Late fall is the time to start thinking about spring sprouts! The Wild Seed Project will be leading a workshop on Saturday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon at Midcoast Conservancy’s Hidden Valley…
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Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce
Join your friends, neighbors and other area business people at the Wiscasset Chamber’s October Business After Hours, being held Thursday, Oct. 19 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the lovely Water’s Edge…
Join KELT for a free evening zoom lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. to learn about jumping worms and how to identify them in your garden. Jumping worms, also known as Snake worms, are an…
On Sunday Oct. 1 at 7:45 a.m. Maine Marathon participants left the gate, and many months of preparation, both training and fundraising, came to fruition. Each year, regardless of who crosses the…
Boothbay Railway Village Museum
The 55th annual Fall Foliage Festival is set to kick off this weekend at the Boothbay Railway Village Museum. A long standing fall tradition and Midcoast favorite, the festival features an…
When Bob Steneck came to the University of Maine in 1982, there were few marine ecologists in the state, and none interacted with fishermen. He was among the first in Maine to work with…
The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) announced the Employee and Manager of the Year awards during its recent annual meeting on Burnt Island in Boothbay Harbor.
Amanda Ellis, PhD…
Despite an unusually wet growing season, Twin Villages Foodbank Farm (TVFF) has been bringing in full and heavy harvests. According to Farm Manager Sara Cawthon, there have been some weeks when…
An adequate supply of single-family homes for sale continues to be a challenge for buyers of single-family existing homes across Maine. Maine Listings reports an increase of 9.41 percent in home…
We are excited to bring back our Conservation Bus Tour traveling through Lincoln County on Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
From coastal communities to bucolic farmlands lands, Lincoln County…
Area residents and visitors will have another opportunity to think seriously about increased availability of rail transportation the weekend of Oct. 7-8. The Midcoast Railservice-operated…
Maine Yankee might or might not end up paying Wiscasset as much as the town has decided. Selectmen Sept. 13 passed new property valuations for the ex-nuclear plant. Sept. 14, Maine Yankee’s…
Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper
I have been editor of the Boothbay Register since 1987 and it has been quite a ride! I joined the company as a reporter when Mary Brewer was editor and Marylouise Cowan was publisher. In late 1987…
After a three-year COVID-induced hiatus, Pemaquid Oyster Festival returns to celebrate its 20th anniversary this Sept. 24 from noon…
Wiscasset selectmen decided Sept. 5 to talk again Sept. 19 about the Wawenock building repair project downtown. Town Manager Dennis Simmons told the board, town counsel has drafted a letter to the…
Bath Savings celebrated employee accomplishments and named 20 staff members “All Stars” at the annual employee celebration held on Sept. 6 at Sebasco Harbor Resort. During the event, President…
Because the proposed changes to one of Wiscasset’s new cannabis ordinances are…
Characters of the County
When Don Carrigan isn’t landscaping or working in the garden of his home in Walpole where he lives with his wife, Donna, he’s maintaining the trust he’s built with Maine…
Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper
I’ve been writing for the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper since March 1999. My first story was about Willow’s End, the yarn shop that was on Townsend Avenue. My second, and one of my…
Two new members will enter the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame on Oct. 14. James McCarthy and Ken Waltz have been selected by the MPA’s Hall of Fame Committee and will be inducted during the…
The sun has come and gone and come again, and, despite all the rain, the Veggies to Table grow-to-donate farm is in full swing! Carrots, cucumbers, celery, chard, kale, tomatoes, eggplants,…
AUGUSTA (August 22, 2023)—Single-family existing homes remain in high demand across the state of Maine. Realtors reported a 7.34 percent increase in prices in July 2023 compared to July 2022,…
Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper
I'm the newest member of the Boothbay Register staff but no stranger to writing. My first experience in professional journalism was…
Born and raised in the Midcoast, Jessica Simmons knows what makes Maine a great place to call home. Growing up in East Boothbay, Jessica spent a few years living out of state before inevitably…
Wiscasset Newspaper heard Saturday that a truck struck Red’s Eats deck early that morning. Deb Gagnon, co-owner of the famous business at the corner of Wiscasset’s Water Street and…
Saturday morning, Wiscasset’s Jan Flowers said she and husband Larry had just seen “things we never get to see from the road ... Beautiful, lot of pines, we saw the backs of houses that we’ve…
A whale, no further details available, was being seen in the Sheepscot River in Wiscasset Thursday, Aug. 24. And Town Manager Dennis Simmons was among those who saw the mammal. He shared the…
Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper
It truly has been a privilege writing for The Boothbay Register. For a brief time, I covered all four towns, but my primary coverage area is Boothbay, Southport and Edgecomb.
