When it comes to withdrawing from a school district in Maine, it isn't just about what voters decide.

It's also about how many decide to vote.

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For the third consecutive month, sales of single-family existing homes resulted in a double-digit statistical gain over the prior year.

Maine Listings today reported that 1,307 homes changed…

Hilda Louise May, 100 years old, known as “a woman of great strength,” died peacefully on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, surrounded by family at Chase Point in Damariscotta.

Hilda was born in…

Martha E. Simmons, 88, of Phippsburg died Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.

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Members of the Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association (BRF&GA) recently approved the donation of 30 food boxes, purchased at Hannaford in Boothbay Harbor,…

The National Drug Enforcement Administration will be holding its next National Take Back Day Initiative on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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It's hunting season again and Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) would like to remind hikers, hunters and dogs to wear blaze orange and to be alert…

Melburne Charles Applebee of Wiscasset, loving husband, brother, father, and grandfather, died peacefully on October 19, 2013 at Maine Medical Center.

Emery R. “Rip” Jordan, 86, of East Boothbay, died peacefully at the VA Togus Hospice House on October 14, 2013, after a long illness.

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Joseph Baldridge Wentworth, 87, of Wiscasset, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 at the Hospice Center at the Togus Veteran’s Medical Center in Augusta surrounded by his family.

Born in Searsmont on…

WALDOBORO — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said in a news release that two men and a teenager have been charged in Waldoboro following a three-month investigation into the illegal distribution…

The Coburn House in Boothbay is now under contract with a buyer, an auctioneer confirmed October 21.

“We're hoping there will be a closing within 30 days,” Stefan…

Sometimes growing means going.

Woodbrook Animal Clinic will leave Wiscasset for Woolwich early next summer, in a move that will quadruple the clinic's space and…

Halloween-themed events will be breaking out in the coming week. On Friday, October 25, the Wiscasset High School Senior Council hosts its second annual Haunted High School.…

An unknown, would-be buyer put in the high bid of $75,000 on Boothbay's Coburn House on October 18. But negotiations were still to follow, meaning the circa 1870s bed-and-breakfast…

United Way of Mid Coast Maine Campaign Chair Vin DiCara announced at a recent Update Breakfast that the United Way campaign has raised $1,053,782 or 54.6 percent of its $1,930,000…

There must be a lot of happy lobster fishermen, Mark Brewer said.

Otherwise, the Boothbay man said he didn't know why just six license-holders came to Damariscotta…

Midcoast residents are encouraged to eat locally on Thursday, Oct. 24, to support United Way’s annual “Extra Helping” event. Sixteen generous Midcoast restaurants…

Born and raised in Cape Elizabeth, Julia Olsen taught for 25 years at the Touchtone Community School in Grafton, Mass.

In March of this year, Team Dyer Neck Gang embarked on reaching a goal of raising $10,000 for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer, Hope &…

The Richmond-Dresden Bridge is currently under construction over the Kennebec River on Route 197, which connects Richmond and Dresden. Construction began this past summer and will be completed by…

Elizabeth Harrington is Woolwich through and through.

Raised in Wiscasset's neighbor to the south, she's in her 24th year of teaching at Woolwich Central School.…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On October 9, Deputy Chad Gilbert responded to a report of Criminal…

An Edgecomb restaurant will not be going to auction on October18 after all. The Bank of Maine has put off its sale of the former Davis Island Grill and two condominiums attached to…

It'll hurt just a little.

Wiscasset property owners have a slight hike coming in their tax bills this year. The town's new rate of $16.20 per $100,000 of assessed…

The National Drug Enforcement Agency will be holding a National Take Back Day Initiative on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The purpose of…

Wiscasset assessors' agent Sue Varney on October 10 dove back into the job she's held 35 and a half years, the one she was laid off from weeks earlier.

She had a…

Allen Frank Barrington of Wiscasset died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013

The Barrington family invites friends to a brief service at the Wiscasset Yacht Club on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m.

Joan Tirrell Orne of Boothbay Harbor died peacefully in the early morning on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013.

Joan was born at home in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada on…

Statoil, an international energy company with operations in 36 countries, announced today that it is ending its $120 million Hywind Maine project.

Statoil was on its way to developing the…

Nicole Giles and Robert Fallon were married aboard the Novelty in Hodgdon Cove, West Boothbay Harbor on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. The Reverend Peter Panagore officiated at…

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy A. Cline reported that on October 10, Wiscasset police, along with Wiscasset Ambulance personnel, responded to Sheepscot Bay Apartments…

Emery R. Jordan, age 86, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, at the VA Togus Hospice House, after a long illness. A full obituary will follow.

Can’t wait for Halloween? Red Cloak Haunted History tours are happening throughout the month of October.…

Occupants of a home at 122 Foye Road in Wiscasset all managed to get out safely during an upstairs bedroom fire on October 13, Wiscasset Fire Chief T.J. Merry said.

Issues involving an Edgecomb committee have spurred its shakeup, along with an email dustup between two town officials.

The emails are the latest go-round between…

The southeast of Maine is now experiencing peak foliage just in time for the Columbus Day weekend, according to the fifth Fall Foliage Report from the Maine Department of Agriculture Conservation…

Regional School Unit 12 has a major monkey on its back and only the start of a solution so far. The district's board froze spending October 10 after hearing that a number of factors…

The Rocky Coast Riders, a group of local equine enthusiasts, held a Murder Mystery Benefit Ride on September 21.

The mystery ride had groups riding throughout the trail system behind Seven…

Before the sun touches the hillside on Federal Street, Ethel Stansfield rises to take her morning walk. This quiet ritual inspires her before she heads up the hill.

Her coffee is still…

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On October 5, Reserve Deputy Richard Woodward was dispatched to a…

Todd Williams, of East Boothbay, died peacefully on October 3, 2013 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital in New Hampshire after a long struggle with lymphoma and leukemia. His family was by his side.…

The Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club named Sen. Chris Johnson (D-Somerville) the “Maine Environmental Legislator of the Year” at a celebration marking its…

Phyllis Viola Eaton Hart, 98, died Monday, October 7, 2013 at Thornton Oaks Retirement Community in Brunswick.

She was…

Last week’s closing of St. Andrews Emergency Department and swing bed unit made visible by the symbolic sign change seemed like the final chapter in a long, painful drama for this community.

For a long time, Dresden, like a lot of area towns, has not moved ahead with acquiring local property long overdue on taxes. That practice ended Monday…

Sue Varney has her job back and assessing can return to normal in Wiscasset.

The vote to fund Varney's position as assessors' agent was nearly unanimous among the…

The time has come for fall's harvest to be plucked from the vine.

The seventh annual Damariscotta Pumpkin Festival and Regatta began…

A Bath engineering firm will design a fix for Alna's North Old Sheepscot Road.

Selectmen have hired Pine Tree Engineering for $5,450, town officials said.