The colorful design of a giant pumpkin taking over Damariscotta by Walpole artist Susan Bartlett Rice has been selected to decorate this year’s Damariscotta Pumpkinfest &…

A Walk with Rupert Neily will be held this Saturday, June 29, 9:30 a.m. to noon at the La Verna Preserve (part of the Pemaquid Watershed between Bremen and New Harbor). The Y will…

Midcoast United Soccer Club is uniting with Seacoast United Maine to offer four sessions of summer soccer camp. Three sessions for ages 7 to 14 will take place at the Harold B.…

Sailing coach Gray Ferris will be heading up the Boothbay Sea and Science Center's new keelboat sailing programs for area pre-teens and teens. Ferris was the former Sailing…

When pirates attack Wiscasset Harbor on July 4, two of the people who may be most enjoying themselves are Alan and Judith Boyes. They'll be two of the pirates.

The Union Farm Equipment at Waldoboro Game on Sunday, June 30 at Begley Rec Field will begin at 4 p.m., not 2 p.m. as first reported. The day will…

The BHYC Racing Committee would like to invite all area sailors to participate in the Classic Boat Race and the Commodores Cup. These races are organized to be fun and include a…

With summer officially started, strawberries are on the menu in Wiscasset.

The 61st annual St. Philips Strawberry Festival begins at 10 a.m. Saturday,…

There is a certain roadside restaurant that gets a lot of press in Wiscasset. When the line gets too long, don't get out of town; get out, poke around and see what you can find…

The Wiscasset Public Library Children’s Room held its last Story Time for the season last week in conjunction with the first event of the Summer Reading Program.

The weather is improving and many pumpkin plantlets that were adopted during the May 19 Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Plant Giveaway are enjoying this week’s sunshine. However, some may…

Wiscasset Middle School’s spring sports award winners include, from left, kneeling: Grace Webber, Coaches Award Track; Sarah Foley, Most Improved Track; back: Leah Potter, Most…

Varsity softball awards were handed out on June 17. From left are: Charlene Reed, Coaches Award; Katie-Lyn Mills…

Teens to Trails is a finalist for a $25,000 grant from The North Face.

Your vote for T3 will give teens life-changing outdoor experiences. 

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Daily children’s activities begin this week at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay. Kids who visit the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden can enjoy Storytime in the…

The heat was on at Wiscasset Speedway June 15. It was perfect racing weather. The grandstands were filled with fans. The drivers were ready to race. A pair of popular drivers…

The Wiscasset Babe Ruth baseball team continued its undefeated season by winning a doubleheader on Sunday, June 16 against Union Farm Equipment and Georges Valley. In the first…

Despite cold and rainy weather, a group of eighth grade students ventured out into the mudflats behind the Wiscasset Middle School onto Polly Clark Cove June 11.  Their mission was…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club is pleased to announce that it will offer two high level clinics as prologues to two major sailing events this summer.

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The Damariscotta River Pirate Rendezvous promises that pirates large and small will invade the Twin Villages in search of lost treasure on Saturday, June 22.

On Tuesday, June 25, Chewonki will open its doors to campers for the 99th summer. The day marks the arrival of nearly 200 families to our Wiscasset campus, including parents and…

A couple hundred people gathered on the shore of Nequasset Brook in Woolwich to witness the launching of two student-crafted skiffs during a break in rainy weather  June 13,…

In March 2013 the final buzzer sounded in the hallowed Bangor Auditorium. The facility that had played host to tens of thousands of players and the seats that held nearly 2.5…

Yes, Maine's other protein is a delicious choice for your next meal. But there is a lot more to do with lobsters than just devour them.

If you love animals…

The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper will have an early deadline for the July 4 issues. Advertising and editorial submissions will be due Friday, June 28 at 4 p.m. The…

Although the first official day of summer is June 21, the Boothbay Region YMCA has already started its summer with a host of activities, fundraisers and camps on the horizon.…

Long known for its many excellent examples of Federal style architecture and its rich maritime history, Wiscasset comes alive this summer with art, music and its new Museum in the…

The weekend of June 8 was another busy one for Midcoast United’s U-12 team with two friendly games in Waterville on Saturday, June 8 and their final regular season Pine Tree League…

The Wiscasset Babe Ruth baseball team improved to 3-0 on the season by defeating Rockport Automotive by a score of 4-3 on a picture perfect day in Rockport June 9.

Although autumn gets credit for being the most colorful of Maine's seasons, the Boothbay Region YMCA is trying to bring a little color to the dog days of summer.

“You don’t have to be Italian or like spaghetti to love bocce ball,” said Skip Taylor, as he announced plans to form a bocce ball club and league at Winters Gone Farm in Wiscasset…

Despite some early morning rain, Wiscasset Speedway was ready to roll at race time. Under the bright lights, and to the chorus of peepers in the infield, the cars hit the track in…

Sea-Vu Farm in Boothbay debuted its first season under new management at the FEA Black Diamond Jubilee on June 1 and 2 at Skowhegan Fairgrounds.  

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Like first time Wiscasset played Carrabec, the two teams battled back and forth in the preliminary round of the Western Maine Class C softball tournament. But this time Carrabec (…

People driving past the Boothbay Harbor Country Club can see dozens of workers scurrying around the elderly log cabin clubhouse.

Nearby, a hillside has…

The Midcoast United U-12 soccer team continued their undefeated streak with an impressive 4-3 win over the Seacoast Mariners on Sunday, June 2. The Mariners jumped to a 2-0 lead…

Aleeya Jones of Wiscasset has been known to bounce a volleyball around the…

The Wiscasset High School Lady Wolverines ended their regular season schedule with a 13-1 loss at home to Spruce Mountain on May 30. Spruce Mountain hit well off Megan Corson and…

A late inning Wolverine rally fell short on May 30 and Wiscasset (5-11) was eliminated from the playoffs. Spruce Mountain (9-7) held on and defeated Wiscasset 5-3 in the last game…

An American Red Cross blood drive will be held Thursday, June 6, 1-6 p.m. in the YMCA gymnasium

The Summer 2013 YMCA Program Session begins Monday,…

Tee off the summer by registering for the upcoming Central Lincoln County Adult Education course Golf Instruction.

The course will be taught by…

The Freeport Rotary Club's Close to the Coast 5k and 10k race will be held on Saturday, June 22 at 9 a.m. with all events held rain or shine. The course is run on quiet roads and…

A spring nor'easter hit the region on May 25and Wiscasset Speedway was forced to call off the scheduled Saturday races. Ken Minott, track promoter said, “Back on Mother’s Day…

While wet weather is good for ducks, the mix of rain and sunshine and a three-day weekend was good weather for fish.

The Maine State Aquarium had what…

The class, Practical on the Water Training, is a one-day, 8-hour seminar. It includes four hours of classroom training and four hours of training and practice behind the wheel of a…

The month of May in Maine means Mother’s Day, May Baskets, and of course, here on the coast, alewives. This past week, children at Story Time heard “One Little Alewife Counting…

Midcoast United’s soccer teams continued to impress on May 19 at home and away. In their first three weeks of play, Midcoast teams were undefeated.

At…

Boys

May 15: Wiscasset 1, Spruce Mountain 3

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On May 4 and 5, the Central Lincoln County YMCA gymnastics team, under the direction of coach Janice Cormier-Hay, took nine qualifying gymnasts to compete at the Northeast Regional…

The Northeast Mini Stock Tour made its one and only appearance this year in Maine at the Wiscasset Speedway last Saturday night. Under the bright lights, 31 cars raced in an action…