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Boothbay Harbor Police Department made four arrests between March 27 and April 29. On April 1, Officer Makenzi Strout and Chief Doug Snyder arrested Robert Harvey, 30, of Boothbay on a warrant. Harvey was arrested for a second time on April 8. Strout and Sgt. Jake Powers arrested Harvey for violation of conditional release and operating while license suspended or revoked.

The Boothbay community once again proved their generosity by overwhelmingly supporting the Fuller Marine/Legion/Legion Auxiliary breakfast fundraiser for Chris George. You will remember that Chris is the veteran who was literally crushed in an automobile accident on Route 27 on Feb. 8. Chris is an employee of Fuller Marine and they wanted to hold a breakfast fundraiser for him on May 4. They contacted the Post to see if they could use the Hall. Once the Post learned what it was for, not only would they support the event, they moved the Legion’s Sunday breakfast to Saturday and pledged to provide all the proceeds to Chris. Once that was decided, Ed Harmon, our Breakfast Lead, did his magic and was able to secure most of the food by donation (thank you Hannaford, SAMs, and Brady’s) which enabled every dollar that people gave for the breakfast to go to Chris. As people came in, they were greeted with “all what you donate for the breakfast will go to Chris” and people just dug in. It just so happened that this was also Chris’s birthday which, of course, meant we all sang “happy birthday” to him. Chris is amazing. He came into the Hall in his wheelchair with a smile on his face. That smile stayed there the whole time. We wanted to make a couple of presentations but wanted him to eat first. Well, that became very difficult! Everyone wanted to talk to Chris. Bill Pearson covered the event so I won’t go into any more detail but will provide the grand total…..$9,000, yes, even!

Southport photographer Stephanie Morrison is back to photograph and share her photos of area wildlife. She recently took a chilly boat ride on the Sheepscot River and took these photos of osprey. “It's great to see the osprey back from their winter migration down south, and getting their nests ready....

With a career spanning over two decades, Hanneke Cassel has helped redefine what it means to be a modern fiddler. A driving force in the ever-changing landscape of acoustic music, Hanneke blends originality and innovation with the spirit of Scottish traditional fiddle. She will be appearing with Jenna Moynihan and Keith Murphy in a May 10 concert at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor.

Banjo master Tony Trischka, whose students have included Bela Fleck, arrived with his band - Michael Daves on vocals and guitar, fiddler Alex Hargreaves, and bassist Jared Engel - for a concert at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor May 3. The music of Earl Scruggs was celebrated, from childhood to his final years.

Hazel Onsrud, adult services librarian at Curtis Memorial Library, holds a Nut Wizard tool in front of a Library of Things display at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. The Nut Wizard, available from Curtis in multiple sizes, helps with cleanup of items such as acorns and pine cones. (Photo courtesy Curtis Memorial Library)

MCHPP serves over 10 percent of Brunswick's population, from meals at its soup kitchen to free groceries at its food pantry.

The North Yarmouth Academy Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Richmond Bobcats at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. North Yarmouth Academy is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road dating back to last season. In what's become a running theme...

Last week was one of those completely feel-good meetings that make me so, so glad and proud to be a Rotarian. The evening was billed as “spaghetti supper fundraiser served by the Interact club,” and that’s what it was … and so much more. For those of you who don’t know, the Interact Club is Rotary’s high school-based youth organization, which here in the region includes about 30 young people at BRHS. Our club advisor is Bruce Harris, with ample support from Rudi Bottse and Sarah Clark, and by all accounts, the adults are indeed there as advisors, and the young people do the determining and organizing and follow-through. So while the evening was indeed a spaghetti fundraiser, it was also an opportunity to see these wonderful young people in action.

Fresh strawberries add a twist to a Cundy’s Harbor classic: Alice Swallow’s lemon sponge cake. (Kathy D’Agostino photo) “I don’t know what it is about food your mother makes for you, especially when it is something that anyone can make — pancakes, meatloaf, tuna salad … but it carries a certain taste of memory.” – Mitch Albom.

The next public supper will be May 15. The menu will consist of black bean soup, cornbread, salad, pot roast, mashed potato, carrots, and rhubarb crisp a la mode. The cost is $10 for members and $12 for non-members. Additional meals may be purchased for take-out at the same cost when reserved. For more information or to make a reservation, call 882-8230.

A celebration of life gathering for Larry H. Reed, who passed away on March 14, 2024, will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 17 at the Strong-Hancock Funeral Home in Damariscotta. He will be laid to rest privately in the West Bristol Cemetery in Walpole. Arrangements...

(WFSB) - As work begins to demolish the bridge and get the highway back open, the I-Team is looking into the bigger picture of issues on this busy stretch of road. Local traffic experts say the stretch of I-95 from Greenwich to Westport is one of the most “traveled” sections of highway in our state.