Sports

The Boothbay/Wiscasset girls’ track & field team finished second out of 14 teams May 23 in the Mountain Valley Conference Championship meet at Lisbon High School. The team scored 89 points…

Memorial Day weekend is home to one of the biggest Late Model racing events in New England: The Coastal 200. This year, Wiscasset Speedway decided to up the ante and make the race bigger…

Seaspray Kayaking will once again hold its Sheepscot River Race. This year’s race for canoes, kayaks, war canoes, sea kayaks and paddleboards will be on Saturday, July 6. The race starts in…

The Bowdoin, the official sailing vessel of Maine, will return to Boothbay Harbor May 25. The crew will set sail May 29 for the Arctic, mirroring the ship’s historic voyages that left…

Boothbay/Wiscasset won two individual Capital City Classic Track & Field events May 17 in Augusta. Maddie Orchard won the 800M run and Karen Higgins won the 3200M run. The team had 11 Top 6…

Boothbay/Wiscasset racewalker Ross Gaffney won the 1600M event during the May 17 Capital City Classic Track & Field event in Augusta. The boys’ team had seven Top-6 finishes in the 13-team…

The Boothbay/Wiscasset Boys’ Track team scored 96 points May 14 in a narrow victory over second-place Madison, 95, in an eight-team Mountain Valley Conference meet in Readfield.

The team…

Memorial Day weekend is quickly approaching and that can only mean one thing: The Coastal 200 is just around the corner! On top of hosting their normal weekly divisions, Wiscasset…

Lace up your sneakers and join a foot race in honor of Edgecomb’s 250th Birthday! The event includes a 10K race, a 5K race, and a Kids’ The race follows leafy, scenic Cross Point Road past lupine…

The Boothbay/Wiscasset girls’ track team finished third May 14 in an eight-team Mountain Valley Conference meet in Readfield. Boothbay scored 111 points. Maranacook won with 165.5 points. Madison…

All are invited to join Hearty Roots for the third annual Paddle for a Purpose community fundraiser event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 8. 

Proceeds from…

Spruce Point Inn and the Maine Model Yacht Club are proud to announce the SPI Cup, a regatta race on the Spruce Point Inn waterfront for skippers of radio-controlled model yachts. Beginning at 9 a…

The Boothbay/Wiscasset boys track and field team had 10 athletes place in the 18-event competition’s Top 6 on May 7 during the Mountain Valley Conference meet in Wiscasset. The team had two…

The Boothbay/Wiscasset girls’ track and field team had 23 athletes finish in the Top-6, May 7, in 18 Mountain Valley Conference events held in Wiscasset. The team also recorded five individual…

An unfavorable weather pattern threatened to dampen yet another race day at Wiscasset Speedway on Saturday, but the track powered through and successfully hosted their first Group 2…

The Boothbay/Wiscasset Girls’ track and field team placed fifth May 4 in the 19-team Mountain Valley Conference mid-season meet held in Lisbon. The team scored 52 points, which trailed winner…

The Boothbay/Wiscasset boys’ track and field team finished sixth out of 19 Mountain Valley Conference teams May 4 in Lisbon. This was the conference’s mid-season meet. The team scored 35 points.…

Wiscasset Yacht Club is again offering private adult sailing classes. This is …

Boothbay Region Historical Society
Pilot Cutter Hesper

Thanks to the generosity of Canvas + Pine Sailing Expeditions, Boothbay Region Historical Society is raffling a 2-hour private sailing charter for 6 during 2024 Windjammer Days, between June 25 to…

With both Opening Days in the rearview, the 2024 season at Wiscasset Speedway is now rolling full…

The Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame would like to notify the public that June 1 is the deadline for nominations. There are three categories that we recognize. Regular Inductees, Legends, and…

Bristol Parks and Recreation is once again partnering with Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust to host the scenic Pemaquid Beach Triathlon on Sunday, Aug. 25.  

The Triathlon is a fundraiser…

The Boothbay Region High School/Wiscasset Middle High School track meet originally scheduled for Thursday, May 9 in Wiscasset has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 7 at 3:30 p.m. to avoid a…

Windjammers. When you hear or read that word, what do you see?  Majestic vessels whose sails billow as the vessels gracefully sail across the ocean below a blue sky and brilliant sunshine?

