After nearly two hours of debate on a single warrant article, Westport Island voters ended up with a tie vote, 37-37, at their special town meeting Saturday, Feb. 24.

The Waldoboro Planning Board approved a 98.09-acre subdivision on Old Augusta Road and an agricultural events center slated for Robinson Road during its meeting on Thursday, Feb. 22.

A Newcastle 19-year-old sustained life-threatening injuries on Monday, Feb. 26 while driving on Interstate 95 near mile marker 113 in Augusta.

The Bristol Select Board, planning board, and comprehensive plan committee held a joint meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at the town office to find a way forward for Bristol’s draft comprehensive plan.

The owner of a Connecticut-based company attended the Dresden Planning Board’s Wednesday, Feb. 14 meeting to discuss plans to expand a mobile home park in Dresden.

The Somerville Select Board convened a special meeting Wednesday, Feb. 14, to meet with Somerville Fire Chief Mike Dostie for a preliminary discussion of a rule proposed by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for emergency responders.

Some of the facilities improvements urgently needed across RSU 40 schools could be funded through investments in energy efficiency and accomplished through alignment with an energy service company, RSU 40 Facilities Director Brian Race told the district’s board of directors at their meeting Thursday, Feb. 15.

Edgecomb is one of several Lincoln County towns long ineligible for federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grants because it sold land where improvements had been made using the fund.

The future of emergency medical services in Somerville is uncertain as town leaders weigh a rate increase from current provider Delta Ambulance against limited options for timely, local, and affordable service.

On Wednesday, Feb. 14, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Maine game wardens confiscated a silver fox from the Waldoboro residence of Danielle Katherina Brann, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Communications Director Mark Latti said in an email on Friday, Feb. 16.

A new assisted living facility is slated to open on Gardiner Road in Wiscasset this fall.

The Edgecomb School Committee tabled its vote Monday, Feb. 12 on a recommended education budget that needs to account for reduced subsidy, drained reserve accounts, and student needs. Members said they want more time for public input on an existing draft before making a recommendation at a special meeting within the week.