Alewives have reportedly started their run this year in Dresden.

Union Historical Society holds its first meeting 2012 at the Robbins House at 343 Common Rd., on Union Common, at 7:30 p.m. on Wed., March 7.

A two-car accident on Bath Road in Wiscasset March 25 sent four individuals to area hospitals.

The Nobleboro man who led a Damariscotta Police officer on a high-speed chase last fall will serve 60 days in jail and two years of probation.

A helicopter and pilot from the Maine Forest Service has joined in the search for 12-year-old Micah Thomas of Dresden, who has been missing since he stepped off a school bus Wednesday afternoon. Authorities have also scheduled a press conference for 2 p.m. Thursday to update the public on the search effort. A reporter for The Lincoln County News will be in attendance at the press conference, and any information obtained will be posted on the website as soon as possible.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office has declared a structure fire in Boothbay Harbor Sunday afternoon to be of suspicious origin.

Bristol Consolidated School students in grades 3-7 are learning foreign language skills in a unique program designed to provide instruction on a shoestring budget.

A Jefferson Village School teacher has received a New England-wide teaching award.

The Diabetes and Nutrition Care Center of Pen Bay Medical Center has been awarded continued recognition from the American Diabetes Association.

The Wiscasset Police report the following activity:

Complaints and investigationsMarch 6, Chief Troy Clime reports on a conducted welfare check to a vehicle parked on Ferry Road. Investigation revealed the vehicle was broken down.

A Lincoln County grand jury indicted two Biddeford men on felony charges of theft by deception last week after the pair allegedly defrauded a 99-year-old South Bristol resident of $2700.

Authorities are searching for a 12-year-old boy who was last seen Wednesday afternoon in the area of Eagle Lodge Ln. and Rt. 127 in Dresden, according to the Maine Warden Service. (more to follow)

John J. Ellsworth IV, 25, of Westport Island, June 19, 2011, operating vehicle without a license, dismissed, pleaded to another charge; operating under the influence, $2100, jail five years, all but nine months suspended, probation two years, license suspended six years.

Aquaculture as a major part of the Maine fishing industry was the topic of a special conference at the three-day 37th Fishermen’s Forum March 1 at the Samoset Resort in Rockport.