The question of Wiscasset’s school resource officer will be decided by voters at the annual town meeting. Wiscasset selectmen voted 3-2 to restore a warrant article asking for the appropriation of $47,400 for the school resource officer in the final minutes of a special meeting held to finalize the warrant Friday, April 24.

Whitefield has a new emergency management director. On April 7, the Whitefield Board of Selectmen voted to appoint Nicole Ripley to fill the position, which has been vacant since November.

In a coordinated effort dubbed Operation Help Thy Neighbor, Chelsea Elementary School hosted the approximately 174 students and staff from Whitefield Elementary School while repairs in Whitefield were underway.

Sarah Green and Rein Green are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Trinity Madison Green.

Down East magazine’s April 2015 cover story names Van Lloyd’s Bistro in Damariscotta one of “Maine’s Best New Restaurants.”

Updated April 20 10:35 a.m.
The search for the 74-year-old Edgecomb woman missing since Friday, April 17 has been temporarily suspended pending new information, according to a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office press release.

Waldoboro officer’s responded to 259 calls for service in this time period. Below are a few of the highlights.

InvestigationsMarch 30, Officer Jeffery Fuller is investigating a report of the theft of a dog from a vehicle – dog was located.

Alna Treasurer Aaron Miller resigned Wednesday, April 22, after fielding questions from the board of selectmen about IRS payment errors that accrued penalties and interest for the town.

Hilltop Stop’s expansion to Waldoboro is nearly complete and the company’s location at Kaler’s Corner is expected to open at 6 a.m. on Monday, April 27, according to co-owner Gary Gravel.

Juniper Hill School’s “sprouts,” or 8- to 10-year-olds, traveled back in time Friday, April 17 to attend school at Alna’s Center Schoolhouse, as the culmination of a months-long learning project focused on Alna’s history. The Center Schoolhouse is the second-oldest one-room schoolhouse in Maine, according to the National Register of Historic Places.

Dickie and Deb Levensaler of Nobleboro are proud grandparents of triplets. Two identical girls and one boy were born on Feb. 12.

Robyn Holman, of Jefferson, and Carl Schwinn, of Auburn, announce the engagement of their daughter, Audrey Schwinn, to James Merrifield. Both live in Woburn, Mass. James is the son of Fred and Debbie Merrifield, of Waldoboro.

Drivers in Damariscotta might want to think before they text. A single text can result in a fine of $310 for a first offense or $610 for subsequent violations, and the Damariscotta Police Department is actively enforcing the texting-and-driving law.

A 23-year-old Maine man wanted on a 3-year-old warrant out of Lincoln County was arrested at gunpoint Friday in California after officers located the yellow school bus he was known to travel in.