Anyone who has sat in a car at the traffic logjam that Route 1 in Wiscasset becomes in summer will be interested in the state Department of Transportation’s plans to improve traffic flow.

Recognize this harbor?

As Maine’s largest river system, the Penobscot River carries a deep cultural and economic history of our region. The future health of this vast watershed will be discussed at the first Penobscot Watershed Conference, April 9, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Point Lookout in Northport.

We all feel anger in our relationships, but the abuser not only is violent—perhaps only from time to time—but consistently controlling. The abuser checks the victim’s cell phone for recent calls, even GPS for recent addresses. When an abuser begins a relationship, he or she pushes quickly for it to become serious, then works to sever the victim’s ties with family, friends...

The first task students face in Jon Bragdon’s computer electronics class at the technical center is building their own computer. The most gifted as well as the academically challenged thrive together under Bragdon’s teaching approach, which he describes as “giving opportunities for excellence to find itself.”

Belfast’s solar array takes up about 7,200 square feet of the approximately 10-acre landfill, which was closed in 1993 and capped in 1997.

At their town meeting on March 7, Stonington residents voted to reject a proposal to purchase the Bragdon-Kelley Funeral Home property on Thurlow’s Hill for $250,000. The property would have added about 25 parking spaces in town for the many tourists who flock to the area each summer.

This week's mystery harbor is located in the southern third of Maine's coast.

I’ll be ready to stand in front of my fellow townspeople, along with our town clerk, Denise McCormick, paying close attention, hoping to keep things moving as best we can.