A Dresden man faces a charge of operating under the influence after crashing his truck in Wiscasset and allegedly registering a 0.17 blood-alcohol level, more than twice the legal limit.

The Damariscotta and Newcastle Boards of Selectmen formed a committee to address communication issues after Damariscotta’s town manager raised concerns about the agreement governing public works in the two towns Aug. 11.

As Jefferson Village School’s new baseball field remains closed to use over contamination and quality concerns, the town’s school committee voted unanimously Aug. 4 to reject a proposal from the project’s subcontractor to get the field wrapped up.

The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen will discuss a potential bottle-bin policy for the transfer station at its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 2.

A young bicyclist who was hit by a box truck on Union Road in Waldoboro on Friday, Aug. 1 has died of his injuries, Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde said.

Joseph and Roanne Fortin, Bristol, are very pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Gregory Benjamin Fortin, to Lauren Christine Marchand, both of Franklin, Mass. Marchand is the daughter of Henry and Anne Marchand, Torrington, Conn.

A unique dining experience awaits visitors at the Squire Tarbox Inn and Restaurant, located on a small farm on rural Westport Island. The upscale restaurant used to be closed on Mondays. That all changed when daughter of the owner, Lara DePietro, a holistic nutritionist, held a seminar last summer on how to build an outdoor pizza oven, led by Jesse Stevens of Harrison.

The side-by-side construction projects, a dormitory and a technology center, on the Lincoln Academy campus in Newcastle are on schedule to open in early 2015.

A collision between a motorcycle and an automobile on Route 1 and Birch Point Road in Wiscasset sent two men to the hospital August 16, according to police.

The Whitefield Board of Selectmen voted Aug. 12 to write a letter to the Maine Attorney General’s Office expressing concern about a private company’s compliance with an order regarding the dam and water level at Clary Lake.

Erica Johnson and Kevin Sherman of Wiscasset are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Ruby Anne Sherman.

Newcastle will hold a special town meeting to balance the secondary education budget at the town office at 7 p.m., Monday, July 14.

The U.S. Postal Service will most likely reduce the hours of the South Bristol post office to six hours a day from Monday to Friday and four hours on Saturday.

The all four feet of summerBoth Betsy Pratt, manager of the Lincoln County Animal Shelter, and Kathy Williams, president of the shelter’s board of directors, are wildlife rehabilitators. During the long winter of 2013-2014 these two compassionate and often courageous volunteers have rescued many animals in peril.