Christopher A. Benner, 20, Damariscotta, commercial shellfishing without a license, second, $300; commercial shellfishing without a license, second, $300.

The Bristol Board of Selectmen, at its Nov. 20 meeting, voted to use road funds to buy a $412 distance-measuring device for the town truck.

Somerville officials are waiting to hear from the owners of more than a dozen properties with unpaid 2010 taxes. Town Treasurer and Tax Collect Gerry Kimball said she sent 15 foreclosure notices out in early November and, as of the Board of Selectmen’s Nov. 20 meeting, had only received two responses.

The owner of a parcel of land on Musquash Pond told Jefferson’s Board of Selectmen at their Nov. 19 meeting that he was unaware of the town’s shoreland zoning ordinance and other regulations, but was prepared to respond to a list of violations sent to him by Code Enforcement Officer Stanley Waltz.

The body of a man found at the scene of a Nov. 3 fire in Bremen as been identified by the Maine’s Chief Medical Examiner.

An unique set of circumstances caused the Edgecomb Fire Department’s fuel card to be turned off the weekend before Hurricane Sandy hit, according to Selectman Stuart Smith.

Maine Senate District 20: Rep. Les Fossel, R-Alna, 238; Sen. Chris Johnson, D-Somerville, 178.

Fossel leads the race, 6238-6030.

Lincoln County law enforcement is currently on the scene of an armed standoff on Upper East Pond Road in Nobleboro.

Dwight T. Dixon, 36, Boothbay, gross sexual assault, dismissed.

Marcia Chambers of Boothbay was granted a divorce from Fred Chambers of Palm Beach, Fla. on Sept. 5. They were married in Boothbay Harbor on Sept. 16, 2009.

The town of Nobleboro may purchase a fire truck to replace Engine 1, a 1979 Ford Middlesex fire truck, after Nobleboro Fire Chief Ryan Gallagher presented the Board of Selectmen with the specifications for a 1995 4 Guys Fire Truck at their Nov. 20 meeting.

The shooting of a beloved pet has spawned a Facebook group that is focusing its outrage at the man who pulled the trigger, Newcastle farmer Lee Straw.

Wow – what a community we live in. Organizers of the relief truck that is heading to Rockaway, Long Island and Staten Island this Saturday are thrilled with the community response for supplies for the hurricane/super storm Sandy victims.

A six-hour standoff on the Upper East Pond Road in Nobleboro ended peacefully Nov. 1, with two local men arrested.