$257 million contract for Bath Iron Works
Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works (BIW) a contract in the amount of $257,473,700.

150 share stories, memories at
Chip Griffin, moderator for the "Damariscove Remembered" program hosted by the Boothbay Region Land Trust January 20, expected a "cozy circle of people" (maybe 30 or 40) swapping stories about their memories of the island. - Peggy Voight

American Legion
American Legion news - Bill English

Boatbuilding School to begin new semester
On February 6, the next semester of the Boothbay Region Boatbuilding School sponsored by the Boothbay Civic Association will be underway at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard. - Joe O

Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club
Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club news - Frank Helman

Carbon: From the air to the water
Dr. William "Barney" Balch, a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratories for Ocean Sciences, was recently awarded a NASA grant for $800,386. - Lisa Kristoff

Conservationist gives 140 acres to Boothbay Region Land Trust
A New York City conservationist with a deep love for the Boothbay peninsula has donated 140 acres of forested property to the Boothbay Region Land Trust.

Correction
In last week's Boothbay Harbor board of selectmen article, a quote from Chairman Gary Farnham regarding a proposed one percent CPI-U decrease should have read: "Only 38 percent of our budget is controllable and 62 percent isn't.

CSD School Committee reviews budget requests
At the January 24 meeting of the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District School Committee, BRES Principal Mark Tess began the meeting with a presentation on the ongoing and planned activities at the school. - Sue Mello

Edgecomb
Edgecomb weekly column - Jo Cameron

Edgecomb planners pursue work on land regulations
The Edgecomb Planning Board once again took up the cause of developing performance standards Monday night that will dramatically affect the appearance of this quaint coastal town for years to come. - Barbara Martin

Incentives to attend college and stay in Maine: A good idea
Editorial - Mary Brewer

Isle Of Springs
Isle Of Springs weekly column - Sue Bogart

Learn about southern cooking with Livvy Dinsmore
There are still some places available for Livvy Dinsmore's southern cooking demonstration Monday, February 12, in the Home Economics Room at Boothbay Region Elementary School.

Local volunteer groups seek donations
While many of us think of ski slopes and tropical beaches, some of our contemporaries are planning working vacations to help others. At least two local groups will be heading south to help those in need and they could use your help and support. - Sue Mello

Monhegan
Monhegan column - Katy Boegel

Plans for Cutting School Costs Outlined At Meeting In Edgecomb
It was a large, diverse crowd - area town officials, school board members, teaching staff and administrators, parents, and interested residents - at the Edgecomb Eddy School Tuesday evening to express their concerns about Governor Baldacci's plan.

Southport
Southport weekly column - Lynn Schafer

Southport Memorial Library
Southport Memorial Library news - Linda Brewer

Support lackingfor $1/pack tax hike
Democratic leaders say they don't have the votes to approve Gov. John Baldacci's $1-a-pack hike in the cigarette tax punching up to a $131 million hole in the proposed state budget. - Victoria Wallack

The Moorhen
Florida's warm winter sun provided comfortable weather for this photo shoot. I carefully selected a location along the border of a large freshwater marsh. The marsh was teeming with wildlife photo opportunities, and the plan was to photograph its inhabita - David A. Murray

Treasure found near library!
Boothbay Region High School junior Jason Tilton was the lucky, and persistent, token-finder in the Ebb Tide Restaurant's 32nd anniversary treasure hunt.

Westport Island trying to change school funding
The Westport Island School Subsidy Committee has began a grass- roots movement to correct the inequities in the formula used to determine the state school funding to towns. - Charlotte Boy