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Fredson I. Blake
Fredson Irving Blake, 84, died Saturday, January 26 at St. Andrews Hospital ...

Calista T. Boyd
Calista Margaret Townsend Boyd, 81, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 26, at her home in Boothbay Harbor. ...

Thomas F. Quinn Jr.
Thomas Francis Quinn Jr. 81, of Southport, died Tuesday, January 22, at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport after a brief period of failing health. ...

Wilhemina S. Phinney
Wilhelmina (Billie) Straatsma Phinney, 90, of Indian Point, Georgetown, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2008 at her residence. ...

Maurice C. Lint
Maurice C. Lint, 85, of Boothbay Harbor, died Monday, January 25 at St. Andrews Hospital. ...

John D. Morton, III
John Dwight Morton, III, 73, of Hingham and Plymouth, Mass., died on Saturday, January 26. He grew up in Weston, Mass. and spent his summers on Squirrel Island. ...

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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

Budget committee and public forum
There were a lot of oddities at the Monday, January 28 Boothbay Harbor Board of Selectmen's meeting. The room was set up for a full house, but the 20 or so attendees were mostly seated in the very back of the room. - Sue Mello

Consolidation hearing sparsely attended
Last month's school consolidation town meeting in Southport was standing room only. However, it was a different scene at the school consolidation meeting held last week at the Boothbay Region Elementary School where empty chairs outnumbered full ones. - Sue Mello

Counties, state compromise on jail consolidation
An agreement has been reached between Governor John Baldacci the Maine County Commissioner Association (MCCA) and the Maine Sheriff's Association (MSA) to create a new structure for the Department of Corrections and county jails. - Charlotte Boynton

CSD School Committee continues budget review
At the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor school committee meeting on January 23, the committee reviewed the BRES and BRHS technology and special education budgets. Committee member Sandra Paxson also presented a revised draft cell phone policy. - Sue Mello

Down East Yacht Club
Down East Yacht Club news - Carol Saunders

Edgecomb
Edgecomb weekly column - Jo Cameron

Family donates picturesque pond to Boothbay Region Land Trust
The longtime owners of the picturesque Ocean Point pond on Van Horn Road, "Tibbetts Duck Pond," have donated the pond and adjacent wooded area to Boothbay Region Land Trust to ensure it remains open to ice skaters, birders and lovers of nature.

Gilbert pulls ice fisherman from Biscay Pond
First there were two 4-wheelers, then there was only one.

Good manners: Always in style
Editorial - Mary Brewer

Inspections of privately owned Boothbay forest land by April 1
The Town of Boothbay has 46 parcels of land classified under the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law. These parcels are held by 25 different owners.

Isle Of Springs
Isle Of Springs weekly column - Sue Bogart

It's a "four paws up" rating for the new animal hospital
The new Boothbay Animal Hospital held its grand opening on Friday, January 25 much to the delight of the 100-plus parents and patients that attended. It should be noted that this delight in no way compares to the staff's sheer happiness. to o - Lisa Kristoff

Local man named super yacht captain
David Butler of Boothbay Harbor has been named Captain of the super yacht, Perseus, a 165-foot sailing yacht built by Perini Navi in Viareggio, Italy.

Making Sense of the Senses
The forest, shrouded in predawn darkness, is quiet and still. Before the sun crests the horizon, the sky begins to brighten and the songbirds and red squirrels sound the beginning of another day. - David A. Murray

Ocean Point
Ocean Point weekly column - Pat Waldman

Old-Time Opry returns to Opera House
The Opry returns to the Opera House on Saturday, February 9 for an evening of old-time country music, dancing and fun. Local musician and builder, Noel Arrington, has pulled together this year's line-up of musicians. - Cathy Sherrill

Rotary's Group Study Exchange participants prepare for departure
Would you be willing to give up four weeks' salary to travel to another country to observe how professionals and business people there practice your shared discipline? - Lisa Kristoff

Safety course requirement for boaters may be amended
A proposal to require mandatory boating safety classes for those who operate motorboats in Maine is being amended to address concerns that it could discourage young people from getting out on the water. - Victoria Wallack

Save a life, donate a cell phone
A new law went in effect that requires Maine people to properly dispose of their cell phones. Title 38 Section 2143 entitled, 'Cellular Telephone Recycling" bans Mainers from throwing their old and unwanted cell phones in the trash.

Southport
Southport weekly column - Leigh Sherrill

Treasure found at Penny Lake
The Ebb Tide 33rd Anniversary Treasure Hunt came to a successful conclusion Friday afternoon when Boothbay Region High School senior Max Weiss found the treasure token worth three hundred thirty dollars attached to a tree.

YMCA reaches Annual Fund campaign goal
For Andy Hamblett, it's a feeling that never gets old. The Executive Director of the Boothbay Region YMCA is always thrilled when the YMCA's Annual Fund Drive tops its stated goal