The Damariscotta Police Department’s new reserve officer plans to apply his knowledge of social work to a new career in law enforcement.

Alna resident Donna Wallace said as a result of two landslides on her property over the weekend she now has a much wider driveway, thanks to the nearly 400 yards of blue clay that tumbled down an embankment onto her driveway.

A write-in campaign could determine the Lincoln County register of probate, with no candidates on the ballot for this fall.

A Two Bridges Regional Jail inmate’s improper disposal of a rag with linseed oil on it resulted in a fire that damaged a garage at the Wiscasset jail June 5.

Wiscasset voters elected two new selectmen and one incumbent in the June 10 election. Benjamin Rines and William Barnes will be the new members of the board. Jefferson Slack was re-elected for another two years. Incumbent Judy Colby and David Nichols fell short on votes in this election.

After voting to decrease the overall municipal budget by $8,000, Wiscasset voters agreed to withdraw $1.25 million from the town’s reserve account in an effort to keep taxes low, during an open town meeting May 31.

Damariscotta residents will consider adopting a comprehensive plan and changes to the shoreland zoning and subdivision ordinances at annual town meeting, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 10 and 11.

Dresden Town Clerk Patricia Theriault took her oath of office June 23 at the Dresden town office. Outgoing Town Clerk Kim Rzasa administered the oath.

Updated June 27 at 11:18 a.m.
A Florida woman is in fair condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland after a head-on collision in Bristol the morning of Thursday, June 26.

After issues were raised with a June 10 executive session and a subsequent vote to relax the town’s land use ordinance, the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen voted to rescind the action at their June 24 meeting.

Damariscotta’s new parking enforcement officer hopes the summer job with his hometown police department will be the beginning of a long career in law enforcement.

A Waldoboro man is serving nine months in jail after pleading guilty to charges of operating under the influence and aggravated driving to endanger, both Class C felonies.

A Bath man will serve four years in prison for assaulting a fellow inmate in the maximum-security unit of Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.

FB Environmental and Environmental Canine Services came to Waldoboro June 9 to help locate sources of human waste pollution along the banks of the Medomak River near the village.