The project: Solving the mystery.

The mystery: Ongoing bacterial pollution in Broad Cove clam flats, which has led to extended seasonal conditional closures.

Westport Island will soon have a new face on the board of selectmen. First Selectmen George Richardson Jr. has decided not to seek re-election after serving on the board for over 26 years, and as chairman for over 22.

LincolnHealth and the MaineHealth system experienced a significant reduction in COVID-19 cases in the past week, according to an email from LincolnHealth Spokesperson John Martins.

There were no injuries in a dump truck rollover at the intersection of Sheepscot and Alna roads in Alna on the morning of March 2.

Two Waldoboro men, lobsterman Clinton Collamore and attorney Lynn Madison, are seeking to represent State House District 45.

At the sugar house at Sweetwoods Farm in Newcastle, Justin Wood checked his equipment. After 10 months dormant, it needed some attention before the sap started running. Which happened early this year, according to Wood, before Valentine’s Day.

I joined about 15 other winter weary souls Feb. 17 as we found our way out of hibernation to the glow of a special Zoom meeting for Veggies to Table’s first virtual supper club.

Damariscotta voters authorized a $2.255 million bond issue for road and sidewalk improvement projects, at a special town meeting on Feb. 17 in the Great Salt Bay Community School cafeteria.

LincolnHealth and the MaineHealth system continue to see cases dropping in the county and across the state, leading to more available hospital beds in the system, according to an email from LincolnHealth Spokesperson John Martins. 

Edgecomb and Boothbay firefighters responded to a vehicle fire on a residential property in Edgecomb on the afternoon of Feb. 21.

The Emerald Ash Borer is an iridescent-bodied beetle no bigger than a penny. Its emerald tones are reminiscent of stately varieties of scarab beetles, with their backs that catch the light, shimmer.