An individual experiencing a medical event at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson required a coordinated effort by local responders to get to safety on Saturday, Feb. 28.

The Round Pond community turned out in force for Steve Brackett on Saturday, Feb. 21, crowding into the former Odd Fellows Hall in the heart of the village for a luncheon fundraiser that raised more than $5,000 for the local businessman.

Waldoboro firefighters ended the workweek on a busy note Friday, Feb. 20, responding to two separate structure fires in less than five hours.

Friends and family crowded into the Wiscasset Community Center on Saturday, Feb. 14 to celebrate the life of Robert “Bob” Sommers Jr.

Following an extended illness, former state Rep. Jeff Evangelos, I-Friendship, died on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

The food was excellent and the conversation was cordial during the fourth annual Democratic-Republican-Unenrolled Soup and Chili Lunch held at the First Baptist Church of Nobleboro on Saturday, Feb. 7.

Declaring he is sick with the state of politics in Augusta, Maine Rep. Abden Simmons, R-Waldoboro, has decided not to seek a third consecutive term this year.

The Johns Bay Coastal Alliance Education Service Center Board unanimously approved the first two hires for the new school system on Thursday, Feb. 5.

No matter what happens at the polls next fall, residents Maine House District 46 are virtually guaranteed to send a new representative to Augusta for the start of the 133rd Legislature.

Three local responders drew praise from the Damariscotta fire chief after their efforts extricated an incapacitated man from an overturned, burning vehicle on Saturday, Jan. 17.