Piper Village Development, LLC proposed rezoning more than 50 acres for commercial use at the Dec. 5 meeting of the Damariscotta Planning Board.

Damariscotta Police report the following activity:

Complaints and investigationsNov. 29, Officer Richard Alexander responded to a local physician’s office on a report of a psychotic patient that needed transport to Miles Hospital Emergency Room; took a report regarding a custody issue; responded to anonymous call regarding individual operating a motor vehicle without a license.

Property owners on Clary Lake in Whitefield and Jefferson are pursuing a lake level petition. If successful, the action would start the process of the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection establishing a required lake level.

Members of the Wiscasset and Edgecomb Boards of Selectmen met with representatives of the Maine DOT Dec. 12 to develop strategies for reducing traffic volume on Rt. 1. While medium and long-term strategies were considered, DOT’s chief objective was to develop short term, low cost plans to be implemented next summer.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen, at its Dec. 7 meeting, voted unanimously to disband the Damariscotta Planning and Advisory Committee (DPAC) effective immediately.

Newcastle has received $40,000 as the result of the settlement of its lawsuit against the Bath firm Pine Tree Engineering Inc.

The possible imposition of a 50,000-pound limit for a historic stone bridge on Benner Road in Bristol concerns at least one local business owner.

The South Bristol Board of Selectmen plans to author a letter in opposition to the Department of Transportation taking of The Bridge House via eminent domain.

New details regarding a proposed bridge between Dresden and Richmond emerged at a public hearing for the project in Dresden Dec. 7. Officials from the Maine Department of Transportation hosted the well-attended event.

Legendary Maine stock car racer Ernest “Buster” Grover passed away Nov. 30. LCN contributor Tammy Meserve profiled the retired champion in this feature that originally printed Jan. 22, 2009.

Lincoln County had one of the state’s 18 cases of Legionnaires’ disease this year as Maine and other parts of New England saw a substantial rise, but state officials say it is important to put the one-year increase in perspective.

The Damariscotta Police Dept. is replacing its 2006 Dodge Charger with a 2012 Ram 1500.

The Bristol/South Bristol Transfer Station Board of Directors suspended station manager Shawn Dinsmore without pay at an unannounced meeting Dec. 12.

The Whitefield Board of Appeals ruled that a structure on Weary Pond is not permitted under the town’s shoreland zoning ordinance.