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EVENTS: Benton Alewife Festival to be celebrated on May 17, 2025

May 7, 2025/0 Comments/in Benton, Community, Events/by Website Editor

The annual Benton Alewife Festival will be back again this year on Saturday, May 17, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., at the Riverfront Park, to celebrate the return of the alewives to the Sebasticook river. The alewife, also known as river herring, is one of many anadromous (migrating) fish that make their way over ninety […]

SCORES & OUTDOORS: Black Crappie escalating in Central Maine lakes

January 22, 2025/0 Comments/in Scores & Outdoors/by Roland D. Hallee

by Roland D. Hallee Because I spend my summers on Webber Pond, in Vassalboro, I have the chance to fish that lake extensively. In the 35 years my wife and I have summered there, we have caught plenty of fish of many various species: small and largemouth bass, white perch, yellow perch, chain pickerel, eels, […]

Vassalboro select board undertakes several ongoing issues

December 18, 2024/0 Comments/in News, Vassalboro/by Mary Grow

by Mary Grow Vassalboro select board members discussed many ongoing issues at their Dec. 12 meeting, and settled five. — They appointed public works department employee Brian Lajoie as the new department director, succeeding Eugene Field, who has retired. — Vassalboro First Responders Assistant Chief Josi Haskell reported the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation gave […]

SCORES & OUTDOORS: Are there carp in Webber Pond; affect of climate change on our lakes

October 30, 2024/0 Comments/in Scores & Outdoors/by Roland D. Hallee

by Roland D. Hallee Earlier this summer, in a Facebook post, I saw where someone suggested there might be carp in Webber [Pond], based on a conversation with an angler. Carp have long been an important food fish to humans. Several species such as the various goldfish breeds and the domesticated common carp variety have […]

OPINIONS: Open letter to Vassalboro residents

October 16, 2024/0 Comments/in Community Commentary, Opinion, Vassalboro/by Website Editor

COMMUNITY COMMENTARY by Christopher French Selectboard member Town of Vassalboro To the respective Voters of the Town of Vassalboro: In addition to the Presidential election this upcoming November the [Vassalboro] selectboard has presented three referendum questions for your consideration and support. The purpose of my letter focuses on the two questions seeking permission to allocate […]

VASSALBORO: Town receives good news of $200,000 grant for Mill Hill bridge replacement

August 14, 2024/0 Comments/in News, Palermo/by Mary Grow

by Mary Grow Vassalboro select board members began their Aug. 8 meeting with the good news of a $200,000 grant toward the Mill Hill bridge replacement project. The Mill Hill bridge, also called the Dunlap bridge, is actually a double culvert. It carries Mill Hill Road over Seven Mile Brook, which alewives use to migrate […]

Vassalboro road discussions dominate select board meeting

July 10, 2024/0 Comments/in China, News/by Mary Grow

by Mary Grow Two road projects dominated discussion at the Vassalboro select board’s June 27 meeting. Town Manager Aaron Miller summarized Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) plans for work on two stretches of Route 32 (Main Street) this summer. Longer-range, board members shared information on replacing the Mill Hill Road bridge over Seven Mile Stream, […]

China Lake alewife restoration initiative receives international award

July 3, 2024/0 Comments/in China, Community/by Website Editor

Submitted by Landis Hudson The China Lake Alewife Restoration Initiative, a complex, ambitious and highly collaborative project, has shown remarkable success since its completion. The effort has now received international recognition and was awarded the 2024 “Distinguished Project Award” at the recent 15th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics and Fish Passage held in Quebec City, Canada. […]