Run for the woods–or rather, in them! All trail runners, new and experienced, are encouraged to join the Spring Trail Running Training Group at Midcoast Conservancy’s Hidden Valley Nature Center.…

Saturday, April 27 was the perfect day for racing with temperatures hovering just above 60 degrees, a light breeze and not a cloud in the sky. It was the opposite of the…

MASKGI, the Maine Association of Sea Kayak Guides and Instructors, is the professional organization that represents…

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust naturalist Sarah Gladu will lead a hike at Tracy Shore in South Bristol from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 4.  

This is the third of Coastal Rivers’…

The Boothbay/Wiscasset girls’ track team has posted two impressive performances to start the season.

On April 16, the team finished third at its first Mountain Valley Conference meet in…

After two Mountain Valley Conference meets, the Boothbay/Wiscasset boys’ track and field team has posted two consecutive third place finishes. On April 23, Boothbay/Wiscasset scored 81 points at…

Boothbay/Wiscasset track and field teams scored four victories April 16 in a Mountain Valley Conference meet in Lisbon. Freshman Oliva Rittall won the 400M dash with a one-minute, 7.28 second mark…

There’s one common demon that race tracks in the Northeast fought all last season: rain. Unfortunately, Mother Nature reared her ugly head once again on Saturday for…

The Boothbay/Wiscasset boys’ track and field team opened its Mountain Valley Conference season April 16 in Lisbon scoring three individual victories. Freshman AJ Crocker was the top performer…

Midcoast Conservancy invites all wandering and sauntering nature lovers to join in the Wednesday Wanders and Saturday Saunters guided hike series to explore Midcoast Conservancy’s preserves, from…

The countdown is on for Wiscasset’s first Earth Day Celebration and organizers are thrilled to unveil the lineup of vendors and speakers set to inspire and educate attendees. Scheduled…

For some, it feels like the 2023 race season just came to a close mere minutes ago. For others, it has seemingly been a long and grueling 6 months without the roar of engines at Maine’s…

The 13th annual Miles for Mills Memorial Day Weekend Race, hosted by the Travis Mills Foundation and presented by New Balance Foundation, will be held 8-11 a.m. Sunday, May 26, at…

Get ready for an exciting day of environmental education and community engagement at the Wiscasset Earth Day Celebration on April 27! Organized by the Wiscasset Climate Action…

Press release

Maine Kayak, a premier provider of outdoor adventure experiences, is thrilled to announce the opening of its new location in downtown Boothbay Harbor. This expansion marks an exciting chapter for…

11th annual Earth Day Celebration

Come to Maine Studio Works, 170 Anderson St., Portland on Friday, April 26 for this 11th annual celebration of Earth Day. Doors open at Maine Studio Works at 6 p.m. and films begin at 7 p.m.…

Lincoln Theater

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will host its seventh annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 4 at Lincoln Theater (2 Theater St., Damariscotta) with a…

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is hosting a volunteer fair from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27 in the Denny Conservation and Education Center at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta. 

MIdcoast Conservancy is offering the first in a series of Naturalist Workshops, this one focused on mammals of Maine, on Saturday, March 16 from 10 a.m to noon at Hidden Valley Nature Center…

Kings of the Court tournament

In their second game of the March 8-9 Kings of the Court grades 7-8 boys basketball tournament, Boothbay pulled away from Wiscasset late in the second quarter and went on to defeat Wiscasset, 80-…

Hidden Valley Nature Center

Midcoast Conservancy will offer an owl chat and full moon hike at Hidden Valley Nature Center, 131 Egypt Road in Jefferson on

Through March 14

A self-guided one mile walk at Cross River Preserve focuses on the non-leaf characteristics used to identify tree species: bark patterns and textures, leaf buds and scars,…

At Camp Mummichog, Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust’s summer day camp, nature education takes many forms: hands-on exploration, physical activity, art, music, writing, games, and more. All camp…

Through March 31

Read a family-friendly book walking along the 1 mile story trail at Oak Point Farm, 60 Samoset Road, Boothbay Harbor. Trail takes off from parking lot kiosk. This month’s…

Wiscasset Rod and Gun Club hosted a free kids ice fishing derby on Feb. 24. We had a great turnout of families that participated. The kids won cash prizes for the fish that they weighed in, as…