Fire gutted a house at 232 Bunker Hill Road in Newcastle early Monday, Sept. 3. The homeowner escaped, crediting his dog for waking him up. No one was hurt in the blaze.

A Toyota Tundra pickup truck burned in the southbound breakdown lane of Route 1 in Nobleboro the morning of Saturday, Sept. 1, but no one was hurt in the fire.

At 97, Robert C. Goth still mows the family’s lawn. The Bremen Board of Selectmen recognized him as the town’s eldest resident during a ceremony at the town center Thursday, Aug. 23. 

Waldoboro officials discussed the need to buy a new, nearly $1 million ladder truck during a well-attended Waldoboro Board of Selectmen’s meeting Tuesday, Aug. 28.

Waldoboro Police Chief William Labombarde will step down as chief effective Aug. 31 and transition into a new role as the department’s school resource officer.

The veteran political analyst Charles E. Cook Jr. talked about the 2016 presidential election and prospects for this year’s midterm elections during the Lincoln Theater’s annual meeting Thursday, July 26.

A motorboat operated by a Massachusetts man struck and killed a 32-year-old Lincolnville woman who was swimming in Damariscotta Lake around 8:45 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 2.

Dyer Long Pond property owners expressed concern about the pond’s water level and what they say is the failure of a dam owner to maintain the water level during a hearing at Jefferson Village School on Thursday, July 26.

A campaign to revitalize the historic Waldo Theatre in the heart of downtown Waldoboro is getting ready for a barn party at Tops’l Farm, on Bremen Road in Waldoboro, to benefit the theater’s restoration.

Waldoboro Police Chief William Labombarde recognized two of the town’s police officers for bravery during a meeting of the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen on Tuesday, July 24.

A fire at 190 Wildwood Shores Road, on Damariscotta Lake in Nobleboro, collapsed a garage and damaged a nearby home the afternoon of Friday, July 20.