The RSU 2 Board of Directors is preparing to discuss the 2026 fiscal year budget with the school district’s communities.

Despite mixed opinions from residents, the Wiscasset Select Board voted to support a bill that aims to dedicate the town’s Route 1 railroad crossing to writer and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson.

A little over a week into her new role as the principal at Dresden Elementary School, Erica St. Peter said she is busy getting to know the school, its staff, and its students.

Over a year after it was closed to the public due to financial and operational concerns, The Morris Farm in Wiscasset will see activity again.

A 15-year resident of Whitefield, volunteer firefighter Michael Johnson is taking on a new role within the town’s EMS program.

In a special election on Friday, Jan. 31, voters chose Jeffrey Bickford to fill a vacant seat on the Dresden Select Board.

Eight years after they established an equine education and rehabilitation sanctuary on Mount Desert Island, Holly and Jamie Riordan are ready to branch out and bring their knowledge, passion, and commitment to Alna.

Despite a proposal from the AOS 93 Board to eliminate the central office’s assistant special education position, voters brought back funding for the position and passed the central office budget during meeting the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 22.

While the overall budget is decreasing, the five towns associated with the Nobleboro-Jefferson Transfer Station are going to see an increase in their contributions to the station’s approved 2025 budget.