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The new year is an opportunity for change, excitement, and new beginnings. This is also true for your community Y this year, as our opening day of 2022 introduced an additional entrance, a construction fence, and yes, a little bit of confusion and...

We all hoped the COVID-19 pandemic – which dominated the news for the second straight year – would end sometime in 2021; however, the end-of-the-year numbers for cases, hospitalizations and deaths have increased to record levels since March 2020...

Today the Boothbay Region YMCA announces moving forward with the renovation of the Main Facility on the Y’s Townsend Avenue campus. The project kicks-off a multi staged plan that includes future renovations to the Harbor Montessori School, the Y-...

Baldwin Center High and Low Ropes courses Erin Gray, BRYMCA Action at the Baldwin Adventure Center at Camp Knickerbocker. Courtesy of BRYMCA Have you ever experienced climbing a high ladder and zip-lining back to the ground? How about balancing on a moving log beam while walking across to the other side? Did you know that the Boothbay Region YMCA offers these adventures along with a full high and low ropes course right here in our community as an extension of Camp Knickerbocker? When the Y bega...

John A. Martins, LincolnHealth Tue, 01/19/2021 - 2:00pm Individuals age 70 and up who have an appointment will be the first to be vaccinated at MaineHealth’s Community Vaccination Clinic in Boothbay on Monday, Jan. 25. The appointments will take place at the Marylouise Tandy Cowan Fieldhouse at the Boothbay Region YMCA. The Y has graciously provided the space for the clinic, which will be open on weekdays for several months. “We’re excited to begin vaccinating people over age 70...

BILL PEARSON Thu, 01/14/2021 - 1:30pm COVID-19 vaccinations are on the way to the Boothbay region as part of Gov. Janet Mills’ updated Phase 1A and 1B of her vaccination plan. Residents identified as being “at-risk” to COVID-19 and age 70 or older will be eligible to schedule appointments for the inoculation. On Jan. 14, LincolnHealth spokesman John Martins confirmed the hospital would use the BRYMCA field house as a clinic. He is not sure when vaccinations would begin or when...

Mon, 12/14/2020 - 7:30am Chris Hamblett Chris Hamblett of Boothbay, along with Naomi Reichsmann, were named North Yarmouth Academy’s Fall Athletes of the Year. Hamblett, a senior cross-country standout and the team’s most valuable player, also won the award in 2019. Reischsmann was an outstanding soccer player for the Panthers. As a freshman, Hamblett finished 21st at the Class C state meet. He had his best finish as a sophomore at the state meet, finishing ninth. Last season he f...