Department of Transportation officials say the replacement of the South Bristol swing bridge will move forward, despite the efforts of property owners who object to the design of the replacement bridge.

Waldoboro has room for commercial growth, but lacks safe access onto its major commercial route, Planning and Development Director Bill Najpauer said, June 28.

Richard and Vanessa Jordan of Kingfield are the new owners of the Wiscasset Raceway, purchasing the shuttered property at auction earlier this afternoon.

The St. Andrews Hospital and Healthcare Center facility will not close, although significant changes will be made next year.

Desiree Rogers and Daigan McKusic of Friendship are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Aubrii Allyn McKusic.

Each summer workers from overseas come to Maine to bag groceries, make beds, do laundry, and prepare and serve food. Where do they come from? Countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, China and Vietnam.

Harold and Dorothy Small of Dresden usually take their daily walk in the early morning. As part of their way on Call’s Hill, they pass an abandoned cemetery on an old wood road.

The owners of an historic dam at the head of Clary Lake in Whitefield have retained legal counsel, after members of the Clary Lake Association (CLA) and others filed a water level petition to determine the appropriate depth of water and minimum flows for the lake that lies between Whitefield and Jefferson.

Lobstermen all along Maine’s coast were staying on shore, and meeting to plan a united response, after a series of man-made and natural events led to a dramatic price drop, earlier this month.

The drawbridge connecting Richmond and Dresden on Rt. 197 was closed to vehicle traffic while Dept. of Transportation employees undertook emergency repairs.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Recent incidentsOn June 26, Dep. Brian Collamore received a complaint of a criminal mischief on Indian Road in Dresden, in the destroying of wooden posts under mailboxes. The incident is under investigation.

“Improper disposal of smoking material” has been the cause of three fires in Damariscotta in little more than a week, Fire Chief Neil Genthner said.

Residents of Bremen, and others visiting the town, will have an opportunity to visit the old Bremen Town House on Sun., Aug. 5, 1-4 p.m. when the Town House Committee hosts its biggest fundraising event of the year.

The South Bristol lobsterman who threatened a fellow lobsterman with a shotgun in a trap-cutting dispute pleaded guilty to Class C reckless conduct June 29.