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• letter to the editor

  Thank you Rebuilding Together

  Mon, 10/02/2023 - 2:15pm

  Dear Editor: Saturday, Sept. 23, two trucks pulled into my driveway loaded with landscaping gear and a team of volunteers. They came to do a fall cleanup and prepare my yard for winter. They chopped down some invading vines, cut back the overgrown shrubs to clear paths for the fuel delivery men to get to the oil line and tank, picked up the storm debris and weed whacked everywhere. They were a team from Rebuilding Together. Rebuilding Together is a group of professional builders, tradesmen and...

• Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club

  Mon, 10/02/2023 - 11:30am

  The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club has officially completed the 2023 season, decommissioning the club at the yearly ceremony on Sept. 30. The season at BHYC was packed with a busy event schedule for members complete with a wide variety of themed dinners, lectures paired with dinner, events by land and sea, and so much more. The Junior Tennis and Sailing Program ended on Aug. 18, and was a great success once once more with 180 students participating. The end of the program was complete with a...

• Boothbay Region Garden Club

  Mon, 10/02/2023 - 10:00am

  

  Join the members of the Boothbay Region Garden Club on Wednesday, Oct. 11 for our monthly meeting. Our speaker this month is Irene Barber from the wonderful Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens presenting on "Therapeutic and Accessible Gardens." Designs and tools to decrease the physical challenges of gardening. We will meet at the beautiful St Columba's Episcopal Church, 32 Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor. The meeting will start at 12:30 p.m. for tea, business meeting at 1, followed by our speaker,...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  Mon, 10/02/2023 - 8:00am

  

  The Rotary Club’s third (or maybe second) annual Oktoberfest was the perfect way to cap off a busy, fun and productive summer together. We feasted in our Bavarian (or fake Bavarian) costumes on pretzels, bratwurst, cabbage, sauerkraut and, of course, beer. We played cornhole, count the jellybeans, throw a tiny ball at the shiny glasses and everyone's favorite "Splat the Rat '' imported from England by "fun" master Karen Pritchard. There were "fabulous" prizes for the winners. Of course, the...
• From the assistant editor

  What you make it

  Wed, 09/27/2023 - 9:00am

  

  Kudos to the Wiscasset school system having students attend a selectboard meeting to observe local government. This makes it real for them, and is also nice for the selectmen and others to be able to welcome them and, in the Wiscasset meeting, by Selectman William “Bill” Maloney, explain a little to them about some of the board’s business. The Wiscasset meeting students attended was pretty tame, as were the topics, all important, but none which sparked heat from participants or attendees. The...
• From the editor

  Busy into the fall

  Wed, 09/27/2023 - 8:45am

  

  Either my memory is getting bad or perhaps the region is getting to be, or continuing to be, a destination for tourists late into September. While growing up here in the region, I do remember fewer cars on the road and fewer people on the sidewalks once schools opened. These days – perhaps including a decade or so ago – the lines of cars at stop signs, stop lights and getting through the downtowns in Boothbay Harbor and Wiscasset seem to be getting longer every year. Also, the parking spaces...
• Joe’s Journal

  Fall chores

  Wed, 09/27/2023 - 7:45am

  

  Last weekend, a tropical storm roared up the East Coast. A few days earlier, we saw cyclones roaring through Hong Kong and (gulp) a terrible flood in Libya, a desert nation. A week ago, here in Maine, thanks to the Almighty, we just caught the tail end of Hurricane Lee as it swirled through the Gulf of Maine and headed towards the Canadian Maritimes. On this peninsula some call “God’s Pocket,” we lost a few shingles. Some trees fell over, pulling the electrical wires off the poles. Many, like...
• ’Round Town

  David

  Wed, 09/27/2023 - 7:00am

  

  It is impossible for me to list all the projects Master Shipwright David Short undertook in his 40-plus year career. In a brief chat with Linda Short, David’s wife, at his memorial gathering tribute at Bristol Marine in the Harbor, she mentioned too many projects to recall. David started his professional career at the tender age of 19. At the time of his passing, he was 62 and thinking about retiring. During regular visits to the shipyard photographing the Ernestina-Morrissey project...

