Every penny countsAbout once a month a neighbor knocks on my door and hands me a $20 bill. “For the shelter,” he says, then quietly takes his leave. What does this gift mean for the Lincoln County Animal Shelter?

A couple from Hampden were both arrested in recent days after a woman allegedly ran the man over after she walked in on him allegedly attempting to sexually assault a 12-year-old girl, according to a press release from Lincoln County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Murphy.

Alna voters ratified a three-year winter roads contract with Hagar Enterprises Inc., of Damariscotta, during annual town meeting Saturday, March 21.

A nearly 6 percent bump in the tuition rate Lincoln Academy can charge school districts was more than AOS 93 towns had budgeted for this year, but L.A.’s head of school said the increase is more in line with traditional increases than those in recent years.

Alna has a new second and third selectman following the March 21 town meeting. Doug Baston unseated incumbent David Reingardt to win the third selectman’s seat in a 102-62 vote. Melissa Spinney won the uncontested second selectman seat with 133 votes.

In less than 1½ hours, Bristol residents approved their education and municipal budgets, along with other articles, during the annual town meeting Tuesday, March 17.

Danielle Crockett, of Nobleboro, is pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Riley Owen Crockett, born on March 3 at 6:29 p.m. at LincolnHealth – Miles Campus weighing 6 pounds, 7 ounces, and 19½ inches long.

The Edgecomb School Committee submitted a budget of approximately $2.15 million to the budget committee Monday, March 9. Despite the previously stated hopes for a decrease in the school budget, Eddy School’s budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year is a 2.4 percent increase from the previous year.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Boothbay: Caren A. Minzy (Tr.), Charles D. Carswell (Tr.), and Red House Trust to Red House Trust, Caren A. Minzy (Tr.), and Charles D. Carswell (Tr.);

The new Waldoboro House of Pizza opened its doors on March 30 to what co-owner Charlie Koutsikos described as a busy lunch rush for a restaurant’s first day.

Nobleboro voters passed all articles as presented and recommended at annual town meeting March 21.

Laila Ata, 47, Waldoboro, OUI (alcohol), Dec. 23, 2014, transferred to jury trial.

Two Jefferson residents are running for a three-year term on the Jefferson Board of Selectmen; a seat longtime Selectman Jim Hilton vacated when he moved out of town last summer.

An Edgecomb man has been indicted on charges of aggravated assault, a class B felony; and domestic violence assault on a child less than six years old, a class C felony, for allegedly striking a 20-month-old toddler in the face and pulling his arm, causing broken bones.