A private squabble went public Monday when a resident read a letter to the state before the Westport Island Board of Selectmen, challenging a building permit for home construction next door.

Maine State Police arrested Alan Burgess, 62, on Wednesday, on allegation of possession of hundreds of various forms of child pornography.

Randy Joubert knew he had a brother out there somewhere, but never realized he would work with him for several months before making the discovery.

Alna voters overwhelmingly approved the reworded warrant article for a $200,000 loan for a firehouse at a special town meeting Aug. 26.

The George Hartman family cottage, on Flagg Road in Jefferson, received extensive damage Tuesday morning, when a 1992 Toyota Tercel driven by Garrett Bourque, 42, of Jefferson, crashed into the front corner.

Whitefield selectmen debated forming a committee that would study and develop the position that a different organizational structure of the town’s fire departments is needed: a municipally controlled department staffed not by paid employees but by stipend volunteers, as is currently the case.

Bristol firefighters were called to the scene of a structure fire reportedly on Nonesuch Road, off East Old County Road in Bristol today at 4:50 p.m.

A Waldoboro man died after he was trapped inside his wrecked car when it went off the Friendship Road in Waldoboro Sunday night.

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

Bremen: Marjorie C. Redonnett (Pr.) and Paul L. Redonnett (Est.) to Marjorie C. Redonnett; Stephen A. Maclachan and Stephen A. Maclachlan to Stephen A. Maclachlan and Kathleen M. Maclachlan; Michael V. Pedulla, Christine E. O’Connor and Michael V. Pedulla Jr. to Michael V. Pedulla Jr. and Christine E. O’Connor;

Norman Luce can’t seem to catch a break as he tries to replace two huge culverts that carry a finger of the Great Salt Bay into Oyster Creek under Belvedere Rd.

Now it looks like Mother Nature is against him too.

A Jefferson resident was seriously injured as a result of a crash after losing control of his car on the Hinks Road in Jefferson late Tuesday afternoon.

A barn used for arts and crafts owned by a Somerville couple was gutted by intense fire after being struck by lightning last Wednesday afternoon. The three-story structure, located down a long, dirt drive off the Crummett Mountain Rd. in Somerville, was already fully involved when firefighters arrived at the scene shortly after 2 p.m. Aug. 5, according to Somerville Fire Chief Mike Dostie.

Both sides of the debate over same-sex marriage in Maine are scrambling to build grassroots support and pools of money for what promises to be an intense campaign between now and the November election.

Wiscasset police are currently investigating a string of burglaries to area businesses that apparently occurred during the overnight hours of July 30 – Aug. 1