The founder of “Pastor Chuck Orchards” will speak at St. Andrews Village Monday, Nov. 5.

The Wiscasset Police Dept. reports the following activities from Oct. 29 to the afternoon of Nov. 5:

ArrestsOct. 31, Officer Gary Caron arrested Ronald Williams, 41, of Whitefield on a warrant from Cumberland County. Williams was also charged with burglary and criminal trespass.

A group of workers that included staff from the Dept. of Marine Resources, Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment Habitat Coordinator Slade Moore and volunteers from the Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Restoration waded into the ladder’s pools, Nov. 26, to unplug drains, capture several species of fish and get them to their winter homes.

Senator Chris Johnson (D-Somerville), will continue to represent District 20 in the Maine Senate after a Nov. 20 recount did not change Election Day results.

A recount in the District 20 Senate race on Nov. 20 confirmed the re-election of Sen. Christ Johnson (D-Somerville) with 171 more votes than Rep. Les Fossell (R-Alna).

Alan Hawkins, the interim superintendent of Sheepscot Valley RSU 12, has enacted a spending freeze in an effort to accommodate roughly $500,000, [in] according to an email from Gerald Nault, “budget item excesses.”

Damariscotta voters have rejected a charter amendment, 732-546, that would have given the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen the authority to close the town’s police department and contract for law enforcement.

Jefferson and Windsor report results for state legislature races.

Only 48 Lincoln County households are without power in the early morning hours of Thurs., Nov. 1.

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

Boothbay: Joseph F. Schappa, Joseph F. Schappa Jr. and Ruth E. Palmer to Joseph F. Schappa (Tr.) and Joseph F Schappa Trust;

Newcastle has a plan to alleviate concerns about privacy at the polls, town officials said at the Nov. 26 meeting of the Board of Selectmen.

Buzz Pinkham (R-Damariscotta) has withdrawn his request for a recount in the District 51 House race. Mick Devin (D-Newcastle) remains the winner by 91 votes.

The Cessna 172 single-engine plane that crashed at Knox County Regional Airport Nov. 16 brought down more than three young college students. It brought to an end a close relationship between Brazilian student Marcelo Rugini and the tightly-knit farming family that owns and operates Spear Farm.

The board of directors for Sheepscot Valley RSU 12 has formed a three person committee for the purpose of negotiating a contract for tuition and transportation with the Augusta School Department.