“I love animals.”

That is the oft-repeated reason why people get involved in wilderness rescue. But for other people it’s a particular circumstance – like May 7, the day when multiple cars stopped to rescue a very young, very lost coyote pup attempting to cross Route 1 as a pair of eagles circled in the sky above.

Wiscasset voters approved each of the 20 education budget articles put before them during a special town meeting on Wednesday, April 29. The $11.2 million budget still requires final validation by voters at the polls on Tuesday, June 9.

Farrin’s Boatshop launched its latest build into the waters of The Gut in South Bristol on Tuesday, April 21.

A small wetland area in Wiscasset is a cleaner, healthier habitat for spring peepers and other wildlife thanks to a group of volunteers who saw an issue and took action.

The Waldoboro Planning Board granted conditional approval for the installation of a biomass boiler at Medomak Valley High School during its Monday, April 13 meeting.

So many residents turned out for Nobleboro’s annual town meeting at Nobleboro Central School on Saturday, March 21, Town Clerk Emerald Friend said she had to split the voting cards in half in order to have enough to go around.

Nobleboro Central School officials informed town residents of the estimated cost of addressing mold in the school during an open meeting on Saturday, March 21. Remediation and repair, which includes replacing mechanical systems throughout the building is expected to cost $4.4 million.

Arlo Rudy wasn’t sure he wanted to dance. Six years old and shy by nature, he kept close to the walls, half-hidden behind a bench, watching as fingers flew on flutes and fiddles and lines of dancers young and old bowed and curtseyed in the center of the fellowship hall of the Damariscotta Baptist Church.

Opening statements and testimony began Tuesday, Feb. 17 in a second trial for the death of 3-year-old Makinzlee Handrahan, of Edgecomb.

The Newcastle Select Board has scheduled a special town meeting to correct a clerical error involving interest on two previously approved bonds for Monday, Feb. 23.