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Saying good-bye to year’s monarch butterflies

Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor

Frisoli named ‘Sailor of the Quarter’

Four times per year, each Coast Guard unit selects a Sailor of the Quarter, a member of the unit whose performance exemplifies the service’s motto of “Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty.” The newest...
Pellowe explores chocolate clams, earns doctorate at UMaine

For six years, Wiscasset resident Kara Pellowe studied the chocolate clam fishery and the coupling of socio-ecological systems in Loreto, Mexico. This summer, she earned a doctorate in ecology and...
Damariscotta Bank & Trust named as a Best Place to Work in Maine

Damariscotta Bank & Trust was recently named as one of the 2019 Best Places to Work in Maine. This statewide survey and awards program was created in 2006 to identify, recognize, and award the...
Study reveals new patterns of key ocean nutrient

The important nutrient phosphate may be less abundant in the global ocean than previously thought, according to a new paper in Science Advances. The researchers compiled data collected using highly...
Selling to the state of Maine

Are you interested in selling products or services to the state of Maine? Do you want to learn how to become a successful vendor? Join Maine PTAC Procurement Counselor Bryan Wallace for a workshop on...
Planning board approves home wellness massage business

A new home relaxation and wellness massage business will be opening in Boothbay. The planning board approved Caroline Roberts’ change of use request for her 976 Wiscasset Road home to operate a...
Press release

Relax, renew, rejoice: Stillwater Women’s Wellness Massage, LLC opens

A new Boothbay business, Stillwater Women’s Wellness Massage, LLC., conveniently located on Route 27, Boothbay, will offer massage therapy and hydrotherapy services to women and teens by appointment...
Skidompha Book Shop to be open on Labor Day

The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta will be open on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The shop’s co-manager Rosie Bensen explained that normally the shop is...
Foreign workers a lifeline for local businesses

You may have noticed an influx of foreign workers each summer for years now and wondered where they come from each year and how they get here. Due to a need for help during tourist season,...
Chapters closing, opening for Miss Wiscasset Diner site

Ismael Martinez, 12, of Westport Island had a favorite order at Miss Wiscasset Diner, the country-fried breakfast. Then a week after his last visit there, he was on vacation in South Carolina when he...