GRAY — A fast-moving low pressure system is expected to bring a few more inches of snow to the Midcoast late Tuesday and Tuesday night.

According to the National Weather Service, snow will begin in Maine shortly after sunset into the early evening. It will continue through the overnight, ending by sunrise Wednesday.

All of Maine is expected to receive snow from this quick storm.

ROCKLAND — Rockland City Council held a special meet and greet Monday evening before its agenda setting session to welcome its new city manager, James D. Chaousis II, who officially took the reins March 1.  

Chaousis has been living in Rockland for the past two weeks as he and his family settle into the area. 

ROCKPORT — Riley School will open its doors Monday - Thursday, March 23- 26 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Any and all families who would like to learn more about the Riley School are invited to join to explore the school, meet the faculty and experience the community. Meetings with the director, child -led tours, and enrollment materials and information will be available.

It was a typical week on the Lincolnville Bulletin Board or LBB. The town-wide Google group, which reaches 595 members, recorded the usual pleas for roof-rakers, dry firewood, rentals, a poem from our resident poet, the Saturday morning menu from a local baker. Via the LBB, woodstoves are sold, crutches borrowed, cats and dogs lost and found, and baby gear passed on.

THOMASTON — The Thomaston 4th of July Committee is accepting suggestions for a Parade Theme for this year’s Saturday, July 4 festivities.   

Suggestions for the Parade Theme must be expressed in 10 words or less and should be something that can be easily demonstrated through creating floats and decorations. 

Send suggestions to info@thomaston4thofjuly.com by March 17. 

ROCKLAND — Rockland’s Interim City Manager Thomas Luttrell officially changed his seat in council chambers during the March 2 agenda-setting meeting.  Luttrell continues as finance director for the city, after more than a year of juggling two roles, that of city manager and finance director. James Chaousis, former town manager of Boothbay, now carries the Rockland manager title. 

ROCKLAND — After some forceful conversation and references to Robert’s Rules of Order, the board that oversees Midcoast School of Technology agreed Feb. 25 to proceed with designing a new school building, perhaps two to three stories tall, at its current location.