The following story tells a tale of tragedy that still awaits resolution. Whether Mary Howe was buried alive, as many believed, or if she was actually dead, her final resting place remains a mystery. For her descendents, some of whom still live in the area, there is no plot to visit and there is no marker to memorialize her life.

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Waldoboro Man gets 18 Months in Trafficking Case

Clinton Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Fellow Inmate at Wiscasset Jail

Jefferson Man Indicted for Aggravated Assault Against Woman

Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Oxycodone in Waldoboro

Boothbay Man Gets Two Years in Child Porn Case

South Bristol Man Pleads Guilty to False Report in Connection with Pemaquid Point Search

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The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Alna: Maine Gravel Services Inc. to Crooker Realty Equipment LLC;

Franklin L. CarneyFranklin Lafayette Carney came to the Sheepscot part of Newcastle from Boston when he was about six years old. The family story goes that his middle name was for the French soldier Lafayette and that as a baby he had been held up the to the Marquis Lafayette and Lafayette had acknowledged him with a bow.

Government Notices Bremen Bremen Planning Board Meeting October 14, 2014 at 7:00 • Bremen Town Office I. Application for Review a. Addition to Devlin Application II. New Planning Board Business a. Combination of lots in approved subdivisions III. Old Planning Board Business a. Rezoning request b. New Permit Application Calendar: October 31, 2014 – Applications […]

Democratic candidate for governor Mike Michaud will visit Lincoln County Democratic Committee headquarters in Damariscotta at 4:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 31.

Kick the habit of quick fixes and do a long-term plan – that is the core mission of the Whitefield Roads Committee, as outlined in a draft report the panel reviewed Thursday, Oct. 17.

Wolliker’s Waldoboro Whimsies, a monthly flea market and bazaar, will benefit the Medomak Valley High School Players during their sale on Sunday, Oct. 26 at the VFW Hall in Waldoboro.

Nothing embodies the contradictions in U. S. Rep. Chellie Pingree’s life better than the $85-per-person barn “suppers” served at elegant Turner Farm, which Pingree and her wealthy financier husband, Donald Sussman, own on the island of North Haven.

Self-described “backyard beekeepers” Dick and Jean Vose, of Nobleboro, were given the Maine State Beekeepers Association’s Beekeeper of the Year award at the association’s annual meeting Oct. 18.

The Damariscotta Police Department reports the following activity:

ArrestsNichole L. Brackett, 29, Newcastle, burglary of a motor vehicle, Sept. 26.

The Gut in South Bristol will be subject to periodic closures to marine traffic in the coming months as Cianbro Corporation works to replace the swing bridge spanning the channel, according to the Department of Transportation.

Zachary T. Miller, 23, of Waldoboro, untagged lobster traps, $550 fine.

Governor Paul LePage has ordered state of Maine and U.S. flags on all public buildings and grounds to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, Oct. 7, in honor of Millicent M. MacFarland.