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.

The bulk of the Sept. 24 meeting of the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen continued an ongoing discussion on the future of the Edgecomb Eddy School and was attended by AOS 98 Superintendent Eileen King and several members of the school board.

A Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy and a 42-year-old Searsmont woman were both injured in a two-vehicle accident on Townhouse Road in Whitefield Sept. 18. The crash totaled both vehicles, one of which was a Lincoln County Sheriff’s patrol vehicle.

In accordance with a Presidential proclamation, the United States flag and the State of Maine flag shall be flown at half-staff until sunset on Sun., Sept. 16 in honor of the four Americans who lost their lives after an attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya.

The Damariscotta Police Dept. hired former Two Bridges Regional Jail corrections officer and part-time patrol officer Devin Polizzotti to join the department full-time Aug. 8.

A party on a deck in Jefferson, Sept. 7, took an unexpected turn at approximately 7 p.m., when a 23-year-old man decided to climb up on a railing, approximately 16 feet from the ground below.

The state expects a pretrial resolution in the Wiscasset mailbox-bombing case, Assistant District Attorney Andrew Wright said in Lincoln County Superior Court Sept. 27.

Somerville selectmen and volunteers were busy, Sept. 25, moving furniture from the old town office, at the former Somerville School, to the new one at 72 Sand Hill Rd.

By John Christie and Naomi SchalitSenior reporters, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting(This is the fourth story in the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting’s continuing coverage of the candidates for U. S. Senate from Maine. The series – “Setting the record straight” – is focused on the claims each candidate has made about their record, with special emphasis given to the key issues facing national leaders: jobs and the economy.)

Kevin and Crystal Berg, of Damariscotta, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Coralee Priscilla Berg.