Margaret Hamilton cried, "I'm melting," when Dorothy threw a pail of water on her in the "Wizard of Oz."
I almost cried "I'm shrinking" — actually, I kind of chuckled — after my height was…
Editorial
From the assistant editor
If this week's refreshingly mild temperatures over the Midcoast were not enough for spring dreamers to cling to, here are more reasons to hope:
Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil broke with…
From the editor
Come Monday, 53 Super Bowls will have been played. The New England Patriots will have played in their third straight, fourth out of the past five, and 11th overall. It is no wonder there are…
From the assistant editor
Hit Wiscasset’s Winterfest this Friday night and Saturday day, Feb. 1 and 2, at Wiscasset Community Center for some indoor and a lot of outdoor fun. If we all have to endure winter's frigid side,…
From the editor
As editor of these fine newspapers, getting the news out is my priority. I hardly have time to think about each and every story but sometimes a lot of thoughts enter my mind as they come in from…
Will the initiative for a community development specialist make it onto the Wiscasset ballot? Probably. A 2017 one to get back the planning department drew enough signatures and, without a planner…
From the editor
Two weeks into the new year and my desk is still a mess. At the beginning of the year, I vowed to start scouring my work surroundings and begin tossing and organizing. Started … but added more in…
From the assistant editor
Jan. 10, like a bud of spring – we can dream, can’t we – came confirmation the next chapter for the Le Garage property may be near. How encouraging for the downtown, and the town, this spot that…
From the editor
I am impressed – so far – with Governor Janet Mills. First of all, it feels good to type in a woman's name after the word "governor." It's about time. Secondly, her inauguration was a pleasure to…
From the assistant editor
Wiscasset voters have made some pivotal decisions in recent years, from leaving Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 to nodding the state's downtown project, ditching the planning department…
From the assistant editor
I got a flat the day after Christmas and pulled into the parking lot at Grover Auto on Route 1. Before I went in, I decided to pull the spare from the back. It was an SUV tire with a rim, and…
From the editor
2019. What will it bring? My first wish is a kinder, gentler world. Love and kindness beat anger and killing every time. Here's hoping that we all get along better this year.
Speaking of…
From the editor
As the Boothbay Register begins its 143rd year of existence, I am taking this opportunity to thank the staff and others.
Readers, thank you for continuing to buy this independent weekly —…
From the assistant editor
This wasn't the biggest deal of a year locally. That's just as well, considering so much on the national level was jaw-dropping. A CNN commentator the other night said the last two years have aged…
From the assistant editor
When our family exchanged joke presents one Christmas Eve, my father, who was trim, got a Slimfast. He turned to my sister's husband, who was less trim, and said: "This must be for you."
My…
From the editor
From the Gospel of Luke: “And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone…
From the editor
Christmas has to be the weirdest holiday there is when it comes to gifts, songs, music, decorations, traditions, clothing, food and more. I think I first discovered this when my grandmother…
From the assistant editor
News of the latest high profile properties to change hands on the Boothbay peninsula, and the plans to invest in them, inspire the question, could Wiscasset be next?
It should be.
It…
From the editor
No, I don't have H1N1 – a type of influenza – if that's what you're thinking from the headline. I was missing from work Thursday through Sunday, but that was because I need to use up my vacation…
From the assistant editor
I often envy our news contributor Phil Di Vece covering events Woolwich holds indoors that Wiscasset or Wiscasset groups hold outdoors. The weather is often poor, like the frigid, windy morning…
From the editor
We, along with other news agencies in Maine, received word this past week of the investigation into the sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York. The State Attorney…
From the assistant editor
Wiscasset's curriculum coordinator Patricia Watts has the right outlook on the department's falling short of some of the state averages in student test results. She isn't blaming the town's 10-…
From the editor
It's the countdown to Christmas ... Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday ... and whatever other special shopping days there are in the five-plus weeks ahead. It is a tense time of…
From the assistant editor
I’m fairly confident you and your wonderful Patriots teammates will get us to another Super Bowl. It’s what you do.
Are your best playing days behind you? Not necessarily. With the tolls…
From the editor
"I guess we don't have it too bad," is what I hear a lot while sitting down to watch the morning or evening TV news with my wife.
"No, I guess we don't," is my usual reply.
