Outlet Stream News Today

Sanitary District Trustees unanimously agreed to look into hooking up with the Kennebec Sanitary Treatment District as the cheapest way to deal with the aging system.

Some residents say their sewer bills next year will be more expensive than their taxes. Officials have previously said they need to money to pay off an extensive infrastructure project.

The Vassalboro Sanitary District told customers their sewer bills would increase 60 percent in January 2024, and more in the following years.

The Sebasticook River below Clinton boasts one of the highest concentration of eagles than any other area in the continental U.S.

Downeast Trout Unlimited plans to hold its first meeting of the season at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, via Zoom. Matt Streeter, project manager for the Maine Rivers China Lake Alewife Restoration Initiative, will speak. This project successfully restored a run of close to a million alewives to China Lake for the first time since […]

Alewives are among several fish species called “anadromous” or “sea-run” that move back and forth between fresh and saltwater at key points during their lifecycle.

A smiling Darrell Young says he and his son’s 2022 alewife catch is better than ever, but he won’t divulge by how much their harvest will top the 500 to 700 bushels landed in previous years.

The last time alewives made the 70-mile journey from the ocean to China Lake in central Maine, the American Revolution had just come to an end in 1783. Since then, the sea run fish, also known as river herring, have been blocked from their historic spawning grounds by a series of dams. But this week, something remarkable happened: the fish returned.

The last time alewives made the 70-mile journey from the ocean to China Lake in central Maine, the American Revolution had just come to an end in 1783. Since then, the sea run fish, also known as river herring, have been blocked from their historic spawning grounds by a series of dams. But this week, something remarkable happened: the fish returned.

The contractor owns nine buildings downtown, including the former American Woolen mill, and his latest project is a park on Outlet Stream.