The Elder Empowerment Committee of the Boothbay Health and Wellness Foundation is delighted to announce a new pilot program in conjunction with the YMCA. Anyone who is 65 years old or over who would like to walk on the indoor track at the Y is welcome to come and do so between 10 a.m. and noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays. You don't need to be a member - in fact, this program is intended for people who are not currently members of the Y.

Contrary to rumors circulating the peninsula, Radio Shack stores in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta aren't shutting down.

Local and national news stations have been reporting closures of up to 1,100 Radio Shack stores nationwide.

The Downton Abbey season has ended; the movie posters are down; the outside lights have been dimmed. It may seem quiet, but there is a lot of activity going on inside Lincoln Theater. The lights are set, the costumes sewn, the stage built, the drops painted, the musicians tuned, and the actors prepared as we ready ourselves to take the stage on March 7 for four performances a Gilbert and Sullivan classic.

A utility crane tipped over in the Small Mall parking lot in Boothbay Harbor at approximately 9 a.m. on March 6.

No injuries were reported at the scene, however a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer belonging to Leisha MacDougall was badly damaged.

MacDougall, an employee of the Quick Foto Lab and Radio Shack manager Tom Dewey were opening the store when they spotted a man running frantically in the parking lot.

Carlos Núñez is a vibrant, energetic and joyous musician in concert.

Some might say it's because he is Spanish.

Some might say it's just part of the act.

Núñez says when he is on stage he “becomes a child again,” remembering how it felt the first time he picked up the gaita (bagpipes of Galicia, Spain) at the age of eight.

The DaPonte String Quartet greets the spring with “Voices of Angels,” a program filled with unusual offerings, running March 20-23 in Thomaston, Damariscotta, Portland and Topsham.

In addition to Randall Thompson’s “Alleluia,” an irresistible and perennially youthful four-part choral work arranged for string quartet, and Franz Joseph Haydn’s well loved “Dream Quartet,” there are two pieces that stand out in the program for differing reasons.