The condition of Somerville’s roads and what will be done about them in the future dominated the conversation at this year’s Annual Town Meeting in Somerville on March 26.

Medical examiners ruled that the death of a man found in Waldoboro early this year was caused by methadone toxicity and was accidental.

Jasmine and Casey GaNun of Wiscasset are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Gabriel Xavier Renfro GaNun.

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.

At the directive of Gov. Paul LePage and the Commissioner of the Maine Dept. of Transportation all work on Gateway 1 will cease indefinitely, effective immediately.

Accepting the low bid of $567,753, the town of Edgecomb has awarded the contract for construction of the new fire station to the Rockport-based Penobscot Company.

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.