A 19-year-old Bremen man has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and two years of probation for burglarizing a Damariscotta home Dec. 16, 2014.

Updated May 1 at 2:15 p.m.
The remains of a man found in Pinkham’s Auto Repair & Tires in Waldoboro after it burned April 24 have been positively identified as the business’s owner, Jeff Pinkham, according to Waldoboro Fire Chief Paul Smeltzer.

In a plea deal reached April 13, a Wiscasset woman pleaded guilty to trafficking in prison contraband, a class C felony, and violating conditions of release, a class E misdemeanor.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen and Damariscotta Budget Committee agreed to reduce their municipal budget recommendations by $40,337.92 during a special meeting Monday, May 18.

Pastel artist Anne Heywood opened her new Heywood Gallery at 921 Main St. in Waldoboro over the weekend, and she and her husband, Bob, have launched a history project to collect stories about the building the gallery is located in.

A Newcastle general contractor and member of a town committee recently formed to review land use regulations is running for selectman as a write-in candidate.

Sue Varney was summoned from retirement to the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday, May 19, in addition to the wife and family of former Selectman William J. Curtis, to hear the dedication of the 2014 town report.

Damariscotta voters will reconvene Thursday, May 28 to consider the same 2015-2016 secondary education budget proposal voted down at a special town meeting May 6.

Edgecomb voters will decide two contested elections when they take to the polls Friday, May 15. Two contenders turned in nomination papers to challenge the incumbent candidates for the positions of tax collector and selectman.

The 42 semester students at The Chewonki Foundation competed in a sustainability challenge the week of April 27 to determine how much energy they could collectively not use.

It was standing room only at Whitefield’s central fire station Tuesday, May 12 with over 50 residents crowding in to attend an informational session held by the board of selectmen about a personal property tax survey recently sent to every Whitefield household.

The Wiscasset Town Office is currently unable to conduct business due to lightning striking the office’s computer server during the Thursday, May 28 thunderstorm.

A 36-year-old Bristol man was sentenced to a year in prison and two years of probation May 11 for trafficking Suboxone in Newcastle, as well as a concurrent 10-month term for a burglary in Bristol.

The Wiscasset Primary School is not eligible for property insurance, town officials were informed following a loss control survey conducted by Wiscasset’s insurance company.