• News and Notes from the Community Center

  Tue, 09/26/2023 - 3:00pm

  Happy Equinox as of last Saturday at 2:50 a.m. Was anyone up to notice? What did you see? There was an (almost) equal amount of sun per day in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. In other words, Happy Fall! The leaves are turning and some of the Horse Chestnut and Elm trees are shedding their missiles! This coming week: I heard from Kitty Hartford that VIP (Visually Impaired People) will meet at The Community Center next Tuesday, 1:15-2:30 p.m. I hope all of you who are involved can...

• Sprucewold Column: Memories of the Indian Trail

  Tue, 09/26/2023 - 10:45am

  Fall has arrived from one day to the next, nippy temperatures in the early morning air are signs of good sleeping weather. While we were very fortunate not to have any trees come down on the cabin during the recent storm, we have a number of big ones that have to be removed due to disease and age. Several years ago State of Maine Forest Ranger Kent pointed out the candidates and as we speak tree specialist Donny Clark is here taking care of those hazardous trees. These are good days for walking...

• Ocean Point Column: Thanks for summer event hosts and planners

  Tue, 09/26/2023 - 8:30am

  We were lucky enough to have missed the wrath of Hurricane Lee last week; although I understand several people unfortunately lost trees. Power was out for a short time but quickly restored and the surf was unbelievably churned up as witnessed by a steady stream of foot traffic and cars along Shore Road. At times we experienced traffic jams! September weather has been spectacular, really the best of the season. According to the weather map temperatures will gradually creep up from the 60s to the...
• letter to the editor

  Scholarship for Alex

  Mon, 09/25/2023 - 4:00pm

  Dear Editor: My sincere congratulations to the East Boothbay Methodist Church scholarship committee for awarding to Alex Antoine a scholarship to attend York County Community College. This will allow him to fulfill his plans on finishing his studies to become a registered nurse. Actually, his is presently a certified nursing assistant at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta. Earlier this month, I was a patient at Miles Memorial and Alex was assigned to be my C.N.A. After chatting with this...
• letter to the editor

  We need worker in residence zoning

  Mon, 09/25/2023 - 3:45pm

  Dear Editor: In 2022 the Maine legislature, under the advisement of a group of private realtors and developers, enacted LD 2003 as HP 1489 . HP 1489 calls for priority development zones in every Maine municipality. By so doing the Maine Legislature acknowledges that when the Commissioners decided not to include short-term rentals in the study, they made unregulated short-term rentals the defacto default zoning ordinance for the entire State of Maine. The Maine Legislature called the zones “...
• letter to the editor

  Taxes and a new school

  Mon, 09/25/2023 - 3:30pm

  Dear Editor: Town of Boothbay 2022: tax rate: 9.3/1,000. In 2022 $9,636,819 was raised by property taxes. Assuming taxes collected is equal to the town budget: An $89,000,000 loan for 20 years at 3.7% (the current rate for municipal bonds) will raise the budget by $6,304,296 per year (a 20-year mortgage at 3.7% is $525,358 per mo. x 12 months is $6,304,296 per year). If the loan is split equally between the two towns then Boothbay's cost per year would be $3,152,148. That is a 33% increase to...
• letter to the editor

  DMR needs better communication

  Mon, 09/25/2023 - 3:00pm

  Dear Editor: On Sept. 9, my family and I went on the Burnt Island Lighthouse tour for the Maine Lighthouse Day. We were given two hours to complete the tour. Upon arrival a sign stated the Lighthouse tours began at 10 a.m. We explored some of the trails and beaches and met a previous Lighthouse keeper’s son, Steve. He told us many stories of his experiences in the Lighthouse and the island. At 10:15 two DMR workers that had been cleaning the bathrooms, left on a golf cart, as nearly 30 people...
• letter to the editor

  Fire Auxiliary’s fundraiser

  Mon, 09/25/2023 - 2:15pm

  Dear Editor: If you are not from the Boothbay region, you may have never heard about our small community and how it rallies around one of own in need. On Aug. 27 if you were driving by the Boothbay Common you would of seen it. The love for Clarence “Scott” Campbell was bursting through the air and there are so many that made this possible. The Boothbay Region Fire Auxiliary would like to thank so many people in making the fundraiser such a huge success. Thank you to all the Fire Auxiliary staff...

