Olde Bristol Days, the annual festival featuring fireworks, lobster boat races, live music and other attractions, might move from Colonial Pemaquid to Pemaquid Beach next year.

Olde Bristol Days, the annual festival featuring fireworks, lobster boat races, live music and other attractions, will likely move from Colonial Pemaquid to Pemaquid Beach next year.

Firefighters from six departments responded to a structure fire at the home of longtime Wiscasset residents William and Sheryl Thayer on Sept 30. A passing motorist noticed the ranch style house at 302 Foye Rd. engulfed in flames and called 911 around 1:10 p.m.

During a regularly scheduled meeting Oct 14, RSU 12 Board of Directors determined any decision regarding the continued use of the controversial term “Redskin” as Wiscasset High School’s mascot was ultimately up the school itself.

Newcastle town officials expressed concern about the Dept. of Transportation (DOT) Highway Simplification Study at an Oct. 25 meeting of the Newcastle Board of Selectmen.

Fire destroyed a mobile home in Waldoboro during the night of Oct. 15.

No one was home at 340 Flanders Corner Rd. when Waldoboro fire fighters arrived at the scene to find the mobile home fully engulfed in flames, said Waldoboro Fire Chief Paul Smeltzer.

Following general approval at a public hearing, the Town of Bremen will place an item on the Nov. 2 ballot asking voters to approve a recall ordinance, which would create a process for voters to remove any elected town official whom they deem is not adequately serving the town.

At an informal ceremony at Romeo’s Pizza in Damariscotta on Oct. 6, Sen. David Trahan of Waldoboro received the Maine Merchants Association’s annual Government Service Award.

John McManus, president of the John Birch Society, scanned the packed basement room of Waldoboro’s First Baptist Church on Sept. 13 and said, “people in Maine are ready for the truth.” His presentation, “Stealing The American Dream, How Illegal Immigration Affects You” drew a large and boisterous crowd who came to hear McManus address the hot button political issue of immigration.

Valerie M. Augustine of Boothbay Harbor was granted a divorce from ‘Alaipulotu Tu’ Ineau of Kolovai, Tonga on Sept. 15. They were married in Kolovai, Tonga on July 7, 2007.

Law enforcement officials are continuing their probe into the circumstances that led to the death of a Two Bridges Regional Jail inmate on Oct. 9.

Nobleboro residents gathered at the Nobleboro Central School Oct 26 to hear the first of three presentations on the proposed Gateway 1 plan for the Rt.1 corridor.

An 86-year-old Somerville woman died when a fire swept through her home Saturday evening, according to the Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office. The body of Pauline Danley, of 152 Frye Rd. in Somerville, was found in her bedroom, which is also where the fire started, according to Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office. The cause of the blaze has yet to be determined.

Over the last week, fire departments around the county hosted open houses and made appearances at local schools as part of Fire Safety Week, an effort to increase kids’ knowledge of fire safety and familiarize kids with fire fighters and what they do.