A single vehicle accident in Wiscasset the afternoon of May 27 sent one man to the hospital and closed Foye Road to traffic for over an hour as emergency crews waited for Central Maine Power to handle a severed utility pole.

Though two more chances for public input remain, the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 board of directors have approved a $26.5 million budget for the 2013-2014 school year.

A fire at 729 Middle Rd. in Dresden on May 7 has been classified an arson by the State Fire Marshal’s Office, according to Sgt. Ken Grimes.

Lincoln County schools ran the gamut by bringing in grades from ‘A’ to ‘F’ in report cards on Maine’s schools released by the Department of Education on May 1.

Newcastle Town Administrator David Bolling will resign after 15 months on the job and return to Tennessee for a position as city manager of Kingston.

Nationally known horror artist Glenn Chadbourne, of Newcastle, was featured in the May 21 edition of USA Today online, in a Book Buzz article, for his artistry in “The Dark Man,” by Stephen King.

The RSU 12 Board of Directors will hold a special meeting to approve the RSU 12 Adult Education budget and to sign the budget warrants.

Maine’s newest police officers have graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy and their number includes William N. Shuman of Waldoboro who will be working with the Maine Warden Service.

John Burbank, 34, of Jefferson, was arrested May 13, outside his Goose Hill Road home, after allegedly threatening a municipal road crew.

A one-car rollover accident on Route 27 in Wiscasset has stopped traffic in both directions this morning. Traffic is currently being rerouted around the scene, which is close to, and north of, the Huntoon Hill Road intersection.

Five fire departments, 10 apparatus, and about 40 firefighters battled a brush fire in the woods of Jefferson the afternoon of May 1 before finally stopping the spreading fire line, according to Jefferson Fire Chief Walter Morris.

Traffic will be reduced to one alternating lane along Route 128 (River Road) in Dresden and Woolwich again today due to paving, according to Department of Transportation press release.

The Westport Island RSU 12 Withdrawal committee is not happy with the recent proposal presented to them May 12, by the RSU Ad-hoc negotiating committee.

The Bremen Board of Selectmen will convene their regular meeting at 4:30 p.m. today, beginning a half-hour earlier than their usual 5 p.m. start.