The CLC YMCA in Damariscotta is in their last phase of raising funds for a six-lane swimming pool. “The Y is happy to announce that they have raised $1.3 million of a $1.7 million goal,” Executive Director Craig Wilson said.

Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline reports the following activities:

Arrests and summonsesDec. 27, 2012, Alexandria Meadows, 19, of Pittston, was issued a criminal summons for failure to obtain a license within 30 days of residency, and summons for no insurance and no inspection sticker.

Firefighters responded to a structure fire on Crummett Mountain Road in Somerville, Thursday afternoon finding the structure fully ablaze.

A new strategy released by the U.S. Department of Energy on Jan. 11 is calling for spent nuclear fuel to begin being consolidated as soon as 2021.

Former Maine State Trooper Gregory Vrooman is appealing his conviction on four counts of Class C crime of unlawful sexual contact with a minor, with all but 21 months suspended.

Power has been restored to 615 Lincoln County households that were without power during the height of an afternoon windstorm on Thursday, according to John Carroll, the spokesperson for Central Maine Power (CMP). The storm brought sustained winds at 25 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

The town of Wiscasset has filed a lawsuit against Mason Station, LLC in an effort to recover $846,263.67 in unpaid property and personal property taxes, according to court documents.

Regional School Unit 40 Board of Directors met the district’s new business manager at the start of their Jan. 3 meeting, following a request from Chairman Danny Jackson that the board and district administrators recommend students for recognition.

Waldoboro Chief Bill Labombarde reports the following: Waldoboro officers responded to 489 calls for service between Dec. 18, 2012 and the present and include:

Arrests and summonsesDec. 18, 2012, Officer Thomas Bartunek arrested Gina Glidden, 24, of Warren on a warrant.

Firefighters are currently on the scene of a structure fire on Crummett Mountain Road in Somerville.

An anticipated $502,000 shortfall in the state Board of Corrections investment fund this year might be about $500,000 “to the good,” according to Colonel Mark Westrum.

Ted Wooster is fascinated with people’s reactions to the disappearance of a sign that hung from the brick wall of the building at 5 Friendship St. that has been in his family since the middle of the last century.

Strong winds fanned a fire that destroyed a residence on Bayview Rd. in Nobleboro Thursday afternoon, according to a reporter for The Lincoln County News who was at the scene.

Rising Tide Community Market has appointed Alan MacQueen as its new general manager. MacQueen, a Wiscasset resident, assumed the role on Dec. 10, 2012. He had been the grocery manager in the store since 2009.