A proposed $3,858,603 municipal budget for Waldoboro will be decided by referendum at annual town meeting on Tuesday, June 10.

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Round Pond Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Counterfeit Bills
A Round Pond man has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor forgery in connection with the passing of “numerous” counterfeit $20 bills in Damariscotta, Newcastle, and Waldoboro.

Man Pleads Guilty to Hitting Man with Car, Threatening Girl in Wiscasset
A Kennebec County man has pleaded guilty to hitting a man with a car and threatening to kill a Wiscasset woman and her 15-year-old daughter and blow up their apartment.

New York Man Gets 6 Years for Trafficking Oxycodone in Whitefield
A New York man will serve six years in prison and four years of probation for trafficking oxycodone in Whitefield.

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A man had a narrow escape when the truck he was driving caught fire on Eddy Road in Edgecomb the morning of Friday, June 27.

Deirdre D. Albert, 41, Waldoboro, domestic violence assault, priors, Dec. 3, 2013, dismissed; violating condition of release, Dec. 5, 2013, Two Bridges Regional Jail 10 days; violating condition of release, Dec. 5, 2013, dismissed.

Karrie N. Prior, 23, of Waldoboro, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, $350 fine.

The Central Lincoln County YMCA has appointed longtime YMCA professional Bob Young interim executive director.

Bambi Jones and David (“Tracy”) Moskovitz of Whitefield, have been named 2014 Regional Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year for the Northeast region.

A Kennebec County motorcyclist is in good condition after a head-on motorcycle-van collision on Route 218 in Alna June 8, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

Newcastle will consider a 10 percent increase in the town budget and vote on sign regulations for the second consecutive year during annual town meeting.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the May 30 crash of a helicopter in the woods near Route 218 in Whitefield.

Wiscasset voters will go to the polls Tuesday, June 10, to elect three selectmen from a pool of five candidates, including two incumbents and three former selectmen.

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.