“Party faithful” is not a phrase that lends itself to Maine politics.

Only two of Maine’s 16 counties can lay claim to dedicated voter blocs: Aroostook and Cumberland counties boast more registered Democrats than any other party or group of unenrolled voters.

Students from the Nobleboro Central School and the Jefferson Village School got a unique learning experience Feb. 9, when they visited the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland.

Drivers of a box truck and small car received minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident on Rt. 27 in Dresden Monday morning. The collision occurred on the upward slope in Dresden near the Wiscasset town line at about 8:35 a.m.

A thundering overnight storm plunged Boothbay, Bristol and South Bristol into darkness as dozens of downed trees snapped power lines.

The Town of Whitefield faced more legal wrangling this week as developer Paul A. Kelley Jr. filed two motions in Lincoln County Superior Court. The town’s legal representatives answered Tuesday with a request to dismiss.

For most of the hundreds of spectators and volunteers at the annual ice cutting at South Bristol’s Thompson Ice House Museum, the event was a chance to participate in the past.

The Bristol selectmen accepted a petition from 176 voters Feb. 3 seeking to eliminate the town’s highway department and its only employee.

A bicycle/pedestrian plan would help the town of Wiscasset receive state and federal funds, selectmen and residents learned Tuesday night.

A deluge of rainfall followed by howling winds blasted through Lincoln County Thurs., leaving a wake of flooded roads and downed wires. A total of 15 Lincoln County towns were reporting power outages affecting over 700 homes, according to Central Maine Power (CMP). A check of roads affected by the blackouts town by town was too long to publish, but indicated that power outages were affecting numerous roads in the 15 towns.

After a 14-word final round, Hunter Herron, an eighth-grader at Bristol Consolidated School, won the Lincoln County Spelling Bee at Jefferson Village School on Feb. 8.

Westport Island selectmen authorized the board chairman and treasurer to obtain a $500,000 loan to the town during their Feb. 8 meeting and agreed to stay in contact with the budget committee to streamline the budget process this fiscal year.

Central Maine Power Company (CMP) reports that high winds associated with a severe winter storm have caused widespread outages throughout its service area.

Firefighters and emergency personnel responded to a bomb threat at Boothbay Regional High School, called in at 11:30 a.m. Monday. No dogs were called in to search.

The Jefferson Area Food Bank, in the basement of the First Baptist Church parsonage in Jefferson, gives food, clothes, over-the-counter medicines and other necessities to families in need from Jefferson, Somerville, and North Nobleboro.