Approximately 90 parents and other residents of the Great Salt Bay Community School District advocated for beloved programs and offered support for their school, when the GSB School Committee presented a draft budget March 27.

Seawicks Candle Company of Edgecomb plans to open a store in Damariscotta next month, according to an April 18 post on the company Facebook page.

Forest Peaslee Jr., would like the general public to know the Peaslee Mountain Hunt Park in Somerville is a fully licensed, legal operation; one that has a perfect safety record and high customer satisfaction since it first opened for business in 2006.

Following up on a citizen’s complaint on April 10, deputies from the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department in Missouri arrested fugitive Ronald Fuller, 62, of Boothbay Harbor.

Boothbay Harbor Police are searching for a local man they allege is connected to numerous burglaries in the area between 2011 and 2013.

Rebekah A. Maguire and Joshua T. Winchenbach of Round Pond are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Penelope Sue Winchenbach.

More than 60 elver harvesters from throughout Maine, and others interested in the fishery, heard a call to action from Maine Elver Fishermen’s Association Executive Director Jeffrey Pierce, April 13, at the Soule-Shuman VFW Post in Waldoboro.

Damariscotta plans to start its search for a police chief within the week and hopes to interview candidates and make a tentative offer by mid-June.

Lincoln County Healthcare, which usually pays Damariscotta $10,000 every year in lieu of taxes on its exempt properties, did not make a payment this year.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Recent traffic citationsMarch 25, Samuel Hewson, 22, of Waldoboro, speeding, 58 mph in a posted 35 mph speed zone, Genthner Rd., Waldoboro, Dep. Brian Collamore.

Three long-distance runners with ties to Lincoln County competed in the 2013 Boston Marathon. Two finished, including former Waldoboro man Robert Gomez, of Saco and 2005 Wiscasset High School graduate Maryellen Buck, and one Dr. Stephen Reed of Wiscasset, was trying to finish his 24th straight Boston Marathon, before being stopped.

As many as 80 teachers from Regional School Unit/School Administrative District 40 crowded into a double classroom at Medomak Middle School, April 4, to hear the president of their collective bargaining unit address the district’s board of directors.

A number of potential changes facing elver fisheries on the Atlantic coast have prompted Maine elver fishermen to form a professional group to protect their interests.

Governor Paul R. LePage ordered the flags of the United States and State of Maine be flown at half-staff effective immediately through sunset on Saturday, April 20 in accordance with a Presidential proclamation.