The Whitefield Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to waive foreclosure on Clary Lake dam Tuesday, March 3. The waiver of foreclosure was filed with the registry of deeds Friday, March 20, ending the possibility of transferring ownership of the dam from Pleasant Pond Mill LLC to the town of Whitefield by default.

A Waldoboro man was indicted March 10 after allegedly forcibly subjecting a 14-year-old girl to sexual contact in January, according to court documents.

A Lincoln County Grand Jury indicted an Alna man March 10 on one misdemeanor charge of assault, though he was originally charged with felony aggravated assault.

Edgecomb’s fire chief and assistant fire chief attended the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen’s meeting Monday, March 9 to request the creation of a full-time fire chief position. A full-time position is necessary to complete the fire department’s mandated responsibilities and offset the dwindling number of volunteers able to respond to calls, Potter said.

The former Samoset Restaurant in New Harbor is set to open in mid-May under new ownership and with a new name.

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Local Man to Avoid Jail Despite Theft of $10,000-Plus

Bremen Man Gets 30 Days for Child Pornography Possession

Board Revokes Parole of Man Convicted for Nobleboro Murder

Wiscasset Man Allegedly Threatens Police Chief, Arrested for Third Time in Six Weeks

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Even as heavy, wet snowflakes were beginning to fall on Lincoln County Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service issued a bulletin replacing a Winter Storm Watch with a Winter Weather Advisory, one step down on the NWS alert progression. The latest bulletin calls for mixed precipitation into Saturday night to develop through the overnight hours into steady snowfall continuing through Sunday, according to the NWS.

In the world of volunteerism, a well known adage instructs that, “If you want to get something done, ask a busy person.” It would seem that the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints employed this maxim when they asked me to serve as a bishop back in the early 1990s.

The Iditarod Great Sled Race is called “the last great race on earth.” Mushers and their teams of 16 dogs cross 1,000 miles of practically untouched Alaskan terrain – from jagged mountain cliffs to forests to tundra – in the annual dog sled race.

The board-approved budget for RSU 40 includes a 4.97 percent overall increase for 2015-2016, and a drop in anticipated state subsidy means towns would shoulder 80 percent of the $1.1 million budget increase.

A Waldoboro man was indicted March 11 on charges of aggravated assault and domestic violence assault for allegedly choking and striking a woman in Damariscotta in January.

Adding to two similar charges pending against him in Knox County, a Jefferson man was indicted March 10 on 18 charges of unlawful sexual contact with a girl under 12 years old and two charges of attempting the same.

Jefferson resident Dr. Pia Maranzik, a licensed clinical psychologist with a doctorate in counseling, has opened a family wellness center on Route 1 in Edgecomb.

Nearly every municipality in Lincoln County will consider adopting a new floodplain management ordinance to stay in compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program.

Those ordinances must be adopted by July 16 or municipalities will be suspended from the program.