Andy Hamblett News Today

If you spend any time on the Y’s website, you’ll discover one of the organization’s strategic goals is to ensure the inclusion and engagement with our local community, with a focus on youth development. But what does that look like in practice? If...

It’s 4:45 a.m., dark, and this time of year, mighty cold. A distinguished gentleman lets himself into the front door of the Y and walks down to the pool deck. He scans the pool area and then picks up the red phone to inform the Lincoln County...

It’s amazing how quickly the holidays sneak up on us. It seems as though we just celebrated Thanksgiving and now we are in the middle of the busy December holiday season celebrating Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanza. Our Christmas celebration always...

Meagan and Andy Hamblett of East Boothbay announce with great pride the graduation of their daughter, Helen Kittredge Hamblett, from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts on Sunday, Aug. 20 during the College's 118th...

Volunteers are the lifeblood of every non-profit and non-profits are the thrum that create impact in thriving communities. As residents, we are so fortunate to host as many non-profits as we do on the peninsula and, most importantly, to partner with...

The Mike and Heather Hills family of Boothbay, who have been synonymous with the Boothbay Region YMCA Dolphin swim team for a decade, has been chosen to chair the Y’s 2023 Annual Fund fundraising campaign. Mike and Heather have been volunteers for...

The Boothbay Region YMCA was thrilled to welcome 86 community leaders to the 2023 Community Leader Forum on Tuesday, July 11. The purpose of the Forum was to solicit input regarding the question: “What are the critical social issues or pressing...

In every year since 2004, The Boothbay Region Garden Club has provided a significant monetary donation to the YMCA Campership Program at Camp Knickerbocker and 2023 is no different! According to Andy Hamblett, CEO of the Boothbay Region YMCA, the...

The hustle and bustle of Wright Ryan workers and their equipment was nowhere to be seen or heard on Saturday morning, Oct. 29 as nearly 200 people gathered to celebrate the grand re-opening of Boothbay Region YMCA after months of construction on the...

From Chicago to Philadelphia and now Boothbay Harbor, a national shortage of lifeguards has meant closings for public swimming pools. Boothbay Region YMCA Executive Director Andy Hamblett said recently in an email to the Boothbay Register, “As you...