• American Legion Post 36

  Mon, 09/25/2023 - 11:15am

  

  I want to address the issue of Maine’s veteran homelessness and their emergency needs in the next few articles. I am sure most readers know about Ed Harmon’s Maine Veterans Emergency Temporary Shelter (V.E.T.S.) program. Ed and his team are doing a great job addressing the need to get homeless veterans temporary shelter. The need is evident by the fact that he does not have enough trailers to meet the need and he is making a huge effort to increase his production capabilities. While V.E.T.S...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  Mon, 09/25/2023 - 11:00am

  

  The Rotary building was rocking and rolling last Thursday. The weather was perfect for an early autumn sort of evening, and President Tory Paxson was back from her mini-quick one-week sabbatical. Once again, my table was dubbed the Rowdy Table; why does that nomenclature always seem to follow me around? Thoughts were shared for Daren Graves, whose service is this week. By the time you read this, the orchard planning at the school will have taken place. Thanks for making that happen, Ingrid!...

• Southport Column: School, bridge, library news and more

  Mon, 09/25/2023 - 8:45am

  Whew!! That is the word of the week as last weekend Southport escaped hurricane force winds and all that comes with it. It was windy, many boats were hauled, outside items were put away, and there were on and off power outages, but it was nothing that couldn’t be handled by our hardy islanders. Let’s hope this fall the weather continues to be hurricane-free! Southport School News: On Oct. 4 there will be an Open House at the school from 5:30-6:30 p.m. At 6 a fun scavenger hunt begins, with...

• Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

  Sun, 09/24/2023 - 8:45am

  

  One recent morning there was an abundance of activity in our garden as a variety of birds fluttered about the bird feeders, while others looked on from their nests or bird houses waiting for their turn. Beneath the feeders ducks and squirrels fought over the droppings. Nearby two yellow finches played in the bird bath. As I watched from my usual seat I noticed a huge bird perched on a garden rail as it watched its prey. Suddenly all manner of activity ceased to be. Not a creature was in sight...

• AARP scam alert: Celebrity impostor scams

  Sat, 09/23/2023 - 8:30am

  

  This October is National Cyber Security month and AARP is focused on shining a light on the most prevalent online scams including celebrity impostors. Stars like Bruce Springsteen, Trace Adkins and Oprah Winfrey are among thousands of celebrities whose personas have been used by scammers online to solicit money from fans. These days, celebrities share career news, personal views, even travel videos on social media and interact with fans in comment threads. Criminal scammers take advantage of...
• From the editor

  Hard workers

  Wed, 09/20/2023 - 8:45am

  

  I envy the workers who prepared for Saturday's storm as well as those who worked through the days restoring power to thousands of Mainers after high wind gusts and rain-soaked grounds brought trees down and onto power lines and across roads. I know that is their jobs but it must be daunting to come across situations where multiple trees and snapped lines mean a lot of time is needed to repair the problem – knowing that customers are anxiously waiting for their power to be turned on. Yes, even...
• Joe's Journal

  Politics 101

  Wed, 09/20/2023 - 7:30am

  

  We have our own take on politics. Over the years, we grabbed snippets of this candidate or that position. We read this or watch that and bundle it all together to formulate our political philosophy. But, for the most part, we all have real lives. We like to try to keep up with local, state and national politics. But we really don’t have the time or inclination to dive into the deep end and discover what makes our political system work. But Mark D. Brewer does. As a full professor and chair of...
• ’Round Town

  Heidi

  Wed, 09/20/2023 - 7:00am

  

  If you’ve ever driven by, around about, or visited the Boothbay Farmers Market, you may have noticed one of the vendor vehicles – a purple, 1958 Jeep Forward Control 170! It’s hard to miss. And, gearhead that I am, I wanted to know more about where the heck that critter came from. Well, it is my good fortune to tell you that the Jeep, though unique and eye catching, was just the tip of the iceberg. The cargo transported by and displayed from the rear cargo space of “ Maisy” (meaning “Pearl”)...

