A meeting between the Jefferson School Board and the municipal budget committee, originally set for February, has been rescheduled.

Governor Paul R. LePage is calling for the State of Maine to join the people of the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in a Moment of Silence on Monday afternoon to mark one week following the Boston Marathon bombings.

Sheepscot Valley RSU 12 is considering starting school two hours later on Wednesdays during full five-day weeks next school year, according to acting Superintendent Patricia Watts.

Bremen voters unanimously approved the purchase of 10 acres of land off Route 32 from Charles Hay, to be used for water access recreation and conservation by the town.

Nobleboro voters will have their final say on the school budget that was approved at the March 16 town meeting, when they go to the polls Friday, April 5.

A temporary restraining order was issued at 5 p.m. April 17, against the town of Bremen, prohibiting the town from taking any action in the disposal of a property taken by the town for delinquent taxes.

A Newcastle family is happy to be safe at home after a sightseeing expedition to Boston turned into a surreal journey through a war zone.

The New Harbor Veterans of Foreign Wars post needs at least five officers to attend a Thursday, April 18 meeting or the post will close.

Bremen residents re-elected Selectman Hank Nevins and approved the municipal budget and $382,144 secondary education budget during a 1 1/2-hour annual town meeting March 30.

World War II veteran Stuart Weatherhead, 86, was building a stonewall along his Jefferson driveway when he got an unexpected call.

The Great Salt Bay School Committee continues to try to shape a 2013-2014 budget to provide for the needs of students and alleviate taxpayer concerns.

Approximately 25 Medomak Valley High School students faced suspension at the end of an early morning protest in support of Regional School Unit/Maine School Administrative District 40 faculty, who have been working without a contract since last October.

In a five-hour town meeting, March 31, at which tempers often flared, approximately 50 Somerville citizens processed 26 warrant articles, agreeing to spend $1,307,346 on expenses for the 18-month period between January 2013 and June 2014, effectively moving the start of their fiscal year forward six months.

The Maine Department of Marine Resources has scheduled a hearing to gather public comment on Draft Addendum III to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Eel.