The Community School District planning and vote on the $89 million school renovations and building dominated the local news in 2023, with the end result being the voters turning down the plan in November. This coming year, voters will be asked to.
The Boothbay Regional Development Corporation (BRDC) finalized the purchase of nearly 31 acres of land on Butler Road on Thursday, June 15th. The parcel was sold to the non-profit organization by Elbridge Giles, whose family has owned the land for.
Elbridge Giles and I bonded over dynamite. Not your average coffee table conversation, but an interesting journey, nonetheless. We had different but similar experiences to share. Elbridge, his father and grandfather all had something to do with the.
Wed, 12/16/2020 - 10:00am
The Catholic church on the east side of Boothbay Harbor as it looked some time after construction began in 1916. The steeple was added in 1924. Courtesy of Boothbay Region Historical Society
On October 20, William Hodgdon, off the steamer Grayling, was pickpocketed at the Topsham Fair. The Good Roads League may have been running into a little resistance since there was a front-page appeal for support from everyone, even those who owned no horses or cars. The high school formed a track team, with Douglas Knight as captain, and Joe Dodge as manager. The Register asked if anyone could equal J. R. Giles of Dover Road having 28 sunflowers on one stalk!