The nationwide controversy over unmanned aerial vehicles spilled into the Wiscasset selectmen’s meeting Tuesday, Aug. 4. The school committee’s request to use $4,750 from the Mary E. Bailey Fund to purchase drone kits for use in a planned class on unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs was denied in a split 2-2 vote on the select board.

The Wiscasset Police Department reported the following activity for the week ending Aug. 8.

ArrestsAmanda E. Wade, 31, Woolwich, failing to stop for an officer, Aug. 8.

Government Notices Bristol Bristol Planning Board August 20, 2015 Bristol Town Hall, 7:00 p.m. Agenda: 1.Maine Kayak, Alvah & Kelley Maloney. Shoreland ZoningApplication for a rental shop and rack on town property at 1180 Bristol Road (Map 10 Lot 20A). Newcastle PUBLIC NOTICE Newcastle Planning BoardAugust 20, 2015 • 6:30 pm,Community RoomApplication: Sully’s Hot Dogs […]

After several recent reports of a common IRS telephone scam targeting Damariscotta residents, the Damariscotta Police Department is urging residents to beware.

A jury-waived trail for a Nobleboro man accused of sexually assaulting a girl in Nobleboro and Warren in 2000 and 2001 began Friday, Aug. 21.

Deborah Ranta and Richard Ranta, of Alna, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Ella Sophia Ranta.

The additional revenue Alna may receive in the 2015-2016 fiscal year due to a recent revaluation of Central Maine Power Co. and Maine Electric Power Co. equipment may enable the town to drop its mil rate by two points, selectmen said at their July 29 meeting.

The Chewonki Foundation began as a boys camp founded by science teacher and headmaster Clarence Allen in 1915. The camp settled on Chewonki Neck in Wiscasset in 1918 and transformed through the tenure of its four presidents into an educational movement that uses the natural world as its classroom.

River Mist Kayaks in Bristol Mills rents sit-on or sit-in kayaks, paddleboards, and tandem kayaks for use on the Pemaquid River – a launch site is just across the street from River Mist Kayaks – or at one of the local ponds.

As of July 23, Waldoboro village has a source of world-famous Gifford’s ice cream.

A 19-year-old Falmouth man must pay back $18,809 and serve 30 days in jail and three years of probation for forging his Waldoboro grandmother’s checks.

U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews and a Boothbay Region Ambulance Service paramedic medically evacuated a 2-year-old girl from Monhegan Island at approximately 12:15 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24.

A Vassalboro man will serve four months in jail after pleading guilty to felony eluding an officer in connection with a high-speed chase through Whitefield, Jefferson, and Newcastle April 19.

From intern to entry-level employee to program manager and now executive director, the new leader of Mobius Inc. has had a relationship with the agency spanning essentially half her life.