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In July, sixty children entering grades 4-6 at Southport, Boothbay Region, and Edgecomb elementary schools participated in the ultimate camp experience on Burnt Island. Three sessions of outdoor learning took place again this summer with this year...
Lighthouse Education intends to acquire stakes in two schools
As former guardian of the Burnt Island Light, I took it upon myself to research this historic site and to locate the people who called it home. The island’s history really started coming together when former keepers accepted my invitation for a...
In the 1800s, when the ocean was the highway, the Boothbay region’s four lighthouses (Burnt Island, Hendricks Head, Ram Island, and Cuckolds) served as signposts guiding vessels safely in and out of port. At a time when the nation’s economy revolved...
Maine summer camps. There are 125 of them according to MaineSummerCamps.org. You can scour the listings, but there is only one summer camp on an island in the ocean – Burnt Island, part of Southport Island. Burnt Island’s history of summer camps...