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.

Bob and Trish Fallon of Boothbay Harbor are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Julia F. Fallon, to Jonathan W. Vorhis, son of Roberta and Al Vorhis of Jefferson.

Henry Lee is no stranger to lake ice.

“I have driven on ice for 40 years. No more. I am done. Period,” he said last week.

Central Maine Power Company (CMP) President Sara Burns has set a goal to complete power restoration from last week’s storm but have been hindered by this morning’s high winds and increasing outages once again.

On Feb. 28, a full-page advertisement in the state’s largest daily newspaper asked, “Why on Earth would Augusta send good Maine jobs to Canada?”

In a small church on Bremen Road in Waldoboro, Reverend Michael Murphy sat – a little hunched these days – at the organ. He got up and moved behind the pulpit.