An East Boothbay fishermen survived nearly an hour in the 54-degree Damariscotta River after getting caught in ropes and falling overboard Sunday morning, Oct. 26.

A New Harbor man has purchased both locations of Hilltop Stop Redemption Center and renamed the business The Bottle King.

Over 30 veterans’ services organizations gathered at Wavus Camps in Jefferson Oct. 14 to collaborate and find ways to further their missions together, according to Christine Toriello, executive director of the Travis Mills Foundation.

Representative Jeffrey Evangelos, I-Friendship, has his eye on addressing the minimum wage, healthcare, and education funding if reelected this fall and hopes to achieve his goals with a cooperative approach.

Evangelos, an incumbent in the current House District 49, is running against another incumbent, Rep. Ellen Winchenbach, R-Waldoboro.

Pittston resident Jeffery P. Hanley is the Republican candidate running in the general election on Nov. 4 against District 53 incumbent Timothy Marks for District 87 in the Maine House of Representatives.

Jeffrey Pierce, the owner of a residential construction business in the Midcoast for the past 27 years, is the Republican candidate for House District 53, which includes Arrowsic, Dresden, Georgetown, Phippsburg, part of Richmond, and Woolwich.

Caitlyn Norcross and Charles Moore, of New Harbor, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, River Phillip Moore.

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).