Native Mainer John Ford Sr. will talk about his 20-year career as a Maine Game Warden at the Waldoboro Public Library on Tues., May 22 at 7 p.m.

Bremen Postmaster Scott Giguere will retire July 31 after 29 years in the position and 35 with the U.S. Postal Service.

The Wiscasset Education Review Panel held a “withdrawal workshop” at the Lincoln County Communications conference room May 5.

The Dept. of Transportation began widening a section of Rt. 1 in Wiscasset April 29. The work involves widening Rt. 1 near the Rt. 1 and Gardiner Road/Rt. 27 intersection so as to add a right hand turning lane for southbound traffic.

Bristol Fire and Rescue is planning a practice burn on Wednesday night at the end Capt. James Road in Pemaquid. This training session is rescheduled from this past weekend due to dry conditions.

Pen Bay Medical Center is a preferred hospital, maintaining its status from the Maine State Employee Health Commission (SEHC).

The central issues at a March 21 meeting of the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen and the Damariscotta Budget Committee – employee compensation and police staffing – are familiar.

Much of the discussion at the Whitefield Annual Town Meeting on March 17 was devoted to expenditures in the fire department budget. Ultimately, every article on the warrant passed as written.

Healthy Kids, Lincoln County’s Child Abuse Prevention Agency, quotes DHHS statistics: there were 17,457 cases of abuse reported to the Maine Dept. of Health and Human Services in 2010 in Maine.

Julie and Michael Welch of Newcastle are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Michaela Harriet Welch.

Possibly encouraged by a pre-meeting presentation by Southport Selectman Gerry Gamage, indicating that nothing they could do during their Annual Town Meeting would dramatically impact the anticipated bottom line, Southport voters approved nearly every article on the 62-item warrant in under two hours March 5.

Lincoln Academy’s “Antigone” won the State Class B One-Act finals at Yarmouth High School March 24, facing off against seven other high school regional winners “Antigone” grabbed the top spot with a young, fresh cast and crew.

The next session of the Freshstart quit smoking program begins in March at the Picker Family Resource Center located on the Pen Bay Medical Center campus at 3 Glen Cove Drive in Rockport.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Alna: Judith A. Greenleaf to Inez E. Lawrence and James L. Lawrence;