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Collins, King announce nearly $900,000 for research at Bigelow Lab

Wiscasset’s Water Street Kitchen & Bar working with CDC after employee’s positive COVID-19 test
State awards $12.5 million in pandemic aid to nearly 300 Midcoast businesses, nonprofits

Maine home sales jump 22.78 percent

AUGUSTA — With historically-low interest rates, and more buyers than sellers, sales of single-family existing homes increased 22.78 percent comparing September 2020 to September 2019. According to...
Maine Tourism Association reports struggles for tourism businesses

The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) reports on the state of tourism and surveyed tourism businesses to determine how they fared over Indigenous People’s Day weekend compared to 2019. Some 36% of...
Conservation District to hold virtual awards celebration with pie and raffle prizes on Nov. 10

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) invites the public to its first Virtual Awards Banquet on Tuesday, November 10 at 5:30pm. Join us on Zoom from the comfort of your own home...
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Amy Keenan joins William Raveis

Amy Cowles Keenan has joined the William Raveis staff in Bath. A proud Maine native, Keenan has spent the last 18 years focusing on accounting and resource management for Maine-based enterprises....
Coastal Rivers volunteers remove invasive vines at Whaleback Shell Midden

Visitors to Whaleback Shell Midden State Historic Site in Damariscotta may notice apple trees starting to re-emerge from a stranglehold of invasive vines. Thanks to a crew of Coastal Rivers...
BRV’s Iron Horse Antiques & General Store to open in May

Antiquers and vintage seekers will have a new place to peruse essentials and curiosities next May with Iron Horse Antiques & General Store at Boothbay Railway Village. Marketing and events...
First National Bank launches curbside banking service

First National Bank will soon provide a new way to serve customers with the launch of curbside banking in 15 of its branch locations. Curbside banking is an additional option to its current lobby...
CMP notifies county about intent to seek DEP permits in Wiscasset, Alna and Whitefield

Central Maine Power has notified Lincoln County commissioners it intends to seek Department of Environmental Protection water permits in Alna, Whitefield and Wiscasset. On Oct. 6, County...
Averill joins William Raveis

William Raveis Real Estate has announced the hiring of Melissa Averill of Alna. She will work out of its Bath office and will also be spending time working in the Boothbay Harbor office. Born and...
Highly Cannaco awaits Tier 3 license

Boothbay’s Highly Cannaco is among countless Maine soon-to-be retailers waiting to break into the adult-use cannabis market Oct. 9. Owner Jan Martin – also owner of Highly storefronts in South...
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Strachan joins board of state insurance association

Suzanne Strachan, president of Cheney Insurance in Damariscotta, was elected to the Maine Insurance Agents Association (MIAA) Board of Directors recently. The MIAA represents and advocates for almost...
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Proposed El Faro Salute! memorial rises as fifth anniversary of sinking nears

ROCKLAND — Maine Maritime Academy grad and former merchant marine Jay Sawyer is using his second career as a sculptor to erect an El Faro memorial in Rockland. The ambitious project, named...
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Maine scallop fishermen secure important access to northern Gulf of Maine resources

Three years ago, the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association (MCFA) began working with fishermen and local businesses to improve scallop management and give a voice to scallop fishermen on important...
Council votes Sept. 30 on changing requirements for groundfish monitoring

Fishermen have mixed thoughts on increased groundfish monitoring

After returning home for a hot meal and quick snooze following three days alone at sea, Randy Cushman wakes up at 3:30 a.m. to begin the final steps of his fish and data processing in the sleepy,...
Ted Fuller’s Cruzer Scooter is just electric

Ocean Point has history in the making in longtime seasonal resident Ted Fuller’s Cruzer Scooter. He calls the scooter “America’s scooter company.” The small electric equivalent of a 50cc motored...