It’s been a long and tough winter for many but it’s time to say good-bye to the gray skies and moody blues because race season is coming to warm things up in Coastal Maine, starting with the 2026 season opener at Wiscasset Speedway!

In traditional Wiscasset fashion, the season will kick off on Saturday, April 18 with all Group 1 divisions taking the track. This includes the Super Streets, 4-Cylinder Pros, Thunder 4 Minis, the 207 Crate Modifieds in their sophomore season and the track’s premier…

ln 2024, Elliot Schwartz and his husband Byron Cortez were in Paris for the summer Olympics. And last month, the two were in Milan for the 2026 Olympic games. The East Boothbay couple participated in the XXV winter games as International Olympic Committee volunteers.

While most high school seniors are eyeing the finish line of their final semester, Boothbay Region High School’s own Ross Gaffney was eyeing a different finish line this past weekend. Representing Boothbay Harbor with pride, Ross traveled to the world-class New Balance Track & Field Center in Boston to compete in the Boys' Race Walk at the prestigious New Balance Indoor National Championship.

As the Maine high school basketball season has come to a close, First National Bank is pleased to report the successful results of their signature athletic programming sponsorship “First Hoop”.   

Senior guard Colton Scheve scored 32 points and the fourth-seeded Carrabec Cobras held off a late Wiscasset Wolverine run to advance to the Class D South semifinals with a 61-51 quarterfinal win at Augusta Civic Center Saturday afternoon, Feb. 14.

Scheve was the recipient of several fastbreak passes and his third and fourth quarter total of 16 points answered any Wolverine baskets.

The fifth-seeded Wolverines, despite several unforced errors, stayed in the game in the first half, trailing by only four, 30-26,…

106.9 FRANK FM, WBQX will broadcast local high school tournament basketball for a 16th straight February beginning Wednesday Feb. 11 with the Lincoln Academy at Oceanside Boys first round Prelim game.

Registration for the 20th season of Camp Mummichog, Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust’s summer day camp for campers ages 5 to 14, opens at 6 p.m. on Feb. 12.  

The Boothbay Region High School indoor track team finished its final regular-season meet Jan. 30 in Gorham with five podium placements. Now, coach Nick Scott said, is the time to prepare for championships.    

"All the hard work is behind us. And now, it's just the fine tuning,” he said. "The sheer quantity of either miles or whatever it is that you measure your quantity in, depending upon event type, will go down, and we'll focus more on quality.”   

The Boothbay Region High School indoor track team had a strong showing Jan. 23 in a meet at University of Southern Maine in Gorham. Ben Gapski, the sole athlete from Wiscasset, won both the open and triple jump events and placed second in the 55m hurdles. The team had four podium placements overall. 

According to coach Nick Scott, Gapski set program records in the long jump, triple jump and 55m hurdles at the previous meet.  

Boothbay-Wiscasset Regional Adult Education recently launched The Makeshift, an e-newsletter to replace the winter/spring print brochure. The program moved to a school-year catalog of courses, but wants to make sure the community knows about spring offerings.

“Print material often gets recycled,” Leonard said. “The Makeshift is intended to be a friendly, digital reminder to people who subscribe about upcoming classes and program news.” Sign up to be on the list. and don’t miss a thing.…

An East Boothbay couple will see the 2026 Winter Olympics from a unique perspective. Byron Cortez and Elliot Schwartz will work the games as International Olympic Committee volunteers. Schwartz had worked for the U.S. Olympic Committee, most recently as a data analyst, for 5.5 years. 

In 2024, he worked the Paris games for the USOC and brought his husband, Cortez, to the games as an IOC volunteer. Jan. 28, the couple is off to Milan to work the winter Olympics which run from Feb. 4 to Feb. 18.…

Golfweek magazine has released its 2026 rankings of the best golf courses in the United States, and Boothbay Harbor Country Club has once again earned national recognition. Following a rigorous evaluation by Golfweek’s expert rating panel, the club was named one of the Top 100 Resort Courses in the United States.

This distinction marks the sixth consecutive year Boothbay Harbor Country Club has earned a place in the Top 100 of Golfweek’s prestigious national list, reinforcing its…

The Wiscasset boys' basketball term is looking for its third consecutive trip to the Class D South Tournament. The team is currently in ninth place with a 6-2 record so as the season gets closer to February, every game has added importance.

Last week, Wiscasset lost to No. 6 Old Orchard Beach, 68-59, on Jan. 2. The Wolverines rebounded a couple days later, on Jan. 5, beating Richmond, 79-67.

The Wiscasset Middle High School girls' basketball team broke into the win column Monday night with a 29-27 victory over Richmond. The Wolverines are now 1-7, and in 11th place in the Southern Maine Class D girls' basketball standings. They lost their first seven games of the season, but have shown steady improvement.

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust naturalist Sarah Gladu will lead a gentle winter walk at Pemaquid Pond Preserve in Bremen from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10.  

Culverts and beavers have a history together in Alna that has cost the town about $700-$1,000 a year and cost some beavers their lives, according to Third Selectman Coreysha Stone. Dec. 18, the board welcomed wildlife expert and "Beaver Deceiver" inventor Skip Lisle, via Zoom from home in Grafton, Vermont. Stone and Lisle said he makes a unique device to benefit people and beavers.