold at the "Keep the Light Burning" Art Auction on Wednesday, July 12 at Spruce Point Inn. Tickets ($60, $75 at the door) for the auction are being sold at the Chamber office, Grover's Hardware and online. The event will include fine food, drink, live music and the auction. For more information, visit www.keepersofburntislandlight.com Boothbay Region High School lacrosse team award recipients for 2017 are, from left: Kate Friant and Sydney Meader, most valuable players; Chloe Arsenault and Hali Goodwin, most improved, and Lexi Welch, coach’s award. Courtesy photo A Volkswagen Beetle adds a pop of yellow to Wiscasset’s downtown village June 29. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Joe Wallace of Main Street in Wiscasset and standard poodle Issabelle look forward to an evening walk June 29. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper At the Garden Club Federation of Maine annual meeting, installation and awards luncheon at Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport June 21, the Garden Club of Wiscasset received a certificate of Participation for Outstanding work with School Gardening and a Club of Distinction Award with 200-300 points. Pictured are Linda Belmont, past president of The Garden Club of Wiscasset with Suzanne Bushnell, president of GCFM holding the Longfellow Pitcher. The Garden Club of Wiscasset is very pleased to have been the recipient of the Historic restoration award. It is a beautiful, engraved pitcher. The award is the Longfellow Pitcher for Preservation of Beauty-Historic Preservation Project. In collaboration with Historic New England, the club has worked to bring the gardens at the Nickels-Sortwell house in Wiscasset to what they would have been in the 1930s. Courtesy of Emily Adler