The family of a missing Whitefield woman learned late Tuesday night she has been found in California.

A two-vehicle crash in Dresden late Tuesday morning resulted in the death of one of the drivers at the intersection of Patterson and Cedar Grove Roads.

Meeting Oct. 5, the Damariscotta Planning Board Monday delayed the Great Salt Bay Sanitary District’s plans to sell a three-acre lot to the town’s assistant fire chief in order to permit neighbors to comment on the deal.

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A Westport Island neighborhood setback dispute for a proposed home goes before the appeals board on Thursday. In question is the property’s non-conforming size near an abutter.

Officials eased visitation bans at the Two Bridges Regional Jail Oct. 16 after consulting with Maine state health officials.

With little discussion, three Wiscasset selectmen voted Tuesday night against acceptance of the current version of the Gateway 1 Action Plan.

RSU 12 board members analyzed last Thursday possible reasons the third budget for their eight-town Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit failed at the polls, and anguished over when to try again.

A Seasonal Flu and H1N1 Information Night will be held on Thurs., Oct. 8, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta. AOS 93 parents and anyone with questions and concerns regarding the current flu season are welcome to attend.

Amelia Bragg and Joey Benedik of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Devin Ray.

In Camden National Corporation’s third quarter 2009 results, the company also disclosed:

On Oct. 16, the [CNC’s] security group discovered that a Camden National Bank employee engaged in a series of improper and unauthorized transactions.

An estimated 10 vehicles received damage after rocks from a locally owned masonry truck spilled out into the southbound lane on Interstate Rt. 95 in Biddeford early Wednesday morning last week.

A 19-year-old Whitefield woman who went missing last week is still unaccounted for at press time.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Britney Binns, 19, of Townhouse Road. Binns was reported missing by her family on Thurs., Oct. 8.

People generally take hearing for granted – and equally take for granted the ease with which they communicate through speech and accompanying gestures. For many however, bottom line and basic communication is a profound struggle, and not only for the deaf or profoundly hard-of-hearing, but for those who hear, but cannot speak.