For Abby Shaughnessy, studying marine biology at the University of Maine was a natural choice. Drawn to the ocean from a young age, Shaughnessy, a senior in the School of Marine Sciences, is spending her summer interning at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole.
This summer, optometrist Thomas P. Nadeau, ODPC will celebrate 40 years serving the Boothbay area. On Monday, Aug. 14, Nadeau will hold a “Chamber after Hours” party for his patients some who have been with him since he opened his practice in 1977.
Wiscasset’s airport advisory committee on July 19 thought up ways to find a tenant for the upstairs office space, vacant since Peregrine Turbine Technologies moved out last year.
Commercial fishermen will be able to pay a fee and use the recreation floats at the Wiscasset waterfront a few extra months this fall. On Tuesday night, the select board approved a recommendation made by the waterfront committee.
Plans are back on for the Texas Flying Legends’ first Wiscasset stay in two years, Wiscasset Airport Advisory Committee Chairman Steve Williams said Monday. Tentative plans were announced in May, then went on hold in June. The stay will be shorter than first discussed, Williams said.
With legalized recreational marijuana becoming a reality in February, the Edgecomb Planning Board is seeking public guidance in drafting an ordinance. The board voted 4-0 July 13 to send residents a postcard survey with six questions regarding how to regulate recreational marijuana.
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) will hold a workshop on “Non-Traditional Solutions to Gravel Road Problems” on Friday, Aug. 4 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The Darling Marine Center, aquaculture industry partners and the Damariscotta River Association invite community members to a program titled “Science for the People: Damariscotta Estuary Marine Science Public Forum,” 5-7 p.m., Monday, July 17 at Darrows Barn at Round Top Farm, 3 Round Top Lane, D
What is it like to study the ocean at a world-class research institute? On July 14, you have the opportunity to find out. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will host its annual open house from 10 am to 2 pm at its campus in East Boothbay.
Wiscasset and several spots in it are getting a shout-out in American Automobile Association’s magazine Northern New England Journey. The July-August issue has an article on the town and photos of Moulinette, Red’s Eats and Castle Tucker.
