Local emergency management agency directors are responsible for emergency preparedness and planning. They are the point of contact for responders in a declared local, state, or national emergency.

Speed and alcohol are believed to be factors contributing to a fatal car crash in Whitefield Thursday night.

Lincoln Academy is one step closer to building a new baseball field after the Newcastle Planning Board approved the school’s site plan review application Oct. 29.

The Waldoboro Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance identifying two male subjects caught on video surveillance camera during an early morning burglary at the Waldoboro Smoke Shop.

The UAV Academy course available to Wiscasset High School students was the first of its kind in Maine and is now being emulated by other schools across the state, alumnus Jesse Hinman told the Wiscasset School Committee at its Thursday, Nov. 19 meeting. The course teaches students the history, regulations, applications, and science behind unmanned aerial vehicles, all while students build their own “hobby drones.”

Type into Google “the father of the light bulb.” The first page of results will have Thomas Edison as the main character in each hit. Edison is certainly the one we remember, but others added significantly to the modern light bulb.

The Dresden Planning Board approved an application for the construction of a boat ramp at Eastern River Marine Services after a brief public hearing at Pownalborough Hall Tuesday, Nov. 17.

Wells-Hussey American Legion Post 42, Damariscotta, hosted the presentation of 19 Quilts of Valor on Sunday, Nov. 15. The packed hall was standing room only as family and friends joined in thanking military veterans for their service to our country.

A 23-year-old Waldoboro man remains behind bars after police say he led them on a brief high-speed chase Friday night with two children in his vehicle.

A broken insulator brought down transmission lines on Union Road in Waldoboro at approximately 2 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13, knocking out power to 6,300 customers, Central Maine Power Co. spokesperson Gail Rice said.

Wiscasset has reinitiated conversation about the future of the dam on the Montsweag Dam Preserve. Since accepting the 22-acre parcel from Central Maine Power Co., Wiscasset has debated whether to repair the dam or remove it to improve fish passage and restore the natural ecology of the area.

Bremen Bremen Town Center will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27. Damariscotta Public Notice Town of Damariscotta The Damariscotta Public Works Department will be removing the Town floats from the Harbor by December 5, 2015. Please call the Town Office with any questions at 563-5168 Public Notice […]

The retirement of longtime Wiscasset School Department band teacher Roger Whitney in October raised concern among parents about the future of the band program, Superintendent Heather Wilmot said. “It was a challenge to find someone with a similar skill set who could support instrumental lessons and ensemble arrangements,” Wilmot said.

A-hunting we will go …A-hunting we will go,
the deer are lying low,
we’ll get one yet,
oh, you can bet,
a-hunting we will go.