Parents Dale Pangakis and Heather Blastow are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl, Sophie Anne Pangakis.

Nobleboro residents passed every article on the fiscal year 2009 warrant at the annual town meeting in the Nobleboro Central School gymnasium March 21.

Of the 63 lawmakers who have vowed support for a bill to allow same-sex marriage in Maine, Rep. Meredith Strang Burgess of Cumberland stands in a category of her own. She’s the only Republican.

It’s town meeting time, town reports are out and flipping through the pages of any given report, it is possible to see the name of a selectman, or a candidate for the board of selectmen, on the “unpaid property taxes” or “outstanding lien accounts” list.

Following a month of public hearings, lawmakers have turned their attention to studying the details of Gov. John Baldacci’s biennial budget proposal, looking for ways to stretch resources and avoid cuts in services.

Alice and Rufus Percy of Whitefield are proud to announce the birth of their baby boy, Lowell Shane Percy, born at home, on Feb. 11 at 8:10 p.m.

South Bristol is preparing for the business portion of the annual town meeting Tues., March 10, where voters will see nearly 6.5 percent slashed from the budget for 2009-10.

Voters at Whitefield’s town meeting Saturday will face 45 warrant articles, including requests for a $750,000 new town office, $99,000 to run the fire department, and a first-ever request for $15,000 in stipends for firefighters and rescue personnel.

Parents Michael and Tiffany Winchenbach, of Whitefield, along with big sister Oryanna, are pleased to announce the arrival of baby girl, Isabella Ruth Winchenbach.

The Board of Directors of The First Bancorp (NASDAQ: FNLC) declared a quarterly dividend of 19.5 cents per share. This first-quarter dividend, which is payable April 30, to shareholders of record as of April 6, represents an increase of 5.4 percent or 1.0-cent per share over the first-quarter dividend declared in 2008 of 18.5-cents per share and is equal to the 19.5-cents per share declared in the previous two quarters.

Whitefield selectman Kurt E. Miller, the town’s acting ACO, is on a mission.

It’s a fresh mid-March morning. Pale sun is shining on ragged sheets of snow stretched over fields. A resident has asked Miller to check on a dead dog discovered in a ditch on the Palmer Rd.

The economic recession and initiatives that haven’t produced the savings hoped for are the culprits behind a $65 million general fund budget overage, the state’s human services chief told the Appropriations Committee Monday.

Joseph and Roanne Fortin of Bristol are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Jeffrey Andrew Fortin of Tiverton, R.I. to Rachel Elizabeth Kopecky of Tiverton R.I., daughter of Richard and Roxanne Kopecky of Jamesville, N.Y.

A bill designed to keep the elderly and adults with disabilities out of nursing homes for as long as possible has been sent back to its incredulous authors for more work.