SSGT Christopher Armstead, U.S. Army (Ret.) and American Legion Post 36 member from Edgecomb places a flag on a veteran’s grave at Evergreen Cemetery in Boothbay on Sunday, May 10 in preparation for Memorial Day, May 25. Teams of veterans from Post 36 and other volunteers placed approximately 800 flags in area cemeteries, including 240 in Evergreen Cemetery, according to Post Commander David Patch. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register John Druce of Boothbay Harbor waves to a parade of well-wishers who wished him a Happy 98th Birthday May 15 as he sat and watched them. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register From left, Jennifer Spaur, Terri Wells and Sherri Dunbar ring bells on Wiscasset Common Sept. 6 at a picnic marking the conclusion of two churches’ daily noontime ringing of their bells as residents have rung bells in the pandemic. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Graduation day at Boothbay Region High School had a different look and feel in June 2020. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Wiscasset School Committee’s Desiree Bailey escorts daughter Gabrianna Bailey to “Pomp and Circumstance” at Wiscasset Speedway June 12. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Salutatorian Will Perkins shows his jubilation during the graduation parade June 5 through Boothbay Center. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Boothbay Region Elementary School celebrated its rising freshmen with a drive-through certificate hand-off and parade June 9. Principal Shawna Kurr handed out certificates as teachers, staff and community members cheered on the future Seahawks from campus to downtown. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register Around 60 boats participated in the Sept. 19 Trump boat rally in Boothbay Harbor. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register BRHS interim principal Tricia Campbell takes part in the Teachers Parade March 30. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register BRES Principal Shawna Kurr cheers on students during the March 30 teachers parade. File photo Toby LeConte with a friend at her retirement parade. The Boothbay Region Elementary School special education teacher was retiring after 45 years. Colleagues, friends, parents, students and community members congratulated the legendary educator in a surprise parade June 10. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register The former Cap’n Fish’s motel buildings are demolished June 1 to make way for a waterfront park and public and commercial water access. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Sara Gideon and her campaign drew over 250 to “Suppers with Sara” at American Legion Post 42 in Damariscotta Feb. 10. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register American Legion Post 54 member Tom Stoner of Woolwich plays “Taps” at the post’s Memorial Day wreath-laying, an abbreviated observance without the public, as a COVID-19 measure. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper More than 60 area residents attended the 4 Chaplains Day observance at the Boothbay Harbor American Legion post on Saturday, Feb. 1. JANE CARPENTER/Boothbay Register Dennis Simmons, Wiscasset’s EMS director, was promoted to town manager by the select board in July. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper Hampden firefighter Oliver Bianchi salutes as the casket of Rich Kubler passes aboard a Bath fire truck on Route 1 after the memorial service at First Congregational Church of Wiscasset Aug. 1. Kubler, 53, of Wiscasset, died July 25 from cancer linked to his recovery work at the World Trade Center after 9/11.SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper WMHS Class of 2020 grandmother Beverly Elwell awaits the post-graduation parade on Federal Street. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Steve Graffam gets snow off the Federal Street, Wiscasset sidewalk Saturday, April 11. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Merrick Delaney receives a warm greeting from three Midcoast Humane Society homeless dogs Feb. 15 during a pet adoption held at Boothbay Region YMCA. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register Fourth grade teachers Tamia Welch, left, and Becky Hallowell wave to a passing family in Wiscasset Elementary School’s reverse parade, summer sendoff June 19. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Wiscasset’s Elizabeth Palmer helps get across the Aug. 27 Walk Around Wiscasset’s women’s suffrage theme. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper MaineDOT announced plans for extensive repairs to Max L. Wilder Memorial Bridge on state Route 127 linking Woolwich with Arrowsic. Work will begin in 2021. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper Wiscasset special town meeting attendee David Kwantz casts his vote Sept. 17 in support of the parks and recreation budget. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper The first cars crossed the new Thompson Bridge on Southport Island July 15. Longtime residents Evelyn Sherman, Jean Thompson, Ramona Gaudette and Dick Thompson were chosen for the honor. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Birthday greeters wave and sing “Happy Birthday” to Alice Zinkowski outside St. Andrews Village on Saturday, April 18. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Boothbay lobsterman Corey Pottle waits on customer Cyndie Brown during his lobster sale at the town dock in Boothbay Harbor on Sunday, April 5. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Harry Hinckley, with hat, has fun riding on a fire truck during the Southport Central School graduates’ parade June 4. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Geraldine Harvey Edgerly ceremonially receives Woolwich’s Boston Post Cane July 13. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper Over a dozen Southport Central School students and faculty traveled to downtown Boothbay Harbor Oct. 23 to experience some of the sculptures there. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register From left, Terri and Peter Wells, Josh Fitterling and Lucia Droby attend Walk Around Wiscasset’s Scarecrowfest edition Oct. 15. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Barbara Marr, St. Andrews Village’s resident services supervisor, waves from a convertible to lead the July 2 car parade in celebration of the Village’s 20th anniversary. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Seacoast Coffee Company readies for its opening in April. Cathy and Jim Peterman of Newcastle who have been roasting coffee professionally since 2005 moved their business from Portland to 564 Bath Road, Wiscasset. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper One of the many signs offered during the show of support for Boothbay Harbor Hannaford employees on May 6. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Area clergy members, from left, Rev. Richard Rego, Rev. Peter Ilgenfritz, Rev. Maria Hoecker and Rev. Katherine Pinkham, blessed the 36 fishing boats from the Boothbay Harbor Fish Pier during the Blessing of the Fleet event on Sunday afternoon, June 21. