The Jefferson Village School Board got their first look at the proposed 2010-11 budget at their meeting March 1.

Overall, the budget is down 4 percent from last year’s budget, but the local contribution to the budget is up more than 7 percent.

The Central Maine Power Co. (CMP) redoubled their efforts to restore power in Lincoln County following set-backs in the wake of storm system that moved through the area Sun. night through Mon. afternoon.

A former Great Salt Bay School 4th grade teacher has admitted he had improper contact with a trio of his students and pleaded for help from officials.

A 4th grade teacher at Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta resigned Thursday after he was arrested on charges he touched three female students in an inappropriate manner.

The Waldoboro Police Dept. is asking for the public’s help locating a local man wanted on a charge of aggravated assault.

After investigating several leads from the community, police obtained a warrant for the arrest of Christopher Benner, 34. The charge stems from an assault on a 63-year-old Nobleboro man in the parking lot of the Hannaford Brothers Supermarket in Waldoboro Jan. 19.

Soaking rains and high winds from recent storms caused as much as $48,000 in damages to roads and equipment belonging to the Great Salt Bay Sanitary District.

LeeAnna Hutchins, the Sanitary District’s wastewater manager, said the major item on the damage list was repairs to 1200 feet of road leading to the district’s water supply and pumping station at Little Pond.

Alyssa Butler and Andrew Beck are happy to announce their engagement. Butler, daughter of Ken and Pauline Butler of Appleton, was a homeschool graduate in 2008. Beck, son of Allan and Sheri Beck of Nobleboro, was a homeschool graduate in 2003. They started dating after Butler completed a year of college.

The Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association, which rents a property on Waldoboro Road in Jefferson, now faces problems with their lease.

The Central Maine Power Co., (CMP) was making progress restoring electrical power to Lincoln County, until another storm hit Sunday night through Monday morning, bringing on 1973 new power outages as of 11:30 a.m., according to the CMP.

Two nationally acclaimed forensic pathologists challenge conclusions that helped convict Dennis Dechaine of the 1988 murder of a 12-year-old Bowdoin girl.

Edgecomb Eddy School earned high marks in the Maine State Educational Assessment list of public elementary and secondary schools.

Boothbay Harbor Police have discovered a certificate awarding the Medal of Honor to a World War II hero in a truckload of suspected loot they believe was stolen from residents of the St. Andrew’s Village retirement complex.

A 4th grade teacher at Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta resigned Thursday after he was arrested on charges he touched three female students in an inappropriate manner.

Firefighters snuffed out the inferno early this morning at a Westport Island summer home that had been under construction. The fire followed an explosion that was heard by people living in Sagadahoc County.