Maine voters need to give Democrats and Republicans a “time out,” independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler said at Southport Town Hall, Tuesday, June 17.

A custom car show and benefit performance by local country rock band The Dyer Neck Gang is planned from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, June 14 at the Duck Puddle Campground in Nobleboro.

The pilot of an OH-58A+ helicopter that crashed in Whitefield May 30 allegedly told police and his employer the helicopter had fuel issues, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

Newcastle voters elected a first-time candidate to the board of selectmen and reelected another in municipal voting June 10. Both races were unopposed.

Considered a miracle by the church’s pastor, a new steeple has been erected on the Sheepscot Valley Community Church through the efforts of its congregation, a grant and a donation from a Whitefield couple.

A proposed $3,858,603 municipal budget for Waldoboro will be decided by referendum at annual town meeting on Tuesday, June 10.

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is promoting Free Fishing Days Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1 to encourage people to get out and experience Maine’s waterways.

On the eve of Memorial Day weekend, vandals raced their vehicle(s) through the new section of Village Cemetery in Jefferson. The cemetery is maintained by volunteers, who worked all week to mow and clean up the cemetery in time for Memorial Day weekend. They finished their work on Friday.

Three people, including one Waldoboro woman, were seriously injured in a head-on collision in Washington at 11 a.m. May 23, according to a press release from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office.

The Jefferson School Committee voted May 15 to pursue a legal resolution to contamination and soil quality issues with the Jefferson Village School baseball field, pending town approval.

When Edgecomb voters gather for annual town meeting May 17, they will consider a proposed town budget of $3,573,865, which represents a slight, 0.28 percent increase over last year’s budget.

By Naomi SchalitMaine Center for Public Interest ReportingThe state public advocate’s office, which represents the interests of utility customers in Maine, has withdrawn its opposition to a multimillion-dollar transaction to build wind turbines across Maine and the Northeast.

A man police say was involved in a hit-and-run accident on Bremen Road in Waldoboro May 2 has been charged with two Class E crimes, according to Waldoboro Police Officer Larry Hesseltine.

Two veteran public servants have declared themselves write-in candidates for the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen.