Everett Jaskiewicz
Everett "Butch" Phillip Muchmore-Jaskiewicz, 59, Westport Island, died Saturday, December 8, as the results of an automobile accident. ...

Rita D. White
Rita D. White, 94, a resident of the South Portland Nursing Home and former lifetime resident of Monhegan Island, died Saturday, November 17, at her residence after a long illness. ...

Martha B. Werler
Martha B. Werler, 92, formerly of Waldoboro, passed away on the morning of Tuesday, December 11, at Cove's Edge, in Damariscotta. ...

Lillian K. Egan
Lillian K. Egan, 90, of East Boothbay, died Saturday, December 15, at Cove's Edge in Damariscotta. ...

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Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club
Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club news - Frank Helman

Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club news - Scotty

Boothbay Region Lions Club
Boothbay Region Lions Club news - John Platt

County trying to solve courthouse parking problems
Wiscasset Police Lieutenant John Allen attended the Lincoln County Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning to ask for help in resolving parking problems in the area around the court house. - Charlotte Boynton

Edgecomb
Edgecomb weekly column - Jo Cameron

Edgecomb favors Davis Island route
On Monday, Edgecomb Selectmen signed a joint letter to Edward Hanscom, Project Engineer, for the Wiscasset Route 1 Corridor Study, officially endorsing N8C, one of five proposed routes that have been discussed. - Barbara Martin

Education Committee approves changes to ease consolidation
A group of Southporters traveled to Augusta last Wednesday to support the Department of Education's proposed financial fixes to the school consolidation law. Their efforts were not in vain. - Sue Mello

Enter The Haggis at Opera House January 5
The high octane Canadian Celtic group, Enter the Haggis, brings its tremendously entertaining show to the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, January 5.

Food Pantry to Community: Thank You - Here's How You Can Help
The community's response to the requests made recently in this newspaper for assistance to help stock the Boothbay Region Food Pantry has been terrific. - Doreen Dun

Governor slashes budget by $38 million
Gov. John Baldacci Tuesday signed an emergency order to cut $38 million out of state spending to help fill a $95 million hole in the budget, and said more cuts and department consolidation will be proposed in a supplemental budget. - Victoria Wallack

Holiday hours, recycling topics at Refuse Disposal District
The Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District will close at noon on Christmas Eve, December 24 and New Year's Eve, December 31. It will be closed on Christmas, December 25 and New Year's Day, January 1. - Lisa Kristoff

Isle Of Springs
Isle Of Springs weekly column - Sue Bogart

It's so nice to be special
Editorial - Mary Brewer

Mr. Biggs Pizzeria now open
This holiday season, as you roam and wander in and out of Portland's market places looking for that special something for the loves of your life, think about where you might get a hearty lunch in the middle of your expedition. - Diane Randlett

Ocean Point
Ocean Point weekly column - Pat Waldman

Opera House receives $3,000 grant from MCF
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor recently received a $3,000 grant from the Maine Theater Fund of the Maine Community Foundation (MCF).

Southport
Southport weekly column - Leigh Sherrill

Southport Yacht Club
Southport Yacht Club news - Leal M. Brinegar

St. Andrews Home Health does it again - only better
On October 6, came the public announcement: St. Andrews Home Health had been selected for the 2007 HomeCare Elite Top 100 list of the most successful Medicare-certified home health providers in the country. - Lisa Kristoff

Student Aid Fund donations are up but more money is needed
The Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund's 2007-2008 campaign is well underway and to date, we have raised approximately $54,000 versus $49,000 raised at this same time last year. - Meagan Hamblett

Student selected for semester at sea
The deadline for students to submit an application to be considered for a semester at sea with the Ocean Classroom Foundation was October 31 and a student has been selected. - Joe Orchulli Ii

Team Nursing care at Family Care Center
Team nursing has been around since 1953, and on Monday, November 26, 2007, the model was instituted at the John F. Andrews Family Care Center (FCC) for the nursing staff, physicians and patients. - Lisa Kristoff

The National Elk Refuge
The cold and moisture of the night air united and blizzard-like conditions filled the dark skies over the elk herd in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. - 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