In three decades of service with the Alna Volunteer Fire Department, James Bruce has had a hand in seemingly every step of the department’s progress.

A 2005 Saab being driven by Mark Fleischer, of Massachusetts, was struck by a southbound Pontiac Grand Am driven by a Waldoboro juvenile in Damariscotta this afternoon.

Nobleboro citizens will be asked to decide whether the town should regulate the use of consumer fireworks, when they go to the polls in the Nov. 6 election.

At the end of Community Cleanup Day at Wiscasset Speedway on Sept. 16, owners Richard and Vanessa Jordan chose to hold the Speedway’s first and only race of 2012 on Sat., Oct. 20.

Waldoboro murder suspect Arline Lawless was indicted by a Lincoln County Grand Jury on a charge of “Intentional or Knowing Murder.”

Jonathan Bubar of Waldoboro and Jennifer Bubar of Waldoboro were granted a divorce on July 27. They were married in Dover-Foxcroft on Dec. 16, 1995. Shared parental rights of two minor children.

Members of Regional School Unit 12’s Board of Directors explained the methods and effects of their proposed cost-sharing plan, at the Somerville School Sept. 6, during the third of three meetings on the proposal.

Cucumbers and veggies beware. The sixth annual Pickle-Palooza contest returns to the Damariscotta River Grill on Sun., Sept. 30 at 3 p.m.

(Updated Sept. 28 1:31 p.m.) Three written complaints concerning rats have been submitted to the town of Windsor from Whitefield and Windsor residents since Sept. 7, according to Windsor Town Manager Theresa Haskell.

A Lincoln County Superior Court grand jury has indicted William M. Harrison, 40, Charleston, Mass. on a charge of Class B aggravated assault.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Wind Advisory in regard to a storm front expected to visit Lincoln County Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. The front is forecast to bring southerly winds with a sustained velocity of 25 to 35 mph and gusts exceeding 45 mph, according to the NWS. Heavy rainfall is also expected with this storm, according to the NWS.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On Sept. 1, Deputy Mark Bridgham responded to a report of criminal mischief of broken windows to a camp in the Somerville area. Further investigation to follow if leads develop.

Agreeing with a 4-1 vote, the Whitefield Board of Selectmen signed the town’s 2012 tax commitment at their Sept. 11 meeting. Selectman Lester Sheaffer dissented.

A bus carrying about a dozen students from Jefferson Village School snagged a low hanging Fairpoint Communications line on Rt. 32 in Jefferson during the afternoon of Sept. 27.