So fun to see Lara Tupper on home turf again! She and hubby Bobby Sweet, who now live in western Massachusetts (no apology necessary), provided a lovely evening of entertainment at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House this past Saturday. As most local...
Many thanks to Maureen Kinsey who kept Southport news coming, writing last week’s column while I made what may be my final trip to our time share at Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont. Our time-share week is now owned by two of our three offspring...
Weather continues to dominate the news, but this week in a good way. Since last Friday the cold temperatures have allowed the Southport School students to begin skating on their new ice rink. Some of the children were moving about on the ice with...
Many thanks to Maureen Kinsey for writing the column last week and to all those who gave her news. Tending my sister in Vermont, who had a knee replacement, taught me a lot about trying to acclimatize to another family’s house and household routines...
Next week Maureen Kinsey will be writing this column as I will be in Vermont helping my sister after knee surgery. Please send Maureen news at maureenkinsey10@gmail.com or call her at 350-1134. Thanks. Many people worked hard to prepare for the...
Look for an obituary for Ramona Gaudette elsewhere in this paper. A celebration of her life will be held at the American Legion in Boothbay on Aug. 6 2023 at noon. Summer residents, Perry Nies and his daughters, are here from Florida, enjoying a bit...
Ahoy Windjammer Days (WJD) fans! The 61st event, to be held June 25 - July 1, is but two months away and those Friends of Windjammer Days have been wicked busy! FWJD board member Pete Ripley announced these fine windjammers will soon to be hoisting...
The 61st annual Windjammer Days will take place Sunday, June 25 through Saturday, July 1, 2023. This year the Friends of Windjammer Days is celebrating our rich population of Maritime Explorers. Those featured have traveled extensively on...
Please join us in welcoming Brianna Cox, family nurse practitioner, to the Boothbay Region Health Center. Brianna will be treating patients full-time starting this week through early-August. She graduated from the University of Central Florida and...
A faded wooden sign tacked on the Southport Island town hall says you have to pay 3 cents to ride your horse over the Townsend Gut bridge. It was long ago, no one is sure of the date, but it notes the rates for carriages, sleighs, sheep, and swine...