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Mainers challenge themselves to reading goals during the pandemic A 9-year-old who has read some 250 books and a book club that tackled 'War and Peace' are among those filling their downtime with reading. Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer Nine-year-old Lucy Harkness used to do have days filled with school, gymnastics, soccer or some other extra-curricular activity. But since the pandemic began, the Portland fourth-grader’s life – not to mention her family’s home – has become filled with books. Her mother, who works at the Portland Public Library, brings home a shopp...

BILL PEARSON Wed, 04/14/2021 - 10:30am The Maine Department of Transportation has announced its work plan for the next three years. The plan includes all capital projects and programs, maintenance and operations activities, planning initiatives, and administrative functions. This plan contains 2,180 work items with a total value of $2.71 billion. The following projects are scheduled for Lincoln County for 2021.  In Wiscasset, there are two projects for Wiscasset Municipal Airport. An aviation, runway/taxiway, reconstruction project is for safety and infrastructure improvements whi...

Little ice on Kennebec River system delays smelt season Warmer than average temperatures and heavy rains so far this winter have slowed ice formation on the Kennebec River and its tributaries, and it's not clear that enough ice will form for smelt fishing this year. Share Jake Adams, left, and Jim McPherson push a smelt camp off the trailer Tuesday at Jim’s Camps in Bowdoinham. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal DRESDEN — Sharon James is spending her days in the latter part of January fielding phone calls for James Eddy Smelt Camps. People are calling from across Maine and New England to find...

Read Article Jim’s Camps on the Cathance River in Bowdoinham normally has camps on the river by mid-January but so far, there is still no ice. Here, his camps are seen on the river in 2018. AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File BOWDOINHAM — Warmer than average temperatures this winter have left local smelt fishing businesses without ice, or customers. “It’s definitely put a halt on my income,” said Jim McPherson, who has run his smelt camp business on the Cathance River in Bowdoinham for about 50 years. The winter was looking promising in December but the state was hit with rain and wa...

been carrying throughout the east coast. back to you. >> no doubt about that. thanks. we'll continue to check in with you. let's check in with affiliate wcbs who's driving around in brooklyn, see what the scene is there. >> doing everything that residents can expect and even more. we'll get by this. we will get by this. >> there are some gutsy calls involved here. when you start telling people to evacuate, that's something many have never been told to do before. when you make the decision in conjunction with governor cuomo to shut down the mta system at noon on saturday before the st...