Over 60 people attended the first community open house at the new FARMS Community Kitchen and Food Learning Center Tuesday, Sept. 30.

As many of you know, my lifetime career has been that of international fixed-income cash and futures trader. I have also traded commodities, equity indices, and foreign currencies.

Police are investigating a rash of thefts of manhole covers from numerous streets in Augusta over the last week.

Darick and Terri Herald, of Walpole, purchased Coastal Car Wash Sept. 15 and are settling into owning the business, which has locations in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta.

The construction of a sidewalk on Bristol Road from Main Street in Damariscotta to the Miles Campus of LincolnHealth, long in the works, now appears unlikely to start before 2016.

Mid-Coast Energy Systems is pleased to announce the hiring of David Keenan as an estimator for its heating/cooling division.

Timothy I. Marks, D-Pittston, is finishing up his first term in the Maine House of Representatives serving District 53 (Alna, Dresden, Pittston and Wiscasset) and is seeking his second term in the House to represent the newly drawn District 87 (Alna, Wiscasset, Pittston, and Randolph).

The Democratic state representative running for re-election in House District 53 says education is the solution to most of the state’s problems and it should be supported.

A National Guardsman fresh off a deployment to Afghanistan has joined the Damariscotta Police Department. Erick Halpin started work as a reserve officer Oct. 6.

The Pemaquid Oyster Festival drew thousands on Sunday to the Schooner Landing Restaurant and Marina, Damariscotta, for the annual celebration of the working waterfront.

Harvest Moon Pizza will conclude its first season as a bricks-and-mortar restaurant Thursday, Oct. 30. The restaurant opened May 8.

A Brunswick woman will serve 20 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $300,000 while employed as an accountant at Wiscasset-based Coastal Enterprises Inc.

Central Maine Power stepped in to help restore power to Jefferson residents on medical support devices Oct. 18 after a vehicle took out a FairPoint Communications utility pole, according to Jefferson Fire Chief Walter Morris.

Prominent Waldoboro attorney Philip Cohen will serve 28 days in jail after pleading guilty in July to charges of disorderly conduct and violation of condition of release.