The Boothbay Charities Classic, a fundraising event for Special Olympics Maine for the past 29 years, will not be held this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, in a letter being…
Sports
In 1983 the relatively young non-profit, Boothbay Region Land Trust, received a donation of land from Nathaniel Porter, which would become Porter Preserve, the organization’s first public nature…
Harbor Theater is bringing you a three-day outdoor movie extravaganza with a giant pop-up screen, live music, food and drink (including popcorn and candy), and films for all ages on Thursday, Aug…
We are saddened to announce that the 16th annual running of the Westport Island Shore Run, “Maine’s Best Little 10K Road Race” previously scheduled for Aug. 16, has been…
Boothbay Region YMCA
The Boothbay Region YMCA 27th annual Rowgatta on Barters Island Aug. 8 got blue skies and light winds. Twenty-six single kayaks, five double kayaks and two paddle boards made the nine-mile trip…
“This is the part where the train said, ‘I thought I could, I thought I could,” Maynard, Massachusetts’ John McNamara said in a narrow gauge train in Alna Friday night after it took public riders…
Saturday, July 25 was seamless, air-warm, water- flat, destination - perfect. It was a pretty cruise from any port. Several boats chose to cruise through the Thread…
The 2020 high school fall athletic season will undoubtedly be unlike any other. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in cancelling the spring sports season and, beginning Sept. 8, Maine’s fall sports…
Volunteers of Maine Fishing Guides stopped by Camp Knickerbocker on Thursday, June 30 to teach Y campers different fishing related skills. Maine Fishing Guide is a service based out of Skowhegan,…
AUGUSTA –Earlier this week, in response to the fatal shark attack near Bailey Island, water activity restrictions took effect at Maine's coastal State Parks with beaches. Today, July 31, the…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association has announced its plans for the shortened fall sports seasons.
The maximum number of regular season games for soccer and field hockey have been…
It is free form and spontaneous. Tim and Tracy Johnson describes their long-distance bicycling tours that way. The couple traveled from their home in Denver to East Boothbay covering 4,240 miles…
Where It’s At
Remember, back when you were a kid (and for some of us teenagers) at the beach on a hot summer day? The scent of salt laced with that of Coppertone in the air … the warmth of the sun on your face…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has announced up to 200 people are now allowed to gather for seated outdoor spectator events such as sports or concerts under a…
Jeff Spinney was considering all options after Alna’s planning board again rejected his Sheepscot River ramp replacement request Monday night. Two new votes went the same way as the June 29 one:…
Looking for a break from the political and pandemic-related news of the day? Look back with us on summer’s beauty to date, and further still to spring’s daffodils, super…
The lakes and ponds of the Pemaquid River watershed are a unique and valuable natural resource. Their health is the topic of an online conversation hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust from…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association Interscholastic Management Committee voted Tuesday, during a virtual meeting, to push the start of Maine’s fall high school sports season back.
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ROCKLAND — Usually the “fit out” season to get boats ready for sailing goes from March through late May with a Memorial Day start to the season for the Maine Windjammer Association, the largest…
Boothbay Region Land Trust
The Abenaki didn't keep a guest log on Damariscove, nor did Francis Popham when he claimed ownership of the island in 1604. There is likewise no evidence that Capt. John Smith, who stopped by the…
Saturday’s fog, showers and clouds broke, making a sunny, breezy midday for one family’s first time at Alna’s Head Tide Dam. The Fairleys were visiting from Massachusetts.
