One of the most contentious discussion topics in Washington these days concerns the role of government in our economy. “Businesses are being choked to death and driven away from this country by over-regulation and unreasonable taxation.” “Unbridled multinational corporations are destroying the lives and liberties of millions of Americans who cannot afford food, shelter, transportation, and healthcare.” What tasks are properly tackled by the public sector?

Damariscotta property owners will see a tax increase resulting from the 2014-2015 rate set by the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen on July 16.

A benefit organ recital given by organist Mitch Boucher at the Damariscotta Baptist Church Sunday, July 27 marked the first fundraising event to assist burn victim Charlotte Ramsdell, who is 2 years old.

Many years ago, when Ron Leeman was a little boy, he enjoyed the jams his mother and grandmother would make. Little did he know that later in life he would be cooking and canning 12,000 jars of jam and relishes each year for sale throughout Maine and in Connecticut and Colorado.

An over 200-year-old barn in North Waldoboro is getting some necessary repairs and a slightly new home at the hands of a local housewright.

A two-vehicle accident on Route 32 at Lower Round Pond Road around noon Friday temporarily closed the road to traffic while responders cleared the scene.

When children return to the Whitefield Elementary School in September, they will be thrilled to see new playground equipment, which has been made possible by a small town community effort.

In the big red barn of his parents’ former business, next to the old farmhouse he grew up in, Charles Harris has begun his own business venture, which has combined his passion for automobiles with finding antiques that tell their own story.

Wiscasset Board of Selectmen Vice Chairman Ben Rines Jr. did not participate in a closed-door session on July 1, after arguing for the selectmen to discuss the subject of the session in public.

Michael O. Fairservice Jr. of Whitefield and Donna M. Fairservice of Whitefield were granted a divorce on May 21. They were married in Wiscasset on Sept. 26, 2003. Shared parental rights of two minor children. Name changed to Donna Bronn.

A Damariscotta man faces a felony assault charge after allegedly striking a neighbor repeatedly with a shovel in the trailer park where both men live.

More than 450 friends and family gathered at the home of B.J. Russell and Lori Crook in Round Pond to celebrate the lives of Fran and Bill Russell at an outdoor party given in their honor and memory July 26.

The Locavore Food, Music & Arts Festival held in Waldoboro July 19 showed a roughly 25 percent increase in ticket sales over the inaugural event in 2013, according to organizer Melissa Smith.

A Whitefield family who dedicates each and every Memorial Day to making sure veterans’ graves have American flags, has begun the work of resurrecting an ancient cemetery, where at least one known veteran is buried.