Representative Ellen Winchenbach, R-Waldoboro, said she sponsored LD 585 at the request of the Department of Marine Resources.

Meeting in the Community Room of the Newcastle Fire Station March 7, the Newcastle Design Review Committee voted to table an application to demolish a historic structure at 21 Pond Rd. in Damariscotta Mills pending the receipt of a summary of an archeological survey on the site.

Approximately $150 in cash and 14 to16 blank vehicle inspection stickers were stolen some time in the past week from Bartlett’s Auto Sales in Whitefield, according to owner Samuel “Bunks” Bartlett.

Waldoboro Police Department report the following:

Complaints and investigationsFeb. 27, Officer Thomas Bartunek and Detective Jason Benefield are investigating a burglary report.

Firefighters responded to the scene of a small woods fire located near the eastern intersection of Route 1 and Old Route 1 in Waldoboro Saturday afternoon.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear an appeal April 9 at 10:50 a.m., from Gregory Vrooman, the former state trooper who was convicted last year on four counts of Class C crime of unlawful sexual contact with a minor.

Bristol residents re-elected incumbent Bristol School Committee members Sarah Mathieson and Bonnie Sablinsky with 209 and 170 votes, respectively, to challenger Tim Feltis’ 158 votes.

South Bristol residents approved every article, including a $1.63 million education budget and $712,472 town budget, during a two-hour annual town meeting March 12.

The March 7 Newcastle Design Review Committee meeting will convene tonight in the Community Room of the Newcastle Fire Station at 86 River Rd. The location of the meeting is incorrectly listed on the town’s website.

The Wiscasset Police Department has arrested two Wiscasset residents for allegedly stealing copper and other metals from two properties they had allegedly burglarized on Feb. 11, according to a news release from Chief Troy Cline.

Jay M. Abbott, 51, Boothbay Harbor, operating while license suspended or revoked, $250.

Like the rest of our body, our eyes change as we grow older, and become susceptible to some diseases that affect them, like macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, or diabetic retinopathy.

The latest news on the latest winter storm is that the National Weather Service downgraded the alert status Tuesday afternoon from a Winter Storm Watch to a Winter Weather Advisory.

The Newcastle Board of Appeals has denied a variance request from the landlord of a Newcastle apartment building, placing the future of the complex in doubt.