Nick Ullo News Today

There is a new Southport School Committee chairman. On April 22, the committee elected Nick Ullo, who previously served as vice-chairman, to the top spot. He succeeds Adam Harkins, who served the past nine years as chairman. Harkins was later...

There goes the neighborhood. Boothbay Region Land Trust From the Boothbay Harbor Register (April 1, 2024) ~~ After a very unpopular 2022 decision requiring all dogs be on leashes on four of their most popular preserves , the Boothbay Region Land...

Adam Harkins spent 12 years as a Southport School Committee member before losing re-election to a fifth term. But it only took 21 days for him to return. On March 25, Southport School Committee held a special meeting to fill the vacancy created by...

Tuesday, May 21 The CDWI (Clean Drinking Water Initiative) will present three evening sessions on why and how to protect our local drinking water sources. Each session is a self-contained unit and participants may attend one, two or all three. The...

From Maine to California, communities across America struggle to provide clean drinking water to their residents. In contrast, the Boothbay region has a matchless opportunity to preserve our public drinking water supplies before we have a problem...

Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) is pleased to announce the purchase and conservation of a large tract of forested land off River Road in Edgecomb. The property, which transferred ownership to BRLT on Oct. 13, 2023, includes just over 100 acres of...

The newly created blasting committee is drafting an ordinance with a goal of protecting property owners’ rights and local drinking water wells. Southport Planning Board Chairman Skip Simonds picked Jeff Long and Jeff Brown to lead the effort. The...

The town of Southport’s Climate Action Team and Sunrise Ecologic are co-sponsoring an open house on Aug. 17 at the Southport Town Office from 6 to 8 p.m. This free event is open to the public to meet members of the Climate Action Team (CAT), learn...

Freeman Geyer’s seasonally magical waterfront scene with Santa and the reindeer flying in front of a full moon won Grand Prize in the 2022 Eastside Waterfront Park Family Christmas Ornament Decorating contest. The ornaments provide artistic...

BRLT opened a new natural playground in a “branch cutting” ceremony July 16 at its Oak Point Farm headquarters. The playground was designed by Carson Douglas Landscape Architecture’s Bill Joyce, and built by Kennebec Trail Company’s John Copeland...