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The Rev. Allison Smith describes her arrest not as a moment of panic, but of calm. "I felt like I was part of this wider community of faith and prayer and solidarity, and so I felt a great deal of peace … in the sense that I could risk arrest and be assured that I would be safe on many levels," said Smith, of Cundy's Harbor. "Tragically, that is not the experience of my neighbors and the families that have lost people."

About 50 students from Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham joined a youth protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that drew hundreds of participants on Monday in Bath.

A house at 7 Hugh Ave. on Bailey Island burned down early Friday, Jan. 23. The four occupants of the house escaped largely unhurt, although one man was taken to a Portland hospital with "a burn injury to his wrist," according to the Maine State Fire Marshal's Office. Officials didn't name the occupants.

Voters will decide a contested Select Board race this year, with a challenger seeking the seat held by Chair Kevin Johnson.

Visitors to Harpswell's George J. Mitchell Field will see a different landscape this year. On the waterfront at the town park, the administration building is down, and the remnants of the building will soon follow.