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Coastal Rivers to host online talk on coastal acidification

Levels of acidification can be different in coastal marine waters than in the open ocean. Inputs from freshwater rivers and nutrient runoff from land can change water chemistry in coastal areas....
Home sales ease during COVID-19; values up 12.29 percent in April

AUGUSTA (May 21, 2020)—Despite a pandemic-fueled wane in the sales of single-family existing homes, values in Maine increased double digits last month. According to Maine Listings, Realtors sold 194...
Food, family, fun … and maybe some fire

Food Trucks A-Go in Boothbay reopens for Memorial Day Weekend on Friday, May 22. Join us for safer, socially distanced lunch and dinner beginning at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 22 and running through...
Year-round businesses reopening

“Gov. Mills’ announcement made it a whole new ball game,” said Janson’s Clothing Store owner Betty Jeanne Maddocks in response to Gov. Janet Mills’ decision to move up the opening date for non-...
Mayer continues contributions to DMC, local community after retirement

Larry Mayer has long contributed to the mission of the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center and its community. In fall 2019, he retired after 43 years of research and teaching -- but that...
New food preservation webinar series

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is launching a food preservation webinar series Tuesday, May 26, at 2 p.m. The weekly series continues through Oct. 27. “Preserving the Maine Harvest”...
State lockdown results in lost business for wedding-related businesses

In 2014, Ted and Jill Hugger became innkeepers when they bought the 28-room Cove Cod Inn in Edgecomb. The experience went so well, they expanded in 2018 by buying the 37-room Cedar Crest Inn in...
These are the steps retail shops must take to reopen

Retail shops in 12 of Maine’s 16 counties can reopen for business beginning Monday, May 11 so long as they follow a set of guidelines. Under the newly released plan by Governor Janet Mills,...
Are you closing for the summer?

The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper have been asked to list the restaurants, hotels, inns and other businesses in the respective regions which have decided not to open this summer due to...
Governor announces new reopening plans for Knox, Lincoln, Waldo counties

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced May 8 a rural reopening plan aimed at reopening certain additional businesses in rural Maine over the course of the next two weeks with added health and...
Transfer station’s responsibility goes to public works director

Spring is always a busy time after a long winter, but the past few months have been extra challenging for Wiscasset Public Works Director Ted Snowdon. Along with caring for 45 miles of town roads and...
Gov. Mills establishes committee to advise on Maine’s economic recovery

Governor Janet Mills announced May 6 she is convening an Economic Recovery Committee charged with developing recommendations to mitigate the damage to Maine’s economy caused by the ongoing COVID-19...
Thank you, Hannaford!

A blast of horns from 30 to 40 cars, a poignant “Thank You” message read over a public address system, thank you signs posted on a sandwich board, cardboard and windshields provided a moving show of...
Maine Tourism Association talks about pandemic challenges in new video

The Maine Tourism Association (MTA), the organization that represents all segments of Maine’s largest industry, has released a video of members talking about the challenges of the pandemic crisis,...
Thank a nurse this National Nurses Week, May 6-12

As we all work to flatten the COVID-19 curve by staying home and taking precautions when we do need to go out, our healthcare providers are busy helping those of us who need medical attention. It has...
Pandemic forces organizers to take a different route to celebrate rural life

Common Ground Fair to go virtual this year; back on the ground in 2021

UNITY — One of Maine’s favorite agricultural events, the Common Ground Fair, will be going virtual this September. The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) has been holding its...
J. Edward Knight buys Larrabee Agency

Years of planning came to fruition Friday as Sheila Sawyer sold Carl M.P. Larrabee Agency in Wiscasset to J. Edward Knight. Sawyer and J. Edward Knight President Rob Wheeler said it was a good fit...
Research-industry partnership creates novel low-cost environmental monitoring buoy

When University of Maine alum Joshua Girgis graduated from University of Maine’s College of Engineering in 2018, he never imagined where he would end up next. This Madison, Maine native had enjoyed...