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Seahawks now 7-0 with win over Carrabec
The Boothbay Region High School boys tennis team continued its undefeated regular season with a 5-0 win at home over the Carrabec Cobras (1-7) Friday, May 17. The Seahawks remain on top of the Class C South standings at 7-0, Maine Central Institute is in second place at 8-1 and Spruce Mountain is third at 6-1.
Artful connection: Marguerite Robichaux and Tom Cavanaugh
Maine Art Gallery’s current show, “Generations: The Legacy of Mentors,” celebrates the relationship between aspiring artists and their mentors. It also exemplifies each mentor’s impact on the mentee’s work, years and decades later. The opening reception on May 4 drew 250 people! That’s got to be some kind of record, right there. The show features two works by the artist and two works by the mentor. This column focuses on Marguerite Robichaux and her mentor Tom Cavanaugh.
Residents back $55 million budget for coming school year
Attorney John Loyd Jr. moderates the annual Maine School Administrative District 75 budget meeting on Thursday, May 16, at Mt. Ararat Middle School’s Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham. A sparse crowd of 100 voters backed the district’s proposed $55 million budget for the coming school year. (J. Craig Anderson photo)
Yereance falls in state singles
Griffin Yereance, sophomore at Boothbay Region High School, lost in the boys’ Round of 52 state singles tournament held at Bates College in Lewiston Friday, May 17. Yereance, who plays second singles for BRHS, fell to Liam O’Dwyer, Camden’s third singles player, 1-6, 5-7.
Andersson gets another 5 years as superintendent; Hubert makes principal
After an executive session Tuesday night, Wiscasset’s school committee announced another five years as superintendent of schools for Kim Andersson, who started last July. Chair Jason Putnam said the salary was still to be finalized. And in open session earlier, the committee moved Sarah Hubert from being Wiscasset Middle...
Wiscasset announces Bruce Engert, code officer, has died; Wiscasset town office closed Monday
Wiscasset announced the following on its textmygov service Monday morning: “It is with profound sadness that Town Manager Dennis Simmons announces the sudden and unexpected death of Code Enforcement Officer Bruce Engert. Out of respect for Bruce and to allow town office staff a chance to process this unexpected event, the town office will be closed today.”
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Edgecomb selectmen move closer to approving June ‘Gay Pride’ decree
There will be no Gay Pride banner on Edgecomb’s flagpole. There won’t be an official proclamation, but there will be some sort of official recognition of June being “Gay Pride” month in Edgecomb. On May 14, selectmen reached a consensus to recognize June as “Gay Pride Month” by adjusting a request made by Byron Cortez of East Boothbay.
Southport Climate Action Team seeking MaineDOT funds for climate project
A Beach Road drainage project tops the Southport Climate Action Team’s priority list. The project has an estimated $93,070 cost to replace a culvert with a larger one and pay for a study to determine if the height of the sea wall needs to increase. On May 8, selectmen...
Family of Lewiston, Maine, shooter testifies about struggle to get him help before the tragedy
In emotional testimony Thursday morning, family members of Robert Card, the man responsible for two shootings that left 18 people dead in Lewiston, Maine, testified before the independent commission formed to investigate the October 25, 2023, mass shootings.
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