Pen Bay Medical Center is a preferred hospital, maintaining its status from the Maine State Employee Health Commission (SEHC).

The central issues at a March 21 meeting of the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen and the Damariscotta Budget Committee – employee compensation and police staffing – are familiar.

Much of the discussion at the Whitefield Annual Town Meeting on March 17 was devoted to expenditures in the fire department budget. Ultimately, every article on the warrant passed as written.

Healthy Kids, Lincoln County’s Child Abuse Prevention Agency, quotes DHHS statistics: there were 17,457 cases of abuse reported to the Maine Dept. of Health and Human Services in 2010 in Maine.

Julie and Michael Welch of Newcastle are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Michaela Harriet Welch.

Possibly encouraged by a pre-meeting presentation by Southport Selectman Gerry Gamage, indicating that nothing they could do during their Annual Town Meeting would dramatically impact the anticipated bottom line, Southport voters approved nearly every article on the 62-item warrant in under two hours March 5.

Lincoln Academy’s “Antigone” won the State Class B One-Act finals at Yarmouth High School March 24, facing off against seven other high school regional winners “Antigone” grabbed the top spot with a young, fresh cast and crew.

The next session of the Freshstart quit smoking program begins in March at the Picker Family Resource Center located on the Pen Bay Medical Center campus at 3 Glen Cove Drive in Rockport.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Alna: Judith A. Greenleaf to Inez E. Lawrence and James L. Lawrence;

Timothy and Stephanie Flaherty of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Rachel Faith Flaherty.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ calendar for the coming season promises enjoyment, experiences, and education for all ages.

A Camden woman has filed a civil suit against a man convicted of sexually assaulting her, as well as her attacker’s employers.

The Lincoln County Rifle Club opposes a proposal by Piper Village Development to rezone four properties abutting its Damariscotta range.

The Bristol School Committee will host a public informational workshop about the education budget and the program for 4-year-old students, April 4 in the Bristol Consolidated School gym.