Jefferson resident Danielle Pierce is stepping into a role the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Lincoln County Board of Commissioners have said is urgently needed countywide.

Residents of Bremen discussed the future purchase of a new fire truck, charitable donations to nonprofits and the Bremen Library, and work planned for town roads and bridges at their annual town meeting on Saturday, June 28.

A newly completed addition at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay represents a renewed commitment to discovery despite mounting challenges to science in the U.S., laboratory President, CEO, and Senior Research Scientist Deborah Bronk said.

In the wake of Jefferson voters’ rejection of an initial education budget for the 2025-2026 school year at the polls in June, they will consider another, higher proposal from the school committee on Wednesday, July 9.

The island of Monhegan has been powered by an assemblage of rented and county-owned generators over the course of the past week following a power outage on island that left residents and businesses with limited water and power.

Somerville voters elected Andrew Holmes to the select board, C.J. Rideout to the office of road commissioner, and passed a municipal budget of $759,864 at their 2025 annual town meeting.

Residents of Bremen will elect officers and consider a budget of $1.8 million at their annual town meeting and municipal election on Saturday, June 28.

Westport Island voters needed just over two hours to dispatch a 66 article warrant during their annual town meeting, held in the historic town hall Saturday, June 21.

Some of Alna’s solar energy converts opened their homes to curious neighbors on Saturday, June 21, in an effort to forward conversations about what renewable energy can look like for residents.

In less than two hours, Newcastle voters approved a $3.6 million municipal budget at Lincoln Academy’s cafeteria on Monday, June 16.

With a small crowd of family and friends looking on, Midcoast Adult and Community Education celebrated the graduation of six adult learners during a brief ceremony in the Medomak Valley High School library on Thursday, June 12 in Waldoboro.

Three people were injured and two transported by LifeFlight of Maine after two cars collided head-on on the Jefferson-Whitefield line the evening of Friday, June 20.

Family members, friends, and community supporters filled the parking lot at Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro on Wednesday, June 11 to celebrate the 117 graduating seniors and their academic achievements.