Voters in RSU 12 overwhelmingly approved a $19.7 school budget, 595 to 321, by referendum vote on June 11.

With the exception of Somerville, all towns voted in favor of the budget.

Hodgdon Shipbuilding has officially launched a new division, Hodgdon Yacht Services, marking the company’s significant expansion into both the yacht and pleasure boat service and refit sectors. The expansion makes Hodgdon one of New England’s largest full-service marine companies.

On June 10, Damariscotta residents will vote for a write-in candidate to fill Sally Farrell’s seat on the Great Salt Bay School Committee. Dana Orenstein and Angela Russ each declared their write-in candidacies for the three-year term in May.

At Somerville’s annual open town meeting June 21, voters opted to change the town’s treasurer, tax collector, and town clerk positions from elected to appointed positions and passed a $421,033 budget with no votes in opposition.

The Dresden Fire Department rescued a Virginia woman who was pinned under an all-terrain vehicle after the vehicle flipped over in Dresden on Saturday, June 28.

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline announces the following arrests, summonses and accidents:

SummonsesOn May 28 Christopher C. Williams, 34, of Manchester, was issued a summons for no inspection sticker.

Justin and Joy Campbell, of Nobleboro, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Wesson Garret Campbell.

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Newcastle Residents To Consider Sign Ordinance, Budget Hike

Dresden Town Meeting Preview

Wiscasset Voters Approve $9.4 Million School Budget

Waldoboro Passes Budget, Elects Minzy And Collamore

RSU 12 Voters Approve School Budget

Newcastle Elects Two Selectmen, Validates School Budgets

Damariscotta Voters Elect Russ to School Committee

Westport Island Votes to Terminate Withdrawal Process

Jefferson Voters Pass Education Budget

Dresden Re-elects Third Selectman, Tie Vote for Town Clerk

Nobleboro Passes Property Maintenance Ordinance in Close Vote

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Corrected figures were adopted for one article on the warrant for the RSU 40’s proposed 2014-2015 budget at an open meeting June 12, and voters in the district’s five towns will have a chance to validate the budget by referendum on Wednesday, June 18.

With the sudden death of Tony Trippi, the carpentry teacher at the Bath Regional Career and Technical Center, a community has come together to help complete a project he and his students began prior to his death.

Dresden voters will meet on Saturday, June 14, at Pownalborough Hall, beginning at 9 a.m. to take care of town business. The voters will face 52 articles on their town warrant.

With so many different ways scam artists trick consumers into fraudulent transactions, Maine’s Attorney General Janet Mills told residents in Damariscotta May 28, buyers need to beware, but if scammed, they need to forget the embarrassment and report it to authorities immediately.

By J.W. Oliver Damariscotta businessman runs for selectman Damariscotta Board of Selectmen candidate Jim Cosgrove brings business experience and a strong grasp of town issues to the race. (J.W. Oliver photo)  Damariscotta Board of Selectmen candidate Jim Cosgrove brings business experience and a strong grasp of town issues to the race. Cosgrove and Dennis Hilton […]

Westport Islanders voted to keep a budget advisory committee in place and continue to appropriate money for charities during annual town meeting on Saturday, June 21.