Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

The lights went out in the Wiscasset Middle School gym Friday, May 15. In darkness, the seventh grade walked in holding handmade butterflies illuminated by a small electronic tea light.

Lydia and Kevin Crafts of Newcastle are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Kestrel Charlotte Crafts.

Damariscotta wants “everyone who has an interest in the future of Damariscotta’s historic downtown” to fill out a 10-question online survey about potential waterfront improvements.

Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett attended the Alna Board of Selectmen meeting May 6 to speak about the county’s animal control officer program, which Alna is considering joining following the resignation of their animal control officer.

A 25-year-old Vassalboro man faces charges after leading Maine State Police on a high-speed chase through parts of Whitefield, Jefferson, and Newcastle Saturday, April 18.

The Damariscotta Police Department reports the following activity from March 30 to April 5:

ArrestsRobert Blanc, South Bristol, warrant, March 30.

With the final warrant to present to voters signed by selectmen on Friday, April 24, Wiscasset has ended its budget setting process for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. The finalized municipal budget of $5,789,733 is a 1.34 percent decrease from the previous year’s municipal budget of $5,868,664.

Wells-Hussey American Legion Post 42, Damariscotta, hosted the presentation of 18 “Quilts of Valor” on Sunday, April 19.

Reports by the National Transportation Safety Board and Rolls-Royce about a helicopter crash in Whitefield in May 2014 say examinations found no anomalies that would have prevented normal operation of the aircraft.

A Whitefield man has pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a 14- or 15-year-old girl while four similar counts and six class A gross sexual counts against him were dismissed, according to court documents.

Updated April 13
A 73-year-old Boothbay man died in a single-vehicle car accident on Route 27 in Boothbay just north of the intersection with River Road.

A Damariscotta man was arrested Thursday, April 2 for allegedly sexually abusing three children under 12, according to a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office press release.

A 17-year-old male juvenile has been arrested on three felony charges following an investigation by the Wiscasset Police Department and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division.