Newcastle Realty office administrator Kristy Battles always offers a welcoming smile as she greets clients and visitors to the company’s Main Street office in Damariscotta. Her effusive and upbeat energy, combined with an exacting attention to detail, provides Newcastle Realty’s 17 professional brokers with important support behind the scenes.

Hodgdon Tenders, the superyacht tender division of Hodgdon in East Boothbay, announced on Monday, May 21 that it launched a 6.5 meter limousine tender. The tender currently is the smallest member of the Venetian line, which ranges from 6.5 to 12 meters.

Recently, a panel of business experts awarded top prize to two aquaculture entrepreneurs at a first-of-its-kind aquaculture business accelerator pitch-off. In addition to bragging rights, Mathew Moretti, of Bangs Island Mussels in Casco Bay, and Jonathan Turcotte, of Edgecomb’s Glidden Point Oyster Farms, received a cash award of $5,000 and an invitation to the statewide Top Gun Pitch-Off, where they will compete against other emerging businesses for additional prize money and recognition. Glidden Point Oyster Farms plans to invest its winnings in marketing.

Built on a 42-foot Calvin-designed hull, Farrin’s Boatshop, at 19 Sproul Road in Walpole, redesigned the pilothouse of a 42 Sportfisherman boat to take the look of a sleeker Sportfisherman.

Visitors to Peapod Jewelry, in Edgecomb, will notice that changes are afoot. In addition to the newly installed beach-themed displays in the shop’s jewelry cases, one also notices that the showroom seems cozier – and there is a large demarcated space near the jewelry-making studio that appears destined for some purpose.