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Lobster trap recycling program expands to Boothbay region

Midcoast Conservancy to offer cyanobacteria webinar

On Thursday, June 17, from 6:30- 8 p.m., Midcoast Conservancy will offer a webinar on Damariscotta Lake water quality, focusing on the cyanobacteria outbreak last summer. Patricia Nease, Midcoast...
Midcoast Conservancy seeks pollution reduction projects in Damariscotta Lake

Nesting loons. Swarms of alewives. Camps, cottages, and stately homes. Sailers, anglers, and water skiers. Forests, wetlands, and rocky shores. All are home on Damariscotta Lake. This regional hub of...
Thistle Inn receives old poem

Marc Brewer of Boothbay Harbor was a friend and neighbor of Terry Lewis. Lewis, who was a merchant marine, collected many items in his travels around the world. After Lewis died in 2006, Brewer bid...
BRHS students celebrate 21 Days of May

Boothbay Region High School Class of 2021 has been celebrating “21 Days of May” with daily surprises and weekly activities. Local businesses have been keeping the Senior Surprise Bags filled daily...
Get and use those free “If Found” stickers

The U.S. Coast Guard is America’s other multi-mission maritime military service with a list of mandated mission areas not shared by the U.S. Navy. One of the Coast Guard’s highest profile missions is...
Twin Villages Foodbank Farm grows partnerships with GSB, FARMS at the Y

For six years, Twin Villages Food Bank Farm (TVFF) has been growing fresh produce to donate to food pantries and youth programs across Lincoln County. From the beginning, Great Salt Bay Community...
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Frances Perkins Center receives conservation grant for roof repairs

NEWCASTLE — The Frances Perkins Center has received a conservation grant from The 1772 Foundation in partnership with Maine Preservation for the France Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark....
Morris Farm welcomes public to May 29 plant sale

The barn at Morris Farm is once again filling up with a huge selection of heirloom tomatoes, hardy Maine-grown perennials, vegetable and flower seedlings. After a quiet year due to COVID-19, the...
Maine home sales jump 35.68 percent; prices up 17.05 percent

Highly motivated buyers of single-family existing homes continue to pursue Maine real estate options. Statistics released today by Maine Listings show a 35.68 percent sales leap in April 2021...
Nice weather means nice start for farmers’ market

The 70F weather was a welcome sight for 23 vendors at the annual Boothbay Farmers’ Market opening day May 20. The market operates from 10 a.m. to noon every Thursday until Oct. 1. This is Boothbay...
Honoring the life of a fisherman

The procession was led by Brewer’s son, Maynard Brewer, who captained the Sherm & Jake, which was named for two of Brewer’s grandsons and towed one of the dories from his stop seining...
New in town: BIRCH gets new owner, Wiscasset gets new family

About a month ago, Francie Siegfried was still living in Norfolk, Virginia. Now the past high school English teacher, writer-editor, retail worker and social worker is living in Wiscasset over the...