I’ve always…
Marge Kilkelly and the crew from Dragonfly Cove Farm took top honors in the “Battle of the Boards” in Wiscasset Saturday evening, Aug, 19. The inaugural event was hosted by Maine Tasting Center…
Press release
Tony C. McKim, president and CEO of First National Bank and its parent company, The First Bancorp, recently announced …
After parts of Wiscasset’s months-old medical cannibas licensing ordinance did not make it into the final version, Town Manager Dennis Simmons said Aug. 16, “As it stands right now medical…
For years, if you entertained at home, you probably assembled some type of tray with an assortment of crackers, cheese, meats and accompaniments to serve your guests. I don’t recall the term “…
Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper
If you grew up doing the Portland Press Herald crossword, reading “How Joe the Bear and Sam the Mouse got together” over and over because it was that good, reading the dictionary page by page for…
Everyone involved in vacation rentals in Maine is invited to attend this the 6th VRPOMe (Vacation Rental Professionals of Maine, Inc) Conference at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport. “Our industry…
Update: As it said it would in the original article below, Wawenock has gotten back to Wiscasset Newspaper with a timeframe for the repairs that have kept scaffolding in front of the Main Street,…
The Wiscasset planning board on Monday, Aug. 14 is set for a pre-submission meeting with Christian Elie toward a site plan review relating to an “addition of (a) medical cannabis store and…
Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper
I have been a news contributor since summer 2021 when I got the opportunity to complete my college journalism internship right at the Boothbay Register! Last summer, I graduated summa…
Textile artist Kathie Hills will discuss the art and craft of hooking rugs and their significance to the local area in a presentation at the Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta on Sunday, Aug. 6,…
Wiscasset selectmen
Passenger rail is returning to Wiscasset with weekend trips planned soon, a Damariscotta man told Wiscasset selectmen Aug. 1. The “Coastliner” Brunswick-Rockland rail line is an “informed…
Thursday mornings are set aside during the summer months by local residents and visitors for visiting Boothbay Farmers Market on Boothbay Common, off Route 27 in the heart of Boothbay Center.…
Press release
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, along with Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, announced Tuesday that Bath Iron Works (BIW) has been awarded a contract…
USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 2-5
Most free stuff never seems to be totally free with some catch or hidden requirement always lurking nearby to take some of the fun out of it. Keeping kids safe is a goal we all share and combining…
Press release
Maine Department of Transportation has begun on-site construction on the project to replace the Frank J. Wood Bridge. The bridge carries Route 201 over the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and…
Alna selectmen July 27 put another 180 days on mining and solar moratoriums town meeting voters passed earlier this year. Selectmen said the reasons for the temporary bans remain and the planning…
Lincoln Theater is pleased to present the final conversation in this summer’s Talking Aquaculture in Maine series. Presented in partnership with the Island Institute…
Glidden Point Oyster Farm in Edgecomb held its first Farmer Friday featuring Ferda Farms of the New Meadows River in Brunswick on Friday, July 28. “Farmer Friday was introduced as a way to…
Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper
I began writing for the Boothbay Register in the Fall 2022 as a freelance news contributor. I had just graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a degree in sustainable…
The second Wiscasset Art Walk of the summer went on as planned Thursday, July 27. A thunderstorm arrived as predicted at 5 p.m. but quickly passed and the sun returned. “It just goes to prove the…
Patti Brown, a successful real estate broker with Newcastle Realty for more than six years, was named the 2023 Realtor of the Year by the Lincoln County Council of the Mountains to Shore Board of…
