Gov. Baldacci issued a curtailmment order Friday as State revenues continue to fall short of expectations.

Boothbay Harbor police are trying to find out who scrawled a threatening message on a high school wall that triggered the evacuation of hundreds of high school and grade school students last Thursday.

More than two-dozen Boothbay region Marine veterans celebrated the 234th birthday of the U.S. Marines Tuesday with a special tribute to a young woman marine who is heading to Iraq.

A cell tower company has approached the town of Bremen to see about erecting a cell tower on private land and members of the planning board have been pondering the proposal.

Ben and Melissa Powell of Jefferson are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Cooper August.

Fire department personnel, volunteers from all around and neighbors pulled into the Whitefield Elementary School gymnasium Saturday night to help a local family struggling with medical care costs.

Benjamin and Cari Jewett of Whitefield are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Bristol Allison.

A blocked up chimney pipe sparked a fire in the addition of a mobile home on Fox Road off Rt. 17 in Jefferson around midnight Wednesday. Firefighters from Jefferson, Whitefield, Somerville, Washington and Windsor responded to the scene shortly after the call.

The people’s veto group calling for a repeal of the tax reform bill that passed last June will see results after a vote next June, as the Secretary of State has confirmed the necessary signatures.

State representatives joined the Damariscotta Montessori School teachers, staff and students to inaugurate the school’s new addition in Nobleboro Friday morning.

On Oct. 24, The Lighthouse Lobster Shack at the Heritage Village on Rt. 1 (Old Bath Road) helped sponsor a spaghetti dinner for the 4H Club. Children, parents, and supervisors totaling 100 were in attendance. The spaghetti dinner was provided by Mark Antony’s Italian Cuisine on 65 Gardiner Rd. Wiscasset.

Black ice is cited as a factor in four early morning car accidents that all occurred within two hours of each other.

The first accident of the day occurred at 5:30 a.m. on the Pittston Rd. in Whitefield, the second at the intersection of Rts. 1 and 27 in Edgecomb at 5:40 a.m., a third on Barter’s Island Rd. in Boothbay at 7:24 and a fourth on the Cedar Grove Rd. (Rt. 128) in Dresden.

According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, the crash in Dresden resulted in serious head injuries to a two-year-old child.

MidCoast Internet Solutions has completed the installation of the backbone network needed to provide high speed Internet service to the town of Jefferson. The ConnectME Authority awarded a grant to the town of Jefferson and MidCoast Internet Solutions earlier this summer for the construction of a wireless Internet network to serve Jefferson.

The spire and belfry of Whitefield Union Church will be removed within two weeks, code enforcement officer Arthur Strout said Wednesday.