A Maine Department of Transportation road crew is currently working to improve public safety after large sections of ledge fell onto the shoulder of the Newcastle southbound on-ramp to U.S. Route 1.

As Linda Bleile concludes her 41 years as educator and principal, she said she is thankful to have had a career she truly loved, which also allowed her to be an involved mother.

Newcastle will pay 2.47 percent more to educate high-school students next year if voters approve the 2014-2015 secondary education budget.

Amber Caron of Bristol is pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Mason Alexander.

Bremen voters kept annual town meeting short March 29, passing an $830,589 municipal budget and a $471,039 secondary education budget in just over an hour.

A Wiscasset man will have to repay the state $11,129 and serve jail time for continuing to collect unemployment for seven months after finding work.

Michael A. Dunning Jr., 53, Wiscasset, domestic violence assault, priors DV, Sept. 9, 2012, Department of Corrections three years, all but four months suspended, probation two years.

Round Pond artist Kathleen Mack changed just one thing in her life on a visit to Italy last year that impacted everything about her working life as an artist. That one change was renting an apartment in Umbertide September-to-September for one year.

A new president of the Waldo Theatre Board of Directors is looking to guide the organization out of debt and back into the community’s hearts.

Colleen Bennett has reconsidered her plans to seek re-election to the Wiscasset School Board and will end her term on June 30.

Lincoln Academy broke ground on the Cable-Burns Applied Technology and Engineering Center with the help of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins at a ceremony April 11.

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen is going to promote longtime Town Clerk Lynn Maloney to the position of town administrator.

Ben Frey and Dancer Jensen-Starr, of Newcastle, are happy to announce the birth of Eleanor Liberty Frey on Jan. 10, at LincolnHealth – Miles Campus.

Wiscasset selectmen were harshly criticized by several Wiscasset residents during the public comment portion of the Board of Selectmen’s meeting Tuesday evening.