Staff's Best Photos of 2024
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 8:45am
Replacing equipment on a utility pole at Boothbay Region High School. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Gardens Aglow 2024 scene. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Filling the plates at the Boothbay Harbor First Department barbecue. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Scene from the pre-prom gathering at Barrett's Park. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Dick Morrison crosses the flooded footbridge during a January storm. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Boats gather in the outer harbor during Windjammer Days. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Boothbay Region High School students posed for photos in Barrett's Park during the traditional pre-prom gathering. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
The tide came into local parking lots during the January storms. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Seahawk Sam Markowitz reaches for a catch as teammate Casey Phelps moves out of the way at a game against Mt. View May 10. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register
Summertime sliding. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
High 5s for seniors at BRES. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
In Stover Auditorium during marching practice May 31, Debra Pooler shows seniors where to be. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Philo, candidate for king of Wiscasset, offers a paw Aug. 30 to Laurie Winslow, a friend of his owner Cynthia Pappas. Signs in town declared local pets’ candidacies for offices real and not real. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset’s Corbin and Lucy Flores-Lichtinger and son Gideon, 7, take part in a relay at Wormfest in Wiscasset June 8. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Sandra Winters of American Legion Post 54’s Auxiliary Unit places a wreath at the veterans wall in Wiscasset during Veterans Day ceremonies Nov. 11. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
2025 Maine Teacher of the Year Becky Hallowell, who teaches fourth grade at Wiscasset Elementary School, is flanked by her uncles Michael “Jim” Bilinsky, left, and Daniel Fortin Oct. 10 at a reception after Hallowell learned she’d won the statewide honor. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
In Stover Auditorium May 31, Wiscasset Middle High School seniors see how far apart they should be from the classmate beside them when they march into graduation June 6. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
A view of Bristol Marine, Boothbay Harbor, from the water. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Emmalyn Tarrance, 13, carries brother Henry Tarrance, 8, in the Wormfest relay June 8 in Wiscasset. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Indigo Sanders-Stoyle, 7, of Wiscasset watches artist Emily Bell-Hoerth dip and dye in indigo at Wiscasset’s Earth Day celebration at Wiscasset Community Center April 27. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Harpswell’s Ron Gagne, left, on his 2023, “whiskey neat”-colored Harley Davidson, and wife Sue Gagne, on a Canada-made Can Am three-wheel motorcycle, back into parking spots on the Wiscasset waterfront Sept. 7. They planned to meet family and spend time in the area, including the Boothbay Region. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset Elementary School fourth grade teacher and Lincoln County Teacher of the Year Becky Hallowell, who a month later would be named Maine Teacher of the Year, greets incoming fifth grader Patience Davis Tuesday morning, Sept. 3, the start of the new school year. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Eleanor Lynch helps cousin Owen O’Toole off with the waders in a relay at Wormfest in Wiscasset June 8. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset’s Linda Zollers pulls weeds at a Middle Street property the morning of Aug. 21. She said this work she does at a couple places is one of her passions, the other being her longtime volunteering in the archives at Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
A lobsterman cleans the boat on return to the Wiscasset shore Sept. 7. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset’s Sam Renzi, 8, returns to his family after winning a stuffed bunny at the Easter egg hunt March 30 at the Wiscasset Middle High School track. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Enjoying Wiscasset’s Easter egg hunt March 30, in rabbit ears and the sun and gusty winds the event usually gets. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
From left, American Legion Post 54’s Cliff Hendricks and Mike Barnes, Team Willow’s Beth Bluteau, Cooper-DiPerri Scholarship Fund Committee member Sheila Sawyer and Post 54 Cmdr. William Cossette Jr. gather at the Legion hall on Route One, Wiscasset March 22 to talk about the post’s recent donations to both causes. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
