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| Waldoboro Police Cleared of Excessive Force Complaint |
Waldoboro Police officers have been cleared of accusations of excessive force related to the arrest of a local man March 18.
Russell VonAa's arrest prompted a formal complaint filed with the town by his mother ...
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| Wiscasset School Articles Vote Moved to May 17 |
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Due to a Wiscasset school department error, the warrant for the May 10 special town meeting on $9.6 million in school budget items lacks four articles. Wiscasset's board of selectmen have responded by scheduling ...
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| No Action in LCSO Taser Investigation |
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Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett reports he has taken no action to date as a result of an investigation into his department's possible involvement with a Taser incident that occurred as a bachelor party prank ...
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| Bypass Options Impact Analyzed For Edgecomb |
Some of the Rt. 1 bypass options still under consideration could pose a negative impact to Edgecomb, especially the ones along Englebrekt Rd. where there is a viable neighborhood and children playing.
"It's all ...
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| NCS Students Begin Oral History Project |
This week students at the Nobleboro Central School (NCS) began the first of many steps on what could be a major World War II video project that could be completed next year.
On May 5, oral historian Jo Radner ...
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| Wiscasset Could Determine School Budget Saturday |
On Saturday, Wiscasset citizens will get to determine the bottom line for the proposed 2008-2009-school budget they will vote on May 20.
A special town meeting on the school department's proposed request, totaling ...
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| Hooked on Fishing Huge Success |
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Drizzle fell steadily at the Thompson Ice House Pond in South Bristol on Saturday, but it did little to dampen the spirits of the young fishermen who were intent on catching a brook trout. Dozens of children, aged ...
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| GSB to Ask Voters to Approve $4 Million Budget |
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(Updated May 8 at 10:52 a.m.) The Great Salt Bay Community School District Board chairman, James Cosgrove, announces the upcoming annual consolidated school district meeting, where voters will learn about the across-the-board ...
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| Edgecomb Board Okays Senior Housing Project |
The site plan for the proposed $10 million Sheepscot Village project in Edgecomb received conditional approval Monday by a 4-1 planning board vote.
While taking action, board members wanted a more detailed ...
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| Principal Bleile Named State Association Head |
At a Wiscasset Middle School assembly Monday, Principal Linda Bleile received special recognition as the president-elect of the Maine Principals' Association (MPA).
Bleile has been principal of the middle school ...
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| Wiscasset Water District Awarded $1.4 Million |
On May 1, Wiscasset Water District received news that it has been awarded $1.4 million in funding from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's rural development program for a piping replacement project this summer.
According ...
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| Business Coalition Launches Anti Tax Effort |
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A coalition made of the state's restaurants, convenience store operators, grocers, innkeepers, chambers of commerce and beer, wine and soda distributors has officially launched a drive to overturn the new taxes ...
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| Wiscasset Board Deletes Surplus From Warrant |
Wiscasset selectmen met Friday to finalize the June 10 annual town referendum by deleting an article to use $444,950 in undesignated fund balances to reduce the 2009 tax rate.
The board also corrected the board's ...
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| Former Lincoln Academy Student Dies in Connecticut |
A former Lincoln Academy student died violently in Connecticut last week.
Kyle Reid Schneider, 17, died May 1 shortly after his father found him bleeding from gunshot wounds to the head in the Fairfield, Conn. ...
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| School Budgets Headed For The Voting Booths |
Mainers in all the state's cities and towns are being asked to approve their local school budgets at the voting booth this year, with many referendums scheduled this month or on the same day as the June 10 primary.
The ...
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| People's Veto Petitions Take Aim At REAL ID Law |
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Two applications for people's veto petitions have been filed to overturn the law passed last month that puts Maine on the path to compliance with the federal REAL ID Act -- a law opponents say violates people's ...
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