Summer 2013

Posted:  Saturday, August 3, 2013 - 8:00am

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A gull keeps an eye out for potential food in Wiscasset Harbor. GARY DOW/Wiscasset Newspaper
Lobsterman Stott Carleton sets some lobster traps on the Sheepscot River in late June aboard the Edna Mae. Carleton was quoted in the October 1, 2007 issue of Working Waterfront in response to a proposed Wiscasset coal-gasification project saying, “There’s only one Sheepscot River in the whole world. The best lobsters in the world are caught in our river.” The project was defeated in the November 2007 referendum election. GARY DOW/Wiscasset Newspaper
Seven gulls put the old pilings in Wiscasset Harbor to good use. Since the day we are born we are all taught to share but apparently each gull prefers its very own piling. GARY DOW/Wiscasset Newspaper
Oreo the dwarf goat scratches an itch at Willow Hill Farm in Wiscasset June 13. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Filled to the brim with antique children’s books, maps, prints and beads. Elliott Healy’s charming store is located on Middle Street in Wiscasset. GARY DOW/Wiscasset Newspaper
Recreational boating season is in full swing. GARY DOW/Wiscasset Newspaper
Le Garage overlooks Wiscasset Harbor on a beautiful July morning. GARY DOW/Wiscasset Newspaper
Emmitt enjoys taking the driver’s seat at the Wiscasset Town Garage as part of the Wiscasset Public Library’s Children’s Room Summer Reading Program, “Dig Into Reading” program. Courtesy of Judy Flanagan
One of the landmarks of Wiscasset, the Town Clock is serviced each fall by Balzer Family Clock Works of Freeport. The clock is a weight driven pendulum regulated Howard round top model. The clock is also serviced monthly by a local person. GARY DOW/Wiscasset Newspaper
One daring bird crosses Whitefield's Nash Road, followed closely by others including one calling out from the back of the first group; two more fowl follow; one may be seeking a flight path instead. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Master gardener Mary Bausch harvests a new crop of carrots, turnips, zucchini and cabbage in the Morris Farm's Master Gardener Demonstration Garden. Once harvested and weighed, this bumper crop of fresh, organic veggies was delivered to the Boothbay Region Food Pantry. Courtesy of Heather Abello/Morris Farm
Whoever put these colorful signs here apparently didn’t notice the one already there, instructing people not to put signs there. JOE GELARDEN/Executive Editor
The traffic on the Wiscasset bridge was moving quite slow on August 18, but it did allow time to look around and notice things we usually drive right by. GARY DOW/Wiscasset Newspaper
A myriad of colors decorate the sky in Woolwich overlooking the bridge near Taste of Maine on August 18. NICOLE LYONS/Boothbay Register