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.

A Kennebec County man was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty June 26 to burglarizing two Jefferson homes on Nov. 10, 2013.

Even before the town of Wiscasset approved funding for a school resource officer in the police department’s budget back in May, Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline knew he already had the ideal candidate for the new job.

The RadioShack and U.S. Cellular franchises in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta have a new name, Harbor-Tech Solutions, as of June 2014.

In his book “Liberate Hawai’i!” published in March 2014, Jefferson resident Jon D. Olsen makes the argument that the 50th state is under unlawful occupation by the United States and should be returned to its previous status as a sovereign nation.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Traffic citationsJune 16, Pamela Ahlquist, 51, of Auburn, was issued a summons for speeding 53 mph in a posted 30 mph speed zone, on Route 126, Whitefield, by Lt. Michael Murphy.

Two new, small structures at the Samoset Restaurant property in New Harbor fall below the size that requires a building permit, according to town officials.

The replacement of a culvert 12 feet underneath Bunker Hill Road in Newcastle will close the road to through traffic for up to 72 hours starting Tuesday, Aug. 5, according to Department of Transportation officials.

Nathan Nicholls, of Waldoboro, was a prolific artist and sculptor who used recycled items to weld together creatures from his imagination, or sometimes from the favorite story book of a child or grandchild.

A number of interested parties are seeking information on cemeteries and cemetery associations in Waldoboro to help determine the town’s future path for care of veterans’ graves and possibly others.