The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen was split on approving the Wiscasset Airport Master Plan at its meeting June 3.

Voters in RSU 40 will have to meet again Thursday, June 12 to correct some figures in one budget article adopted at the district’s budget meeting held May 27.

Westport Islanders voted to keep a budget advisory committee in place and continue to appropriate money for charities during annual town meeting on Saturday, June 21.

LincolnHealth has submitted an official request to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider one of the three conditions placed on the approval of the recently submitted Certificate of Need application for the creation of Lincoln County Healthcare and LincolnHealth.

Damariscotta Police Department responded to 149 calls including motor vehicle stops, arrests, complaints, calls for service, etc. during this one week period of time and reports the following activity:

SummonsesMay 27, Chad C. Bolster, 21 of Bristol was summoned to court for driving to endanger and operating a defective motor vehicle.

Casey and Carrie Cocco of Damariscotta are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Mackenzie Grace Cocco.

The Somerville Volunteer Fire Department dedicated the town’s newest fire truck to Cecil Brann on Saturday, June 14.

Saturday, June 14, just over 3,000 hunters will find out if they will be taking part in what many call the “hunt of a lifetime.”

Outgoing Waldoboro Selectman James Bodman showed up at his final board meeting June 10 in a tuxedo complete with bow tie and coattails, and called fellow board members on the carpet with allegations they discussed town business outside official meetings.

Damariscotta voters elected write-in candidate Angela Russ to a three-year term on the Great Salt Bay School Committee June 10. Russ defeated Dana Orenstein 80-29.

A state agency has determined that Lincoln County Healthcare must once again provide urgent care 24-hours-a-day, 7 days a week in the Boothbay area.

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline reports the following arrests and summons:

ArrestsOn April 29 Brandon Raymond Carleton, 26, of Bath, was arrested for operating after suspension.

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Lincoln County and surrounding areas through 9 p.m. Memorial Day. A “watch” is a lower grade advisory that means severe weather may not be imminent. Radar images monitored at intellicast.com at 3:09 p.m. indicated highly scattered weather systems moving aloft from the northwest at a fairly good clip. The NWS advisory covers the possibility that any one of these could develop into a thunderstorm.

Although the residents of Edgecomb approved a flat-line budget for Fiscal Year 2015 at their annual town meeting May 17, a two-year tax commitment error will result in an increase of two mills in taxes for the upcoming year.