Some members…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and Midcoast Conservancy invite the public to learn about the lives of Bats! Join Jan Collins, Maine Master Naturalist, for a live webinar on Thursday, July 23 at 6…
Alna planning board’s Jim Amaral and Jeff Spinney’s lawyer Kristin Collins agreed July 7: They wished the board would stop having ties. The two disagreed on whether or not to let Spinney present a…
When Jody Jones, the executive director of the Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association, and Steve Patton, executive director of the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association, sat down together in…
The Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) is thrilled to share that their virtual program officially opened on Monday, June 29. This summer, youth ages 5-17 are coming together online to explore…
Boothbay Region Land Trust
For those who like to take time to “stop and smell the flowers,” there are plenty of interesting blooms to draw your attention. One that deserves a second glance is the small but striking yellow…
Please help us support two great causes! The Boothbay Region Food Pantry and the new, improved sustainable community trail system behind the Boothbay Region schools! (Look for more information…
At 12 and a half feet long and built of plywood with a pair of designs Herb Smith found in WoodenBoat, the latest Appledore will be launched privately in Boothbay Harbor, probably this…
As he said he might, Jeff Spinney decided to ask Alna’s planning board to reconsider its June 29 rejection of his proposed ramp project at the Sheepscot River. Spinney, the board’s chair, said he…
As our climate changes, the timing of natural processes, including blooming of flowers and greening of vegetation is shifting and presenting challenges for birds and farmers alike. For Bobolinks…
Alna planning board
Alna planning board’s 2-2 vote on Zoom Monday night sank Jeff Spinney’s request to revamp his ramp on the Sheepscot River. Tom Albee and Acting Chair Taylor McGraw decided the ramp was a legally…
Open water swimming is always an adventure because there are so many different elements at play, from the water temperature, to sun, wind, and plants. Swimming is already often seen as an…
Boothbay Region Land Trust
While the Boothbay Region Land Trust preserves are well known for their scenic beauty, many may not be aware of the rich history behind these captivating properties. In recognition of BRLT’s 40th…
Alna planning board members said June 23, they want to protect the Sheepscot River and that voters did also when they passed the town’s shoreland zoning in 1993. Part of what members are still…
From chattering birds, to verdant meadows and bustling waterways, the signs of summer have arrived at Boothbay Region Land Trust. Yet another marker of the season is the return of summer…
A retrospective
This month was to feature the 58th year of the (Boothbay Harbor) Windjammer Days Festival. And this year marks the seventh year Friends of Windjammer Days has been directing its course. This year…
Whichever way Alna’s planning board decides on Jeff Spinney’s proposed dock project, Alna’s lawyer expects a court challenge. After the final two hours of public comment June 18, Amanda Meader…
Over the past three months, children in the Boothbay region and across the country have found themselves inundated with virtual interactions. Classroom lessons arrived by email, and show-and-tell…
Alna selectmen are asking voters at the polls July 14 for another $50,000 for legal costs. “I hope that’s enough,” Second Selectman Doug Baston said via Zoom June 10 as the board set the…
Memorial Day has come and gone without one of Bill Campbell’s Balmy Days Cruises vessels: Balmy Days, Novelty, Bay Lady, or Miss Boothbay, on the water; without the graceful…
Alna’s attorney Amanda Meader has seen nothing in her municipal law career like the tension, meetings, letters, information requests and more around Jeff Spinney’s request for a dock project on…
The far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 virus and the measures being taken to reduce its spread are applicable in many areas you may not have thought about. While state and local…
YMCA Camp staff for Central Lincoln County YMCA and Boothbay Region YMCA have been hard at work navigating the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on how summer camp with operate this year. Camp…
Recently, partners from Midcoast Conservancy, the Town of Alna, Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) met onsite at Head Tide Dam.
“We have had many inquiries…
Wiscasset Yacht Club is offering 12-hour private sailing instructions for adults June 8 through September. Classes will be held weekdays from 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.…
Holbrook’s Pond is back to looking like it’s supposed to and not like an overgrown mud puddle. This wasn’t the case last summer after a small dam gave way threatening the Wiscasset landmark at the…
Instead of its usual staffed spring trail running series, Midcoast Conservancy invites runners to use two marked courses at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson to put some spring in their…
Kenenbec Estuary Land Trust is looking for volunteers for the alewife count in Woolwich.
Visit …
The warm weather has arrived and with it Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) is moving ahead with a number of planned stewardship improvements across its preserves. Last October, as part of land…
Boothbay Harbor Country Club golfers got into the swing of things May 15 as their local course opened. Maine courses were closed until May 1 under Gov. Janet Mills’ “Stay at Home” order due to the…
