When the Wiscasset Middle School final bell rings marking the end of the school year, it will also mark the end of the careers of four veteran educators whose combined years of educational experience total more than 140 years.

Wiscasset shop owner Heather Peaslee said so many people have helped her and her four children through a very difficult winter, and she wants to give back some of the kindness that was shown to her.

In less than an hour, a handful of Boothbay Harbor residents approved a 24-article town meeting warrant totaling $4,118,853 May 3. The new budget represents an increase of less than one percent over last year’s town budget.

Senator Chris Johnson, D-Somerville, will hold his monthly in-district office hours on Saturday, May 10, in three locations.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Recent summonsesMay 1, Amanda M. Wallace, 31, of Nobleboro was issued a summons for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, on Bayview Road, Nobleboro, by Deputy Kenneth Hatch.

South Bristol School kindergarten teacher Nancy Hatch will complete 43 years of classroom service to Maine children and launch into her retirement and the next chapter of her life when the final bell rings at noon June 20.

The First Bancorp has announced that Daniel R. Daigneault, president and chief executive officer of the company and its banking subsidiary, The First N.A., has informed the board of directors of his intent to retire in early 2015.

A Whitefield man faces felony theft and escape charges after allegedly confessing to a theft, then fleeing into the woods behind his residence Tuesday, May 20.

Bristol Consolidated School students and faculty are learning about, participating in, and celebrating Russian culture during the school’s Diversity Week.

Wiscasset interim Town Manager Don Gerrish announced at the board of selectmen’s meeting May 6 the town will begin the town manager search, starting again from scratch.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office has ruled “smoking in bed” as the cause of the fire that destroyed a Southport apartment early Tuesday, May 6.

A Damariscotta man faces a felony assault charge after allegedly attacking and strangling a female bicyclist, all while he was naked, in Nobleboro April 21.

BreadBread, good bread, is one of my very favorite foods, and part of the reason I make most of my own. By doing it myself, I can eliminate salt, which I avoid as much as possible (I don’t even have any in the house, except for salting the ice on the walk in winter); and the bread inevitably tastes better than store-bought. Besides, I can slice it myself, in as thick slices as I crave (whoever said that sliced bread was a great invention never ate at my house).

Alpaca farmers in Waldoboro have opened a new mill in town and are looking to lead by example on how to make a herd economically viable.