Penobscot Bay Press

08/21/2026

STONINGTON—An ambitious project to update existing policies and write new ones to comply with state and federal regulations continued at the town’s August 17 select board meeting. But at least one member, Evelyn Duncan, asked to slow things down to ensure the board can fully evaluate the proposa...

08/21/2026

Heads up if you are planning to be in Stonington on Monday.

STONINGTON—The town’s water company customers will be without water on Monday, August 24, from approximately 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. while valves are replaced near Highland Avenue in the ongoing water improvement project. Details are in the accompanying letter from the town.

08/21/2026

From Town of Stonington Maine:
Stonington town officials ask that people coming to the farmers market access it from Main Street by walking up Pink Street. School Street is currently one-way traffic until noon with flaggers because of the water main construction work.

08/21/2026

BLUE HILL—Anyone looking to power a small town? Well, you might be in luck because the town of Blue Hill has a generator that needs a good home. At a regular select board meeting on August 10, board member Scott Miller said the generator at the wastewater treatment plant is being replaced. The new...

08/21/2026

BLUE HILL—A $10,000 award from the Maine Housing Opportunity Program was announced by the Blue Hill Select Board at its August 17 meeting. The town will use this amount to help update its land-use ordinances to meet the state’s new housing standards. The award is intended to support the administ...

08/20/2026

Owner Margie Litman said she wants Stonington Baking Company to have “that warm community feeling.” School Street Market

STONINGTON—Even if you’ve never met Margie Litman, the chef/owner of School Street Market, chances are you’ve probably tasted one of her creations. Her new bakery opened its doors this month, but Litman’s pastries have lined the case at 44 North Coffee for years now. Litman has spent a good ...

08/20/2026

Maine’s commercial pogy harvesters had landed 19,599,137 pounds of the valuable bait fish.

AUGUSTA—Maine’s Department of Marine Resources announced on August 20 that it was discontinuing commercial menhaden (pogy) harvesting under the Episodic Event Set Aside (EESA) effective at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, August 21. The DMR’s decision followed its assessment that insufficient quota remai...

08/20/2026

Delta Company’s 46 MUGs—members of an incoming regimental class totaling 186 students—are part of a record freshman class at MMA, according to the academy’s president, Craig Johnson.

CASTINE—For the 46 incoming midshipmen of Maine Maritime Academy’s Delta Company, part of the Class of 2030, Saturday wasn’t a day to sleep late and enjoy a leisurely breakfast. On the contrary, Saturday, August 15 marked the first full day of training for the MUGs—MMA’s acronym for Midshi...

08/18/2026

School districts are required to have the cell phone ban policy in place by August 1.

CASTINE—While cell phones will still be banned at Adams School this fall, smart watches will be allowed, following action taken at the August 5 Castine School Board meeting. Watches will be allowed “so long as it is not disruptive,” according to Principal Fred Cole to the board, who approved i...

08/18/2026

BLUE HILL—George Stevens Academy’s Gateway to Campus Renewal Project is still on budget and on time, according to owner’s representative David Gray, despite contractors running into a few unanticipated problems beneath the site. According to Gray, workers discovered pipes that were not include...