Surrounded by loving family, Abbie Roberts, 94, died at her home in Nobleboro on Sunday, Feb. 2, after a period of declining health.

In 1985, Glenn Chadbourne, of Newcastle, was a 24-year-old college student, attending art school in Portland and nurturing a pipe dream of making a living in the niche world of make-believe horror. Today, according to the terms he set for himself, he is an unqualified success, as familiar to fans of Stephen King’s work as the personal peculiarities of the horror master himself.

The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit Central arrested a local man in connection to the body found in the Schmid Preserve in Edgecomb in December.

Surprisingly for Dresden town officials, it was the article that would have authorized the select board to sell a fire truck that drew the most attention during a 40-minute special town meeting at Pownalborough Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Following an executive session interview at the town office Thursday, Nov. 21, the Alna Select Board voted to hire William Butler, of Jefferson, as the town’s code enforcement officer and licensed plumbing inspector.

Former Damariscotta Fire Chief and longtime community stalwart James “Jimmy” Hall passed away at his home in Damariscotta on Oct. 14 following a lengthy illness.