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.

Anne Fensie, director of Wiscasset Adult & Community Education said she will fight tooth and nail to make residents understand the need to continue Wiscasset’s adult education programs after she was asked by the Wiscasset School Board to return with a smaller budget.

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline reports the following arrests, summonses and accidents:

Arrests/summonsesOn March 24, Susan May Doray, 29, of Wiscasset, was arrested for violating condition of release, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs and sale and use of drug paraphernalia.

Government Notices Bremen TOWN OF BREMEN REQUEST FOR BIDS – RETAINING WALL The Town of Bremen requests bids for rebuilding and drainage of approximately 123 feet of dry-stack stone retaining wall at the Hillside Cemetery, Route 32, Bremen. Bid specifications are available at the Bremen Town Center or contact Tom Kostenbader, Project Manager, 529-5945. Sealed […]

Democratic candidate for governor Mike Michaud says he is the only candidate in the race with a record of successfully working with Republicans and Democrats.

Damariscotta hopes to convince the Maine Department of Labor to waive $2,800 in fines after a surprise inspection uncovered violations.

The RSU 12 Board of Directors approved a $19.7 million budget for FY 2015 at its meeting in Somerville April 10.

The Jefferson School Committee voted unanimously April 7 to approve a proposed $5,212,720 K-12 education budget for 2014-2015, though committee members were split on whether to include certain staffing changes.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science’s new LEED platinum building captured an Honorable Mention in R&D Magazine’s 48th Laboratory of the Year Awards.