During the recent special election of Maine District 19 Senator Eloise Vitelli, it was noted that Perkins Township was included in the district along with Dresden, and the towns in Sagadahoc County of Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Richmond, Topsham, West Bath and Woolwich.

A 39-year-old Alna woman faces felony drug charges after allegedly injecting her 40-year-old fiancé with heroin, contributing, with alcohol and prescription drugs, to his death.

Linda Thornton of Boothbay Harbor and Mark Thornton of Boothbay Harbor were granted a divorce on June 20, 2012. They were married on June 20, 1998 in Bedford, N.H.

Gutted by a fire the afternoon of Sept. 16, the home at 9 Chickering Rd. in Nobleboro is a total loss but no one was inside the building at the time of the fire, according to Nobleboro Fire Chief Ryan Gallagher.

Going to the polls Sept. 10, Wiscasset voters narrowly approved the town planning budget with just one vote making the difference, 353 in favor and 352 opposed.

Numbers of green crabs, an invasive, scavenger species that feeds on soft-shell clams and could threaten the multimillion-dollar fishery, are rapidly growing in local waters.

Lincoln Academy presented its case for a new dormitory for its boarding program to the Newcastle Board of Appeals before a large audience Sept. 23.

Dickie and Deb Levensaler of Nobleboro along with Russ and Beth Appleton of Landenberg, Penn., are pleased to announce the engagement of Darcy Rae Levensaler and Bryan James Appleton.

The state of Maine’s fifth annual Open Lighthouse Day will take place on Saturday, Sept. 14 with lighthouses open throughout the state and free entry available to visitors on this one day.

After rejecting a $26.5 million budget on June 28, voters of Regional School Unit 12 voted 765 to 710 to accept a reduced school budget of $26.4 million on Sept. 10.

Damariscotta attorney Peter Drum and Sen. Chris Johnson, D-Somerville, are at the forefront of a groundbreaking bipartisan effort to require labeling of genetically engineered food.

The Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Restoration project has been a seven year marathon and the finish line is in sight.

Project manager Deb Wilson is not cheering yet, but if the community can come up with $25,000 to complete a matching grant, Wilson will be dancing in the streets in Damariscotta Mills, and the alewives will be swimming upstream with ease next spring in a completed fish ladder.

Mexicali Blues is thrilled to announce the opening of their brand new flagship store on Route 1 in Newcastle. After a long year of hard work, they are proud to say they have moved into the new retail space and are loving every aspect of it.

A concentrated area of blow-downs near Clary Lake in Jefferson was most likely caused by a microburst during thunderstorms the night of Sept. 11, according to Mike Ekster, a senior forecaster for the National Weather Service in Gray.