“The biggest single reason I give political donations,” writes Daniel Hildreth in an email to the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, “is my deep concern about global warming. It is a truly catastrophic threat to the global economy, to our ability to produce food, and to the environment that we depend on.”

Waldoboro officer’s responded to 276 calls for service in this time period. Below are a few of the highlights.

ArrestsDevin Davis, 27, of Friendship, on four warrants, Sept. 23.

Edgecomb voters approved a five-year loan for the Edgecomb Eddy School’s new John Deere tractor, purchased last spring, at a special town meeting Monday, Oct. 20. The vote to approve the purchase was 14-12.

Lincoln County’s sheriff and county commissioner for District 2 are both Democrats, both long-serving county officials, and both unopposed in their re-election bids this year.

SheriffTodd B. Brackett, D-Nobleboro, is currently in his third term as Lincoln County sheriff.

Making the rounds on the campaign trail this week, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, started her day at the weekly Damariscotta-Newcastle Rotary Club breakfast in Newcastle Oct. 7.

Damariscotta River Association Board of Trustees President Bruce Lutsk announced the DRA has added three new trustees to the board.

Wiscasset Town Planner Misty Parker submitted her resignation to the town Sept. 22, and her last day on the job will be Friday, Oct. 3.

Five Midcoast residents are facing drug possession charges after they were arrested by local law enforcement and Maine Drug Enforcement agents in Waldoboro Oct. 17.

A 20-year-old Brooklyn man pleaded guilty Sept. 25 to a class B felony charge of unlawful trafficking in schedule W drugs (oxycodone) and will serve two years in prison.

On Sunday over 400 walkers joined forces in Damariscotta to raise money for research to finish the fight and prevent breast cancer in the annual American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.

Sydney Roberts Rockefeller married into the iconic family, prominent in U.S. politics, industry, and philanthropy since the 1800s – and she’s made a name for herself as an artist, competitive sailor, and big Obama supporter.

Corey D. Allen, 42, Warren, endangering the welfare of a child, June 4; burglary, June 4; robbery, June 4, reckless conduct, June 4; aggravated criminal mischief, June 4; domestic violence assault, June 4, all dismissed.

A citizens’ petition requiring a referendum vote on the Wiscasset School Board’s decision to close the Wiscasset Primary School was submitted to the town office Oct. 15.

Representative Ellen Winchenbach, R-Waldoboro, is a small-business owner in support of a minimum wage increase, access to affordable health care, and looking into ways to keep energy costs down.