Join professional dog trainer Jean Conte for the Central Lincoln County YMCA's Dog Obedience classes. Held on Tuesdays, the next session will run from April 7 through April 28.
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I was going to write about this pea salad I make. The warmer weather is making me want to make salads and start warming up those grills. But the cold has hit again so I’m sharing this recipe…
PORTLAND---With attention to the guidance from the Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and upon consideration of the size of the usual congregations, Bishop Robert P. Deeley is…
The American Red Cross now faces a severe blood shortage due to an unprecedented number of blood drive cancellations in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Healthy individuals are needed now to…
Days into Maine’s state of emergency, social distancing and other novel terms have emerged. Seeing as they’re here for the foreseeable future, Boothbay Register is…
At Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Services, the families we serve are always our top priority. During confusing and concerning times such as the current COVID-19 event, we want to share our plans…
LincolnHealth is suspending elective medical procedures and postponing non-urgent, routine office visits to reduce community spread of coronavirus and redirect its most scarce and important…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is taking immediate steps, according to a news release, to ensure access to critical services and benefits for Maine people while…
UPDATE: At noon Tuesday, March 17, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s daily update showed the Lincoln County man’s test results changed from presumptive positive to confirmed,…
As a member of the Boothbay region for more than six years and an employee of Boothbay Region Land Trust, I am well versed in the many beautiful preserves that the land trust offers, free to the…
Portland, Maine – The nine local health organizations within MaineHealth are suspending elective medical procedures and postponing non-urgent office visits to its practices in response to the…
Wiscasset School Department announced plans Monday to provide meals for all students during the shutdown. See Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood’s letter here on how it will work.
Effective Tuesday, March 17, amid what we know to be unprecedented and uncertain times and in the interest of public health, the Boothbay Region YMCA is suspending on-site operations until April 1…
Westport Island selectmen
Westport Island selectmen voted Monday to close the town office to all foot traffic for two weeks, effective immediately. With the decision, they join other area towns adapting their operations…
RSU 2 schools will be closed for two weeks, from Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 27. It is in the best interest of our school communities, Kennebec County, and the state of Maine to …
UPDATE: According to Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday, Lincoln County has had a second presumptive positive test and the first has gone from presumptive positive to…
Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 schools are closed through March 27, Superintendent of Schools Howie Tuttle confirmed Sunday afternoon in a text reply to Wiscasset Newspaper.
The…
Wiscasset Middle High School’s Facebook page announced Sunday afternoon: “Students in Wiscasset schools will not have school starting on Monday, March 16 and schools will stay closed until March…
As you are probably well aware, at this time, the decision whether to open or close schools is being left to superintendents. After consultation with the Maine, Department of Education and other…
Good Shepherd Food Bank
Good Shepherd Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in Maine and distributes 25 million meals per year through more than 450 partner hunger-relief programs across the state.…
LincolnHealth announced March 14 that it is limiting visitation to all of its long-term care, assisted living facilities and the Schooner Cove retirement community. Exceptions may be made for…
Out of sincere concern for our patrons and employees and following the advice of the Maine CDC to reduce the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) by social distancing, the Harbor Theater will be…
In a decision Regional School Unit 1 Superintendent of Schools Patrick Manuel announced Saturday night, the unit, which serves Woolwich, Bath, Arrowsic and Phippsburg, is closing its schools…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine (BBBSMM) invites local businesses, organizations and individuals to sign up to Bowl For Kids’ Sake 2020, presented by Hannaford Supermarkets and Camden…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) was informed this morning, March 13, by MaineHealth that preliminary testing in their lab indicates two more individuals…
There are many additions to this year’s Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days & Tall Ships Festival in celebration of Maine’s Bicentennial.…
Governor announces insurance emergency proclamation, temporary suspension of non-essential out-of-state work travel for State employees, and a recommendation to postpone large, indoor gatherings
Governor Janet Mills and the Maine CDC announced today Maine’s first presumptive positive case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Maine. The individual who tested positive is a woman in…
Wiscasset School Committee
UPDATE: The resignation accepted March 10 was from PreK teacher Amy Mitchell; on Friday, Superintendent of Schools Terry Wood provided Mitchell’s resignation letter to Wiscasset Newspaper.
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Press release
In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, Midcoast Senior College has decided to cancel its spring term effective immediately. We are also suspending, until further notice, our Current Events forum in…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and 211 Maine announced today, March 11, a new option for Mainers to get answers to questions about the 2019 novel…
LincolnHealth Dietitian Joan Atkinson, MS, RD, LD will present “Diabetes and the Keto Diet” at the next Diabetes Support Group on Thursday, March 26 at 1:15 p.m. in the Diabetes Education Room on…
Boothbay Region YMCA is now offering LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, which is a free, 12-week recovery program for adult cancer patients and survivors. Registration is currently open for the session that…
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Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather. It’s been wonderful. Not sure if it’s too early for raking or not, LOL.
I want everyone to know my little basketball travel team held their…
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today published “Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19” to help companies respond in…
In one district, public school and nonprofit collaborate
MIDCOAST — A disturbing trend of students, especially in younger grades, exhibiting out-of-control behavior has increasingly unsettled schools in recent years, to the point that superintendents…
Alternative Organizational Structure 98 schools are formulating plans for handling the coronavirus. Superintendent Dr. Keith Laser reported during the March 9 Edgecomb School Committee meeting the…
Wiscasset Elementary School first graders visited Goranson's Farm in Dresden on Tuesday, March 10. Students learned how sap is collected, as well as practicing how to tap a maple tree.
They…
Like hospitals and health care provides across the state, LincolnHealth has been working since the earliest reported case of COVID-19, or coronavirus, to prepare for a response when it is needed…
Maine Drama Festival 2020
Boothbay Region High School placed third overall at the 2020 Maine Drama Festival for “War Letters,” directed by Mary Miller and performed by Grace Campbell, Nataleigh Blackman and Journey Bennett…
Kids at the first-ever Circus Stories February Vacation Adventure immersed themselves in a three-day circus celebration. The Merry Barn in Edgecomb was alive with juggling, plate spinning, and…
Forest City and Friends is proud to announce the Monday, March 23 release of their debut self-titled album, as well as their CD release show on May 30 at Portland House of Music at 25 Temple…
Harbor Theater presents “The Quiet Man,” starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, everybody’s favorite Irish movie to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, one show only, on Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m.…
In summer, Nicholas and Mika Repenning and son Enishi, 8, swim and play at Alna’s Head Tide Dam. Saturday, in the wind and afternoon sun, the Whitefield couple was above the Sheepscot River…
The Monday, March 9 meeting of the Clamshell Quilters will be held at Faith Baptist Church, Mills Road, Newcastle. Member Marylynn will be doing a workshop for making…
Coastal Senior College is delighted to announce that Belfast collage artist Deborah Stevenson returns to teach a course at UMA Rockland Center for six Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., beginning…
What would “Talking Food in Maine” at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater be without an evening recognizing one of Maine’s favorite offerings – lobster!
Host Cherie Scott and the Theater are…
Press release
Celebrate Maine’s Bicentennial with a classic baked bean supper hosted by the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, Maine’s First Ship, and the Merrymeeting Gleaners on Saturday, March 14 at 4:30 to 6:30 p…
