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Every summer in late July, when I was a kid, there was a county fair in the next town over from where we grew up in central Pennsylvania. It may very well have been the biggest event of the year in our part of the world. A major part of the festivities was the…
Festival
Strawberry festival full of smiles, crafts, shortcake
Saturday. June 28 turned out rainy and windy but, thanks to St. Philip's 71st Strawberry Festival, a pleasant day nonetheless. Enjoy these moments captured by Wiscasset photographer Bob Bond of 40 Federal Studio. 
July 4, Wiscasset. BOB BOND/40 Federal Studio photo
Independence Day in Wiscasset
Wiscasset's Fourth of July brought veterans, race car drivers, public safety personnel, churches and others together for a parade full of red, white and blue and smiles on participants and event-goers. And a week after St. Philip's Strawberry Festival,the…
The authors have noticed a resurgence in American robins singing as they walk through their neighborhood. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Wells)
A Bird's Tale
“Restaurants and Hardware Stores” for Your Bird Neighbors
Walking our little black chug through the leafy streets of our neighborhood several times a day for years continues to give us an appreciation of the small things that can otherwise be easily missed in our daily lives. We notice when someone plants a new shrub in…
Ceremony
Full circle moment: James Weldon Johnson signs unveiled
Eighty-seven years to the day James Weldon Johnson died in a car-train crash at the Main Street, Wiscasset railroad crossing, gatherants June 26 unveiled signs naming the crossing for the civil rights advocate, U.S. diplomat and "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" writer…

Obituaries

Celebration of Life of Chester F. Fossett

Please join the family of Chester F…
Marshall L. Hubbard

Marshall L. Hubbard

Marshall Lancey Hubbard, 80, of Meredith, New…
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Robert R. MacKusick

Robert R. MacKusick

Robert Rand MacKusick…
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Morris H. Dickinson

Morris H. Dickinson

Morris H. Dickinson, 84, of Boothbay passed away on…
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Thomas Blevins

Thomas Blevins

Thomas Blevins of Edgecomb and Southport, died…
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Arlene B. Logan

Arlene B. Logan

Arlene B. Logan, 94,…

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Happenings on the Harbor in Rockport

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Quinn Bachand & Natalie Padilla - Fiddle Night at the Rockport Opera House

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Wings and Wheels Airshow

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DownEast New Music plays The Waldo
Concert by these musicians is July 25. See you at The Waldo! Courtesy of the venue

DownEast New Music will perform "Shaker Loops," a program of vibrant and virtuosic string chamber music…
BRHS Class of 1975 50th reunion
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The Boothbay Region High School Class of 1975 will hold its 50th reunion the weekend of July 25-27.

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Changes coming to Woolwich’s personnel policy
Selectmen and town administrator continued work of revisions to the town’s personnel policy. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper

Woolwich selectmen resumed work on the town’s new personnel policy July 16. They met…
Salt Bay Chamberfest's 31st season: Aug. 5-16

Salt Bay Chamberfest’s 31st season will be presented Aug. 5 to 16 with concerts held…
Waldo Theatre's Maine Artist Film Series
Ian Cheney next recognized local filmmaker
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The Waldo Theatre is proud to announce its third annual Maine Artist Film Series,…
Saltwater Artists Gallery
Artists' plein air paint out July 19
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Saltwater Artists Gallery, a collective of more than 25 juried artists, is…
Heartwood Summer Camp presents the epic 'Beowulf'
Heartwood Summer Camp cast of "Beowulf." Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 17 and Friday, July 18. Courtesy of Joy Braley

Three weeks of intensive Heartwood Summer Camp training with Griff Braley and Teralyn…
Sylvan Art Gallery
Charming stories and art come to life
”A Quiet Place" by Laura Winslow, acrylic, 12” x 16.” Courtesy of Ann Scanlan

Sylvan Gallery invites art and book lovers of all ages to a special joint book signing with Laura "Dee"…
Sen. Cameron Reny to hold July constituent office hours in Wiscasset

Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol, is announcing her…
Finding Our Voices
FOV receives $10k grant from Camden National Bank
Simon Griffiths, CEO of Camden National Bank, with, from left, Finding Our Voices Board Member Elizabeth True; CEO and Founder Patrisha McLean, and Tina Flewelling, manager of the Blue Hill branch of Camden National Bank. Photo courtesy Finding Our Voices

