The Damariscotta Police Department’s new cruiser has a fresh style that sets it apart from past department vehicles, thanks to the fourth-graders at Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta.

Data shared by RSU 40 staff on student proficiency in reading and math shows nearly all the district’s schools are falling short of state-set – but school-specific – goals.

A Boothbay Harbor man has pleaded guilty to stealing prescription stimulants from mentally disabled students while working as a custodian at Boothbay Region Elementary School.

At open town meeting May 31, Wiscasset voters approved withdrawing $1.25 million in reserve funds to lower taxes, approved hiring a school resource officer, and raised the appropriation for the library by almost 15 percent.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Alna: Stephen Averill to Daniel Harold Averill;

Lincoln Academy junior Abbie Healey received the 2014 Ruth Ives Humanitarian Award for her commitment to social justice and equality at the Lincoln Academy all-school assembly May 23.

Wiscasset resident and Vietnam veteran Barry Cheney lost his U.S. Military ID tags in September 1968, in the jungle of Chu lei, South Vietnam, when a mine exploded, killing his friend, and seriously injuring him and several members of his company.

Two Lincoln County residents have been charged with aggravated drug trafficking after a search of their car after a late night traffic stop May 15 resulted in the discovery $72,000 worth of heroin.

Harvest Moon, Waldoboro’s newest restaurant, opened for business May 8 and its owner-operator is aiming to make a “farm-to-restaurant” concept economically viable.

A fire started by a cigarette destroyed an apartment at 3 Hendrick’s Hill Rd. in Southport early May 6.

Updated May 30 at 4:50 p.m.
The pilot of a helicopter that crashed in the woods of Whitefield was able to walk out under his own power.

Paul L. Chapman, 46, Richmond, domestic violence assault, March 12; criminal mischief, March 12, both dismissed.

Scott Grady, 30, Bethlehem, N.H., criminal trespass, Nov. 5, 2013, dismissed.

The first Big Lebowski Day held in Waldoboro May 25 drew a small but excited crowd to “celebrate all things ‘Dude.'”

Jim Hilton is stepping down next month after roughly 23 years service on the Jefferson Board of Selectmen.