With the light winter last year, the Town of Nobleboro only used about half of its supply of road sand. This August, when the Board of Selectmen awarded the sand contract, they opted not to put the contract out to bid, and awarded it to Linwood Fraser, a contractor out of Damariscotta that has supplied the town’s sand in previous years.

Area firefighters responded to a structure fire at the home of longtime Wiscasset residents William and Sheryl Thayer Sept 30.

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning about a new scam that is apparently coming out of Canada targeted at senior citizens with family.

A widely-respected think tank calls the $4.2 billion that taxpayers owe to Maine’s retirement system a “ticking time bomb” that should dominate any discussion of the state’s finances.

The assessment by the nonpartisan Envision Maine is echoed by experts in state finances.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen expressed their displeasure with the quality of recent paving on Biscay Road at their Oct. 20 meeting.

As of 11:30 a.m. today, CMP reports the following roads are impacted by power outages.

Boothbay: Back Eighty Road, Back Narrows Road, Back Narrows Social Club Line, Blue Water Road, Brook Road, Bryers Neck Road, Delano Road, East Barter Island Road, Isle Of Springs Road, School Street, and Wulfing Road.

Aimee and Joe Roderiques, of Boothbay, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Oliver Roderiques.

The Edgecomb planning board cleared the way for a final town vote to approve financing for a new fire station in a meeting Sept 30.

Chloe Maxmin sits in the “writing cabin” on her family’s Nobleboro property, two days before she embarks on a three-month hike through South America. She radiates the intellectual optimism of a bright high school graduate poised to begin the rest of her life.

Donald Genthner, the 51-year-old Rockland man accused of causing the deaths of several horses under his care on a Waldoboro farm last fall appeared in Lincoln County Superior Court in Wiscasset Aug. 19 for a routine appearance.

Shannon Carter and Roland Peaslee Jr. of Whitefield are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Canyon C. Peaslee.

Boothbay Harbor Police are looking for a Freedom man who did not turn himself in as agreed Sept. 23.

According to Wiscasset police, three counterfeit 20 dollar bills were used Sunday evening at the Lil’ Mart convenience store on Rt. 1. The fake currency was discovered Monday morning by the store’s bank, First Federal Savings, after a routine check of a night deposit bag.

A car slammed into a metal post next to a gas pump at the Big Apple on Rt. 1 in Waldoboro Sept. 13, narrowly missing a customer who was using the pump at the time.