Planning board members in Waldoboro once again faced opposition to shoreland zoning ordinance amendments during their regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday night.

Taxpayers from Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties are subsidizing much of the state corrections costs, but have little or no say on the rules or rates, a state official said last Thursday.

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.

Terri Lyn Shorey of Boothbay is pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Jae-lyn Rose Shorey.

Wiscasset’s three school principals all seem to share a sense of newness and excitement for the coming school year.

Principals Susan Poppish, Linda Bleile and Cheryl Howe attribute much of this excitement to new associations and working relationships they and other Wiscasset staff members have been experiencing through the formation of Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit No. 12.

What was supposed to be a routine replacement of a couple of culverts on Damariscotta’s Belvedere Rd. turned into a complicated eco-flap last weekend involving a trio of state agencies, a confused contractor, a land trust, and one hopping mad neighbor.

One victim has been flown by Life Flight to a Lewiston hospital after a car crash on the Hinks Rd.

Jefferson residents’ dream of broadband Internet access is one more step closer to reality thanks to a $66,000 state grant awarded for the project.

Sunny skies greeted hundreds of bargain seekers Wednesday as the Lincoln Home presented its annual Founders’ Day sale and auction.

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.