Mass…
From the assistant editor
With an alternative uncertain heading into last week's vote, Wiscasset Ambulance Service's survival of its latest test at the polls doesn't answer all the questions on WAS's future. But it at…
From the editor
I remember the incredible panic when our toddler son went missing for a few seconds in a large department store. I first yelled his name then took off running toward the front door. My fear was…
From the assistant editor
From talking with fellow Lincoln County residents, I know I was not the only one relieved when we got past the anniversary of the windstorm without a repeat. So naturally, Saturday night brought a…
From the editor
It's probably not surprising, but I live by lists. Perhaps you can relate.
Here are some of my lists: Phone list, assignment list, weekly reporter story and to-do lists, special supplement…
From the assistant editor
Vote Tuesday. And if you get one of those stickers saying you voted, wear it. You might remind others to vote and, just as importantly, you will be showing you cared enough to vote, you are not…
From the editor
Congratulations to my co-workers for receiving their well-deserved awards in this year’s Maine Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. Having run the MPA contest for a couple of years as an…
From the assistant editor
As the countdowns to Halloween and the Nov. 6 election continue, the time is ripe to note some of the area people and entities helping us all stay engaged this fall.
Kudos to Huntoon Hill…
From the editor
October is Photographer Appreciation Month and on this day, Tuesday, Oct. 16 -- National Boss's Day -- I would like to thank and reminisce a bit about the wonderful photographers whom I've worked…
From the assistant editor
Hold the eggs this Halloween. Not just the ones no one should be throwing around, but the ones usually on the ground, at Wiscasset's Raven Egg Hunt. There is none this year, I was sorry and…
From the editor
This week's column is a mixture of the good, the bad and whatever else came to mind while writing on Tuesday night.
Cheers to the Edgecomb Fire Department for recruiting five junior…
From the assistant editor
I've often felt time is my enemy. There isn't enough of it.
But that's a cop out.
Time to see the forest and not just the trees. Everything, everyone is a system and runs best when…
From the editor
On Tuesday we received the first report, via a phone call, of stolen political signs. As Election Day, Nov. 6, draws nearer, we'll probably hear about stolen or destroyed signs two or three more…
From the assistant editor
The new Wiscasset group planning how to encourage shopping during and after the state's downtown project already has some good ideas going. The possible slogans are catchy and maybe something even…
From the editor
It's Tuesday morning and I'm not at work this week. However, we need to fill this space so I am offering a few ramblings before returning to some household and grandfatherly duties. I'll be back…
From the assistant editor
Who else wants to get on the positive train?
First, the ground rules: No becoming Pollyannas, burying our heads in the sand or telling anyone to smile or worse, to turn that frown upside…
From the editor
Sports celebrities, well-known musicians and fans of both are heading to the Boothbay region this weekend for an established event and a first-ever event.
The Boothbay Charities Classic,…
From the assisant editor
Think ahead.
We are weeks from the first anniversary of the windstorm, and two weeks past some damaging late summer thunderstorms along the Midcoast. You can hope along with me for a quiet…
From the editor
About two decades ago or so, Mary Brewer and I worked together on a lengthy feature for this newspaper on the possible demise of Seahawk football. Boys soccer was introduced as a new sport and…
From the assistant editor
Water Street without the 1916 Haggett building will look different. It would, no matter the demolished building's age. One less building on any street leaves a void filled only by the memory of it…
From the editor
How was your Labor Day weekend? Mine was the worst ever, thank you.
We learned that our 6-year-old female Labradoodle, Ruby, had a uterus infection that spread throughout her body and she…
From the editor
Don't we just love September?!
The temperatures (hopefully) drop to a level where you can enjoy the outdoors more and there's still some time to enjoy some mid-summer activities without…
From the editor
Thank you, Mr. Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputy — sorry, I didn't get your name — for pulling me over last Thursday morning. And thank you for just giving me a warning. Believe me, it has stuck in…
From the Assistant Editor
I used to look down at distance learning, taken online, by snail mail, or both. How could you learn if you weren't there?
Then I took a distance course, and many more after, for the reasons…
From the editor
Our 15-year-old Pomeranian Sadie died this week and our other dog, 7-year-old Labradoodle Ruby, is finding it kind of rough without her “little sister.” Ruby had Sadie from the first day she…
From the Assistant Editor
I began this one a couple months ago, after Wiscasset learned it was losing three more officials – its longtime code enforcement officer and another police chief and harbor master, all a couple…
