WOOLWICH Mainers will flock to sugarhouses around the state on Sunday to see how Maine maple syrup is made, sample some locally produced maple products and — hopefully — purchase a few items to take home. Local maple syrup producers say it’s been a tricky year. Most started collecting sap in mid-February, but then a […]

BRUNSWICK The Trump administration’s budget blueprint proposes cuts that could impact businesses and communities throughout the Midcoast, from the elimination of the National Endowment of the Arts which provides funding to the Bowdoin International Music Festival to cutting the Community Development Block Grant, which last year helped boat building company Washburn & Doughty expand to […]

BRUNSWICK The Brunswick School Board voted 6-0 Tuesday to hire a former Lewiston schools teacher, administrator and current instruction support director as the principal of Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School. Heather Blanchard, of Lisbon, graduated from New Hampshire’s Rivier College in 2002, and taught for 10 years, working in special education and as a first-grade […]

HARPSWELL The Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association will hold a public meeting at Harpswell Heritage Land Trust on Monday to assess the needs of the local fishing community. The meeting is the first phase of a yearlong project headed up by MCFA program associate Kendra Jo Grindle, who said she is trying to provide a platform […]