A man police say was involved in a hit-and-run accident on Bremen Road in Waldoboro May 2 has been charged with two Class E crimes, according to Waldoboro Police Officer Larry Hesseltine.

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is promoting Free Fishing Days Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1 to encourage people to get out and experience Maine’s waterways.

On the eve of Memorial Day weekend, vandals raced their vehicle(s) through the new section of Village Cemetery in Jefferson. The cemetery is maintained by volunteers, who worked all week to mow and clean up the cemetery in time for Memorial Day weekend. They finished their work on Friday.

A New Harbor man died at 6 p.m., Monday, May 26 from injuries sustained in a high-speed, single-vehicle accident in Damariscotta late Sunday, May 25. Police suspect alcohol was a factor in the crash.

A Nobleboro man injured in an accident in Waldoboro May 15 is home and recovering after being taken by LifeFlight helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland and being treated for two collapsed lungs.

Updated May 14 at 2:00 p.m.
A polarizing proposal to install floating wind turbines off Monhegan Island did not receive an important $47 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

An 18-year-old Jefferson woman was not hurt when the car she was driving hit a utility pole and rolled over in Jefferson Friday, May 9.

Governor Paul LePage administered the oath of office to seven new judges and justices May 2, including one new judge who grew up in Jefferson and graduated from Lincoln Academy.

Two veteran public servants have declared themselves write-in candidates for the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen.

Central Maine Power, a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA, is performing tree trimming work in 30 communities in Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties over the coming weeks. The work along utility lines is part of a $20 million annual vegetation management program.

United Way of Mid Coast Maine presented a Community Builder Award to Damariscotta Bank & Trust Company for wide-ranging support of local people and nonprofits at its annual meeting.

Meeting May 14, the Bristol Board of Selectmen unanimously accepted a petition to hold a special open town meeting to consider preventing transmission cables from an offshore wind power project coming ashore on Bristol public land.

The petition had 225 accepted signatures of registered Bristol voters, well over the 160 signature threshold required to validate the petition.

After serving only one and a half years on the board of directors of the Lincoln County Animal Shelter/Boothbay Region Humane Society, Michaela Stone of Alna has submitted her resignation, citing the board’s inability to make the necessary decisions to keep the shelter operating.

Wiscasset’s selectmen and budget committee have agreed to a suggestion from interim Town Manager Don Gerrish to support withdrawing $1.25 million from the town’s reserve account to reduce taxes for this year.