Due to legislation enacted in 2011, Maine became the 41st state to allow public charter schools, which can be formed either through a state application process or through the permission of a school district.

A Waldoboro man arrested in June as part of a Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigation into crack cocaine and heroin distribution in Knox and Lincoln County pleaded guilty Monday, Aug. 24 to charges connected to the case.

After more than five years operating out of Brunswick, Firefly LLC has returned to Damariscotta with a new office above Round Top Ice Cream on Main Street.

Damariscotta is again researching the possibility of a pay-to-park system downtown two years after the subject sparked a months-long debate.

National Weather Service representatives presented Newcastle resident Arlene Cole with the Edward H. Stoll Award for 50 years of collecting weather data Thursday, Aug. 13.

Construction on the new South Bristol salt and sand shed on Old Barn Road in Walpole is underway.

Gov. Paul R. LePage announced Monday, Aug. 31 that Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Patricia Aho is stepping down. After four years serving in the LePage administration, Aho has accepted a position within the Office of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

Government Notices Bristol Public Notice Bristol Mills Dam Inspection The Town of Bristol intends to perform a short duration draw-down of the Bristol Mills Dam impoundment for the purposes of dam inspection and gate operation maintenance. The Bristol Mills Dam is located in the village of Bristol Mills and impounds the Pemaquid River below Biscay […]

For more than 30 years, residents of Central Lincoln County have wanted a community swimming pool. If things go according to plan in the next few years, they will get two.

Bremen’s mil rate is going up $1.50 per $1,000 valuation this year, an increase of about 14 percent over 2014, according to town documentation.

Governor LePage came to the Midcoast region last week to help dedicate American Legion Post 20 in Brunswick. One of his comments caught the attention of my wife.

The Lincoln Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority will have two new representatives from Lincoln County to guide Two Bridges Regional Jail into an uncertain future. According to the statute that governs the jail authority, the 12-member board is to be composed of six representatives from each county.

The pilots of the Texas Flying Legends Museum congregated at the Wiscasset Municipal Airport for one last ride through the Lincoln County sky Saturday, Aug. 22 before departing for Houston, Texas.

Laurie Chandler, of Bremen, became the first woman to solo the length of the 749.7 mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail in mid-August. Chandler started her adventure on the Fulton Chain of Lakes in Olde Forge, New York June 20.