A Waldoboro man who pleaded guilty to unlawful trafficking in schedule W drugs (oxycodone) in April was sentenced Sept. 25 to five years in prison with all but 18 months suspended.

On Sunday over 400 walkers joined forces in Damariscotta to raise money for research to finish the fight and prevent breast cancer in the annual American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.

Sydney Roberts Rockefeller married into the iconic family, prominent in U.S. politics, industry, and philanthropy since the 1800s – and she’s made a name for herself as an artist, competitive sailor, and big Obama supporter.

Corey D. Allen, 42, Warren, endangering the welfare of a child, June 4; burglary, June 4; robbery, June 4, reckless conduct, June 4; aggravated criminal mischief, June 4; domestic violence assault, June 4, all dismissed.

A citizens’ petition requiring a referendum vote on the Wiscasset School Board’s decision to close the Wiscasset Primary School was submitted to the town office Oct. 15.

Representative Ellen Winchenbach, R-Waldoboro, is a small-business owner in support of a minimum wage increase, access to affordable health care, and looking into ways to keep energy costs down.

The vast majority of some 300 Bristol residents at a special town meeting Wednesday, Oct. 1 voted against allowing an offshore wind project to connect to the grid in Bristol.

The Damariscotta River Association is growing, with the acquisition of new land, an island and other projects in the making, all now under the banner of national accreditation.

After voting on the first Tuesday in November, Wiscasset voters could find themselves going back to the polls on the first Tuesday in December if a citizen’s petition opposing the Wiscasset School Board’s decision to close the Wiscasset Primary School receives enough support.

Daniel Gifford and Alexandria Piper, of Waldoboro, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Liam Aiden Gifford.

A Clinton man pleaded guilty Sept. 25 to the aggravated assault of a fellow prisoner at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset July 10.

A project to improve the art room and library at Dresden Elementary School came to fruition with the grand opening for The Kenyon Center for Arts and Literacy Oct. 20.

Stephen King’s political roots go back to his days at the University of Maine, where he raised hell in the late ’60s as an anti-Vietnam War activist, when he was just embarking on a writing career that would make him one of the world’s best-read novelists.

Dane Anderson, 66, of Swarthmore, Penn., operate without safety equipment, July 25, $100, waived.