Statehouse News ServiceParents of elementary- and middle-school age students who received vaccinations against swine flu in school-sponsored clinics learned this week a second dose of the H1N1 vaccine will not arrive in Maine in time for some scheduled follow-up shots.

Numerous communities in Lincoln County were challenged earlier today by a torrential, albeit, balmy rainstorm that dumped considerable inches from the sky, and combined with an astronomical high tide, caused the Damariscotta River to overflow its banks.

A “comedy of errors” is how a Maine State Revenues (MRS) official described Whitefield’s assessing efforts in recent years as town officials have aimed at levying property taxes fairly.

Alan Burgess, a former Boothbay elementary teacher charged with having sexually explicit child pornography on his home computer, made his initial court appearance Tuesday.

Do you have any unused prescriptions sitting in the medicine chest, or in your top bureau drawer on tucked in a kitchen cupboard?

Parents Alvie and Lindsey Kassatly of York are proud to announce the birth of their baby boy, Owen Jackson Kassatly.

Asked the secret of a good life, 96-year-old Miles Memorial Hospital volunteer Nat Weston said, “Trust in God,” and then added, “You have to trust people, too.”

Jonathan and Sara Burton of Worcester, Mass., are pleased to announce the birth of a son, Isaac Daniel Burton.

A Boothbay Harbor area lobsterman has been charged with removing lobsters from traps owned by other lobstermen, the Maine Marine Patrol said.

Following a difficult review process, the staff at Atlantic Motorcar in Wiscasset has selected one out of 70 nominations in the company’s “Keep A Family Rolling” contest.

Statehouse News ServiceFailing to register as a Ballot Question Committee may net Maine Leads the highest penalty ever assessed under Maine’s campaign finance law. The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices meets Thursday to decide if the conservative nonprofit’s failure to report funding merits an $18,000 fine.

Parents Richard and Emily Hills of Waldoboro are proud to announce the birth of Lilly Marie Hills.

Earl Lemieux of Whitefield Union Church and local carpenter Bob King inspected the tilting steeple of the Kings Mills house of worship Sunday.

James Lenhart III and Altona Libby of Wiscasset are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Riley James Lenhart.