After a Morse High School sophomore was diagnosed with cancer, locals pulled together to raise funds to help the Totman family cover expenses.
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Phippsburg Land Trust to host guided walk to McKay Farm
Phippsburg Land Trust will host a guided walk to McKay Farm with Barry Logan, professor of biology at Bowdoin College, from 9-11:30 a.m. Sunday, June 1. Logan, along with land trust board members Michelle Holdridge and Dan Dowd, will lead this two-and-a-half-hour walk starting at the Cooley Center Pond parking lot (on Parker Head Road […]
Phippsburg got its name from a Maine knight who ended the Salem Witch Trials
One of the great legends in New England history rose from modest beginnings on Maine’s Midcoast. He became the first man knighted in the North American Colonies, the first royal governor of Massachusetts and he ended the most notorious mass hysteria in American history. William Green Phips was born at Nequasset in present-day Woolwich on […]
Phippsburg Land Trust to host apple tree pruning clinic
Phippsburg Land Trust will host a guided walk and apple tree pruning clinic from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Wilbur Preserve, Coxs Head Road, Phippsburg. Join land trust board member Dan Dowd and Lindsay Nelson to learn best pruning practices for apple tree health. Bring hand pruners, loppers or pruning saws, and water and […]
‘A River of Blood’: The violent history behind Kennebec River settlement
Gerard Gawalt shares how, although uncomfortable, facing decades of conflict between Abenaki and white settlers along the Kennebec River can help us better deepen our connection to people and place.
Want to save Maine’s dunes? Donate that dried-out Christmas tree.
Residents of Georgetown and Arrowsic can donate Christmas trees this weekend to help restore the dunes at Reid State Park. This festive conservation method has received much attention at nearby Popham Beach.
Judge rules in Popham Beach property access case, but questions remain
The decision closes one chapter in the more than 2-year legal battle between the Tappen and Hill families.
U.S. Navy to conduct maintenance dredging in December
Local fishermen are advised to relocate their gear near the shoaled areas between Phippsburg and Bath for safe navigation of Navy destroyers.
Sagadahoc County voters consider criticism from governor, Lewiston commission in vote for sheriff
Both candidates have been criticized for the department’s failure to stop the gunman in the mass shooting. While that has swayed some voters, others said it’s not on their radar.
Trial in Popham Beach land dispute ends; judge expected to rule within weeks
The Hill and Tappen families are suing each other over the ownership of a 3.5-acre piece of beachfront property in the Popham Beach Estates Subdivision in Phippsburg.