The state is calling on Alna to address issues discovered in an inspection of Ben Brook Bridge.

If the town doesn't fix the problems, the bridge risks load limits or even closure, a state engineer has warned. The bridge is located approximately a mile onto Egypt Road from Route 194.

Steve Ward will facilitate a discussion about his participation in the Ecumenical Working Group on Homelessness in Lincoln County at the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist service on Sunday, May 26 at Skidompha Library, Damariscotta. There are currently seven churches and congregations that have been involved in this effort.

Should you be able to purchase junk food with food stamps? This debate has heated up here in Maine since the introduction of a bill by Senator Roger Katz that would prohibit using food stamps for items on which there is a sales tax, such as candy, chips, soda, etc.

Governor Paul LePage is in support of the plan in an effort to help insure that taxpayer-supported funds aren’t wasted on snacks, but rather are spent on nutritious foods.

A Boothbay Harbor man was hurt in an accident on Route 1 in Woolwich May 18, a Sagadahoc County sheriff’s deputy said.

Ralph Hall, 39, of West Bath, pulled out of the Montsweag Roadhouse parking lot heading north in a 2007 Hummer without seeing the 1987 Honda motorcycle Gary Tilton, 48, of Boothbay Harbor, was driving southbound, Deputy Matthew Shiers said.

One day, Wiscaset Middle School students were learning the definition of metamorphosis, and the next thing you know a pod of frog eggs appear in the classroom.

Several days later, they were magically turned into polywogs. Isn’t science great?

Most art tends to beautify any space.

That is why Sheepscot Harbour Village & Resort in Edgecomb is collaborating with Lincoln Academy art students.

Unfortunately, the steadily rising number of families in need of food assistance in the Boothbay region is outpacing funds and supplies available to fill the food pantry’s shelves.

In April alone, food pantry expenses were nearly twice as great as donations, with the result that the pantry’s available funds had decreased by $4,000 by the end of the month.