According to the chairman of Damariscotta’s Board of Selectmen Richard McLean, “the town won’t walk away on Heater Rd.,” though no final plan of action was set out during the selectmen’s March 18 meeting. “We’ve got to put an end to this,” McLean said.

Malcolm Peck has been rebuilding airplanes and cars since he was 17 years old. The Jefferson resident, now 73, was recently presented the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award from the Federal Aviation Administration.

A Sagadahoc County demand for reimbursement of a proportional share of the fiscal year 2008 budget has generated a potential legal battle facing the multi-county Jail Authority.

Waldoboro clam diggers are in a tough spot. Between the rocks, regulations and pollution, the men and women who scrape a living from the shores in this coastal town are facing increasing challenges that are putting them out of business.

Carrie Lynn Reynolds and Harold Frederic Lothrop, Jr. were married on Sat., Feb. 14 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle.

The $2,077,910 budget request for the Medomak Middle School bobbed in the wake of a discussion over the number of Education Technicians (Ed Techs) in the district and the value of educational stipends at the MSAD 40 Budget Committee meeting Tuesday night.

Mary Grady is grateful. Once the word got out about the Whitefield Food Pantry’s need of a freezer, the response was swift.

Proud parents Frederick Carson and Kimberly Anne McClelland of Edgecomb announce the birth of their baby girl, Gianna Elizabeth.

John and Kathleen Reny of Round Pond are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Faustine Elise to Jacob Daniel Baker, son of Michael and Deborah Baker of Honeoye, N.Y.

Civil engineer Travis Noyes will give a 20-30 minute presentation on a much discussed Newcastle roads project estimated to cost around $1.5 million to taxpayers at the annual town meeting on March 30.

The Maine Freedom of Information Coalition on Monday presented its second annual Maine Sunshine Award to the Maine Heritage Policy Center for its creation of a Web site that tracks state government spending.

A deed in the Alna Town Office states Head Tide dam, “shall not be destroyed.”

Louise Jewett, whose late husband Allen turned the dam over to the town 45 years ago, said she is “very upset” that the historic structure may be removed.

Where money is tight, people are apparently turning to one resource that is often taken for granted, the local public library.

A brief survey of Lincoln County libraries this week confirms what has been reported as national trend: library use is up, way up, even while budgets across the county remain static.

Spectrum Generations has been awarded a $7000 grant from Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) and the Wal-Mart Foundation to support the agency’s Meals On Wheels program, which reaches 192 towns in Central Maine.

The funds received by Spectrum Generations will be used to deliver storm pack meals to 710 homebound seniors in the region.