A Maine Human Rights Commission investigator reported finding reasonable grounds to believe that Dan Beck, co-owner and manager of Moody’s Diner, discriminated against a longtime employee because of her religious beliefs.

Whitefield voters will be asked to adopt stronger mining rules on Nov. 4.

Nobleboro resident Susan Pinnetti-Isabel started work Tuesday, Oct. 14 as the town’s new deputy clerk.

Three months after volunteer leaders of the Bowdoin Christian Fellowship were told the group could no longer meet on campus because they would not agree to abide by Bowdoin College’s nondiscrimination policy related to religion and sexual orientation, the organization has relocated to a building just off the Brunswick campus.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday sued a Lincoln County farm in U.S. District Court, alleging that its owners allowed male supervisors to sexually harass seasonal female workers.

Melissa Johnson of Nobleboro and Brandon Johnson of Honolulu, Hawaii were granted a divorce on Aug. 6. They were married in Leavenworth, Kan. on Sept. 18, 2012. Shared parental rights of one minor child.

Alna selectmen were urged at their meeting Oct. 8 to appoint a representative from Alna to serve on the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Strategic Planning Committee.

Arnie Gamage, of South Bristol, caught a rare tan lobster on Oct. 6 off the South Bristol coastline. “I’ve been fishing for 40 years. I have caught red ones, black ones, and blue ones, but I’ve never seen anything like this,” Gamage said of the rare crustacean.

Democratic candidate for governor Mike Michaud made campaign stops in Boothbay Harbor, Damariscotta, and Wiscasset Friday, Oct. 31.

John Gallagher, of the Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service, was named EMS of the Year at the Maine State Grange convention in Skowhegan Oct. 16.

The Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department’s seventh annual Scarecrow Festival held Saturday, Oct. 18, was a very successful event according to Parks and Recreation Director Todd Souza.

After an extensive nationwide search, the Board of Directors of the Central Lincoln County YMCA has announced Meagan Hamblett as the Y’s new CEO.

Power outages were on the increase in Lincoln County following a night with high winds and heavy rainfall. Power outages increased from 27 to 81 during the overnight hours, with households in six Lincoln County towns affected by the outages. Boothbay and Nobleboro were hardest hit, with 25 households in each town suffering from power outages.

Sunday, Oct. 5: here we are in the middle of the month of October which doesn’t seem possible. This is my first column of the month and a new week of my life at Crawford Commons.