• News and Notes from the Community Center

  Tue, 09/19/2023 - 12:45pm

  Larry Brown from the Boothbay Harbor Police Department has been on a roll to encourage everyone to get reflective blue Emergency Signs for their homes. They are easily visible from the road and help first responders find your location. Larry’s done a fantastic job of getting out the word. We have recently prepared over 20 signs for folks requesting them, but now please pick up your signs! And we’re happy to make more. They cost $20 for numbers on one side, $25 for numbers on two sides. Thank...
• From the Maine Senate

  Our work to end hunger in Maine

  Tue, 09/19/2023 - 10:45am

  

  September is Hunger Action Month, a time when we focus on ending hunger in our communities. It's an issue that resonates with me, not just as a legislator but as a parent, a school counselor, and a lifelong resident of Lincoln County. It is easy for some of us to forget how many people are affected by food insecurity — many of them are working Mainers, children, and retired people on fixed incomes. When we talk about tackling hunger, we're not just talking about food. We need to make sure there...

• Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

  Tue, 09/19/2023 - 10:00am

  

  Girls Who Code is an international nonprofit organization that aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science. Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in technology and to change the image of what a programmer looks like and does! Clubs are an opportunity to join a sisterhood of supportive peers and role models using computer science to change the world. Clubs are completely free and offer fun activities through a flexible curriculum that adapts to meet the...

• Southport Column: Storm, history lesson and more

  Tue, 09/19/2023 - 8:45am

  Next week Maureen Kinsey will be writing this column as I will be in Vermont helping my sister after knee surgery. Please send Maureen news at maureenkinsey10@gmail.com or call her at 350-1134. Thanks. Many people worked hard to prepare for the predicted hurricane forecast to hit mid-coast Maine last Saturday, September 16. At our house we took down bird feeders, moved plants to more secure positions, and stowed porch furniture in the shed. Our trees blew nearly double at some points in the...
• letter to the editor

  Thanks from BRSAF

  Mon, 09/18/2023 - 4:00pm

  Dear Editor: Dear community members, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines generous as: “liberal in giving, marked by abundance or ample proportions.” Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund (BRSAF) would like to take this opportunity to thank this “generous” region of individuals, community organizations and businesses for believing in our youth and in the importance of higher education, be it a university, a community college, a technical school, a trade school, a certificate program or...
• letter to the editor

  With admiration and respect

  Mon, 09/18/2023 - 3:30pm

  Dear Editor: Over the past two years, I’ve had the opportunity to observe first hand the talent and dedication of our school staff throughout AOS 98 and the incredible generosity of community members and organizations - too numerous to mention here - who support our communities in so many ways. In particular I have had the opportunity to work very closely with the Board of Trustees, and Dave Benner, Director of Facilities and Grounds for hundreds of hours outside of the school day to respond to...
• letter to the editor

  Scared straight?

  Mon, 09/18/2023 - 3:15pm

  Dear Editor: It seems you can’t drive anywhere this summer without being held up by a lane closure for bucket trucks and utility work. Could the upcoming ballot Question 3, to replace CMP and Versant with consumer-owned Pine Tree Power, have motivated the Spanish corporation-owned and the Canadian-owned utilities that currently underserve and overcharge us to make long-overdue repairs to our ageing electricity grid? Consider the benefits of keeping our dollars here in Maine, reinvested in power...
• letter to the editor

  CMP and the Sheikh

  Mon, 09/18/2023 - 3:00pm

  Dear Editor: I would ask your readers to consider the name of Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani , because he is the largest shareholder in CMP. Your readers probably don’t know who he is, precisely because CMP would like to hide him behind the images of ordinary Mainers in their propaganda campaign against Pine Tree Power. Every time you pay your CMP bill, the largest share of profits from that income go to the Sheikh and his investment company, an agency of the government of Qatar. Please look...
• letter to the editor

  Exorbitant costs in school proposal

  Mon, 09/18/2023 - 2:45pm

  Dear Editor: In discussing the potential cost of a new high school, one fact has been largely ignored: There are simply not enough high school students in the Boothbay Region public school system to justify a new high school. Superintendent Kahler sent me an enrollment projection table that estimates 171 high school students (from all towns) for the just-started school year. At no time over the next 10 years does the projection exceed 200 students. I call your attention to Maine’s Department of...

