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.

A polarizing proposal to install floating wind turbines off Monhegan Island did not receive an important $47 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Jeremy D. Reed, 36, of Edgecomb, a charge of operating a vehicle after registration suspended was dismissed, for an incident in Bath on Dec. 11, 2013.

A trio of Damariscotta residents, two with backgrounds in dance and theater, find friendship and an opportunity for creative expression as members of the troupe Hearts Ever Young.

The Department of Education released this year’s report cards for Maine’s schools May 15, and 12 of the 18 schools ranked in Lincoln County saw their scores slide from 2013.

Two 20-year-old men, one from Waldoboro and another from New York City, were arrested by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency in Waldoboro May 16 and charged with trafficking in oxycodone, a Class B felony.