Finding Our Voices has received $10,000 from a Camden National Bank grant that brings the…
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BH Opera House: Folk icon Tom Rush Aug. 2
Aug. 2. Opera House. Got tickets? Courtesy of the venue

The legendary singer-songwriter and leader of the folk revival, Tom Rush, to appear at the…
Lincoln County Historical Association
Rock around the jailhouse block
LCHA volunteer Dan Watts assists a youngster with a Jenga tower at last year's Jailhouse Rock event. Courtesy of LCHA

It’s party time at the Old Lincoln County Jail on Federal Street in Wiscasset! Gather your friends and…
Fire departments respond to electrical malfunction at Bigelow Laboratory July 15
Former Boothbay Fire Chief Dick Spofford at the scene of Wednesday's call to Bigelow Laboratory. Courtesy of Mark Sullivan

On July 15 at 11:29 a.m. Boothbay Fire & Rescue received…
A Bird's Tale
Five Reasons to Love Birding in July
July birding yields any number of surprises. The authors were delighted to spy this three-fer along the Kennebec River, where great blue herons can be readily seen but great egrets, less so. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Wells)

Some people think midsummer birding is boring.

Wow, are they wrong.

As we can…
Learn to dig softshell clams at Reid State Park Aug. 1
Clam digging

The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust's (KELT) most…
Ed Epping exhibition confronts incarceration through visceral art
"ISOLATE" by Ed Epping, made of 100,000 hand-embroidered stitches on a vintage canvas cot cover.

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From the editor
Welcome back?
Kevin G. Burnham

I just had five days off from my job as editor, returning Monday morning. Family was in town and we had a good time…
Sports physicals available at MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital School-Based Health Centers
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MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital’s school-based…
The Golden Cup returns to spin all the old tunes
Organizers of the 2025 OBD Williams-Fossett Vintage Car Show are pleased to announce that mobile DJ “The Golden Gup” will be back to spin all the old tunes on Saturday, Aug. 9 at the Bristol Consolidated School. Courtesy photo

“We’re back with…
Joe's Journal
A little of this, a little of that
Joe Gelarden

I ran into a series of interesting items last week that I thought I would share with you.

Top of my list was a…
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital joins program to improve care for older adults
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The MaineHealth…
This week at Harbor Theater
"Lilo & Stitch" opening Friday, July 18 at Harbor Theater. Courtesy of the venue

"Materialists" -  Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is a high-powered matchmaker in New York, where…
Coastal Rivers seeks volunteers to tackle invasive plants at Round Top Farm
Volunteers cut and remove invasive bittersweet vines from a hedgerow at Coastal Rivers’ Round Top Farm in Damariscotta.

Coastal Rivers seeks volunteers to join its “Bittersweet…
Where It's At
Newbies on First Friday Art Tour
Creatress Morgan Mitchell at Mitchell & Co. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register

During the July 4 First Friday I decided to stop by two more new participants this year – both in…

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Lincoln County Sheriff's Office: 5 arrests
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Tides

Friday, 07/18
5:31 AM High 9.55`
11:25 AM Low 0.24`
5:59 PM High 10.48`
Saturday, 07/19
12:09 AM Low 0.23`
6:32 AM High 9.22`
12:21 PM Low 0.53`
6:56 PM High 10.58`
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Tides

Friday, 07/18
5:09 AM High 9.00`
11:13 AM Low 0.22`
5:37 PM High 9.87`
11:57 PM Low 0.22`
Saturday, 07/19
6:10 AM High 8.68`
12:09 PM Low 0.50`
6:34 PM High 9.97`
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Rockland Tides

Friday, 07/18
5:02 AM High 9.98`
11:17 AM Low 0.31`
5:34 PM High 10.76`
Saturday, 07/19
12:00 AM Low 0.20`
6:08 AM High 9.70`
12:15 PM Low 0.55`
6:34 PM High 10.96`
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Belfast Tides

Friday, 07/18
5:02 AM High 10.37`
11:08 AM Low 0.42`
5:31 PM High 11.28`
11:52 PM Low 0.32`
Saturday, 07/19
6:04 AM High 10.03`
12:06 PM Low 0.72`
6:30 PM High 11.35`
Marine Forecast
Data courtesy of NOAA

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