Holed up in my small office at home on Wednesday, Jan. 6, away from my TV, I was preparing for next week’s issue, editing and formatting press releases, staying in touch with my reporters and…
Editorial
From the assistant editor
Who was not horrified Jan. 6, when an unsurprising protest at the U.S. Capitol turned into a siege on and inside the building? That was a nightmare and, in the days that followed, video footage of…
From the editor
Reviewing this week’s issue and adding a couple of personal experiences, it is evident that people care – care about people, animals and other things.
Starting with the front page,…
From the assistant editor
Doing anything fun this winter? Would you like to share your scenic or people photos of however you are playing, working, or both, outside in the snow? For the most part, as on Tuesday morning, we…
From the editor
Although we will never forget 2020 and what transpired, we can all try to make 2021 a better year for ourselves and everyone we know.
First, and most important of all, keep wearing masks in…
From the assistant editor
If ever a year did not need an extra week, 2020 would be right up there. But for a weekly paper, depending on how the Thursdays fall, we get a 53rd edition. As we plan and execute it, we call it…
From the editor
’Twas the week before Christmas when I penned what’s below
Waiting ’til noon to shovel the new-fallen snow.
The emails are arriving slowly this Friday morn
So it gives me…
From the assistant editor
It was a turbulent year in national and sometimes local politics, and a strange one for local and national sports and events amid all the change, uncertainty, illness, death and increased viral…
From the editor
Trying not to sound too much like our old columnist Andy Rooney, who began several of his broadcasts with a question ... but, did you ever have one of those nights where you can’t escape a half…
From the assistant editor
On such a cold and possibly stormy Dec. 17, let’s take a moment this Wright Brothers Day, according to …
From the editor
The New England Patriots are 6-6 and remain on the west coast for a showdown with the Los Angeles Rams (8-4) on Thursday, Dec. 10. The team then travels to Miami for a Dec. 20 game, and completes…
From the assistant editor
It has been strange not having our usual mass of Santa meet and greets to share online and on these pages. Most years, from Wiscasset Community Center to other venues, Santa really gets around,…
No, we’re not quoting a line from John Lennon’s Christmas/New Year’s song with this headline, and we are not cutting 2020 short (though it would be nice to get done with this most eventful year…
For a night most hats would have been hard to keep on, hats off to all public safety members who were out in the Monday-Tuesday storm. Strong rain bands, stronger winds and the added challenge of…
From the editor
Growing up in a family of nine (including Mom and Dad), our Thanksgiving feasts were always grand, with the table crammed with bowls of vegetables and the main course, the turkey. Our turkey was…
From the assistant editor
This is about to get funny, eventually.
Most local meetings are part housekeeping such as payroll and minutes approval, part dry as in updates on roadwork or other repairs, and at times…
From the editor
It was nice to see people out and about this week, celebrating Veterans Day and getting ready for the holiday season by decorating and shopping. The pandemic is disheartening and we still have to…
From the assistant editor
This edition of BoothbayRegister/Wiscasset Newspaper is chock full of people photos. Scenics and other photos all have their place, depending on the story. But the people photo is perhaps most…
From the editor
The political season is over … or is it? We can expect President Trump to continue his denial of the results but let’s hope the mainstream media doesn’t beat his drum on every tweet or press…
From the assistant editor
Well, Wiscasset, if your presidential results, with two votes separating the top two, weren’t enough excitement less than a week after a $3 million lottery ticket was sold here, you know how to…
From the editor
Next Wednesday, Nov. 11 is Veterans Day, a day to honor our men and women who served in the United States armed forces. It is a federal holiday and schools and non-essential federal government…
From the assistant editor
As a preface, I’m trying to skip a week mentioning the pandemic in this column, although it did enter into most of my stories this week; and at press time it was too soon to know if we would know…
From the editor
The maple and other trees’ leaves have mostly fallen but the mighty oak’s leaves, for the most part, are traditionally hanging on. It’s kind of like this year’s election. The fallen leaves…
From the assistant editor
I know exactly what my favorite part of Westport Island History Center’s grand opening was last Sunday, besides everything that was and would have been wonderful anyway, especially the people who…
From the editor
Last week I wrote about some positive things happening in the communities and this week, the trend continues.
