A concerned parent has started a letter drive to encourage talk show host Ellen DeGeneres help fix issues with the sports fields at Jefferson Village School.

Clinton Gilbert and Nicole Brown and siblings Keaton, Haley and Maisy of Bristol are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Jackson Robert.

Christopher Dighton, the 23-year old involved in an ATV accident in Edgecomb on July 17, returned home on Aug. 9 for a brief visit, 23 days after the accident left him with serious injuries. His father Bill Dighton, of Alna, said he was more excited for his son to come home this time, rather than the first time they brought him home from the hospital.

A Good Samaritan who reacted when he saw a vessel in distress was able to single-handedly rescue a boater who fell overboard, according to the United States Coast Guard (USCG).

A new program through the Mid-coast School of Technology could help career and technical students graduate high school with a year’s worth of college credit at a significantly lower cost, according to Director Beth Fisher.

On Aug. 8, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested an 18-year old Richmond man for allegedly sending sexually explicit pictures of himself to a 13-year-old Wiscasset girl via the Internet.

Red’s Eats, the take-out restaurant famous for its lobster rolls and long lines, is being sought to do the reality show “Lunch Rush” on the History Channel.

The date of Sept. 5, 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of a naval battle in the waters off Pemaquid Point during the War of 1812.

The Boothbay Fire Dept. and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) responded to the area of the Damariscotta River near Meadow Island for a possible missing boater Friday evening, and were able to ascertain that no one was missing, according to the Lincoln County Communications Center (LCCC).

Coastal Enterprises Incorporated, or CEI, has signed a purchase option agreement to purchase properties in Brunswick. Their plan is to consolidate their Wiscasset and Portland operations into one building on Federal Street in Brunswick by 2015.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has charged two inmates at the Two Bridges Regional Jail with trafficking in prison contraband following an investigation into an alleged assault which took place at the Wiscasset facility the weekend of Aug. 4.

Four people were arrested last week as a result of a Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigation into heroin distribution in Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties.

In an effort to keep Wiscasset’s potential withdrawal from Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 from impacting the mill rate, a citizens’ petition is being circulated in Wiscasset that proposes withdrawing money form the town’s reserve account to fund the process.

Two Waldoboro police officers, Detective Jason Benefield and Officer Jeremy Jocelyn, have resigned and taken new positions due to job security concerns relating to proposed budget cuts, according to Chief Bill Labombarde.