Government Notices Bremen TOWN OF BREMEN Selectmen’s Meeting on Thursday, May 15, 2014 will begin at 4:30 pm to discuss a personnel matter pursuant to 1 MRSA §405(6)(A). Bremen Planning Board Meeting May 13, 2014 at 7:00pm ** Bremen Town Office AGENDA I. Call to Order II. Adjustments to Agenda III. Approval of Minutes ~ […]

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.

For the love of animals As a slideshow screen saver on my computer, I’ve chosen photographs I’ve taken of animals adopted from the Lincoln County Animal Shelter over the three years of writing “All Four Feet” for The Lincoln County News. Some days I sit for a long time watching the beautiful creatures parade across my screen – those that are now in forever homes. Some of those that have gone home are pictured here. Perhaps you have one of them in your family.

About 50 voters from RSU 40 adopted a school board-proposed budget of $22,948,569.80 with little discussion at the annual budget meeting May 27.

The Waldoboro Police Department responded to 291 calls for service in this time period. Below are a few of the highlights.

Arrests/summonsApril 22, Barbara Boardman, 59, of Waldoboro, was summoned for failure to show proof of insurance.

Wells-Hussey American Legion Post 42, Damariscotta, hosted the presentation of 26 Quilts of Valor on May 18. The Legion hall was standing room only. About 150 family and friends joined in thanking military veterans for their service to our country.

A new fitness studio planned to open in the former Allied Tool & Fastener building in Waldoboro as soon as Monday, May 19 will offer group exercise classes and personal training services.

The Westport Island Board of Selectmen will put the citizens petition asking the voters if they want to discontinue the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit withdrawal process on the ballot for the June 10 election.

Boothbay voters created a tax increment financing district and signed off on the donation of an under-utilized town property during annual town meeting May 5.

In a report published May 8, the National Transportation Safety Board has identified the probable cause of a plane crash in Owls Head in November 2012 that claimed the lives of three young men.

During the last third of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century, Dr. Charles W. Eliot served as the president of Harvard University. In speeches and classroom lectures he was oft quoted as claiming that a liberal arts education could be obtained by anyone who was willing to spend 15 minutes per day reading from an appropriate collection of classics which could fit on a 5-foot shelf.

At special town meeting May 27, 135 Jefferson voters adopted a $5,173,053 K-12 education budget recommended by the Jefferson School Committee. Voters will have the opportunity to validate the budget at referendum on June 10.

Damariscotta/NewcastleThe Twin Villages Annual Memorial Day parade begins promptly at 11 a.m., Monday, May 26, at The Lincoln County News parking lot on Route 215/Mills Road. Only those previously registered will be permitted.

This weekend at the Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Restoration Festival on Bayview Road in Nobleboro twelve bushels of smoked alewives will be available for sale just across the road at Mulligan’s Smoked Alewives.