A Friday, April 5 house fire on South Clary Road in Jefferson resulted in the complete destruction of a home over the course of a day, said Jefferson Fire Chief Darin Walker. No residents were in the home at the time and there were no injuries, he said.

The Maine Department of Transportation is planning reconstruction and rehabilitation of Damariscotta’s Main Street (Route 1B) at an undetermined date. The work would begin 0.01 miles east of the road’s intersection with Church Street and continue for 2.25 miles northeast.

In a continuation of a discussion ongoing since October 2023, the Jefferson School Committee voted to ban “sexually explicit” material from the school library during its meeting on Monday, April 1.

Students participating in Whitefield Elementary School’s drama club are sporting their creative sides as they rehearse a play that they created about the circus during meetings Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

A new state law signed by Gov. Janet Mills will result in putting nearly $93 million of Maine Yankee property back on Wiscasset’s tax roll.

Students at Bristol Consolidated School enjoyed a whirlwind introduction to Chinese culture involving food, music, dance, and visual art during the last week in March, when the school held its 26th annual Diversity Week.

Central Maine Power Co. will use two Alna town roads to access construction on the New England Clean Energy Connect power corridor and repair damage caused by heavy equipment during the posted road season. The Alna Select Board gave authorization to the company at a special meeting Wednesday, March 27.

Great Salt Bay Community School art teacher and multidisciplinary artist Coreysha Stone, of Alna, will be honored this spring by the Maine Art Education Association as the Middle Level Art Educator of the Year.

Two permanent electronic speed signs will be installed in downtown Waldoboro this spring as part of a shared effort from the town and state to reduce speeding in the historic village, town manager Julie Keizer told the Waldoboro Select Board at its meeting on Tuesday, March 26.

A comprehensive structural site assessment of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office headquarters in Wiscasset indicates the building needs almost $7.5 million in necessary repairs and renovations.

Alna voters chose a change in select board and road commissioner leadership at the ballot box Friday, March 22. Select board Chair Ed Pentaleri, who sought reelection to the two-year term with no opponent on the ballot, was surpassed by six votes by write-in Nicholas Johnston.

A number of rare livestock breeds that have nearly vanished elsewhere in the world are thriving in Waldoboro, thanks to the efforts of passionate local farmers.

Alna voters rejected a proposed ordinance regulating mining and blasting and increased funding for several line items at a nearly five-hour annual town meeting on Saturday, March 23.

After a lengthy discussion, Whitefield voters authorized the allocation of the remaining funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 at the Saturday, March 16 annual town meeting.