Category: Community

Luke's Lobster will operate a lobster buying station on Boothbay Harbor's Sea Pier.

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Luke’s Lobster now operating from Boothbay’s Sea Pier

Luke’s Lobster, an international chain of restaurants founded by Cape Elizabeth native Luke Holden in 2009, has announced it will operate a seafood buying station in Boothbay Harbor. The company is partnering with the Boothbay Region Maritime Foundation, a recently formed nonprofit that purchased the town’s Sea Pier. The pier… SEE MORE
A crew member and passenger walk off the ferry to Islesboro.

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Ferry service seeks do-over

By Tom Groening With the election of Gov. Janet Mills in November and the formation of a new administration, the Maine State Ferry Service will revisit the rates and fees it adopted last spring. But citing an ongoing lawsuit and mandated rulemaking timelines, a new rate structure could be proposed… SEE MORE
An early watercolor of a Rockland scene

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Wyeth’s Rockland work jogs memories

By Nancy Griffin The late Andrew Wyeth, one of America’s most famous artists, is well-known for his Maine paintings of people and scenes from Port Clyde to Cushing. He is less known for Rockland paintings, but they exist and are on display through February at the Farnsworth Art Museum. A… SEE MORE
The Independence under construction at Washburn & Doughty Associates in East Boothbay. From left are the CTC's Matt Ridgway

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Chebeague Island to get new ferry

The Chebeague Transportation Company’s new ferry, scheduled for delivery by May 1, now has a name: Independence. A community-wide naming contest, which attracted 475 votes, chose the name from a short list of five.  The ferry, now under construction at Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc., in East Boothbay, will replace the 34-year-old Islander, also… SEE MORE