Glory Blethen News Today

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...

Robert Mitchell photo This is the first February vacation week that I have taken since as least 1986, which is the year before I started at the Boothbay Register. I may have taken the traditional winter school vacation week off in 1987 but I doubt it. I was bartending at Everybodys Restaurant and I needed to work to support my wife, Melodee, and daughter, Sara, who was born in 1984. Son Tim came along in 1988. My February vacation weeks have been nonexistent because I have been covering the sch...

Senior captain scores 20 in Lady Seahawks’ loss to Medomak Valley BILL PEARSON Mon, 02/15/2021 - 9:30pm Boothbay Region senior Glory Blethen launches a 3-pointer Feb. 15 against Medomak Valley. The basket turned into her 1,000th career point. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register Another Lady Seahawk has soared in the Boothbay Region High School basketball scoring record books. Senior Glory Blethen scored her 1,000th career point on Feb. 15 on a 21-foot 3-pointer midway into the third qua...

BILL PEARSON Tue, 02/16/2021 - 11:00am Boothbay Region point guard Kylie Brown looks for an open teammate Feb. 15 during the team’s 42-33 loss in high school girls’ action. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register Boothbay forward Jaelyn Crocker scored 11 points against Medomak Valley Monday night and sparked a second half rally which fell short. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register It was the Lady Seahawks’ fifth loss in seven games, but Coach Brian Blethen is seeing steady improvement in his ...

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BRHS senior heading to college at Coast Guard or Merchant Marine academies BILL PEARSON Mon, 12/28/2020 - 2:30pm Boothbay Region High School senior Glory Blethen was one of 42 Maine high school students receiving a congressional nomination to attend one of the four U.S. military academies. Blethen has been accepted to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in New York and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. Courtesy photo On Dec. 22, Boothbay Region High School senior Glory Blethen...