South Bristol dedicated a new monument to its veterans with help from Maine’s first lady and state legislators at the town office Friday, July 17.

The 11&12 Little League baseball all-stars tournament kicked off at Clyde Sukeforth Field in Waldoboro Saturday, July 25, and on the field were the men who started it all. Twenty-one members of the four original teams that launched Little League Baseball in Waldoboro in 1952 were honored in the opening ceremony.

Rockland optometrist Dr. William Coppola hopes to open a Damariscotta office in his new building across from Young’uns on Main Street by September.

As part of discussions on the failed budget for the office of the town manager, Waldoboro Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs offered July 14 to keep her salary flat for the 2015-2016 fiscal year.

Damariscotta author and journalist Brian Kevin recently captured an award for the best nonfiction book by a Maine author in 2014 with his debut effort.

Katrina Guernsey and Jamie Goodwin, of Warren, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Alekzander Vincent Goodwin.

A Damariscotta woman and a Pemaquid woman were transported to LincolnHealth – Miles Campus with non-life-threatening injuries after a crash on Route 129 in South Bristol Wednesday afternoon, July 29.

Sawyer’s Way in Edgecomb, a homegrown family antique and salvage business, will soon open the first auction house on the Boothbay peninsula. The Edgecomb Planning Board approved Jeff and Jen Dowdy’s site plan review application for the construction of an accessory building adjacent to the Sawyer’s Way store on Route 27 at the board’s July 16 meeting.

Moving from Hope about six weeks ago, a relatively new business called Flame Grilling Products has set up shop on Winslow’s Mills Road in Waldoboro.

A sunny day in Edgecomb has new meaning due to a recently constructed solar farm on River Road. The solar farm, which is the second in Maine and the first to be member-owned, is ready to harvest energy from the sun to reduce the electric bills and greenhouse gas emissions of the Edgecomb Community Solar Farm Association’s nine members.

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.