Friendship News

The most emotionally charged issue was clearly whether to repeal the law that allows same-sex couples to marry.

After all the TV commercials, surveys, mailings and phone calls, it's election day in Maine.

The owners of Friendship's only market are smiling. Voters narrowly approved a measure that will allow them to sell beer and wine 6 days a week.

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3 to consider seven state questions, most of them the result of citizen initiatives, as well as a transportation bond and a constitutional amendment.

The Archie Wallace store is the only market in town, selling everything from gas to sandwiches to fresh fruits and vegetables.

FRIENDSHIP : Employees of The First recently presented a $323.63 donation to the Friendship Fire Department.

An interesting story of the Gonzalves of Madeira, a possible distant relation of our Prime Minister.

The traffic stops were held Tuesday first in Spruce Head and then in Friendship, according to Maine State Police Lt.

FRIENDSHIP : The Maine School Administrative District 40 School Board met Oct. 15 at the Friendship Village School and approved the purchase of two school buses and a radon filter for water at Medomak Valley High School.

BOOTHBAY HARBOR : The premiere production of the award-winning new play "Baghdad on the Wabash" will open Thursday, Oct.15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 96 Townsend Ave.

Although the town was chock-full Saturday of parade-watchers, Shriner clowns and jack-o'-lanterns, something was conspicuously absent: crows.

THOMASTON : Three people have been arrested in connection with a burglary at F & A's Market in August, according to Thomaston police.

The day after one Maine lobsterman shot another on a wharf on the two-square-mile patch of Matinicus Island, islander Nat Hussey heard another shocker: State officials thought they would pacify the island's lobstermen by shutting them down for two weeks in midsummer.

Other area districts are also mindful of spending in order to brace for the need for schools to absorb a large portion of the state projected revenue shortfall.

FRIENDSHIP : Lisa and Karl Pitcher of Friendship and Mike Doughty of Tenants Harbor announced the engagement of their daughter Jasmine Doughty to Rodney Genthner II.

TENANTS HARBOR : After a hearty breakfast at the East Wind Inn in Tenants Harbor, take drive over to Port Clyde.

FRIENDSHIP : Rebekah Hilt of Friendship will appear in Disney's Christmas Parade televised on Christmas Day by ABC.

ROCKLAND : "This is the next generation," instructor Michael Drinkwater said of the 11 high school students taking his new firefighting course at the Mid-Coast School of Technology.

WALDOBORO : The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen on Sept. 8 continued a discussion of goals and objectives for the coming year and heard from a half dozen landowners about a proposed shoreland zoning amendment before the planning board that would put certain land into resource protection zones.