The building in the heart of Boothbay Harbor’s downtown waterfront district wasn’t vacant for long.

The storefront at 41 Commercial St. is the new home of Finest Kind, a store offering a variety of vintage items, jewelry, contemporary clothing, antiques, and a number of other unique items to shoppers.

Maine State Police arrested two Biddeford men and are seeking a third man in connection to more than 25 burglaries at businesses this year, including in the midcoast.

Great Salt Bay Community School has some new, furry faces living in its courtyard this school year.

Cheri Towle, current principal of Wiscasset Middle High School, accomplished a long-held career goal Monday, Sept. 14 when the Brewer School Committee voted unanimously to hire Towle as their next superintendent.

Staffing schedules, uniforms, and ambulance repairs were the focus of Wiscasset Ambulance Service interim Director Joseph McCole’s first meeting with the membership Tuesday, Sept. 8. After a whirlwind personnel change following former Director Roland Abbott’s resignation Sept. 1, which happened so fast McCole said he began work before even signing a contract, all eyes were directed toward the future.

Knox County law enforcement agencies, including the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and the Camden, Rockland, Rockport, and Thomaston police departments, are requesting the public’s help regarding burglaries at local businesses.

The Dresden Planning Board has fined a Ludwig Road gravel pit owner for violating a stop-work order, although the owner denies knowingly violating the order.

Traffic moved slowly on Lincoln County’s back roads from Sept. 9-13 as 53 Model T Fords traveled 25-30 mph through the county as part of the 30th annual Mainely T Tour. The Model T Ford, manufactured from 1908-1927, revolutionized the economy of the United States and brought the world into the automotive age.

Christopher Simmons, 31, of Waldoboro, domestic violence assault; criminal mischief, seven days in jail.

A woman escaped with minor scratches when she rolled her car after falling asleep at the wheel in Nobleboro late Thursday afternoon, Sept. 24, according to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office personnel.

Richelle Powers and Neal Ross Jr., of Damariscotta, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Elias Neal.

More than two months into the fiscal year, the Lincoln-Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority approved a “bare-bones” budget for 2015-2016 at its Tuesday, Sept. 15 meeting. The uncertainty surrounding the state funding formula for county jails in recently enacted legislation prevented the previous development of a budget for the full fiscal year, forcing Two Bridges Regional Jail to operate on a monthly budget.

After years of planning, public meetings, and redesigns, South Bristol is getting closer to having a new bridge.

A Nobleboro man was found not guilty of four counts of class A gross sexual assault at the conclusion of a jury-waived trial on Wednesday, Sept. 2 in Lincoln County Superior Court in Wiscasset.