Dorothea H. Frysinger
Dorothea Hanson Frysinger of Sugar Hill Retirement Community in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire died March 31 at Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, her daughter and son-in-law at her bedside. ...

Glenys M. Seavey
Glenys M. Seavey, 89, formerly of Bath, died peacefully Friday, April 4, at Amenity Manor in Topsham. ...

Susan S. Kaminsky
Susan Stanwood Kaminsky, 70, a novelist and book editor who was raised on Squirrel Island, died Monday, March 31 in New York of respiratory failure. Mrs....

Carrie Kinsella
Carrie Kinsella, 98, formerly of Westport Island, died Saturday, March 29, at St. Catherine's Nursing Center in Emmitsburg, Md. after a brief illness. ...

Kathleen A. Driscoll
Kathleen A. (McGovern) Driscoll, 91, formerly of Andover, Mass., died peacefully on Saturday, April 5. ...

Police are helping youth
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Crippling the watchdog
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"Smiles"
The continuity of the YMCA mission, carried out by its staff, members and supporters, was celebrated and beamed on the faces of over 250 people Tuesday night at the Boothbay Region YMCA's annual dinner meeting. - Kevin Burnham

Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club news - Scotty

Boothbay Region Art Foundation plans Fisherman's Festival Photo
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation is offering its gallery at One Townsend Avenue for a display of photos and art work that represent the many years of the Fisherman's Festival/Shrimp Festival.

Edgecomb
Edgecomb weekly column - Jo Cameron

Give a Hoot for Songbirds
Some critters attract other critters. The reasons for these attractions are as varied as the wildlife itself. However, understanding animal behavior and the relationships between different species can be extremely beneficial for wildlife watchers and wild - David A. Murray

Hope for local school union dies with Baldacci's veto
Gov. John Baldacci vetoed a bill Monday that would have amended the school consolidation law to allow for school unions and give local school committees control over their budgets - a veto the Senate let stand in a strong, 23-to-12 vote. - Victoria Wallack

Maritime Academy schooner Bowdoin and Hodgdon Yachts
Maine Maritime Academy's (MMA) schooner "Bowdoin" will soon set sail for the Arctic Circle with a new main boom, thanks to the generosity of longstanding friends at Hodgdon Yachts of East Boothbay. - Submitted Article

New jail merger plan prepares mental health facility
The governor's far-reaching plans to merge the county jails into the state prison system to save money have been modified into a compromise proposal that caps at just over $60 million statewide the amount property taxpayers have to kick in locally. - Victoria Wallack

Ocean Point
Ocean Point weekly column - Pat Waldman

Rotary Group Study Exchange participants return from Philippines
They were greeted like celebrities at Manila Airport - cameras flashing, people shouting, `just one more' or `look over here.' - Lisa Kristoff

School trustees adopt 2008 - 2009 budget, towns to vote on May 1
The feat thought impossible was completed - Superintendent Eileen King managed to cut $499,000 from the total CSD budget for 2008 - 2009. - Staff

Show you care - Don't litter
Editorial - Mary Brewer

Snowe honors Hodgdon Yachts for Mako V.1 completion
U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, issued the following remarks for the Congressional Record Friday, April 4, congratulating Hodgdon Yachts of East Boothbay. - Submitted Article

Southport
Southport weekly column - Leigh Sherrill

State jail takeover proposal unpopular
Governor John Baldacci's plan to merge the county jails into the state prison system is not good for Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties, according to Commissioner Sheridan Bond, who also serves as chairman of the Lincoln and Sagadahoc Jail Authority. - Charlotte Boynton

Still more questions than answers on area's shellfish closures
On March 18, the Department of Marine Resources prohibited shellfish harvesting in much of the Sheepscot River due to non-compliance with FDA regulations that require shoreline sanitary surveys every 12 years. - Sue Mello

The kitchen garden makes a comeback at Botanical Gardens' April
There was a time when families routinely grew food for their own use, and that practice is seeing a tremendous revival. April may be too early to plant veggies and herbs outside in Maine, but Saturday, April 26, will be a perfect day for learning how.

YMCA Coastal Club
YMCA Coastal Club news - Robert E. Zimmerli