Isaac Merservey Ward II, 34, Waldoboro, commercial shellfishing without license, $500.

Woods for the busy shipyardsLincoln County News – Fall 1899 – “Great excitement in town! Supplies for the Welt shipyard have begun to arrive.” The story goes on to report the arrival of 32,000 Blue Ridge Mountain treenails by rail; large order of juniper knees by rail; one and one half million board feet of Virginia hard pine by rail and by sea; 140 tons of iron by rail – and more to come by sea.

Waldoboro’s shipbuilding heritage was being reborn after a period of years.

The Maine State Police criminal investigation unit excavated human remains believed to be long-missing Charles E. “Chuck” Woodburn at 219 Neck Road in Jefferson Wednesday, Aug. 27. Maine State Police spokesman Stephen McCausland said the State Medical Examiner’s Office has reported that the individual was a victim of a homicide.

The Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce is moving into a new office in downtown Newcastle, in the building formerly home to The Bank of Maine.

According to Trisha Robinson of Prock Marine, the Southport Bridge will closed to overnight traffic Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 from 9:30 p.m to 5:30 a.m.

The Jefferson School Committee voted unanimously to take no action on the most recent proposal to get the Jefferson Village School’s new baseball field into acceptable condition.

A 23-year-old Union man is facing a litany of charges following a high-speed pursuit that started in Wiscasset and ended in Nobleboro early Sunday morning.

Coming as no surprise, Wiscasset property owners will see an increase in their tax bills, as the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen set the town’s mil rate at $17.00, a 4.6 percent hike over last year’s $16.20 mil rate.

The Damariscotta Police Department reports the following activity:

ArrestsJordan Paradise, 18, Bremen, minor consuming alcohol, violation of conditions of release, warrant; Sept. 2.

Topsham contractor Harry C. Crooker & Sons Inc. will pave the Newcastle side of Cochran Road in the weeks ahead at a cost of $119,218.75.

Less than two weeks away from a formal decision by the Wiscasset School Board deciding which of the Wiscasset schools to close beginning the 2015-2016 school year, board members are looking for feedback from residents to help make this difficult decision.

Bristol and South Bristol firefighters extinguished a small woods fire at Tracy Shore, a nature preserve in South Bristol, the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 28.

The Department of Transportation is planning a temporary measure to raise the grade of a flood-prone section of East Pond Road in Nobleboro by paving it, according to Andrea Glidden.

Nancy Gault of Waldoboro enjoys games like Sudoku and puzzles. In addition to being fun, games keep her mind active, she said. They are what some would call healthy addictions. At 66 years of age, she’s hoping it will be another 20 to 30 years before she has to worry about Alzheimer’s disease or some form of dementia.