The National Audubon Society’s 113th Christmas Bird Count will take place from December 14, through January 5, 2013. The longest running Citizen Science survey in the world, Christmas Bird Count…

Ready to begin his second year as the boys’ varsity basketball coach at Wiscasset High School, Dana Lawrence said he believes in fairness and honesty. “We earn our opportunity to…

When Coach Donald Strout, an environmental engineer at Bath Iron Works, returns for his 13th year as Wiscasset High School’s swim coach, he said what he wants the most is for his “…

“My goals for this season is to work everyday with a positive attitude, respect our teammates and opponents, improve our skills and be as competitive as possible,” said Wiscasset High School girls…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Junior sailing and tennis programs are now open and available for registration for the 2013 summer season. 

Learning to sail and, if desired, to race sailboats…

The Wiscasset Unsinkables are already working hard to earn some team awards. The golden goggle award is given after each meet for the athletes that have personal best times in all…

The owner of the Monkey C Monkey Do, Roland Lacombe, announced recently he will move his year round skating rink to an indoor facility.

The new…

Confirmed gingerbread professionals and closet bakers, young novices, masters of the dough and others throughout the Midcoast have reportedly started design and construction work…

Teens To Trails (T3) is working to engage Maine teens in the outdoors through their promotion of & support for teen Outing Clubs across the State. A new T3 initiative called "…

The Boothbay Railway Village will be running the “North Pole Express” Saturday, Nov. 24, December 8 and December 22 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This entertaining train ride will consist…

Many of the “hunters” in Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ much-loved tradition, the Frozen Turkey Hunt, will take home frozen turkeys. And someone will win the grand prize of 150…

The Midcoast United U9 soccer team completed its fall season this past weekend with a round-robin tournament hosted by Seacoast United inTopsham.

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Midcoast United’s U12 soccer team played two matches in a tournament this weekend at the Seacoast Dome in Topsham. In the first match against the Seacoast Dragons, Striker Will…

The Boothbay Region Land Trust is pleased to announce the debut of family hikes, a fun and healthy way to get children and adults outside. Families from the Boothbay region and beyond are invited…

Braced against an icy wind, Woolwich Code Enforcement Officer Bruce Engert, selectmen and a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) official shivered on the snowy banks of the town park late…

If you celebrate Thanksgiving and you’re not a vegetarian, chances are you will be enjoying a turkey dinner November 22, but not in the way history had the settlers feasting on the…

Wild edible plant walk

Sunday, Nov. 11, 1 to 3 p.m. – Take a walk with Maine Master Naturalist volunteer Jason Chandler as we explore the…

On the way to drop off our son at school the other day, we made the sad discovery that our favorite bald eagle nest had disappeared from its high perch atop a stately old pine tree…

The National Park Service has announced that the Teens To Trails organization was selected to receive assistance from the National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation…

Midcoast United’s U12 soccer team finished in the top of their league, nearly coming in first, over the past two weekends of playoffs.

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Teens To Trails (T3) is pleased to announce a rare opportunity for Maine High School Outing Club programs to receive funding support through their Grants-to-Clubs program. Since…

Deer hunters took to the woods early Saturday morning, Oct. 27, in clear, mild weather for the first day of firearms deer hunting season. There are mixed reviews as to number of deer in the…

The Midcoast United U9 soccer team played its final games of the season at the North Central Soccer Festival hosted by The Maine Novas/Waterville Youth Soccer Association October…

The Southern Maine Travel Basketball League is hosting tryouts for boys and girls in grades 3 through 6 Saturday, Nov. 10 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The league will run from December 1 through February…

They appear about every two years. 

They come in groups, sometimes numbering more than a hundred, and may stay in backyards for weeks. They arrive without invitation and with no advance…

If you're a parent with children in the Wiscasset Area, you know this weekend is …

Wolverines’ captain Zachary Ellison put it this way, “We played hard, but they were so skilled.” It came as no surprise to the Wolverines that the quarterfinal game with St. Dom’s…

Adam Chadbourne of Woolwich had a second and a sixth place at the Wiscasset Speedway on October 21, earning him two trophies. No money was on the line Sunday. But that…

Just the other day we were driving down Route 27 toward Wiscasset admiring the red and gold autumn hillsides when a football-sized bird, its short wings in a blur, came bursting from the roadside…

These two adjacent properties may be a little off the beaten path, but they are well worth tracking down for a visit. Linekin Preserve was created in 1994 when Ann and Walter…

Both the Wiscasset High School boys and girls soccer teams are headed to the quarterfinal round of the Western Maine Class C tournaments.

The girls…

Beware motorists: Little ghosts and goblins may be the move in your neighborhood, so take extra care while driving this Halloween. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway…

The HMS Bounty is off the railway at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard on Friday, Oct. 19 after undergoing four…

On Saturday, Oct. 20 at 10 a.m., Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association will celebrate the grand opening of a new 1.1-mile trail on its Trout Brook Preserve in Alna.

On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and 27 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. each day, the Boothbay Railway Village will be presenting its annual Ghost Train and Haunted Hayride. This always popular…

The Morris Farm will celebrate the season at its annual Harvest Festival and Apple Pie Baking Contest on Sunday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come celebrate fall at this…

This weekend, October 19, 20 and 21, Maine Maritime Museum and Sea Scout Ship 243, along with Boy Scout Troop 254 from Warren, will host the Boy Scouts’ Downeast District Fall…

Midcoast United’s U12 team beat the Seacoast Dragons, 4-1 October 14 in Wiscasset. Markus Russell scored Midcoast's first goal on a nice cross from defender Ben Jacobs. Will Shaffer then…

Midcoast United's U9 (9-year-old and under) soccer club hosted Freeport in Wiscasset this past Sunday. Freeport took the win with a final score of 5-2.

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Balancing apples on one’s head is not easy. Counting apples is easier. Theo LeSieg's “Ten Apples Up On Top”was the featured book in the Children’s Room of the…

As nearly 30 students filled the Wiscasset Middle School gym for their physical education class last week, Jim Walsh turned, smiled and said, “If I were a rookie teacher, I would…

The Juniper Hill School plans to host the Schoolhouse Stomp, an autumn festival and contra dance, which will take place at 180 Golden Ridge Road in Alna on Friday, Oct. 12 from 5:…

“It’s just a sparrow.” 

Bird enthusiasts hear and use that phrase a lot this time of year. 

Every October here in Maine, we are inundated with sparrows. Just about every weedy field,…

A horse-and-rider duo from Sea-Vu Farm in Boothbay pulled off a record-breaking win October 9, at the Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show. Caroline Cadorette…

This colorful array of mums and pumpkins arranged with a portion of a wooden barrel on a leaf-covered lawn is on the corner of Federal and Hooper streets in Wiscasset.

On Saturday, Oct. 13 and October 20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Boothbay Railway Village is offering its third annual Pumpkin Patch Express. After purchasing a ticket, visitors…

For the second time in a month, Boothbay Harbor Shipyard will play host to a famous replica ship.

The Freedom Schooner Amistad is currently moored in Boothbay Harbor, and will…

Kathy Frizzell, a member of the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper sales team, and Bill Dighton, brought this 808-pound moose home last week. Frizzell, who…

The 2012 Waldoboro First Baptist Church (WFBC) Men’s Basketball League will begin a new season this month with Open Gym play on October 23 and 30 at 6 p.m.

Jane Koopman is the new T3 Outreach Coordinator for Outing Clubs. Koopman is an avid outdoorswoman and has years of experience in leading outdoor programs, shaping the ethics,…