The Bristol Budget Committee needs volunteers to help review the town’s annual budgets.

A group of Protestant and Roman Catholic teenagers from Northern Ireland are in Lincoln County with a program that works toward peace in the region.

The front entrance of Hannaford in Waldoboro was smashed in the early hours of Oct. 8 by a pick-up truck in a failed attempt to steal an automatic teller machine, according to Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde.

During the annual meeting of the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel Sept. 26, the power company’s Public and Government Affairs Director Eric Howes reported that Maine Yankee is encouraged by initiatives this year to implement the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Fuel.

One student and one community member from the towns of Regional School Unit 40 has been diagnosed with viral meningitis, according to interim Superintendent Michael Cormier.

Robert and Erin Bennett of Bremen are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Olivia Bennett.

Five staffers of The Lincoln County News were recognized for their work during the Maine Press Association Fall Conference awards dinner, as winners in the Better Newspaper Contest, 2012-’13.

Damariscotta Police Chief Ron Young plans to apply knowledge from his career in the military and both small-town and urban law enforcement on the job.

Nobleboro resident and Navy veteran Frank King got a chance to visit the national World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 21 via a down-and-back day trip provided by Honor Flight New England.

Two men and a juvenile male face felony drug charges as the result of a three month investigation of illegal distribution of Oxycodone in Lincoln County, according to a Maine Drug Enforcement Agency press release.

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

Boothbay: Susan Tyler Mojonnier (Tr.) and Susan T. Mojonnier Family Trust to Thomas W. Watts and Pamela R. Watts; Allen F. Brewer to Jon R. Holt and Beverly S. Holt; William L. Morse to Mary F. Woodman; Alexander T. Logan to Timothy W. Utley and Pamela M. Utley; Judith M. Sproul to Karl T. Bubrig Jr. and Celeste G. Bubrig; Daniel A. Harris to David P. Bryer (Tr.) and DPB Real Estate Trust; Inhab. of Boothbay to High Ledge LLC;

A panel of experts explained the health insurance options available under the new federal health care law at Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta Oct. 29.

Nearly 22 months in, on-going teacher contract negotiations in RSU 40 continue to stall. More than a year after the most recent contract expired, the negotiations are hinging mainly on compensation, according to involved parties.

The developer and restaurateur Xavier Cervera completed the purchase of the Newcastle Harbor House, the long-delayed condominium project on Main Street in Newcastle, Sept. 30.