Criminals use a lot of different tactics to steal money from consumers, and one of those tactics is the promise of free money. This summer the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning taxpayers…
Talk
The next Public Supper is Wednesday, Sept. 6. The annual lobster meal. The menu includes corn chowder, garlic bread, salad, steamed mussels, two lobster rolls, corn, and blueberry…
A Bird’s Tale
The glorious blue-sky summer day on Sunday lured us to take a ride down to Pemaquid Harbor. The tide was near high when we arrived in the late afternoon, and the temperature still warm enough for…
From the assistant editor
Random rainy and overly windy day thought No. 1: Hope you have been checking out First Congregational Church of Wiscasset’s weekly historical articles as the hallmark of the hill turns 250. You…
From the editor
With the news that the East Boothbay Post Office is closing its doors (at least for now), is it a sign that we may lose the other small post offices in the region? We have two smaller post offices…
’Round Town
Bruce John Riddell’s magnum opus has been published!
“LANDART, From Acadia to Zen” took 10 years to produce from over 35 years of work. His book is now available at Sherman’s Bookstores…
Joe’s Journal
The columnist at a tiny weekly New England newspaper usually writes about bake sales, volunteer firefighters, taxes and the weather. I get it.
But the political events of last week were…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Joel Morley’s letter in last week’s paper made a very big statement as to how our elected official do not listen to what their constituents want. They vote the party line. In…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The town of Alna is facing a crisis of governance. That is, can one angry citizen with, it seems, unlimited funds to pay lawyers to sue the town, override…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I applaud the Wiscasset Select Board’s vote to grant a continuance on Amistad’s (aka commonspace) application for a drug recovery resource center at St. Philip’s Church so…
The next public supper will be Wednesday, Aug. 16. Menu is gazpacho, garlic bread, salad, barbecue chicken, corn, potato salad, and chocolate cream pie. Cost is $10 for members, $…
Salt ’n Spar
I was going through some papers the other day and came across a small but interesting pamphlet produced in 1994 by the town of Alna’s Bicentennial Committee. Alna is a part of Lincoln County and…
It seems like natural disaster season is never ending these days. As wildfire season moves closer to hurricane season, now is a good time to remind ourselves that after Mother Nature moves out the…
A Bird’s Tale
The oppressive heat and humidity have finally broken for us here in Maine, but many parts of the U.S. and other regions of the world are still enduring record-breaking heat. We know that high…
We hope you have noticed that we are now publishing press releases from Lincoln County Television (LCTV) located in Newcastle. They are going to become one of our advertising affiliates and have…
From the assistant editor
In this space multiple times, I have praised Wiscasset’s and Boothbay Region schools’ efforts to keep this or that sport going, by making a team and a season by working together, pooling…
’Round Town
Barna Beal Norton was a legendary resident of Jonesport, Maine, who, for all of his adult life, battled with the Canadian government over ownership of Machias Seal Island, a small…
Joe’s Journal
OK, kiddies, here is today's news quiz.
What do Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell and Joe Gelarden have in common?
On the surface, it is evident this trio is not composed of aging heart…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Six months ago, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists advanced the Doomsday Clock because of the Ukraine war. The clock attempts to quantify the…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I was extremely disappointed with the Wiscasset Selectmen’s failure to grant a business license to Amistad for their Commonspace Program. Their…
The next Public Supper will be Wednesday, Aug. 16. Menu will be gazpacho, garlic bread, salad, barbecue chicken, corn, potato salad, and chocolate cream pie. Cost is $10 for…
Where It’s At
Heartwood Regional Theater Company’s final production of its 20th anniversary season, "Hamlet," is a perfect example of the high caliber performances that have been drawing audiences to the Poe…
A Bird’s Tale
Quiet.
Deep, profound quiet.
A quiet, unbroken by low grumbling of distant traffic or the white noise of an overhead jet. No buzzing lawnmowers or sirens. No dogs barking or brakes…
From the assistant editor
Getting New York Times’ daily Wordle in two lines, like I was surprised to do today, is not quite like a hole in one, more like a hole in one in miniature golf, or using all seven letters on your…
From the editor
Sometime in the next month or so, the newspaper staff will be taking a day or two (or maybe three) to “clean out, clean up” our office. We haven’t done this job for several years and it is amazing…
’Round Town
Once upon a time, many years ago, in the far off land of “Sarah’s Scoops,” I had a chance encounter with Aurelien Recoing at a small picnic table. I was sneaking a nice blueberry something-or-…
Joe’s Journal
I don’t have anything earthshaking to say today.
