The Newcastle Board of Selectmen ordered a halted downtown construction project fenced and authorized the town lawyer to bring a legal action against the developer.

Waldoboro Board of Selectman chairman Clinton Collamore, on behalf of the town, accepted a Spirit of America Volunteer Recognition award during a ceremony at the Blaine House in Augusta Tuesday.

Waldoboro joined 21 other communities in receiving awards.

Drivers in two motor vehicles were lucky to escape with their lives following two separate collisions with moose in Bristol over the weekend.

Wiscasset selectmen decided Tuesday to hire an attorney to conduct a police department investigation on the recent time sheet change question.

Palermo School will keep its $6000 eighth grade class trip.

In assuring that the revised proposed budget includes the expense, Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 directors cleared a hurdle – equity in the eight towns – that will bedevil the RSU in weeks to come.

Ceres Diana Moraitis was born to Liza Richards Moraitis and Yannie Moraitis in Chicago, Ill., July 17.

A Waldoboro man awaiting trial for murder at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset has been charged with drug trafficking after law enforcement officers foiled his plan Sept 19.

A visiting boater took a swim and pulled himself to shore Monday after his kayak was caught in a swift eddy under the Damariscotta/Newcastle bridge.

Marksmen need to consider what lies beyond their target, shooting instructor Gunner Gunderson told 30 women seated in chairs at the Lincoln County Rifle Club. Women from around Lincoln County learned about gun safety, bullets, gun action and shooting during Ladies Day at the club on Saturday, Sept. 19.

The Waldoboro and Jefferson fire departments have been learning about the fire extinguishing qualities of foam in a dual-departmental effort, that officers say, is the first after many years.

Tackling one property at a time, the Town of Wiscasset has zeroed in on a glaring junkyard cleanup operation on Foye Rd. on tax-acquired property.

Robert Spear is just starting to harvest the plump, green tomatoes weighing down the plants covering his fields. Workers have already picked some from the 15 greenhouses on the farm.

A Round Pond lobsterman was rescued from the sea Thursday morning after his boat caught fire as he hauled traps off Haddock Island.

Looking for areas to trim, the finance committee of Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 (SVRSU 12) juggled figures that could knock close to $400,000 from the total local contribution of the previous budget.