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register A late afternoon performance by 14 young dancers entertained 50-plus relatives and friends on the Boothbay Common for about an hour on Friday, Aug. 28. The event was rescheduled due to Saturday’s forecast of rain. The Boothbay Region Y-Arts summer dance program concluded under sunny skies with several choreographed dances with music from Broadway shows. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Boothbay resident Tom Dewey encourages community members to laugh near the Hannaford entrance March 18 to combat the coronavirus. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register Boothbay Selectman Desiree Scorcia came to an emergency board meeting prepared against the coronavirus March 23 during a discussion about seeking state approval to delay seasonal water. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register Jennifer Manson has sewn over 500 free face masks since mid-March to help the community stay safe from the coronavirus. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register The Fuller family is celebrating Christmas with a “Whoville” display in front of their River Road home in Edgecomb. Pictured, from left, Barrett Fuller, Nora Fuller, Heidi Fuller and Audrey Fuller. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register Walkers shine a little light on Wiscasset Sept. 24. Stepping out are Joe Zoellers and Terri Wells. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper The Slick’s twins enjoy a little puppy time during Early Bird Nov. 21. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register Avery Fairley, 3, and mother Jessica have fun at Head Tide Dam in Alna July 11. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Work on Barters Island Bridge, as well as Thompson’s Bridge on Southport Island, has come to a halt because material has not been able to be delivered due to COVID-19 work restrictions. JENNY BENNETT/Boothbay Register Jim Crowley and Terry Heller lead the holiday sing along during Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest Dec. 4. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper Addiction Outreach Specialist Holly Stover, left, and Harbor Peer & Wellness Center life coach Dylan Bredeau light candles Aug. 31 memorializing the 132 Mainers who died since June from drug overdoses. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register Jaelyn Crocker gains possession of the ball on the floor during the second half of the Feb. 5 game at home against Carrabec. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Chloe Arsenault, senior co-captain on this year’s Boothbay Region High School girls varsity basketball team, drives to the basket during the second half of the Class C South championship game against the Winthrop Ramblers at the Augusta Civic Center on Saturday, Feb. 22. Arsenault led all scorers with 20 points, but the Lady Seahawks fell to the Ramblers, 38-34, ending Boothbay’s season at 18-3. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Senior Hunter Crocker drives the baseline to score two of his 20 points in Boothbay’s victory over the visiting Mountain Valley Falcons on Jan. 31. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Junior guard Haley Abbott drives to the basket to score two of her nine points against Winthrop Friday night, Jan. 24. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Boothbay’s Nicholas Morley scrambles for a loose ball Feb. 20 in the Seahawks’ 53-41 loss to Waynflete in the tournament. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Cortney Meader heads downfield with the ball during the Tuesday, Oct. 27 home game against Lincoln Academy. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Ethan James with the ball helps lead Maxwell’s Market to a come from behind win over Ames Supply in the opening round of the Wiscasset Parks and Recreation adult basketball league’s tournament Feb. 23. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper Wolverine Zoe Waltz and a Vinalhaven player scramble for a rebound Saturday, Feb. 7. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper Once again the ocean roared during a coastal storm. Here, white waves crash upon the shore at Ocean Point during the Thursday, Feb. 27 storm. Break out the surfboards! STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register Early mornings in Boothbay Harbor can make for some wonderful photograph opportunities. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register The lighted Sunken Garden in Wiscasset with the Nickels-Sortwell house in the background on Nov. 24. SARAH WHITFIELD/Wiscasset Newspaper Route 1 and Lee Street, Wiscasset May 7. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Sunrise over Wiscasset, as seen from the front steps of Wiscasset Middle High School Friday morning, Dec. 11. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper Terri Wells decorates against the backdrop of a Wiscasset sky and, lower left, Red’s Eats, on Nov. 14. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Wiscasset’s interim EMS chief Erin Bean, left, and daughter Phoebe Middleton pass treats through a tube to a carload of trick or treaters Saturday afternoon, Oct. 31. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper The traditional cap tossing following Boothbay Region High School’s 2020 graduation ceremony on June 4. JOSEPH CHARPTENTIER/Boothbay Register Edgecomb’s Stott Carleton and his black lab Skip take the American flag over Donald E. Davey Bridge and back Monday, Oct. 5. Carleton honors his friend Donald Workman and other soldiers who have died for their country. With Skip at his side, weekdays from 4 to 5 p.m. since early May, Carleton has been carrying an American flag across the river. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper Celebrating her 100th birthday is Bennie Alice Moore, her sons and a few of the grandchildren at Cabbage Island Sept. 18. From left: Kathy, Ryan and Bob; Glen and Gregg, and Wayne and Joanne. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothay Register Kevin Kiley pipes icing on the floor to attach the walls of the house at the annual gingerbread house building class Nov. 18 at the Opera House. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register The Clauses hand out ornaments at Eastside Waterfront Park Nov. 21 for its first decorating contest. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register Many of you have seen Bill Royall’s granite sculpture, “Soap Box Derby Racer” at Blue Moon Cafe on Commercial Street. Since July 4, the boy has not only sported a holiday hat, he’s also wearing a mask. Royall said, “The face mask is a real sign of the times and business working with art.” LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register It was a tad stressful getting Miles Chapin’s “Expanse” level on its base at Tugboat Inn July 16. Expanse was one of four sculptures being moved along Sculpture Boothbay’s outdoor trail in Boothbay Harbor that extends to East Boothbay, Southport Island and Boothbay. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register Pre-ceremony, group elbow bump at Morse High School’s drive-in graduation at Wiscasset Municipal Airport in June. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper