Join Hildy Ellis, recently-retired coordinator at Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, as she leads participants on a walk along the margins of the bog at Midcoast Conservancy’s…
Sports
WARREN — The Midcoast Sternmen, a newly formed semi-professional basketball team participating in the newly formed Professional Basketball Association, will be holding tryouts next month in Warren…
Big Al’s owner Al Cohen thinks people will like the new Barters Island bridge. He liked what he saw of it March 10 when he was crossing the one-lane, temporary bridge.
“The new bridge…
The Maine Department of Marine Resources has published a series of printable informational documents that summarize 2021 regulations for your favorite saltwater gamefish species. Documents for…
Spring is coming and so is baseball/softball/T-ball season!
Boys and girls ages 4 to 12 in the following towns are eligible to play for Lincoln Little League: Damariscotta, Newcastle,…
Been seeing lots of unusual finches this winter? Mid-Coast Audubon and Camden Public Library will host a free online Zoom presentation about our northern finch winter visitors on Thursday, March…
The Wiscasset municipal building grounds were showing signs of warmer weather Tuesday. From the mid-morning above freezing temperature on the electronic board to the receding snow along the…
After Alna’s appeals board decided a series of appeals March 4 on resident Jeff Spinney’s shoreland project, members said the matter will go back to the planning board that approved Spinney’s…
On March 3, the Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Basketball Games in partnership with the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches (…
As a Maine high school basketball coach, I.J. Pinkham had a long list of accomplishments in his 49 years patrolling the hardwood. Pinkham’s teams won 659 games, more than any other Maine high…
Anyone interested in local forestry is invited to attend a Forest Walk on Saturday, Feb. 27, from noon to 2 p.m. at Midcoast Conservancy’s Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC). Walk hosts include…
The Midcoast Umpire Association of Maine will be providing training for interested new members, or individuals looking to learn more about the game of baseball or softball.
The…
It was the Lady Seahawks’ fifth loss in seven games, but Coach Brian Blethen is seeing steady improvement in his young squad. On Jan. 26, Medomak Valley beat Boothbay Region in…
Another Lady Seahawk has soared in the Boothbay Region High School basketball scoring record books. Senior Glory Blethen scored her 1,000th career point on Feb. 15 on a 21-foot 3-pointer midway…
One board’s decision linked to another’s is figuring into a third board’s work. That issue and several others came up on Zoom Feb. 11 when Alna’s appeals board started hearing three appeals…
On and near Wiscasset’s waterfront Saturday, Feb. 13, the midday sun was brilliant and footprints in the snow showed people are getting out in the cold, including to some summertime spots.
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Start the year by learning ways to focus on the present moment, reduce stress, and observe nature in a new way! The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) invites the public to an introduction to…
More than 200 high school and college students from around the world have signed up for the Feb. 20-21 Camden Conference, “The Geopolitics of the Arctic: A Region in Peril,” taking advantage of…
Hikers are invited to enjoy the unique sounds of the woods in winter on a full moon hike at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson on Friday, Feb. 26, from 6-8 p.m. Nature will light the trail…
Where It’s At
The snow white path leading into the forested area we know as Cross River Preserve lay before me. With my pamphlet for Boothbay Region Land Trust’s Self-Guided Winter Tree Identification Walk in…
Farmingdale’s Janet Greeley was in Wiscasset recently with her mother and thought it looked like a good place to take a walk. So Sunday, Feb. 7 she returned with husband Greg and the couple’s…
The Boothbay Region High School boys and girls basketball teams will return to action tonight, Feb. 4, with the girls hosting the Winthrop Ramblers and the boys traveling to Winthrop. Both games…
While the Maine woods are famous grounds for leaf peepers throughout the fall, many hikers who trek out in winter may be oblivious to the variety of trees surrounding them. The species that so…
Midcoast Conservancy is delighted to welcome Tim Trumbauer to its staff as senior watershed manager. Trumbauer will be responsible for protecting and improving water resources for human and…
The coronavirus pandemic may have impacted Ed Crocker’s life more than any other player, coach, or sports official. Crocker has refereed high school basketball for 26 years before deciding against…
Boys basketball
The Medomak Valley Panthers took advantage of several unforced turnovers and a cold shooting night by the Boothbay Region Seahawks to improve to 3-0 on the season with a 54-33 win at Boothbay…
Girls basketball
A strong second half by the host Medomak Panthers gave them a 71-43 win over the Boothbay Region Seahawks in Waldoboro Tuesday night.
