About 50 Damariscotta voters made quick work of the annual town meeting, approving all 44 warrant articles in less than 90 minutes June 13.

Damariscotta Town Manager Matt Lutkus has asked Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett to submit a proposal for his office to provide police services in Damariscotta.

Damariscotta Town Manager Matt Lutkus has asked Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett to submit a proposal for his office to provide police services in Damariscotta.

Jamie Schleicher and his wife Sara are pleased to announce the birth of their second son, Benjamin Miles Schleicher.

American Legion Auxiliary members in Maine elected South Bristol resident Mary Jane McLoon state president at their annual conference June 16 in Bangor.

Westport Island selectmen took care of the official business of appointing an Regional School Unit 12 withdrawal committee at their regularly scheduled meeting June 23 at the town office.

A modest audience listened to members of the Lincoln County Abuse Task Force June 14, during a panel discussion on elder abuse, focusing particularly on financial fraud and predators, held at the Lincoln Home in Newcastle.

Waldoboro selectmen have asked Town Manager John Spear to work with Central Lincoln County YMCA Executive director Craig Wilson to craft a transfer agreement that would, if voters approve its provisions, transfer ownership of the A.D. Gray School building and surrounding land to the YMCA.

A 22-year-old Waldoboro woman was arrested in Rockland June 9 after the vehicle she was allegedly operating struck a State Trooper’s patrol car around 1:30 a.m.

The Bristol Board of Selectmen, at its May 30 meeting, set the 2012 mil rate at $7.60.

Daniel A. Achorn, 48, Jefferson, attaching false plates, $100.

Business Rt. 1 near Yellowfront Market in Damariscotta has re-opened as construction crews have completed installing drainage across the roadway for the sidewalk expansion.

A traffic accident on Rt. 1 in Edgecomb sent a local man to the hospital and temporarily slowed traffic Monday afternoon.

Medomak Valley High School senior Hillia Aho was named as a runner-up for the 2nd Congressional District’s 2012 Congressional Art Competition.