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.

The swine flu virus has hit the Two Bridges Regional Jail, with one employee sent home after coming down with a confirmed case of the H1N1 virus, while four others were sent home with flu-like symptoms.

The Damariscotta Police Department reports the following activity:

IncidentsSept. 30, Officer Jennifer Mitkus assisted a citizen with a trespass issue.

Accompanied by Rep. Jon McKane (R-Newcastle) officials from Damariscotta and Newcastle huddled with state Dept. of Transportation Commissioner David Cole Friday, trying to convince him to help out with the local roads.

Updated information on the availability of H1N1 will be posted online at www.maineflu.gov later today.

Two people accused of murder and assault in Waldoboro may go to trial next spring.

The Lincoln Academy Eagles defeated Oak Hill 5-4 on penalty kicks in the West B quarter finals Wednesday night.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Boothbay: Frank R. Pipal to Michael S. Leighton, Lisa L. Castonguay and Eric C. Harvey; Marjorie Gallagher (Tr.), EJW Trust and Marjorie Gallagher to Suzanne C. McCarthy;

Waldoboro residents passed around bags of drugs including methadone, heroin, crack cocaine and LSD, engaged actively in conversations about drug laws and watched a drug sniffing dog demonstration in the fourth installment of the 10 week Citizen’s Police Academy Monday night

In what turned out to be a million dollar land deal, the heirs of three Unitarian ministers have entered conserved easements on 525 acres in the Sheepscot River watershed.

Professor E. Michael Brady, Ph.D., a tenured full professor and senior research fellow at the University of Southern Maine, hosts adults and undergrads on a summer bus trip to the nation’s major and minor league baseball parks.