Economic development leaders, town managers, commissioners and administrators from Knox and Lincoln Counties had an informal discussion about possibly forging ahead with new alliances.

At their regular board meeting Monday Westport Island selectmen announced the state has approved a request to reallocate part of a $50,000 grant for the town landing project.

Lincoln County commissioners approved an amendment Tuesday to the bi-county agreement for governance of the Multi-county Jail Authority.

Kevin Court and Kelsey Snyder, of Jefferson, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Alyse Margaret Court.

First in the state to have fiber optic broadband connection, Edgecomb has received a $232,000 Connect ME state grant for high-speed Internet access for the whole town.

A legal snag in the $200,000 loan Alna voters approved for a firehouse addition last March, necessitates a return to the polls this Wednesday with a revised warrant article.

Tax revenues continued their months-long plunge in July but showed signs of stabilizing and possibly beginning a rebound, the state’s revenue chief told lawmakers Wednesday.

Dresden selectmen approved additional items as upgrades and changes to the safety building construction totaling $28,579.

A loon entangled with fishing line was rescued from Damariscotta Lake in Nobleboro on Aug. 2. LCSO deputy Brian Collamore was called to property off Vannah Road to investigate a criminal mischief complaint, and discovered the loon on the sandy shore of the causeway near the boat launch.

Like a huge vertical jigsaw puzzle, the steeple of the historic Damariscotta Baptist Church is beginning to take shape.

“We pre-cut the timbers and mortised them. Now we are putting them in place and fastening them with wooden pegs,” said Scott Lewis.

A Waldoboro man escaped serious injury after his vehicle veered off the road in Newcastle late Friday afternoon.

A truck driver for the Monhegan Island Inn was rescued from the roaring surf on the east side of the island Sunday by an alert fisherman.

The use of federal stimulus money to clean up carbon emissions from a range of public and privately owned vehicles has a government watchdog group asking whether this is an appropriate use of tax dollars.

A lawmaker accused of using his position to gain preferential treatment will receive a written reprimand, the House Ethics Committee decided Tuesday. The committee found insufficient evidence that the actions of Rep. Richard Blanchard, D-Old Town, tried to intimidate officers who responded to his camp on Cold Stream Pond in Enfield July 4 to investigate […]