The South Bristol lobsterman who threatened a fellow lobsterman with a shotgun in a trap-cutting dispute pleaded guilty to Class C reckless conduct June 29.

Lincoln Academy Head of School Jay Pinkerton will serve one more academic year in the position before he resigns, he said July 9.

Hannaford Supermarkets customers should not eat a type of cantaloupe formerly available at the chain’s stores.

Bristol Fire and Rescue and Maine Marine Patrol rescued three people from a 23-foot pleasure boat when it ran aground on a ledge near John’s Island the afternoon of July 22.

A Department of Transportation crew re-striped the busy and sometimes dangerous intersection of Academy Hill Road, Main Street and Mills Road in Newcastle July 19.

Bremen Town Clerk Joanne McGregor said July 17, that the town’s new website will continue to improve as she and other town officials learn how to add information.

Justice Jeffrey Hjelm rejected a plea agreement June 29 in the case of a 25-year-old Boothbay Harbor man who allegedly assaulted his girlfriend Feb. 24.

The non-profit organization Youth Promise has closed its Newcastle office and moved into a vacant mother-in-law apartment in the Damariscotta home of executive director Mary Trescot.

An analysis of Cynthia Dill, Maine’s Democratic candidate for Olympia Snowe’s soon-to-be vacant U.S. Senate seat, claims that she “has a record of … creating quality jobs” during her six years in the state legislature.

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen authorized a 10-ton load limit for Lynch Road after receiving a complaint from a resident about increasing truck traffic.

State Police said one of two people involved in a shooting in Waldoboro was responsible for the incident that left a man dead and a woman wounded July 23.

At their July 17 meeting the Lincoln County Commissioners approved the purchase of three used vehicles for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

The Lincoln County Emergency Management team held quarterly training at the Newcastle Fire Station June 28.

As Lincoln Academy prepares to launch an international residential program in fall 2013, its international student population lives with local families during the academic year.