• Bayville Buzz

  Mon, 09/18/2023 - 1:15pm

  Thankfully, Lee left Bayville relatively unscathed. A couple of downed trees and loss of power and WiFi. One of said trees did fall on Liz's roof, but luckily made a soft landing and there was no damage. The saying, "what a difference a day makes," certainly was true this past weekend. Saturday's storm was followed by a picture perfect day on Sunday. Of course, some of us had listened to our resident weather expert (who shall remain nameless) and had to watch the fun from shore as we had all...

• Sprucewold Column: Batten down the hatches

  Mon, 09/18/2023 - 11:15am

  When all my grandparents were young in the 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, and 1920s, there were almost no trees on Sprucewold Hill, as on most of the peninsula the trees were cut for lumber and fuel, then when summer homes were built, for views. When my parents were kids in Boothbay Harbor, the 1930s and 1940s trees were back in Sprucewold, but not like today. When I was in high school in the 1960s and 1970s, you could still easily see the harbor from the Sprucewold Lodge flagpole, but not any more. The...

• American Legion Post 36

  Mon, 09/18/2023 - 10:30am

  

  This Friday, 25 more veterans are departing the Jetport at 10:30 a.m. on their way to visit their memorials in Washington, D.C. as part of Honor Flight Maine. They will be returning on Sunday, Sept. 24 on SWA 2868 at noon. When they arrive, they are greeted by hundreds of family, friends, veterans’ groups, first responders, scouts and many others from around the state! The Volunteer Jazz band provides entertainment while we wait for them to arrive and then are part of the ceremony before they...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Lobsterman Sees Birds Falling from Sky

  Mon, 09/18/2023 - 10:00am

  

  A reader sent us a link to an interesting TikTok video a few days before Hurricane Lee was expected to hit. In the video, a young Maine lobsterman in a red T-shirt and blue jeans standing at the wheel of his boat, describes the massive numbers of small migrating land birds that he and his crew were seeing offshore. Some were trying to land on the boat; others, in the water. At the start of the video, the lobsterman has what looks like a bay-breasted warbler sitting, exhausted, on his head as he...

• Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club

  Mon, 09/18/2023 - 9:45am

  

  Peggy Kaiser, from the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals, was our guest speaker last week. Peggy began her talk by saying that the organization, which she referred to by its initials, MSSPA, is not well named; that the organization is not part of state government and receives no funding from the state. What it does is work with state and local law enforcement and provide a safe haven for horses, donkeys and mules when they are seized as a result of criminal neglect. MSSPA works...

• AARP scam alert: Employment scams haven’t gone away

  Sat, 09/16/2023 - 8:15am

  

  When it comes to the labor market, the supply of jobs is outpacing demand but that doesn’t mean that employment scams have gone away. Just because there are more job openings than job seekers doesn’t mean that criminals have closed up shop. With many Americans looking for a side hustle to help make ends meet or an opportunity to make more money or work remotely, there are still enough potential victims to fuel these schemes. Here's what you need to know to avoid employment scams. Beware of any...
• Where it’s at

  Italian food ... Squisito!

  Fri, 09/15/2023 - 8:45am

  

  Thinking of eating dinner out tonight? Don’t feel like cooking? Celebrating a special occasion from a birthday or anniversary, or because it’s Wednesday, a.k.a. Anything Can Happen Day (for those of us old enough to remember the Mickey Mouse Club)? If your pleasure is seafood, you couldn’t be in a better place for that! I’m one of those diners who only orders seafood. I can clearly remember the two times I ordered something other than fish or shellfish, and both times it was prime rib ... In my...
• A Bird’s Tale

  North America’s Rarest Warbler Visits Maine

  Wed, 09/13/2023 - 10:00am

  

  One of the rarest birds in North America has made an appearance in Maine! A Kirtland’s warbler was photographed on Matinicus Rock on Sept. 10. For us, the Kirtland’s warbler has always been almost mythical. Their northern Michigan breeding grounds are incredibly small. The population there reached a low of 167 males in 1974 and again in 1987. As young birders, we desperately hoped that this special bird would not disappear from the face of the earth like the Bachman’s warbler had done, and that...
• From the assistant editor

  Name that town

  Wed, 09/13/2023 - 9:00am

  

