Shapleigh News

SHAPLEIGH : Even at almost 100 years old, Bernadine Dunnells still remembers some details about the one-room schoolhouses she attended in Shapleigh nine decades ago.

Marion D. Hinds Blaney Muchemore, 80, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Durgin Pines, Kittery, Maine.

Dustin M. Gagne, 20, Gowen Street, Sanford, was arrested on a warrant at 7:48 p.m. on Main Street.

WATERBORO : Residents in the six towns that make up School Administrative District 57 passed the $34.2 million budget by a 3-1 margin Tuesday.

Kelly Desruisseaux of Shapleigh and Stephen DeCourt of Sanford are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Shawna M. DeCourt, to Jason Druin, son of David and Angela Druin of Sanford.

Unfortunately, some sad memories were made around the state over the weekend. In Washington County, a car driven by a 16-year-old from Calais slammed into a tree and caught fire.

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A Massachusetts man was arrested by a member of the Maine Warden Service early Sunday following a crash of a motorboat into a tree on Square Pond in Shapleigh.

Authorities said someone from Massachusetts suffered life-threatening injuries when a boat flew out of a Maine pond and landed 8 feet off the ground in some trees.

Rita R. Noel, 79, of Post Road, died Thursday, May 14, 2009, at her home. Rita was born March 7, 1930, in Sanford, the daughter of Frank and Mary Ross.

Ron Collins, a critic of a proposed water extraction ban in Wells, speaks at a special town meeting Saturday.

Descendants from as far away as Florida are coming to Maine for the unveiling of a Revolutionary War veteran's headstone.

SHAPLEIGH : A memorial marker for a Revolutionary War veteran will be dedicated Saturday a ' 132 years after he was discharged from the Army and returned home to Maine.

A key battle in Maine's ongoing war over water will be decided in Wells on Saturday.

AUGUSTA : There's something in the water. No, not swine flu, although this contaminant has been known to make people feverish.

SANFORD : It's obvious within minutes who's the alpha dog. [0] It's not Pace, the Doberman, despite his theatrics over another dog in heat.

The York County Special Olympics scheduled for Thursday, April 7, at the Shapleigh School in Kittery, Maine, has been canceled.

Communities across the state and throughout the country are grappling with questions over the legalities of water rights, and the answers aren't coming easy.

Area firefighters had to deal with three back-to-back fires, including a windswept blaze that began on a couch and destroyed a mobile home at 8 Hemlock St.

Eliot-Kittery Memorial Post 188, American Legion is hosting a Veterans Day Energy Raffle.