A Boothbay Harbor man will serve seven years in prison for a 2012-2013 burglary spree in Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties.

After months of monitoring, the Jefferson School Committee voted April 6 to transfer funds within the budget to help cover unanticipated shortfalls, and to ask voters to approve further transfers and the use of other town funds to close the remainder of the gap.

Medomak Middle School’s Science Olympiad team earned a first-place finish in the state meet for the third year in a row this March, but some complications made this year’s win more of a nail-biter, according to team coordinator Madelon Kelly.

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline and School Resource Officer Perry Hatch attended the Wiscasset School Board meeting March 26 to provide an update of Hatch’s work and establish a vision for the second year of the position.

The 2015-2016 Great Salt Bay Consolidated School District budget contains a 1.82 percent increase, but a shift in enrollment means Bremen’s share of the budget will grow by 29.04 percent.

None of the three candidates on the ballot for Damariscotta’s municipal election will have opponents this year, and all are current or former town officials.

Damariscotta voters will consider a 3.05 percent increase in the $2.72 million municipal budget at annual town meeting in June.

Representatives from Hannaford Bros. met with the Waldoboro Planning Board April 8 to discuss the company’s plans to expand its store at the corner of Routes 1 and 32.

Whitefield Elementary School Principal Joshua McNaughton held up a 250 watt metal alloy bulb and a piece of melted wire, taken from a light fixture in the Whitefield Elementary School gymnasium at the RSU 12 Board of Directors meeting Thursday, April 9.

“It’s a miracle the whole place didn’t burn down,” he said.

A new nonprofit plans to develop a community for seniors at Chapman Farm in Damariscotta.

The community would consist of about a dozen small homes and four cottages for short-term use, as well as an eight-room inn and an art center, café, farm, and tea room.

Inn Along the Way Inc. has an option in place to purchase the property from the grandchildren of the late David Chapman. The current owners and their children represent the eighth and ninth generations of the family to spend time on the farm.

Volunteers who work with students at Jefferson Village School on reading help not only with things like pronunciation and comprehension, but also reinforce a sense of caring and connection with the community, officials say.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

SummonsApril 1, Kathleen M. Stevens, 33, of Boothbay, was issued a summons for unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, on Beath Road, Boothbay, by Detective Jared Mitkus, who was assisted by Deputy Aaron Beck.

The DNA identification of a man whose remains were found in the basement of Pinkham’s Auto Repair & Tires in Waldoboro after a fire April 24 is underway at the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory and results are not anticipated until April 30 or May 1, according to Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland.

Newcastle will absorb a 16.11 percent increase in its 2015-2016 secondary education budget if voters approve the budget at a special town meeting May 13.