The Ebola epidemic that has been declared an international emergency by the World Health Organization and President Barack Obama has special significance for Maine. The media firestorm that erupted when a medical worker from Fort Kent refused to submit to quarantine upon returning from West Africa spread fear of an Ebola outbreak throughout the state.

Jonathan and Sara Burton, of Worcester, Mass., are proud to welcome with love the arrival of their daughter, Nora Jo Burton, born Oct. 17.

The Wiscasset School Board voted 5-0 to move Wiscasset seventh- and eighth-graders to Wiscasset High School next school year during a brief special meeting in the Wiscasset Middle School cafeteria Thursday, Nov. 20.

On Tuesday, Nov. 18, local residents reported fraudulent robocalls claiming to be from Bath Savings Institution.

Republican Senate candidate Les Fossel, of Alna, filed a recount request with the Department of the Secretary of State Nov. 12 in his bid against Sen. Chris Johnson, D-Somerville, for Senate District 13.

For the second consecutive winter, there will be no commercial shrimp fishing allowed in the Gulf of Maine.

Whether or not Wiscasset voters agree to close the town’s primary school facility next month, Wiscasset seventh and eighth grade will move to the Wiscasset High School beginning next fall.

Lincoln County residents continue to dig out of an a early season snowstorm that dumped more than 6 inches of wet, heavy snow on parts of the county Nov. 2 and left much of the county without electricity.

RufusRufus Hound Dog Man is the only 2013 dog left at the shelter. He is very long, tall, and strong. He is 6 years old and has been at the shelter for a little over a year. The other longtime residents have found homes. Max, Mr. Bean, Ebony, and Bentley were each seen riding off in family cars, going home for forever after.

Waldoboro resident Bill Maxwell got a bit of a shock and a peek into the past when he received a piece of mail Nov. 1 nearly 57 years after it was printed and nearly 55 years after its intended recipient died.

Charles Robert Killiam was born Nov. 4 weighing 7 pounds, 10 ounces, to Troy and Erika Killiam, of Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Westport Island Administrative Assistant, Tax Collector, Treasurer, and 2014 Spirit of America Award recipient Susan Partelow will leave Westport Island early next year.

A Bristol woman armed with an excavator and a load of logs blocked the dirt road she lives on to prevent a town contractor from paving the road Nov. 6.

The social-services agency Mobius Inc. celebrated “a good year” during the annual meeting at its Damariscotta headquarters Monday, Nov. 10.