  You know that Midcoast town where everybody always gets along – always? Where all the selectmen and all the residents who address them are on the same page? And on only the rarest of occasions is there more than one opinion, or more than one version of events, and people think they are probably right and that someone else is – not right – for everyone is so sensitive to everyone else’s feelings, they would not dream of using the “w” word? You know the town. Everyone there on social media uses...
• From the editor

  Thoughts on sports

  Wed, 09/13/2023 - 8:45am

  

  Now that we have the ESPN channels back after the dispute between them and Disney, my life is better for it. But the Red Sox games have filled in during the hiatus (my wife won’t miss a game – even though they won’t make the playoffs). ESPN covers a lot of college football which I enjoy watching a little bit more than the NFL. Maybe it is because the NFL has become too commercialized and the Patriots aren’t the Patriots of old. Plus, watching Mac Jones isn’t like watching Tom Brady and company...
• ’Round Town

  Fraulein

  Wed, 09/13/2023 - 7:15am

  

  During the recent “Shipyard Cup” races organized in Boothbay Harbor, I had the great good fortune of yet another adventure with Captain Mark Stover aboard his 32’ Luhrs Redhook . It’s always a special treat to cruise the region’s waters with Captain Mark. The weather for the first day of racing was rather dismal – fog and little wind. But, it was interesting to see how the many skilled captains maneuvered the vessels to get as much speed as possible. We followed along and managed some...
• Joe’s Journal

  Readers who care

  Wed, 09/13/2023 - 7:00am

  

  I was at the Hannaford grocery store the other day trying to choose between salad fixings and red raspberries when a faithful reader stopped me and read me the riot act. Why do you guys keep printing letters and (online) posts from the same bunch of soreheads parroting Fox News talking points, he said. Then he went on and on about how these guys were just knuckleheads saying the same thing over and over again, always complaining about education, teachers, and anything to do with the evil...

• Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

  Tue, 09/12/2023 - 11:30am

  

  There is something intrinsically “summer” about a craft fair. They are synonymous with green lawns and sunny days. Growing up in Old England ( rather than New England), they would always take place on the church green and bring the whole town together. In Boothbay, the library lawn is the center of town, so it feels very familiar. And where there are crafts … people follow. Beginning around Memorial Day and running until Labor Day, the craft fairs offered by Boothbay Region Crafters &...

• News and Notes from the Community Center

  Tue, 09/12/2023 - 11:00am

  I was away when the winner of the Bucket ‘A Lobsters raffle took place on Sept. 1. The lucky winner was Kathleen Brophy of Groton, Massachusetts. Congratulations and thank you to all who entered the drawing to support The Community Center programs. Here’s a new need … We are running low on sweets (cookies, crackers, chips, fresh baked goods, or anything in-between). These donations will continue to keep our volunteers and guests happy! Looking for ideas: We would love to offer...

• Ocean Point Column: Speed sign, watching the hurricane and more

  Tue, 09/12/2023 - 10:00am

  Some would argue that last week’s temperatures were oppressive however in my opinion we finally experienced the best weather of the summer! Activity continues to slow down here as many have pulled their boats out of the water and have returned to their winter residences. Foot and vehicle traffic has also slowed down considerably. Thanks to Steve Johnson and his roads committee we now have an electronic speed sign on Route 96 as a reminder to slow down. We are closely watching the track of...
• New Hope Midcoast

  Talk offers strategies to prevent school-based sexual harassment

  Tue, 09/12/2023 - 8:15am

  

  School is much more than a place for academic learning. It’s a safe, secure place where students can feel valued, respected and nurtured. It provides a sense of belonging and community. Students in this type of classroom environment are more motivated and freer to explore and take on more challenges. They have higher overall learning outcomes and better attendance and graduation rates. School is one of the first places where relationships based in safety and respect are formed and modeled. Safe...

• Southport Column: Meeting canceled, open hours and more

  Mon, 09/11/2023 - 3:30pm

  

  First, note that the Community Resilience Partnership public meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 13 has been cancelled due to the illness of the convener. Stay tuned here and elsewhere for notice of additional meetings. Sorry for the confusion. Another point of confusion is when the work will begin to rehab the Southport Bridge. At the moment the bridge tender says he hears that the bridge will close to boat traffic about Oct. 1 so that work can begin on the three piers. Traffic over the bridge will be...

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