More single-family homes for sale in Maine compared to a year ago, coupled with strong demand from buyers, resulted in higher sales figures and home prices in February. According to Maine Listings…
Work
Ocean on Tap, a new informal, ocean-centric speaker series has its second installment tonight, March 21, at 6 p.m. at Footbridge Brewery in Boothbay Harbor. Dr. Sarah Douglas, a postdoctoral…
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce invites our members and others who might have an interest, to join us for our April Business After Hours on Friday, April 5 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Hosted by…
62nd annual Windjammer Days
The 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will take place on Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29. This year we will celebrate our local boatbuilders and shipwrights. Please visit…
One of the proposals Alna voters will consider Saturday, March 23 at the open part of the annual town meeting has already drawn hours of debate. The talks over the proposed mining and blasting…
The Maine coast has been severely impacted by this winter’s storms and there has been significant damage to the working waterfront along with coastal properties and public access points…
62nd annual Windjammer Days
The 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will take place on Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29. This year we will celebrate our local boatbuilders and shipwrights. Please visit…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering its Ag Ambassador program in…
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will host an online program on the presence of Atlantic White Sharks in the Gulf of Maine from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21. …
As a reminder, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is hosting five listening sessions to gather input from stakeholders on the Aquaculture Leasing Program, which was reorganized…
Gardening books at Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop are on sale at half-price, from March 5 through March 19.
In announcing the sale, Rosie Bensen, co-manager of the shop, said “Now is the…
Veggies to Table, a non-profit grow-to-donate vegetable and flower farm in Newcastle, has been selected by Hannaford Supermarkets as a beneficiary of their Bloomin’ 4 Good Program at their…
Plans call for New England Clean Energy Connect to get Alna officials a contract proposal soon, as the hydropower transmission line project nears town. Town officials, residents and project…
Press release
2023 was another strong year for Maine commercial fishermen who earned $611,277,692 at the dock, which was an increase of more than $25 million over 2022, according to preliminary data released by…
Wiscasset selectmen
As Town Manager Dennis Simmons analogized Wednesday night, Feb. 28, Wiscasset is winning the battle and still fighting the war to keep $93 million of Maine Yankee’s property taxable. He described…
62nd annual Windjammer Days
The 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will take place on Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29. This year we will celebrate our local boatbuilders and shipwrights. Please visit…
Single-family homes in Maine are still highly sought-after by a variety of buyers. According to Maine Listings, the median sales price (MSP) in January 2024 reached $353,000 – an increase of 8.62…
One way to help keep the principal intact on Wiscasset’s capital reserve might be to lease, not buy, some of the smaller vehicles needed such as cruisers, Town Manager Dennis Simmons told…
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will host a workshop on the implications of increasing populations of blue crabs on the coast of Maine from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at the…
Wiscasset has taken a two-pronged approach to its latest efforts to stop Maine Yankee’s tax exemption on parts of its nuclear waste storage facility. Town Manager Dennis Simmons, Selectboard Chair…
Local nonprofit Veggies to Table is looking ahead to the coming growing season with the launch of their Dahlia Joy Fundraiser this week.
Veggies to Table, based in Newcastle, is dedicated…
In mid-December, 200 Townsend Avenue, LLC (managed by Midcoast Hospitality Group -…
This month, almost 50 leaders from across Maine gathered at Bigelow Laboratory in East Boothbay. They came from 19 different organizations, representing different industries,…
All books in the “Pets” section at Skidompha Secondhand Book shop will be on sale at half price from Friday, Feb. 2 through Friday, Feb. 16.
The sale offers many books about cats and dogs…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District’s 2024 Spring Plant Sale Catalog is now available in print and online! Plants are available for pre-order, either online or by mail through…
As one of the leading real estate firms in Lincoln County with a staff of 18 agents operating from two offices in Damariscotta and Boothbay Harbor, Newcastle Realty has been assisting buyers and…
For more than three years, Veggies-to-Table, a grow-to-donate organic farm in Newcastle, has worked with students from Lincoln Academy’s IDEAL program in a win-win collaboration.
IDEAL…
Real Estate
The real estate market in Maine remains robust, though a lack of inventory and current interest rates contribute to unbalance the single-family existing home market. Maine Listings reported Jan.…
As Maine's working waterfront begins to make plans for recovering from the recent storms that devastated much of our coastal infrastructure, DMR has compiled a list of financial and technical…
The Woolwich selectboard lent its support Wednesday, Jan. 17 to the planned expansion of a small oyster farm operating in Montsweag Bay. It was the selectboard’s first meeting at its new 5 p.m.…
Last week’s back-to-back storms combined with astronomical high tides have caused damage like we have never seen before. As a lot of you know, DMR has been surveying the damage from the air, water…
J.B. Smith’s introduction to the Carpenter’s Boat Shop was low key. “The Shop built the dories that we’ve used at Hog Island Audubon since way back when,” he recalls. …
Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce invites our members and others who might have an interest to join us for Business After Hours, Thursday, Jan. 25 from 5 to 7 p.m., hosted by Back River Bistro…
Via Zoom
You’re a guest on a boat enjoying our beautiful Maine coastline. Unexpectedly your host, who happens to be driving the boat, is no longer able…
Department of Marine Resources
Yesterday's storm has resulted in unprecedented damage to property along Maine's working waterfront.
DMR is working closely with Governor Mills and the Maine Emergency Management Agency as…
A free session to help community organizations, nonprofits, and small businesses develop or improve their social media marketing strategies will be held in Wiscasset at 10 a.m. Friday,…
While the New Year started out under crisp and clear skies, we’ve just had a taste of winter with our first major snowstorm. It definitely is feeling more like Maine in January!…
Mid Coast Maine has one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, but within the beauty are hazards that can quickly ruin your day on the water. Geography, tides and weather can combine to…
A welcoming and familiar face at Cheney Insurance since 1993, Debbie Furman recently celebrated the culmination of her 30-year career at Cheney Insurance, a locally owned…
Analysis
Forget the green economy, the deep blue economy has it beat by a nautical mile. Ever wonder how much money is spent trying to protect the North Atlantic right whale? Ask any of the non-profit…
Wiscasset Creative Alliance invites you to attend an informative session on social media. In-person is encouraged, but a Zoom link will be provided, as well. Please RSVP to …
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District and Maine DEP are co-sponsoring an in-person day-long training in Basic Sediment and Erosion Control Practices Certification for Contractors on…
Audrey Miller and her daughter, Alexis Miller of Cottage Connection in Boothbay attended two back-to-back industry conferences in Nashville, Tennessee on December 4, 5, 6 and 7. Both 2-day…
A month into being Wiscasset’s economic development director, Aaron Chrostowsky told selectmen Dec. 19, “I don’t know Wiscasset,” and he wants residents to inform his work. The board nodded…
After another seven hours that included testimony, lawyers’ arguments and Wiscasset school committee’s closed door deliberations, the committee voted shortly before midnight Thursday, Dec. 21 to…
Most counties in Maine are seeing plenty of qualified buyers for available single-family existing homes. According to Maine Listings, 1,218 homes changed hands in November 2023, a decrease of 5.51…
Wednesday night, Dec. 20 at the start of Wiscasset school committee’s dismissal hearing on Wiscasset Middle High School Principal Gina Stevens, her lawyer said Stevens has the strong personality…
Dan Pangburn said his brewery is tapped out. He talked about the past year at Footbridge Brewery in Boothbay Harbor and a string of events that put the business in a bad spot. A slow start to the…
