Since 1980, Boothbay Region Land Trust has been protecting wild, open spaces for the people of the Boothbay Region and beyond. Now, the trust is happy to announce it has renewed its land trust accreditation – proving once again that, as part of a network of over 400 accredited land trusts across the nation, it is committed to professional excellence and to maintaining the public’s trust in its conservation work.

The CLC YMCA’s annual “Back to School Bash” was a huge success despite limitations presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. A new satellite rotary group of community members supported handing out backpacks, family meal kits from Lincoln County Food Initiative, and school supplies to more than 160 local students from 15 area schools and home-schooled students.

Nonagenarian Ava Keene had planned to celebrate her August birthday with a big party, welcoming friends and family members from as far as Florida, New York, and even Canada. The coronavirus pandemic put a halt to the party, however, so Keene settled on celebrating quietly with her husband, John Tutton.

Researchers have advanced a new way to see into the ocean’s depths, establishing an approach to detect algae and measure key properties using light. A paper published in in the scientific journal “Applied Optics” reports using a laser-based tool, “lidar,” to collect these measurements far deeper than has been typically possible using satellites.

Last week’s Waldoborough Historical Society’s “What is it?” photo was not successfully identified. Some guesses suggested the items were belt buckles, but they were in fact coffin plates.  Most coffin plates from the 1800s in the past were buried with the deceased, but sometimes, families took them off and kept them.  A number of them are displayed in the historical society’s museum.