I know that admission is classified as a mortal sin in the columnist's handbook. Sorry, I plead guilty.
Like many of our dear…
Staying a step ahead of the scammers is like playing a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. We know that people who know about a scam are 80% less likely to even engage in it but how can you stay up…
Where It’s At
The first image directly in front of you as you enter Maine Art Gallery is the color photograph of Kaleb, a Bath Iron Works shipfitter taken by Bath photographer/artist Heather Perry. Kaleb is…
The next Public Supper will be Wednesday, Aug. 2. Menu will be chicken noodle soup, biscuits, salad, turkey loaf, cheesy grits, fresh vegetable medley, ice cream cake. A chicken…
A Bird’s Tale
Maine gets a good share of very rare birds. Some of them keep coming back.
Over the past few weeks, Maine’s ocean and offshore islands have played host to at least two exceptionally…
From the editor
There was good news this week as Reade Brower, owner of the Portland Press Herald and other newspapers around Maine, announced that he is selling the PPH and several of his other newspapers to the…
From the assistant editor
This week, the Midcoast summer is one third over. It has not been the best, due to the humidity and rain and, at press time Tuesday, the region was under an air quality alert from the smoke from…
’Round Town
Over the years it has been my great good fortune to watch and photograph boat construction projects here in the Boothbay region and beyond. What a terrific learning experience for…
Joe’s Journal
Last week, as much of the world sweltered under temperatures usually found in a steel mill near the open hearth, an evening breeze blew up an East Boothbay hill.
It cooled a smiling crowd…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
No headlines, no breathless lead story on TV news, no film crew on location, but Maine’s high temperature record of 105°F, set in North…
We spend a lot of time worrying about how to avoid telephone and online scams but we often don’t think about what we carry around with us every day and how it might make us vulnerable to fraud. It…
The next Public Supper will be Wednesday, Aug. 2. Menu is chicken noodle soup, biscuits, salad, turkey loaf, cheesy grits, fresh vegetable medley, and ice cream cake. Cost is $10 for members, $12…
Where It’s At
First Friday energy was evident in and around Boothbay Harbor art galleries July 7! Participating in this month’s event were Gold/Smith Gallery, Boothbay Region Art Foundation, Gleason Fine Art,…
Salt ’n Spar
A week or so ago I saw where Daniel Ellsberg had died. Ellsberg gained fame for leaking the so-called Pentagon Papers to the press in the 1970s during the Vietnam War. Ellsberg died on June 16 at…
A Bird’s Tale
We were watching an osprey recently as it flew up with a fish it had caught in the Cobbosseecontee Stream in Gardiner. The meal it had just captured was likely destined for a nest some distance…
From the editor
Yes, I did keep up with the local news while I was on vacation in Nebraska last week via the internet/phone, but I didn’t log into the national news. My son also gets his news on his phone – we…
From the assistant editor
Here is hoping, and predicting, Westport Island’s upcoming ordinance review committee gets done whatever is put on its plate; if it is like Wiscasset’s ORC, it will. But we wish Westport Island’s…
’Round Town
When we first landed on Southport Island (massive move from Boothbay Harbor) I had big dreams for a large garden. With a bit of a wreck Ford “9N” tractor and a rescued two bottom plow, I set out…
Joe’s Journal
Not long ago, Southport’s Paul Zalucky missed his 35th wedding anniversary.
For most of the senior set, that would be a mortal sin. But Carole, his long-suffering bride, forgave him, and…
Maine House District 47
Having worked in many states during my career, in 2008 we found our home in Maine. Each state had its own culture, its own way of life. Maine has a unique culture, something veryspecial. Maine…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Devil's Shoelaces, Witch's Hair, Dodder, Cuscata ... no matter what you call this invasive plant, it's a pest. If left alone, this parasitic member of the morning glory…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
When I graduated from Maine Maritime Academy, I had a moderate level of debt and after a few years I paid off my college loan. From that time on I was tuition-debt free. Now,…
Where It’s At
I stopped by Artists Alley, originally the brainchild of the late artist Jim Taliana that first hit the street, er, alley (Bridge Street and the By-Way) for the 50th WJD in 2012. The event has…
Summer is officially here which means door-to-door sales crews are too. But buyer beware because what they’re selling isn’t always legit.
Be cautious anytime a stranger comes knocking,…
