Phippsburg News

A fishing dragger carrying about 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel sank early Friday morning off the Port Clyde dock after running aground on a nearby ledge the previous day.

" Shellfish harvesters and dealers in Down East Maine continue to face widespread closures due to a double punch of heavy rains followed by a massive influx of red tide algae into coastal waters.

When Leila Percy showed up for her first Democratic Party fundraiser eight years ago wearing a leather jacket with fringe, she was advised to find something different to wear the next time.

BATHA a ' Voters in the five communities of Regional School Unit 1 ratified a $25 million fiscal 2010 budget 424-141 in a referendum on Tuesday.

Two harp seals are back at sea after being successfully rehabilitated at the University of New England.

SOME OF THE ITEMS that would be taxed under the proposal include: Fees for golf courses Bowling Ski lift tickets Movie tickets Repair of jewelry, cameras, musical instruments, shoes Labor on vehicle repairs Admission to boat shows, auto shows, etc.

ROCKLAND : "A Sense of Wonder" will be screened 3 p.m. Sunday, May 31, at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., as a benefit for the Friends of the Rockland Library.

Why jeopardize happy childhood vacation memories? Wouldn't you, to revisit a family totem, captured in a photograph framed nearly a half-century ago? My father took that photo, of a lighthouse at a storied Maine resort, as three generations of my family enjoyed a wonderful stay in the early '60s. Now I'm returning to Sebasco Harbor Resort, wary ...

NEWS RELEASE For Downeast Energy & Building Supplies, contact: Angie Helton, Northeast Media Associates 653-0365 nema@maine.rr.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2009 BRUNSWICK, MAINE - Downeast Energy & Building Supply will award scholarships to seven high school seniors and graduates planning to enroll or already enrolled full-time at approved ...

ROCKLAND : University College at Rockland will host a summer graduate course from the University of Southern Maine.

AUGUSTA a ' A bill that would redraw a portion of the Harpswell's boundary with Brunswick suffered a major setback Wednesday when the Legislature's State and Local Government Committee voted 10-3 against the measure.

Got kids? Friends and family? Want to take them to the lake, the beach, the parks this summer? Get a Maine State Park vehicle pass.

The Maine supreme court has ruled that the state Transportation Department is not immune from a lawsuit filed by a motorist who blamed the department for a vehicle accident in a road repair zone.

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CAMDEN : Bob Webb and Dave Peloquin will present an evening of traditional and contemporary songs of the sea 7 p.m. Thursday, April 2, in the Jean Picker Room of Camden Public Library, Atlantic Avenue.

The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies Presents New Exhibit, "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" Released 2/20/09 UPCOMING PREMIERE: Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold - a collaborative ...

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AUGUSTA : Reps. Leila Percy and Nancy Smith sat in the waiting room of an Augusta clinic Friday evening bruised and shaken but thankful their injuries werena t worse.

Amid tears of joy at the state's Vital Records office, scores of people who had been adopted as children got their long-awaited wish Friday to receive copies of their original birth certificates.

Despite its name, you won't find even one lighthouse in Two Lights State Park. But they are nearby, one an automated light station and the other a lighthouse transformed into a private home.