The mother of an eight-year-old boy struck by a golf cart during the Damariscotta-Newcastle Memorial Day parade May 28 said her son is fine and recuperating at home.

A Dept. of Transportation contractor is preparing to start an 8-10 week bridge improvement project on Rt. 218 in Alna, DOT’s Ted Talbot said May 24.

On May 4 Jeffrey Evangelos of Friendship was certified by the Maine Secretary of State’s Office as an Independent candidate for House District 49, comprising the Towns of Friendship, Warren, Union, and Cushing. Evangelos lived in Warren for 21 years and has resided in Friendship for the past 17 years.

It was a busy weekend in Edgecomb. On May 18 Edgecomb voters elected Stuart Smith for selectman with 69 votes. Opponents Marilee Harris and Byron Johnson, Jr. had 51 and 19 votes respectively.

Angela D. Arnold, 29, Whitefield, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, priors, Two Bridges Regional Jail seven days, probation partially revoked, probation continued, restitution $200.

Waldoboro businessman Dana Dow recently donated $1000 to Lincoln Academy athletics to pay for the repair of a 1938 girls’ State championship basketball trophy. Dow’s mother, Helene Simmons, and his aunt, Connie Simmons, both played on the team.

Three people accused of transporting an elderly woman across the country between 2009 and 2011 all entered no contest pleas in Lincoln County Superior Court April 26.

On May 26-28 hundreds of guests and locals enjoyed the Fifth Annual Fish Ladder Restoration Festival at Damariscotta Mills.

The Alna Fire Department recently bought a 2002 Ford one-ton and a skid unit to replace its 1972 brush truck, Fire Chief Mike Trask said.

Captain Joseph F. Gray, retired U.S. Army officer, was chosen to be the Grand Marshal of the Memorial Day Parade May 28 in Damariscotta.

Commuters nationwide dust off their bicycles this week to participate in national Bike to Work Day on May 18.

A public information meeting has been planned, to gather input from Nobleboro citizens, on a possible fireworks ordinance.

The Keenan Auction Company auctioned off 14 properties at The Sheepscot Harbour Village & Resort in Edgecomb, May 5, raising approximately $1,736,000, according to the auction company’s real estate broker Stef Keenan.

Officials at the Maine Public Employees Retirement System have yet to determine whether convicted sex offender Gregory Vrooman will collect any benefits. Earlier Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said the former state trooper would be eligible.