We are so glad that people reach out to us with news that we either don’t hear…
From the assistant editor
Leave it to our towns and residents to still find it in them this year, to feel festive and help others to. COVID-19 may change this year’s holidays, justifiably so for safety, but the roadside…
From the editor
We wish to thank Boothbay Region Water District and specifically its general manager, Jon Ziegra, for this week’s article on the water system and the drought conditions. With what 2020 has…
From the assistant editor
I’ve been noticing Maine veterans’ license plates more lately, not that there are more of the plates or that they don’t usually catch my eye. I guess I have just lingered a little longer than…
From the editor
Finding political flyers on my doorknob and on my roadside sign post this week (yes, someone put flyers between the “B” and the “U” on my BURNHAM engraving) means the election madness is heating…
From the assistant editor
I don’t remember learning anything about Columbus in school except how he succeeded in getting the ships for, and then making, that fateful trip. And the only thing I recall from school about…
From the editor
Back when we were working in the office, I would often look at my bulletin board where I tacked up photos, information and inspirational quotes. One of the quotes is the following from Ralph Waldo…
From the assistant editor
Did you see a woman in mask and disposable gloves walking Donald E. Davey Bridge about one and half times for an hour-plus starting around 3:45 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26? A lot of vehicles passed me…
From the editor
We are a small town newspaper that happens to be in the middle of a pandemic. We have been in business since 1876. The first issue was about the size of an 8” x 11” brochure and only four pages.…
From the assistant editor
Whatever your political leanings and Constitutional interpretations, it was classy of Wiscasset to react to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death with a vigil of music and candlelight…
From the editor
When you work on a deadline each week, a la, getting newspaper to the printer on time, you would like all of your computer/laptop programs to function properly and quickly.
As I turned on…
From the assistant editor
Wiscasset correctly acted quickly last week to right a ballot wrong and keep Wiscasset Community Center open until voters can do their part, again. And Town Manager Dennis Simmons was right on two…
From the editor
We’ve still got Julian Edelman, Stephon Gilmore, Dont'a Hightower, Sony Michel, Devin McCourty, James White, Rex Burkhead, David Andrews, Chase Winovich and other veterans, including newcomer Cam…
From the assistant editor
A lot is different this school year, but one of the unchanged things is, it’s school bus stop time. Watch for children in and near the school zones and wherever you are out and about, as they wait…
From the editor
Letter writers came out in force this week. We have printed 18 of the 22 letters to the editor we received before the deadline of Monday at 3 p.m. We will print the remaining four letters next…
From the assistant editor
After some oppressively humid summer days, this apple bite of fall-like morning coolness and breezy days has been welcome. I would not mind if summer dwells, with its short-sleeve weather and days…
From the editor
Two years ago, my wife, Melodee, and I had to deal with a heartbreaking situation. On Sept. 1, 2018, we had to have our beautiful and kind 6-year-old Labradoodle, Ruby, put down. The following is…
From the assistant editor
Texting back and forth with Wiscasset’s Terry Heller the other day about a Friends of Wiscasset Village Zoom meeting, some words on both ends of the conversation needed redoing due to auto fill,…
From the editor
It’s nearly time to go back to school and thankfully, area administrators and school staffs have taken time out of their summer vacation to work on plans to safely bring the students and teachers…
From the assistant editor
The area’s school sports plans Bill Pearson reports on this week make sense given the other school decisions at the state and local levels. If Wiscasset and Boothbay Region schools are seeing fit…
From the editor
● People spend too much time on Facebook. I might check it once a day but the dozens of political posts and the ranting and raving on each drives me to check out of it. How many times have you…
From the assistant editor
Whoever got the idea, the more syllables, the smarter someone is or sounds, probably is not a kindred spirit to me. You can say a lot in few words, a lot of information, sentiment, or anything. As…
From the editor
Every once in a while, I dip into the National Days Calendar website to get ideas for this column. Before taking this week off from work (returning Sunday, Aug. 9), I discovered that the first…
From the assistant editor
As that American flag flew over Route 1 Saturday in Wiscasset for Rich Kubler’s memorial service and area responders stood roadside awaiting the casket and escort’s return trip through, the…
From the editor
I will give you my set-up for walking but I am sure many can relate to why I am asking motorists to please slow down, do the speed limit, etc.
I live on Back Narrows Road in Boothbay. As I…
From the assistant editor
Good job on the art of adjusting, Lucia Droby, for replacing this year’s Wiscasset Art Walks with the lower key Walk Around Wiscasset. It might boost businesses’ foot traffic like the years of…
