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54 BELOW will present a special edition of Backstage Babble Live celebrating the iconic wall of Broadway flop posters at Joe Allen Restaurant. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Georgetown Historical Society, Georgetown Conservation Commission and the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust are co-hosting a talk focused on Georgetown’s marshes at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. This free program is focused on the history of marsh management, how that translates to the way marshes look today and how restoration work today takes that history into […]

A Hampshire charity celebrating its 100th anniversary has been given the royal seal of approval.

A team of volunteers spent the weekend building a pavilion outside Phippsburg Elementary School where students will be able to enjoy shade and fresh air.

New research shows that blacklegged ticks have been increasing in abundance in a Midcoast forest over the past 30 years – and bringing more Lyme disease with them. 

Tracking the types of ticks that plague Maine helps scientists predict which tick-borne pathogens might become a problem. New research shows that blacklegged ticks have been increasing in abundance in a Midcoast forest over the past 30 years — and bringing more Lyme disease with it. Blacklegged ticks infected with a certain bacteria are the […]

Small mammal research focus of Zoom event Feb. 18 Bath land trust to host talk by associate scientist for UMaine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests. Read Article Jack Witham, associate scientist for University of Maine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, will talk about the roles of rodents and how their populations tell stories about forest health at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, via Zoom, according to a news release from the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust in Bath. The talk,...

Small forest mammal discussion is Feb. 18 The Times Record   Kennebec Estuary Land Trust will host Jack Witham’s to talk about the ecological role of small mammals and what population trends say about local forest health. Photo courtesy Holt Research Forest via Kennebec Estuary Land Trust The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust will host a discussion Thursday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m. via Zoom on the roles of rodents and how their populations tell stories about forest health. Jack Witham of the Univers...

Learn about sturgeon in Maine via Zoom Jan. 21 Lecture provided by Kennebec Estuary Land Trust. Share Learn about sturgeon of Maine from Dr. Gayle Zydlewski on Jan. 21, hosted by Kennebec Estuary Land Trust. Photo courtesy of Dr. Gayle Zydlewski A virtual lecture about some of Maine’s most interesting fish will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, on Zoom. Although you may have seen or heard sturgeon leap and splash in Maine’s Kennebec and Sheepscot rivers, these large bony fish are rare ...

Land trust to present lecture series The Times Record Share A virtual lecture organized by the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 will focus on sturgeon. The lecture will feature Gayle Zydlewski, a professor at the University of Maine who has carried out research on sturgeon in Maine’s rivers for more than 10 years. Zydlewski will discuss where sturgeon can be found along Maine’s coast, how they live and what recent research in Maine has found out about them. On Thursd...