The race for the three-year term on the South Bristol Board of Selectman was too close to call with one vote separating the candidates. Incumbent Donald G. Stanley, Jr. received 51 votes, and write-in candidate Kenneth Lincoln received 50 votes.

Units from four areas towns converged on a structure fire on Sodom Road in Bristol earlier this afternoon.

Boothbay Harbor selectmen have decided to end 9-1-1 communications calls to the local communications center effective May 31, but county officials want more planning before the move.

Lincoln County’s administrator testified last week before a state committee favoring a legislative change on jail caps for tax assessment for Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties.

Time constraints prompted the Wiscasset school committee to rush through completion of a proposed $9.6 million budget for the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit.

Feb. 24, Officer Simmons provided a well-being check on male subject on West Alna Rd. and responded to business alarms on Lee and High Streets.

Next March, Alna’s annual town meeting will convene in an expanded area thanks to an overwhelmingly positive vote Saturday for a new $375,000 addition to the town’s fire station.

Ronnie and Liz Storer of Damariscotta are proud to announce the arrival of their baby boy, Forest Richard Storer.

An emergency patch to Heater Road, which disintegrated into an impassable mud pit Sunday, sparked controversy among members of the Damariscotta Board of Selectman and Town Manager Greg Zinser.

After repeatedly raising questions about financial transactions at the meeting of the Newcastle Board of Selectman March 9, Selectman Art Mayers, accused the town of possible illegal actions.

It is time to ‘spring’ the clocks ahead on Sunday, March 8, 2 a.m.

The impacts of problems in the housing market are hitting close to home, but the actual number of foreclosures often winds up underreported. New federal and state laws are focused on alleviating these problems locally and nationally.

In addition to a 1.7 percent increase in the local share for the school budget, Nobleboro voters will see slight changes in recommended annual expenditures for 2009 during the annual town meeting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 21 at the Nobleboro Central School.

The Damariscotta Police reports the following:

Arrests and summonsesOn March 11, Paul Davis Jr., 19, of Bremen was arrested for a probation violation.