Waldoboro police report a 25-year-old Warren man was killed in an early morning motorcycle accident on Jefferson Street Aug. 22.

On Fri., Aug. 17, the Damariscotta-Newcastle Lions and Rotary Clubs will once again band together to have their annual auction.

A Lincoln County News reporter is at the scene of a single-vehicle personal injury accident involving children, at 2849 Washington Road (Rt. 220) in Waldoboro.

The Lincoln Theater is open again after water damage due to a malfunctioning sprinkler system forced it to close for the weekend of Aug. 3-5.

The Richmond-Dresden swing bridge on Rt. 197 will have only one lane open to cars on Aug. 1 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. while the Dept. of Transportation undertakes repairs to the 69-year-old structure.

On his initial appearance July 26 in Lincoln County Superior Court, Cory Hodgdon, 18, of Wiscasset was officially informed that he was charged with criminal use of explosives, a Class C offense, and a felony.

South Bristol resident Jim Wade, proprietor of D & L Screen Printers Inc. in Newcastle, has donated an intricate, hand-carved, three-dimensional sign to the town.

A fire in a permanently affixed mobile home in Waldoboro, Aug. 28, was caused by an accidental electrical malfunction.

A flash of lightning Friday night in Damariscotta sent theatergoers packing 10 minutes early at Lincoln Theater, as a surge of power from the strike knocked out Internet service to the building, shutting down the movie “To Rome with Love.” The movie was supposed to have run through Wed., Aug. 22, but has been canceled, as technicians scramble to make repairs.

Meeting Aug. 9 at the Wiscasset High School, the Regional School Unit 12 Board of Directors adopted a new cost sharing formula based on the cost-per-subsidy-eligible student for all towns.

Former Bristol/South Bristol Transfer Station manager Shawn A. Dinsmore pleaded guilty to felony theft by unauthorized taking, in Lincoln County Superior Court Aug. 9.

The Damariscotta Police Dept.’s new cruiser, a 2012 Ram 1500, is at the station and should be fully equipped and in service within two weeks.

A request from the attorney for Pleasant Pond Mill LLC, asking that Aquafortis Associates LLC and its representative Paul Kelley be removed from the list of interested parties, has been rejected by the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection.

Elfido Marroquin-Aldana faces a lengthy prison sentence following his conviction in Lincoln County Superior Court Aug. 23.