The Gardiner man who struck a deer while riding a motorycle in Whitefield Sunday, Sept. 28, died as a result his injuries, Monday, Sept. 29, at the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

Chief Kirk Frances, of the Penobscot Nation, and James Sappier, former chief and current Penobscot Elder Council member, sent a letter to three of the five Wiscasset selectmen Sept. 4 asking them to overturn the board’s decision allowing a private road in town be named Redskin’s Drive.

Updated Sept. 22 at 1:30 p.m.
The agenda for a special meeting scheduled for the Jefferson School Committee today has been revised to include an executive session with the committee’s attorney as the only actionable item.

Seth Hagar, vice president of Hagar Enterprises Inc., told the Alna Board of Selectman Sept. 10, his company is still interested in entering into a snowplowing contract, but some proposed changes in the contract has delayed the signing of the contract.

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.