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.

Two Bridges Regional Jail, one of four flagship jails in Maine with the mission of housing out-of-county inmates under the 2008 jail consolidation law, will no longer house out-of-county inmates without reimbursement.

Wiscasset residents turned out in force to the selectmen’s meeting Aug. 4 to weigh in on Maine Department of Transportation’s forthcoming decision on the Federal Street weight limit.

A solar system on your roof pays for itself by lowering your electric and heating bills. It also keeps dollars formerly spent on imported fuel in the local economy, creates good-paying jobs and reduces your carbon footprint.

LincolnHealth is exploring the possibility of building a $13 million family care center on its Miles Campus, a project hospital officials describe as equal in significance to the hospital’s construction.

Brandon L. Achorn, 29, Wiscasset, OUI (alcohol), May 24, $500.

A criminal case involving a robbery and burglary in Boothbay from over two years ago and a defendant who has already spent more than a year in jail after his bail was revoked is once again headed for trial.

A tractor-trailer being used to deliver vehicles to auto dealerships was disabled shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday, July 9 when its gas tank ruptured at the Irving gas station on Bath Road in Wiscasset.

Lincoln County’s full-time prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Andrew Wright, is leaving his position to open a private practice in Brunswick.

With little discussion, the Midcoast Economic Development District’s general assembly voted to dissolve Thursday, June 25 pending approval of the transfer of its federal economic development district designation to the Midcoast Council of Governments.

A new Family Dollar location in Waldoboro under construction since last year is slated to open on Thursday, July 30, according to Bryn Winburn, public and media relations manager for the company.