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.

A new Family Dollar discount store is planned for Route 1 in Waldoboro, across from Harold C. Ralph Chevrolet.

Following an executive session in the high school library Monday evening, the Wiscasset School Board voted unanimously to hire Cheri Towle, of Newcastle, to be the new Wiscasset High School Principal.

The Mobius Creative Expressions Art Show is on display at River Arts in Damariscotta through Friday, May 16.

The Wiscasset School Board voted 4-1 May 1 to approve a $9.4 million school budget, which now awaits approval of Wiscasset taxpayers.

A Boothbay man faces 12 felony and nine misdemeanor charges of distributing and possessing child pornography last September and October.