The Hungry Ocean author Linda Greenlaw To Visit Sherman's Book Store
Author Linda Greenlaw, heralded as the nation's first and only female swordfish captain, will visit Sherman's Book and Stationery Store in Boothbay Harbor from 6:30 to 8:00 p..m. on Thursday, August 12. - Barbara Freeman

Aquaculture Uses Proposed for Boothbay Property
A lobster or fish hatchery would be productive use of the Cross River waterfront property owned by the town of Boothbay. - Robin Beck

Bayville
Bayville column - The Bayville tennis tournament was held last weekend, and was hotly contested. - Barbara Allison

Brush Fire Calls Attention to Dry, Hazardous Conditions
A brush fire on Monday burned around half an acre of land in north Boothbay located behind Boothbay Industrial Park between Reny's and Giles' pits on the power line. - Robin Beck

Cameron Boyd Returns From Year in Austria
There were good times and bad, some mountain adventures, a host of new experiences...

Isle Of Springs
Isle Of Springs column - Muffie Fernald and Sue Woolson

Junior's First Summer
Taking pictures of young moose - Her head breaks the surface of the water with a mouth full of grass from the bottom of the pond. The water cascades down over her ears and long comical face as the jaw saws back and forth grinding up the tender succulent - David A. Murray

Juniper-McKown Point
Juniper-McKown Point column - It should never be said that the distaff side of Juniper Point ``lives to eat.'' - Helen Barnes

Maine Yankee Says No To State On Soil Testing
The state has asked the Attorney General's office for help on a potential legal matter involving the decommissioning of Wiscasset's nuclear power plant. - Aaron C. Miller

Mung Bean Turns 25
Twenty-five years ago, the headline read, ``Mung Bean Sprouts in Jefferson.'' Today, Mung Bean is full grown and thriving at 37 Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor, where it has been since 1977. - Staff

Pianist Paul Sullivan To Perform At Sample's
Lincoln Arts will present popular pianist Paul Sullivan August 7. - Barbara Freeman

Selectmen To See Library Plans
A proposed plan for a new library to be built at its present site is ready to be shown to the Boothbay Harbor Board of Selectmen. - Robert Dey

Southport
Southport column - This very morning the Island Association is having its August Coffee at the home of Bill and Hillary Friedman at Horn Cove, off Cape Newagen Road (formerly East Shore Drive). Look for the SIA signs. - Jill Hansen

Sprucewold
Sprucewold column - After a brief hiatus, the column is back again this week. Anyone who has ever had a yen to see their handiwork in print, please call 633-5001. - Bill Lemcke

Squirrel Island
Squirrel Island column - This past week has been extremely busy. Monday, July 26, the Historical Society sponsored a presentation by the Island Institute of slides and commentary concerning the decline of year-round island communities. - Betty Knape and Clare Newbury

St. Andrews Village Construction Advances
Seventy percent of the cottage homes have been selected, as have two-thirds of the independent apartments, both well ahead of projection. Marketing assistant Beverly Palmer said that the interest is a tribute to the design and construction of the site. - Staff

The East Boothbay Store, Part I
Traditionally the commercial center of the village of East Boothbay was near the shipyard area. Through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the village was called Montgomerys Mills and later Hodgdons Mills, stores were clustered. - Barbara Rumsey

The Extra Point
Extra Point - When we first started hearing the Tiger Woods-vs-David Duval hype a month ago for the "Showdown at Sherwood" golf challenge won by Woods on Monday night, my first thought was, Oh no, not another Bobby Riggs-Billy Jean King thing. - Duey Graham

Trevett
Trevett column - There was great attendance at the community party on Friday evening at Community Hall. - Blanche Goodspeed

Water Levels Okay -- For Now
In spite of extremely dry conditions this summer, the water level in Adams Pond in Boothbay is only 17 inches below the weir at the dam which helps to contain the pond water. - Barbara Freeman

Woman Eludes Potential Abductor By Riding Away On Bike
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department is investigating a complaint from a woman in her mid 30's who was approached by a man who tried to get her into his car. - Paula Gibbs