Medomak outscored Boothbay 40-18 in the second half to…
Hikers are invited to enjoy the unique sounds of the woods in winter on a full moon hike at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson on Wednesday, Jan. 27, from 5 to 7 pm. Nature will light the…
If all the lawyers can make it, Alna’s appeals board plans to hear three appeals Feb. 11, all linked to Jeff Spinney’s recent shoreland project. Meeting over Zoom Wednesday night, Jan. 20, board…
The trails are alive with the sound of music: the laughter and delight of kids on skis! Midcoast Conservancy’s annual six-week Youth Cross Country Ski Clinic is under way at Hidden Valley Nature…
The Camden Conference, Penobscot Marine Museum, and the Belfast Free Library will present Charles Lagerbom speaking on “Maine Whaling: To the Arctic and Beyond.” This event takes place on Thursday…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is partnering with the Maine Primitive Skills School and Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine to offer a new monthly outdoor educational series for…
Allan Crocker, Boothbay Region High School athletic director, has announced that tonight’s basketball games at BRHS (girls) and at Winthrop (boys) have been postponed and have been rescheduled…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, spectators will not be allowed at games this winter. Several Mountain Valley Conference schools will be live streaming their basketball games this winter. Click on…
Anyone interested in local forestry is invited to attend a Forest Walk on Saturday, Feb. 27, from noon to 2 p.m. at Midcoast Conservancy’s Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC).
Walk hosts…
This January’s winter tale at Oak Point Farm is truly one to stir the imagination of every child, no matter how old.
In Kate Messner’s story, “Over and Under the Snow,” winter is explored…
AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's (DACF) Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) has compiled its year-end Maine State Park visitation…
David Pope said rediscovering the solitude of the outdoors is one of the best things about hiking a network of trails behind Wiscasset Community Center and Morris Farm. Visitors to the vast land…
One of Jeff Spinney’s neighbors after another on Zoom Wednesday night criticized his and the town’s shoreland deal. Selectmen signed the agreement they said Spinney, of Golden Ridge Road, also…
Alna planning board
Alna planning board member Laurie Hiestand asked Jan. 5, why Jeff Spinney’s abutters do not have to sign Jeff Spinney’s proposed boat launch deal with the town. “I don’t know, Laurie, none of us…
Jeff Spinney will lay no mat over the fresh layer of washed stone he applied to his boat ramp on the Sheepscot River, according to Spinney and his proposed deal with Alna. Selectmen have…
Ski, bike and snowshoe rentals are available at Midcoast Conservancy’s Hidden Valley this winter! Outdoor enthusiasts are encouraged to try out Nordic Skiing, Fat Tire Biking, or Snowshoeing at…
The citizens of Woolwich have spoken. Dennis and Vicki Mosier of 652 Old Stage Road are winners of the community’s first home holiday lighting contest. Votes were cast at the municipal building…
Alna selectmen
Alna selectmen said Dec. 17, they might give voters a second option to change shoreland rules. Ralph Hilton’s proposal via his petition this fall will be on the March town meeting warrant, and so…
Pier 1 in Boothbay Harbor is now illuminated with the town’s first large-scale Christmas buoy tree. The 20-foot wooden structure weighs in at 3,000 pounds and is outfitted with 800 lobster-pot…
A local basketball milestone was recently brought to light 46 years after it happened.
Laurel “Laurie” Reed, Boothbay Region High School class of 1974, was an outstanding basketball player…
Alna planning board
After a 3-2 planning board vote on Zoom Thursday night, Dec. 10, if he gets any other agencies’ permits he needs, Alna’s Jeff Spinney can roll a mat down to the…
Like other rural roads that run through two or more Lincoln County towns, West Alna Road in Wiscasset and Alna is striking with its miles of tall trees and big open spaces…
Alna planning board
Alna planning board chairman Jim Amaral said the panel will deliberate tonight on Jeff Spinney’s ramp and earthwork…
