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When my octogenarian friend, Carolyn Welch, invited me to join her and companions for a sea kayak trip to Crow Island in Merepoint Bay, I eagerly accepted. Although scheduled for hip surgery a few days later, I found kayaking manageable and the proposed excursion was a modest one. Her plan was to depart from Mere Point Boat Launch near the southern end of Merepoint Neck in Brunswick.

GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine — The lawn outside the main lodge at Weatherby’s Resort was abuzz with excitement on Thursday morning. Decked out in their waders, the participants and volunteers in Maine’s second Reel Recovery retreat chatted before heading to the iconic fly fishing waters of Grand Lake Stream. Eight men from Maine, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Virginia and New Hampshire made the trip for the chance to wet a line and experience the calm and beauty of this picturesque town.

It has been two years since opponents of Central Maine Power’s electric hydropower project first launched an attempt to bring it down at the ballot box. A failed question and millions of dollars in spending later, Maine residents will soon have their chance to weigh in on the project’s future.

As COVID-19 testing demand surges across Penobscot County amid the rapid spread of the delta variant, residents are finding it harder to book appointments for virus tests and seeing longer wait times for results, especially if they are not symptomatic. More than 13,000 COVID-19 tests were done in Penobscot County in the two weeks leading up to Thursday, a rate that is 15 percent higher than the rest of Maine, according to Maine Center for Disease Control data.

If residents vote to surrender corporate powers in November, Owensville could be the third village in Clermont County to dissolve since 2019.       

The Bengals face Jacksonville on Thursday Night Football, Cincinnati hospitals face vaccine mandates and could Gart Brooks return this year?