A Massachusetts doctor has brought his once highly acclaimed addiction-treatment model to Waldoboro, but recently served jail time and lost his medical license in a criminal case that shut down his network of 52 addiction-treatment offices in Massachusetts.

Due to a partnership between the Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service and six area fire departments, all five of the service’s ambulances now carry a medication to treat firefighters, fire survivors, and other victims of cyanide poisoning.

The Maine Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Standards presented the Somerville Fire Department with its Safety and Health Award for Public Employers during a meeting of the Somerville Board of Selectmen the evening of Wednesday, March 1.

A Nobleboro man who discovered one of his co-workers at Dow Furniture in Waldoboro was his brother in 2009 is pushing a change to state law to help other adoptees access their birth records.

A Waldoboro business owner from South America has become a U.S. citizen and wants to advocate for other immigrants and change negative perceptions of immigrants.

With more than 700 votes cast in the poll for February’s #LCNme365 photo contest, Sharon Gamage’s photograph of a Damariscotta sunrise was declared the winner with 51.36 percent of the votes.

Wiscasset has the ability to generate additional revenue and save money on contracts by transferring the duties of the animal control officer, harbor master, and shellfish warden to the police department, Chief Jeffrey Lange said.

The large number of cars in the parking lot of the Central Lincoln County YMCA in Damariscotta was a clue to the excellent turnout for a four-hour event on Sunday, Feb. 26, when approximately 70 volunteers assembled to pack 20,000 vitamin-fortified meals for distribution to Lincoln County food pantries to help alleviate food insecurity.

Gov. Paul LePage has pulled his support from The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid’s effort to take over the day-to-day management of the Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site, saying in a letter to the nonprofit that an agreement is “off the table.”

Bremen voters adopted a new shellfish conservation ordinance and approved a transfer of funds to cover a shortage in the secondary education budget during two special town meetings Thursday, Feb. 23.

Eugene Walsh, Newcastle’s oldest resident, is celebrating his 100th birthday with a cross-country trip to visit family and friends.