It is time to “spring” forward on Sunday, March 8 at 2 a.m.

Turn the clocks forward one hour.

Daylight Savings Time Begins.

Parents Dennis and Michele Prior are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Katelyn Rose Prior.

Using organic ingredients and fresh Maine Jonah and Peekey Toe crab from local pickers, Stephanie Redfern Danahy, makes award winning crab cakes that are now available at The Weatherbird in Damariscotta.

A bill that was sent back to its authors for revision after a rough start with the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee has received unanimous support on its second try.

The state’s retirement system, which last week entertained an offer to become an investor in the purchase of Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc., has decided against the deal.

Thanks to the recommendation from Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home Inc. in Rockland, Freedom Riders received a $1,500 grant from the York Children’s Foundation.

Gov. John Baldacci acknowledged the troubled present but focused on his vision for a prosperous future Tuesday as he unveiled a range of initiatives that lawmakers from both parties described as bold and ambitious.

Larissa Marie Chipman and Charles Walton Smith, II are pleased to announce their engagement.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Jeffrey and Valerie Staab Chipman of Lisbon, and the granddaughter of Mary Staab of Jefferson.

The estimated cost of maintaining state services for the next two years is $125 million more than the number legislators have been working from, bringing the total General Fund revenue hole to $965 million.

Areas of five Lincoln County towns were affected by a power outage Tuesday at about noon, according to Central Maine Power (CMP). Power was restored to the affected areas by 12:30 p.m., according to the CMP website. The towns affected included Damariscotta, Edgecomb, Newcastle, Nobleboro and Jefferson, according to CMP.

Parents Sandy Kennedy and Shane Davis proudly announce the birth of their baby son, Elijah Nolend Davis.

Lincoln Academy administrators locked down the school for a surprise drug dog sniffing exercise Monday morning. As a service to local schools, Law Enforcement Dogs of Southern Maine sniffed the grounds and lockers at LA before moving on to Wiscasset High School the same morning.

The Maine Clean Election Fund faces exhaustion if three candidates for governor use it in the 2010 race, a problem some blame on $4.4 million in “loans” to the Legislature that have not been repaid.

The Department of Education has hatched a plan to expand the state’s laptop computer program to all high school students and teachers without spending any new money.