Raffle tickets are now available for two hand-braided wool rugs offered by the Waldoboro Woman’s Club as part of its scholarship fundraiser.

The Pumpkinfest artist competition for T-shirt design has produced a winner, with 20 artists submitting entries, based on strict design criteria.

Debra Arter, of Damariscotta, was awarded a cash prize for her mixed media collage by National Collage Society annual small-format exhibition juror Kimi Kitada, director of the Charlotte Street Foundation, in Kansas City, Mo., on May 5.

Abigayle Reed, a senior at Lincoln Academy who studies cosmetology at the Bath Regional Career and Technical Center is the BRCTC Student of the Year.

New information is emerging on how climate change is impacting American lobster populations and their connections to other species in the marine food web in the earliest stages of their life cycle. New research conducted by two graduate students at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center has revealed more information about how these economically and culturally important marine animals are responding to the changing ocean.

Blaise Eddy Blouin, of Bristol, won the Kennebec Valley District Chess Tournament on Saturday, May 13 and will move on to face off against the top chess masters from the other three districts in the Pine Tree Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

This summer three Lincoln Academy students will participate in Dirigo State, a leadership and civic education sponsored by the Wells-Hussey American Legion and Auxiliary.

Maine Coast Heritage Trust has named Waldoboro resident Janet McMahon as recipient of the Espy Land Heritage Award, an annual award that recognizes an individual, organization, or coalition for exemplary conservation efforts in Maine.