Mexicali Blues is moving temporarily while excited to begin construction on their new Newcastle store. The popular store will operate temporarily in Damariscotta beginning this week located at the former Animal House space at 372 Main St., Bus Rt. 1.

Meghan J. Brann, 22, Farmington, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer; burglary; criminal trespass, all dismissed.

Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett has confirmed LCSO Detective Sgt. Ken Hatch is on paid administrative leave while the Sheriff’s Office and the Maine Attorney General’s office investigate a complaint against Hatch.

The Damariscotta Police Dept. received overwhelming support from several contingents from the community at a Sept. 19 public hearing before the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen.

Newcastle Selectman Ben Frey said residents should not panic as the town decides whether to study the feasibility of a police department.

A fire in a Waldoboro sawmill, reported shortly before 2 a.m. Sept. 16, is under investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s office.

More than two dozen Waldoboro citizens stopped by a public meeting at the Soule-Shuman Memorial VFW Post 4525, Aug. 30, to see drawings of the facade and floor plans under consideration for the Central Lincoln County YMCA’s renovation of the former A.D. Gray School.

The Wiscasset Police Dept. reports the following activities from Sept. 17-24:

Arrests and summonsesSept. 17, Chief Troy Cline and Sgt. Kathy Williams responded to a domestic violence complaint and arrested Shannon Butler, 19, of Wiscasset, for domestic violence assault and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Lincoln County Emergency Management Training and Operations Supervisor Ken Desmond has just returned from a U.S. Homeland Security-sponsored training session on grant writing in Washington, D.C.

Alna officials set the town’s 2012-2013 mil rate at $21.80 Wednesday, an increase of $1.50 more than the mil rate for the previous fiscal year.

Walter and Leslie Overlock together with Alan and Kathy Wochomurka are very pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Paige Alison Overlock and Michael Robert Wochomurka.

A Waldoboro native, honored for rescuing 11 German soldiers in Afghanistan, April 2, 2010, was chosen to exhibit the Army’s UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter at this year’s Berlin Air Show, Sept. 11-16.

Chief Warrant Officer Jason LaCrosse received the Silver Star and the German Gold Cross for his efforts in that rescue mission.

Damariscotta dedicated the new Bus. Rt. 1 sidewalk to the late Richard “Dick” Else, whose approximately $200,000 bequest helped make the sidewalk possible, Aug. 30.

Lincoln County administrators welcomed some 300 attendees to the 2012 Convention of Maine Counties, held at Spruce Point Resort, in Boothbay Harbor, Sept. 5-7.