The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section approved for public comment, Draft Amendment 4 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Northern Shrimp. The Draft Amendment considers options for setting multi-year moratoria and implementing management triggers.

We are pleased to share that Greg Shute, longtime Chewonki staff member and former director of Northern and Coastal Properties, has been selected for the 2025 Special Recognition Award from the American Camping Association (ACA).

Amid some of their and others' concerns, Wiscasset school committee members Jan. 14 agreed to apply to the state to serve children younger than the schools' youngest students. The unanimous vote came after Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson said applying does not commit Wiscasset to taking part.

Scott Powers, who grew up on Barters Island, Boothbay and is a 1991 graduate of Boothbay Region High School, lives in the Pasadena, California area and sent this report of the fires still burning in the greater Los Angeles area.

Join Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust for an online program on Wednesday, Jan. 29 from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

A former Lincoln County Emergency Management director filed a wrongful termination suit Nov. 7 in Wiscasset Superior Court. Maury Prentiss served in the job from May 2021 to Aug. 9, 2024. He served as deputy director prior to his promotion. 

Lincoln County commissioners unanimously hired Brendan Parker of Dresden Jan. 7 as the Communications Center deputy director. Parker previously worked in the department before returning and accepting his new post. 

The next Diabetes Support Group,on Thursday, Jan.23, will feature …

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 295 calls for service for the period of Jan. 7 to Jan. 14. Year to Date, LCSO has responded to 571 calls for service.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director Rhiannon Hampson announced Friday, the USDA is awarding 16 grants and one loan to help increase access to solar energy in Maine.

Evan Goodkowsy of Wiscasset snapped the picture he called “88% Chance of Rain” and submitted it to the Maine Lottery’s 50th Anniversary photo competition. And it won.

First National Bank recently announced the retirement of Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, Sue Norton on Feb. 14, 2025.

It's a group, not a committee. Edgecomb selectmen wanted to make that distinction apparent during the Jan. 7 meeting which featured a discussion with concerned taxpayers about recent upward trends in municipal spending. About a dozen seasonal and year-round residents voiced concerns in August shortly after…

The Coast Guard Academy’s women’s basketball team, the Bears, visited Boothbay Harbor on a snowy Saturday afternoon, Jan. 11, en route to an away game at Maine Maritime Academy.

The Alna appeals board Jan. 8 eyed potential fixes and improvements to appeals board rules and how to approach that work.

The next Ocean on Tap, an informal, ocean-centric speaker series organized by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory, will take place on Thursday, Jan. 23 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Footbridge Brewery, 25 Granary Way in Boothbay Harbor.

Around 10 a.m. Thursday morning, Jan. 9, two ice fishermen in Edgecomb reportedly found a wallet belonging to William "Nate" Robinson, 34, of Austinville, Virginia. Robinson is a murder victim whose body was found Dec. 3, 2024 inside a trash barrel at Schmid Preserve.

Woolwich’s property revaluation is on track to be completed in early April according to representatives Nicole Stenberg and David Ledew of Dirigo Assessing Group who met with the selectboard Jan. 8. The Sidney-based company was hired in April 2023 to carry out the town-wide revaluation of commercial and residential…

For Damariscotta artist Peter Bruun, surviving the pain of losing his 24-year-old daughter to a heroin overdose started with breaking taboos. 

“When Elisif was struggling it was hard to talk about,” he says. “And when she died, I couldn’t live with the silence anymore.”