Bristol News

A fire destroyed half of a cottage on Inner Heron Island Tuesday morning. No one was injured.

Juniper Edge Farm in Brunswick is a one-woman operation. Jeannie Johnson grows a variety of vegetables, without the benefit of farming equipment, on less than an acre of land.

Monhegan Island may be my favorite place in all of Maine. It's a great day trip if you're staying in the Midcoast, and there are a few boat lines that will take you there.

UNION : A group of dedicated citizens working together in Union have helped to preserve a piece of Moxie history.

DAMARISCOTTA RIVER GRILL OPENS "MONHEGAN PERSPECTIVES II" ART SHOW WITH PUBLIC RECEPTION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 Released 6/15/09 Damariscotta, ME - The Damariscotta River Grill's Art at the Grill series is pleased to welcome back a show of beautiful, Maine artwork entitled Monhegan Perspectives II.

In 1867, President U.S. Grant granted the site of today's Strawberry Plant Park to Capt.

"For most of us ... this is all that will be left of us." Says Kai Nalenz of Bedford, New Hampshire.

BRISTOL : Jeff Aronson of Vinalhaven will be leading a Maine Humanities Council reading and discussion program, Across Cultures & Continents: Literature of the South Asian Experience .

ROCKLAND : A new season for open houses begins this month at the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse.

WALDOBORO : The Tidemark Gallery offers its first solo exhibition of work by Daniel Corey.

In late May 1622, the Pilgrims at Plymouth Plantation were starving, and no surprise.

ROCKLAND : A photograph of the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse that won first place in a national photo contest was featured on the cover of the April issue of Lighthouse Digest, a national history and news magazine about lighthouses.

ROCKPORT : Gavin Austin Parlin was born March 4, 2009 at Penobscot Bay Medical Center, weighing seven pounds, four ounces and measuring 20 inches long.

DAMARISCOTTA : The Miles Memorial Hospital League announced this year's dates for the House and Garden Tour and the summer rummage sale.

This week's fieldwork in focus is ongoing historical investigations in Maine, submitted by Neill De Paoli: Overview The scenic mid-coast community of Bristol is home to one of Maine's earliest European ...

Sixteen-year-old Freeport resident Will Bristol, who has state and regional competition honors, will return to play at the Franco-American Heritage Center Saturday, March 7. His recital, part of the 2008-09 ...

Volunteers in Bristol and several other midcoast towns are making storm windows to help low income families keep warm.

In homes, and offices, schools and barbershops and book stores all over Maine, people stopped to watch and listen to the inauguration.

The state's park historian has received a $45,000 grant to begin the high-tech preservation of significant historical documents and items, including the papers of Admiral Robert E. Peary, once stored in a ...

Lincoln County Commissioners had a busy session Tuesday, naming John O'Connell the new administrator , signing contracts, authorizing bids, hearing reports from department heads, presenting awards, and ...