The wind keeps a small American flag and a big one moving Sept. 7 on the Wiscasset waterfront. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Woolwich, Oct. 20. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Geese and babies. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"American Idol" contestant Julia Gagnon of Cumberland performs at a fundraiser at Brady's restaurant. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Expressing love during the Early Bird Sale in front of the Buoy Tree. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Replacing equipment on a utility pole at Boothbay Region High School. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Gardens Aglow 2024 scene. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Filling the plates at the Boothbay Harbor First Department barbecue. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Scene from the pre-prom gathering at Barrett's Park. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Dick Morrison crosses the flooded footbridge during a January storm. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Boats gather in the outer harbor during Windjammer Days. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Boothbay Region High School students posed for photos in Barrett's Park during the traditional pre-prom gathering. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
The tide came into local parking lots during the January storms. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Seahawk Sam Markowitz reaches for a catch as teammate Casey Phelps moves out of the way at a game against Mt. View May 10. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register
Summertime sliding. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
High 5s for seniors at BRES. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
In Stover Auditorium during marching practice May 31, Debra Pooler shows seniors where to be. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Philo, candidate for king of Wiscasset, offers a paw Aug. 30 to Laurie Winslow, a friend of his owner Cynthia Pappas. Signs in town declared local pets’ candidacies for offices real and not real. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset’s Corbin and Lucy Flores-Lichtinger and son Gideon, 7, take part in a relay at Wormfest in Wiscasset June 8. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Sandra Winters of American Legion Post 54’s Auxiliary Unit places a wreath at the veterans wall in Wiscasset during Veterans Day ceremonies Nov. 11. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
2025 Maine Teacher of the Year Becky Hallowell, who teaches fourth grade at Wiscasset Elementary School, is flanked by her uncles Michael “Jim” Bilinsky, left, and Daniel Fortin Oct. 10 at a reception after Hallowell learned she’d won the statewide honor. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
In Stover Auditorium May 31, Wiscasset Middle High School seniors see how far apart they should be from the classmate beside them when they march into graduation June 6. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
A view of Bristol Marine, Boothbay Harbor, from the water. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Emmalyn Tarrance, 13, carries brother Henry Tarrance, 8, in the Wormfest relay June 8 in Wiscasset. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Indigo Sanders-Stoyle, 7, of Wiscasset watches artist Emily Bell-Hoerth dip and dye in indigo at Wiscasset’s Earth Day celebration at Wiscasset Community Center April 27. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Harpswell’s Ron Gagne, left, on his 2023, “whiskey neat”-colored Harley Davidson, and wife Sue Gagne, on a Canada-made Can Am three-wheel motorcycle, back into parking spots on the Wiscasset waterfront Sept. 7. They planned to meet family and spend time in the area, including the Boothbay Region. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset Elementary School fourth grade teacher and Lincoln County Teacher of the Year Becky Hallowell, who a month later would be named Maine Teacher of the Year, greets incoming fifth grader Patience Davis Tuesday morning, Sept. 3, the start of the new school year. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Eleanor Lynch helps cousin Owen O’Toole off with the waders in a relay at Wormfest in Wiscasset June 8. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset’s Linda Zollers pulls weeds at a Middle Street property the morning of Aug. 21. She said this work she does at a couple places is one of her passions, the other being her longtime volunteering in the archives at Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
A lobsterman cleans the boat on return to the Wiscasset shore Sept. 7. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset’s Sam Renzi, 8, returns to his family after winning a stuffed bunny at the Easter egg hunt March 30 at the Wiscasset Middle High School track. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Enjoying Wiscasset’s Easter egg hunt March 30, in rabbit ears and the sun and gusty winds the event usually gets. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
From left, American Legion Post 54’s Cliff Hendricks and Mike Barnes, Team Willow’s Beth Bluteau, Cooper-DiPerri Scholarship Fund Committee member Sheila Sawyer and Post 54 Cmdr. William Cossette Jr. gather at the Legion hall on Route One, Wiscasset March 22 to talk about the post’s recent donations to both causes. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
The wind keeps a small American flag and a big one moving Sept. 7 on the Wiscasset waterfront. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Woolwich, Oct. 20. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Geese and babies. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"American Idol" contestant Julia Gagnon of Cumberland performs at a fundraiser at Brady's restaurant. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Expressing love during the Early Bird Sale in front of the Buoy Tree. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay RegisterCovering the news of the Boothbay region is our job and photos add that extra touch to inform and entertain our readers. Staff reporters/photographers took some nice ones and here are some of their best choices. Enjoy.
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