Serving Maine and Lincoln County for over 140 years
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:
On Sept. 24, Deputy Chad Gilbert took a report of a burglary/theft of a Husqvarna 266 chain saw (value: $450) and a Home Lite weed wacker (value: $300) from a shed in the Somerville area. The complainant stated that it happened sometime within the last two weeks. Further investigation to follow pending new leads.
Waldoboro Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs announced the hiring of Emily Reinholt, of Edgecomb, as the town’s new planner Oct. 28.
No one was injured when a Sheepscot Valley RSU 12 school bus hit a stopped vehicle as it turned onto Head Tide Hill Road from Head Tide Road in Alna Oct. 23.
The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen adopted a new domestic violence policy for town employees Oct. 15 and welcomed a dedicated community advocate from New Hope for Women.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Two Republican Lincoln County candidates wrapping up their first full terms are running unopposed for re-election this year.
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.
