The Waldoboro Police Dept. report the following:

Complaints and investigationsMay 24, Officer Sean Kozer is investigating a report of the theft of some lobster traps.

Each spring, since the Christmas Cove Inn opened in 2004, the “Public Rose Garden” sign has gone up at the corner of Rt. 129 and Coveside Road inviting passersby to come up to view the annual spectacular “Spring and Summer Explosion of Color” put forth by the 80 rose plants in the hill top garden.

Maine State Police are reconstructing a collision that took place late Thursday night, June 14, on Somerville Road in Somerville.

The Dept. of Transportation has scheduled the next in a series of public meetings about the impending replacement of the South Bristol swing bridge.

The meeting will take place Thurs., July 12 at 6 p.m. at the South Bristol School.

For the second consecutive year, Damariscotta citizens will decide whether to approve a zoning amendment that would allow commercial development in the area known as Piper Commons.

Jen and Matt Doucette of Boothbay Harbor are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Samantha Abigail Doucette.

A fire in a metal building on Friendship Road in Waldoboro, that destroyed a 36-foot fiberglass lobsterboat, is still being investigated, according to Sgt. Ken Grimes of the State Fire Marshal’s Office.

The parents of Hillary Margaret Bohn and Matthew Alan Basinet are pleased to announce the engagement of their children.

In remembrance and honor of United States Army Captain John “Jay” R. Brainard, III, Governor Paul LePage has directed that the United States flag and the State of Maine flag be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Sat., June 16.

Bremen voters approved the expenditure of $17,000 from the Fire Truck Reserve account to replace the outboard motor and update radar and electronics on the town’s rescue boat.

Engineer Mark Vannoy said he was happy in the job he was doing before Gov. Paul LePage nominated him to fill out the last nine months of a six-year term on Maine’s Public Utilities Commission.

Early morning lightning strikes called out firefighters in Edgecomb, Boothbay and Newcastle June 26.

In Newcastle, a lightning strike sparked a fire that destroyed an approximately 200-year-old, partially restored, two-story barn and its contents at 526 River Rd.

Leo W. Barter Jr., 40, Boothbay, violating condition of release, Two Bridges Regional Jail 20 days; violating condition of release, Two Bridges Regional Jail 10 days; failing to make oral or written accident report, Two Bridges Regional Jail 20 days; violating condition of release, Two Bridges Regional Jail 20 days.

Auctioneer Stef Keenan, of Keenan Auction Company, sounds upbeat when discussing the upcoming foreclosure auction of Wiscasset Raceway on Thurs., July 12.