Diane Michael
Diane Michael, formerly of Boothbay Harbor, passed away on Thursday, April 10 at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn after a long illness. ...

Alice P. Trent
Alice P. Trent, 82, died Tuesday, April 8 at her home in East Boothbay. ...

Thomas A. Fuller
Thomas A. Fuller, 58, died suddenly Saturday, March 22 in Bridgeton, N.J. ...

Georgia F. J. Nicoll
Georgia Florence Jones Nicoll passed away Sunday, April 13 after a brief illness. ...

Frank Van Wormer Walsh
Frank "Van" Van Wormer Walsh, 89, of Southport, died on Wednesday, April 9 at home with his family by his side. ...

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A humorous, entertaining and affectionate farewell
Beneath a clothesline adorned with a variety of Camp Knickerbocker T-shirts and bouquets of balloons, 175-plus community members joined in celebration. The occasion? The retirement of Neal Verge, the director of Camp Knickerbocker. - Lisa Kristoff

Alcohol blamed for triple fatal accident
Lincoln County Sheriff's Department investigators said Tuesday that the March 5 accident on Route 27 in Boothbay which killed three people was alcohol related.

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

Boothbay Region Lions Club
Boothbay Region Lions Club news - Jennifer Hyson

Boothbay selectmen approve school budget validation vote
On May 15, Boothbay residents will be casting ballots for the school budget validation vote in the lobby of the Boothbay Region Elementary School from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. There will be separate boxes for Boothbay Harbor and Boothbay voter ballots. - Lisa Kristoff

Children's Garden prompts $1.5 million challenge
The design for the children's garden at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay is ready and waiting for funds to start construction. Anticipation for this highly imaginative, multi-faceted attraction is intense. - Barbara Freeman

Compost decision upheld, options to be explored
It's all about space for the trustees at the Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District. Space, and developing ways to create more revenue, that, in turn keep the assessments to the town low, are their priorities. - Lisa Kristoff

Compromise to fund Dirigo would tax beer, wine, soda
Democrats in the Legislature Tuesday worked out a compromise on funding Dirigo Health that would double the tax on beer and wine and create a new tax on soda to help keep the subsidized insurance program going next year. - Victoria Wallack

DMR begins shoreline surveys
Representative Bruce MacDonald promised local shell fishermen that he would continue to pressure the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to complete the shoreline surveys needed to reopen clams flats in the Sheepscot River. - Sue Mello

Edgecomb
Edgecomb weekly column - Jo Cameron

Friends of the Harbor Theatre enjoy successful first year
The Friends of the Harbor Theatre had a banner first-year in 2007, recruiting 237 members and raising $20,000 in membership fees. Current membership is at 254.

Harbor Communications Center: Love it or leave it?
On Friday, May 2, Boothbay Harbor voters will be asked once again whether they wish to close the local communications center and turn over police and fire dispatch to Lincoln County Communications Center. - Sue Mello

Isle Of Springs
Isle Of Springs weekly column - Sue Bogart

Maine Photography Show entries up 36 percent
Joyce Tenneson, the 2008 Maine Photography Show's juror, had the almost insurmountable task of carefully looking at 675 photographs from 255 photographers in four categories and picking out just 100 photographs for the show.

Meeting room filled at Harbor selectmen's meeting
With an agenda that included two fish pier leases, the Boothbay Region Ambulance Service funding, reams of public notices, and the return of Jerry Closson, it's a wonder anyone made it home before midnight. - Sue Mello

Ocean Point
Ocean Point weekly column - Pat Waldman

Oceanview Temple #112
Oceanview Temple #112 news - Trina Lewis

Our hats are off to the "rebels"
Editorial - Mary Brewer

Septic replacement grant information
The Town of Boothbay has received information pertaining to DEP Small Community Grant Program.

Southport
Southport weekly column - Leigh Sherrill

The Chipmunk Challenge
As the early morning light streaked through the small spruce trees, a shadow darted along the ground. The elusive critter stopped and cautiously watched from the safety of a small brush pile. - David A. Murray

Three chances to win
Thursday, April 11, began the 2008 annual lottery sponsored by St. Andrews Hospital Auxiliary. This year for one $100 lottery coupon you or a group of you has three chances to win.

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