Though it can vary by geography, the resounding theme the Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry has heard from hay producers this year is the volume of the first hay crop is down, according to Matthew Randall, agricultural compliance supervisor for the department.

The Whitefield food pantry, located at St. Denis’ Hall, is open the first Friday of every month to freely give out fresh produce, breads, grains, canned goods, and other household staples.

Christina Belknap and Samuel Belknap III are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Henry Owen Belknap.

A Chevrolet pickup truck traveling south on Route 27 swerved to avoid hitting an animal and instead hit a utility pole and a house shortly after 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 28.

Pemaquid Point’s Bradley Inn restaurant has reinvented itself with an updated menu, a redesigned bar and dining room, and a more comfortable, less formal atmosphere.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

The Wiscasset Primary School and Mason Station will go on the market, Wiscasset selectmen decided at their Tuesday, July 21 meeting. Real estate agent Sherri Dunbar, of Dunham Realty, was instructed to aggressively pursue their sale.

Morgan Curtis was teaching Chewonki Semester School students about environmental issues during the 2014-2015 school year as Chewonki’s sustainability fellow. Now, Curtis and her partner, Garrett Blad, are traveling by bicycle on a slow journey to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in December 2015.

Developer Tony Casella’s proposal for a three-cottage development on Davis Island received unanimous approval from the Edgecomb Planning Board Thursday, July 2, ending a months-long process complicated by the confusion surrounding Davis Island’s sewer system.

“July is not only a season of the year; it is a season of mind and memory. Hot days and sultry nights and crashing thunderstorms are a part of July, and to the drone of bees in clover fields will soon be added the high-pitched sibilance of the cicada. The tang of ripe cherries and the sweetness of sunning hay belong to July … ” Hal Borland

A Texas man has been arrested and extradited to Lincoln County for allegedly sexually abusing a 7-year-old Westport Island child “over an extended period of time” in 2010, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a Damariscotta woman Wednesday, July 29 for allegedly attempting to mail oxycodone and Percocet to someone out of state.

Waldoboro officers responded to 265 calls for service in this time period. Below are a few of the highlights.

After months of conversations, the Lincoln County Animal Shelter and the Coastal Humane Society entered into a four-month management agreement on July 6. The agreement comes on the heels of the public release of the Lincoln County Animal Shelter’s forensic audit, a review of seven years of financial records complicated by poor record-keeping.