Brooks Trap News Today

ROCKLAND -- Eight weeks after being erected and standing tall through storms and sun, the Rockland Lobster Trap Tree was dismantled Friday, Jan. 12.

ROCKLAND — The 2023 edition of the communitys holiday Lobster Trap Tree is expected to be the brightest of the nearly 20 years that the tree has been erected.

ROCKLAND — The 2023 edition of the communitys holiday Lobster Trap Tree is expected to be the brightest of the nearly 20 years that the tree has been erected.

THOMASTON — Wayne Addison McFarland, 70, passed away on May 9, 2023, at the Sussman House in Rockport, with his loving family by his side.

THOMASTON — Wayne Addison McFarland, 70, passed away on May 9, 2023 at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine, with his loving family by his side. Wayne was born in Damariscotta, Maine on October 24, 1952, to parents William and Virginia Goudy...

THOMASTON — Watts Hall Community Arts welcomes Theater at Monmouth to the stage of Watts Hall, 174 Main St., for a family production of “The Reluctant Dragon” Saturday, May 13,

Volunteers are helping build the city’s traditional holiday landmark.

Maine lobstermen say there's a critical shortage of specialized trap-gear they need to comply with new federal whale protection rules that go into effect this spring. The industry and Maine political leaders are asking the feds to postpone the deadline by two months. But some gear-makers and suppliers say they can make it available, if only someone would order it.

Beginning on May 1, new federal rules will require lobstermen to use rope that's weak enough to allow endangered North Atlantic right whales to break through it. But they complain they need at least two more months for the supply chain to catch up.