Darlene Landry, chair of the Somerville Board of Selectmen, has resigned from the board effective Monday, April 1.

Fire caused significant damage to a mobile home at 1384 Old Route 1 in Waldoboro the evening of Tuesday, April 2.

A quick response from two firefighters prevented flames from spreading throughout a two-story home in Jefferson on Monday, April 1.

Fire destroyed a sawmill at N.C. Hunt Lumber in Jefferson early Saturday, March 30. The business will rebuild and hopes to have a new sawmill in operation in four months, though it will lay off 17 employees in the interim.

The Waldoboro Planning Board approved plans for a takeout stand near the junction of Route 1 and Route 220 and the addition of a pizza oven at a local brewery Wednesday, March 13.

Nobleboro voters negotiated compromises on funding for Skidompha Library and the authority of the Nobleboro School Committee to transfer funds between budget categories during town meeting Saturday, March 16.

The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen has voted unanimously to start the process necessary to increase water rates and to sit down with the Maine Water Co. to discuss the sale of the town’s water utility.

The Waldoboro Police Department welcomed its newest officer when  Dwight “D.J.” Jones took the oath of office during a selectmen’s meeting Tuesday, Feb. 26. 

There were no injuries in a head-on collision of two SUVs on Route 1 in Waldoboro the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 12, according to police.