A FIREFIGHTER at the scene of the Nov. 19 blaze that destroyed Squirrel Island’s maintenance building. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register STOTT CARLETON leads a crowd of supporters over the Donald E. Davey Bridge Oct. 10. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register BOOTHBAY REGION Y-Arts Spring Concert dancers share a message. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register SCHOONER EASTWIND on a glorious August day. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register PLAYERS HUSTLE for the flying disk during the July 13 Ultimate Frisbee game at Clifford Park in Boothbay. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register CHRIS ARMSTEAD, American Legion Post 36’s Americanism officer, erects an American flag on a utility pole on Townsend Avenue Tuesday, May 16 in preparation for Memorial Day. He said a new shipment of flags and poles had arrived that day and he was still finding some holders on the poles in the region to erect the flags. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register THESE EDGECOMB EDDY SCHOOL sixth grade graduates were honored with achievement awards during the June 22 graduation. Pictured, from left, are Stella Chapman, Academics; John Cooper, Sara Leone Citizenship; Olive Tomko, Academics and Art, Carson MacKusick, Music. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register THE VIEW FROM Union Street, Boothbay Harbor during a recent sunset. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register THIS BALD EAGLE picks at a deer carcass on the side of River Road in Edgecomb early evening Wednesday, March 29. Three other eagles were spotted in the trees nearby but flew away as cars drove by. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register MERRITT BLAKESLEE speaks to Boothbay Harbor town representatives, staff and voters during the town meeting May 6. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register “WINTER TREES ... stand starkly against the snow … like charcoal outlines sketched by a passing artist.” Quote by Angela Abraham, founder of Descriptionari. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register BRUCE ORNE with one of the two raccoons he helped trap during their visit outside the newspaper office. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register THE SWEET SMELL OF VICTORY was pungent in downtown Boothbay Harbor during the annual Windjammer Days Cod Fish Races June 28. The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club team successfully defended its 2022 title. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register OVER 100 BOOTHBAY REGION Elementary School students in grades pre-K through 2 deliver food they had collected to the Community Fridge at the Boothbay Town Office on Friday morning, March 31. The two busloads of kids, accompanied by teachers and support staff, were greeted by Holly Stover of Community Resource Council and Boothbay Town Manager Dan Bryer. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register DURING A Nov. 13 special committee hearing held in public, Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson read a memo listing reasons she recommends middle and high school Principal Gina Stevens should be dismissed. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register THE BREWER AND MORLEY FAMILIES wave toward the shore from the deck of Steadfast during the Boothbay Harbor boat parade held Sept. 17 for Thurlow “Butch” Brewer, a longtime lobsterman and fisherman who died in December 2022. Forty boats took part in the parade which was followed by a celebration of Brewer’s life at the Whale’s Tale restaurant. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register MAGIC and wonder displayed at 2023 Gardens Aglow. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register THE THIRD MAINE INFANTRY Company A practices musket drills at Boothbay Railway Village Museum Aug. 26. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register THE BOOTHBAY REGION HIGH SCHOOL class of 2023 strolls across the school gym during the annual Grand March, a tradition that has been held for over 100 years by the school, on Thursday, June 8. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE PARK. These five Boothbay Region High School students propped themselves onto a stack of lobster traps during the traditional gathering of BRHS students at Barrett’s Park before the prom, which was held May 13 at Spruce Point Inn. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register SLUGGER, the Portland Sea Dogs mascot, helps the footbridge team to victory in the Windjammer Days tug of war contest. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register SEAHAWK FIELD HOCKEY COACH Skyler Davis listens to a player’s question during halftime. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register DOUG SNYDER, left, receives his chief’s pin from former chief Bob Hasch Feb. 17 during a ceremony in the town office’s conference room. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register THESE TWO BOOTHBAY HARBOR egg hunters are Emmitt Blair and Avery Mae, children of Zach Ronan and Marissa Doss. About 150 children enjoyed the morning hunt April 8 at the Boothbay Fire Station. The popular event was organized by Boothbay Region Fire Auxiliary. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register CAUGHT IN A TRAP is this cute mouse during Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library’s Halloween Parade. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register SUPERINTENDENT BOB KAHLER, left, updates Community School District trustees Feb. 7 about plans for handling Boothbay Region Elementary School’s closure due to severe water damage caused by a broken sprinkler system and frozen cafeteria pipe. Also pictured are CSD Trustee Troy Lewis and Chairman Steve Lorrain, right. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register SEAHAWK BASKETBALL FANS ERUPT with applause and cheers after Brody Campbell, 6, makes the basket in the First National Bank’s First Hoop shooting contest during halftime of the Jan. 11 girls game at Boothbay Region High School. It was “Neon Night” at Porter Memorial Gymnasium and both the BRHS boys and girls defeated Wiscasset. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register EARLY BIRDS get the bargains ... and rain! STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register FARRAH CROMMET, 2, makes a four-legged friend from Saffron & Honey Homestead during Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library’s annual Earth Day Fest on April 22. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register SHEYANNE UPHAM performs her dance routine at the Boothbay’s Got Talent event during Windjammer Days. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register BOOTHBAY/WISCASSET HURDLER Nate Benoit finished second in the 110 meter hurdles April 25 with a 21.34 second time in the Mountain Valley Conference race April 25 at Wiscasset Middle High School. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register KEVIN KILEY in action during his gingerbread house class. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register A SIGN OF SPRING as two Canada geese stroll across a lawn at Ocean Point recently. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register CELEBRATING A SEAHAWK goal against Dirigo are, from left, Ariel Alamo, Lily Nein and Magen Burge. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register RUNNING BACK Maddox Cusumano scored three touchdowns in Boothbay’s 18-8 victory Sept. 29 over Telstar at Sherman Field. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register ERIK MAKI drives to the hoop in Unified Basketball. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register A RUNNER shows her distaste for slimy fish during the annual Windjammer Days Cod Fish Races June 28. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register A MAN stops to rest on a hot afternoon in August outside First Federal Savings in Boothbay Harbor. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register FREDA BURNHAM, FRONT, is all smiles Aug. 12 as she and her fellow East Boothbay United Methodist Church Women prepare to sell pies and baked goods. Also pictured, back, from left, Gay Chatham, Mary Jo Hamman, Anne Burt, Sara Kerr and Deb Moorefield. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register BOOTHBAY HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT’S ladder truck parked in the school parking lot in remembrance of 9/11. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register BOOTHBAY’S Laura Chapman returns a volley during her match against Waynflete’s Luccia Moraes on Tuesday, May 30. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register ADELINE INMAN, center, shows her surprise at being voted Royal Windjammer during the Boothbay’s Got Talent event. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT you might find at a yard sale. Here, a woman holds a Christmas decoration she found at American Legion Post 36’s Community Yard Sale and Craft Fair held Saturday, Aug. 5 on Boothbay Common. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register AS OF SEPTEMBER, the footbridge renovation project is complete. FRITZ FREUDENBERGER/Boothbay Register