Percy "Joe" Coombs
Percy H. "Joe" Coombs, 85, died Monday, November 26 at his St. Andrews Village apartment in Boothbay Harbor, bringing closure to his valiant battle with brain cancer. ...

Kenneth P. Rice
Kenneth P. Rice, 69, of Boothbay Harbor, died Thursday, November 22, at the Gregory Wing in Boothbay Harbor after a long illness. ...

Dorothy L. Dodge
Dorothy L. Dodge, 93, a lifelong resident of Wiscasset, died Saturday, November 24, at Cove's Edge in Damariscotta. ...

Christian S. Bauer
Christian S. Bauer, 94, of Westport Island, died Thursday, November 22. ...

David W. Ezzell
David W. Ezzell, 51, of Wiscasset, passed away unexpectedly Monday, November 20, at his home. ...

Kyle J. Goulette
Kyle Joseph Goulette died Thursday, November 22 in a car crash. ...

Effingham Morris III
Effingham Buckley Morris III, 90, of Boothbay Harbor, died at home Tuesday evening, November 20. ...

Gregory K. DeWeese
Gregory Keith DeWeese, 61, of Woolwich, passed away on Saturday, November 24 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Togus. ...

Dealing with our Health Care crisis
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A great fall sports season
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Re: Veterans Day
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Fight back, Maine!
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A Christmas Carol opens at The Boothbay Playhouse
Once again the Y-Arts Youth Chorus and friends will be performing a musical version of the Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol," at the Boothbay Playhouse on December 7 and 8.

Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club
Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club news - Marty Peak Helman

Boothbay selectmen present proclamation, discuss possible River
At their November 13 meeting, - Lisa Kristoff

Edgecomb
Edgecomb weekly column - Jo Cameron

Edgecomb moves forward with fire station plans
Edgecomb Selectmen are doing their homework before making a final recommendation to the town for a site to locate their new fire station. At a previous meeting, the board had agreed to continue to investigate the two acres owned by Randy Wanser. - Barbara Martin

Harbor Lights: It's very special
Editorial - Mary Brewer

Harbor Selectmen approve reserve officers and Bayville contract;
Two long-standing issues were resolved during the Monday, November 26 Boothbay Harbor Board of Selectmen's meeting, while a third issue, the Communications Center, received greater scrutiny. - Sue Mello

Hunter charged in Maine Yankee incident
The hunter who fired a gun at deer near Maine Yankee's stored nuclear waste site last month has been charged, according to the Maine Warden Service. - Charlotte Boynton

Isle Of Springs
Isle of Springs weekly column - Sue Bogart

Knights of Pythias
Knights of Pythias news - Howie Barter

Legislature to hold school consolidation hearing December 12
The Maine State Legislature's Education Committee will hold a public hearing on December 12 to consider the Department of Education's proposal to remove some of the largest financial disincentives to school consolidation that affect this region. - Sue Mello

Monhegan Island
Monhegan Island column - Katy Boegel

Ordinance change vote December 20
It was a swift and harmonious public hearing regarding the proposed amendment to the Boothbay zoning ordinance on Tuesday, November 27. - Lisa Kristoff

Southport
Southport weekly column - Leigh Sherrill

The "restructuring" of McSeagull's
McSeagull's. Since 1976, this Pier 1 restaurant/bar has been a popular destination for locals, visitors and summer residents in search of good times and fun people to create them with. - Lisa Kristoff

The Gregarious Grackle
Early morning light created shimmering sparkles across the small pond. About half the pond had firm, well-defined borders; the remainder of the pond overflowed into the edge of the forest to form a large marsh. - David A. Murray

The support resource that is Seasons of Change
The communities of mid-coast Maine have been discovering the wealth of support, information and services at Seasons of Change, A Community Center for Health and Healing, since the October 1 opening. - Lisa Kristoff

Where are those school consolidation petitions?
While the Department of Education is proposing changes to the school consolidation law to ease the financial pain of consolidating, organizers of a petition to repeal this legislation remain dedicated to their goal. - Sue Mello

Wyatt Colby attends Youth Leadership Conference
On Sunday, October 21, at 1:30 in the afternoon, I left my home on Southport Island and embarked on what would soon be one of the best experiences of my life. Where was I going? The District of Columbia. - Wyatt Colby

YMCA Coastal Club
YMCA Coastal Club news - Robert E. Zimmerli