The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen approved a two-month lease of a 40-space parking lot at 26 Water St., 3-2 at its June 6 meeting.

The person killed in a head-on collision in Waldoboro Friday has been identified as Lois Sparks, 70, of Portland, according to Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde. Sparks was in a pick-up truck driven by her son Murray Sparks and accompanied by his wife Joely, also of Portland, when they were involved in a head-on collision with a vehicle driven by Marie Tysinger of Waldoboro, according to Labombarde.

Damariscotta Police officers arrested a former Damariscotta resident five times during the month of May.

The Wiscasset Police Dept. report the following activity:

Complaints and investigationsApril 24, Sgt. Kathy Williams responded to a call regarding the theft of a four-wheeler on Gardiner Road.

Business Rt. 1 near Yellowfront Market in Damariscotta is temporarily closed, as construction crews dig a trench needed to place drainage pipe for the sidewalk expansion.

Mikial Mazzeo and Lori Benner of Thomaston were united in holy matrimony, April 14, at the Echo Hill Lodge in St. George.

Chad Burns and Chrissy Simmons of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Josephine Anne Burns.

Lincoln County Republican Party Committee Chairman Jim Carlton said May 8 that decisions made at the Maine Republican State Convention, May 5 and 6 could lead to Maine’s delegates being denied seats at the Republican National Convention, Aug. 27-30 in Tampa, Fla.

Governor Paul LePage has nominated Mark Vannoy, P.E., of Waldoboro, for the post of Commissioner of the Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC).

Midnight Oil, a full service fuel and energy supply company based in Newcastle, is changing its name effective May 1 to Midnight Energy.

Oliver’s at Cozy Harbor wharf, Southport Island, opened over the Memorial Day weekend due to the generosity of Paul Coulombe.

Extremely frightened Beagle-mix male dog is missing.

He’s being fostered for Tall Tail Beagle Rescue and has gotten away. Sadly, he was an abused dog, and is very frightened of people, but likes animals.

Responders from the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Coast Guard and Moran Environmental Recovery will participated in a boom deployment exercise on the Penobscot River on Tues., May 22 and Wed., May 23.

Proud parents Krystle and Christian Gagne of Brunswick, are pleased to announce the birth of a baby girl, Libby Andrea Gagne.