Authorities with the Office of State Fire Marshal arrested an Augusta man on Wednesday, Sept. 24 in connection with a potentially explosive device recovered in during a traffic stop in Newcastle earlier in the week.

Forty-three Westport Island convened at the town office Wednesday, Sept. 17 to consider a three-article warrant that proposed creating an office of deputy code enforcement officer, overseen by the town’s select board.

Veterans from five branches of the military were recognized and honored at the 19th annual Quilts of Appreciation ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 20 at the Charles E. Sherman American Legion Post 36 in Boothbay.

The Newcastle Select Board expressed support for continuing to develop plans for a shared public works department with Damariscotta during a meeting Monday, Sept. 22.

Firefighters, first responders, and law enforcement personnel from across three counties gathered in Waldoboro on Saturday, Sept. 20 to pay their final respects to the late Waldoboro Fire Chief Richard “Dick” Glidden.

Jefferson’s budget and school committees voted to approve a revised $9,369,346.88 education budget for the 2026 fiscal year at a budget committee meeting Tuesday, Sept. 9, setting residents up to consider the budget for the third time in less than six months.

As they have every year since 2003, volunteers the fanned out across Lincoln County on Saturday, Sept. 13 for Community Housing Improvement Project Inc.’s annual neighbor-helping-neighbor event, Community Cares Day.

After a busy weekend in Washington, D.C., the veterans on Honor Flight Maine were given a hero’s welcome at the Portland International Jetport when they arrived home on Sunday, Sept. 7. The returning veterans were honored with a parade and greeted by enthusiastic family members, friends, and strangers who were there to thank them for their service and welcome them home.

It’s been over 27 years since Maine Yankee shut its doors, but Wiscasset may soon be home to a new major operation – a data center.

Community members, teachers, school officials, and students gathered at Bristol Consolidated School on Thursday, Sept. 11 to celebrate the grand opening of a new wing. The formal ribbon-cutting marked the completion of a construction and renovation project that has been years in the making.

All roads lead back to Maine for Wiscasset resident E.J. Dupont, the new Maine State Ferry Service director.

After receiving an update on previously discussed violations at East Ridge Mobile Home Park, Waldoboro Select Board members decided more work needs to be done at the park during their Tuesday, Sept. 9 meeting.