The Maine Principals’ Association (MPA) has named Linda Bleile, Principal of Wiscasset Middle School, as Maine’s Middle Level Principal of the Year.

Firefighters are currently on the scene of a structure fire at 1478 Rt. 32 in Round Pond.

Ellen, Kyle and son Talon Westhaver of Round Pond are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Dory Clementine.

The shrimp season in Maine, cut short by a Feb. 18 ruling citing concerns about “overharvest,” officially came to an end Feb. 28.

Coastal Enterprises Inc., through its subsidiary CEI Capital Management LLC, was among the top four New Markets Tax Credit recipients chosen to receive the highest allocations in the U.S.

Voters said ‘yes’ to every item on the Jefferson town warrant at this year’s town meeting on March 29. Most articles passed by a relatively wide margin.

The vote will create a $735,660 town budget, not including education, which will be handled separately later this spring.

Although the Maine Dept. of Transportation announced that it will only provide some of the Gateway 1 startup funding Waldoboro was slated to receive, the town will continue work on their Downtown Master Plan, which was to be funded in large part with Gateway 1 funds.

The details of an amendment to L.D. 11, the wolf hybrid bill, are becoming clear as legislation nears a vote before the Maine Senate.

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen unanimously voted March 14 to direct Newcastle Fire Chief Clayton Huntley to halt the ongoing bidding process for a new fire truck.

Lincoln Academy’ math team won the Central Maine Math League to qualify for New Englands, to be held in Canton, Ma.

Dorothy M. Peters of Newcastle was granted a divorce from Stephen F. Peters of Edgecomb on Feb. 7. They were married in Central Islip, N.Y. on Nov. 15, 1986. Shared parental rights of one minor child.

By a count of 279 to 48, Wiscasset residents overwhelming voted to continue using the term “Redskins” as a mascot for their high school during a March 1 non-binding referendum.

The Waldoboro Recreation Department’s summer swimming lessons will be canceled after the pool at Waldoboro Fitness closes June 15, said Waldoboro Recreation Director Kyle Santheson.

Two Jefferson Village School Odyssey of the Mind teams qualified for the world finals this year. JVS teams have qualified for the World Finals three out of the last four years.