While crews are working in York County to restore electricity, more than 20,000 households are still without power two days after Tropical Storm Irene came through the state. Around noon on Monday, York County Emergency Management Director Kimberley White-Kaiser said that all shelters in York County were closed. White-Kaiser said that officials have not yet […]

Hurricane Irene, downgraded in status to a tropical storm by the time the system reached New England, still caused problems across the region, although York County managed to escape the brunt of the impact. Central Maine Power Company reported 46,110 power outages in York County on Monday morning ”“ the highest countywide total in the […]

On Thursday, Peter Gavett pressure washes the hull of a pleasure boat he hauled out of the water at Brewer Marine as a precaution before the arrival of Hurricane Irene in Freeport. The Maine Emergency Management Agency urged boaters were to secure their vessels, and the state’s lobstermen began moving their fishing gear farther offshore […]

Local officials are preparing in advance for any possible impact of Hurricane Irene. On Friday afternoon, the National Weather Service issued a flood watch for Sunday for coastal York County. In addition to heavy rains, the weather service is predicting heavy winds. Earlier in the afternoon, Gov. Paul LePage declared a state of emergency. The […]

WELLS — It was the late 1970s when Mort Mather, Ruth Howard and about a half dozen others gathered around Howard’s kitchen table for the first time to discuss how they could save a 19th century farm bordering salt marshes in Wells from the threat of development. Laudholm Farm, which spanned about 250 acres, was […]

Rhaya Manning, 3, uses binoculars to look for birds on the saltwater marshes of the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Trust during a tour of the land on Thursday. The reserve commemorated its 25th anniversary this week. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

LYMAN — Petitions seeking a town-wide vote to recall Selectman Norman Hutchins were delivered to Town Clerk Pauline Weiss Wednesday. Roland Nadeau, one of the organizers, said his motivation in seeking to recall Hutchins is because of the lawsuit Hutchins and Selectmen Chairman Leo Ruel filed on behalf of the town against the third selectman, […]

Quinn Trabold holds her goat, Sydney, on a leash Wednesday afternoon in Acton during preparations for the annual Acton Fair, which will take place today through Sunday.(Jeff Lagasse/Journal Tribune)

ACTON — Appearance, freshness, size and uniformity are all qualities that make a blue ribbon tomato, that perfect ear of corn, or an award-winning green pepper. That was the word from judges at Acton Fair, who were casting a keen eye on the displays Wednesday afternoon. “Aesthetics count,” said one of the judges, who make […]