Attending the Wiscasset School Board meeting May 22, Chelsea Haggett, a 2007 graduate of Wiscasset High School, announced her write-in candidacy for an open seat on the school board.

A Maine Department of Transportation plan to install a traffic light at the intersection of Routes 1 and 27 in Wiscasset met with concern from downtown business owners during a meeting at Wiscasset High School May 21.

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.

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Whitefield Man Indicted on 12 Charges of Sex Crimes
A Whitefield man has been indicted on a dozen felony charges for allegedly compelling a teenage girl to engage in sexual acts on six different occasions in the fall of 2012.

Man Indicted For Allegedly Strangling Pregnant Wife in Boothbay

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A U.K. citizen faces assault charges for allegedly using a belt to strangle his pregnant wife and drag her around their Boothbay Harbor apartment last December.

Nobleboro Man Indicted On Four Counts Gross Sexual Assault
A Lincoln County Grand Jury has indicted a Nobleboro man on four counts of gross sexual assault, all Class A felonies.

Grand Jury Indicts Bristol Man Who Accidentally Shot Himself
A Bristol man who accidentally shot himself with a shotgun in March faces felony charges for illegally possessing a firearm.

Boothbay Man Gets 2 Years for Unlawful Sexual Contact
A 43-year-old Boothbay man will serve two years in prison and eight years of probation for sexually abusing a 9-year-old female relative in February 2012.

Naked Man Allegedly Assaults Female Bicyclist in Nobleboro
A Damariscotta man faces a felony assault charge after allegedly attacking and strangling a female bicyclist, all while he was naked, in Nobleboro April 21.

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When Vera Cleaves walked into Ship’s Chow Hall Sunday afternoon she did not know that she was going to be greeted by family members and friends who had gathered there to celebrate her 100th birthday with her.

Antipasto with marinated fiddleheads or asparagus, fresh mozzarella, smoked Maine mussels, salmon, and troutThis is the epitome of Maine luxury: ocean, woodlands, and farm are combined to mingle smoky, creamy, and pungent flavors that serves 6 to 8.

A structure fire in Wiscasset April 29 called out area fire departments and blocked Route 27 for several hours as firefighters battled to get the blaze under control.

A Massachusetts couple was killed in Waldoboro April 18 when an oncoming vehicle crossed the center line and struck their car.

After ‘end of the world’ explosion, Quebec town tries to find hope

The Newcastle Fire Company recently purchased a secondhand rescue vehicle to replace a 30-year-old vehicle.

Although most of the Wiscasset School Board agreed the Wiscasset Adult & Community program is a great program, they also agreed Wiscasset cannot afford the nearly $80,000 cost of operating the program.

The RSU 40 board of directors approved a proposed budget for the 2014-2015 school year April 3. The budget is up 3.37 percent over last year, but would only result in a 0.59 percent increase to local taxpayers if voters approve it.