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.

Kaitlyn Hinckley and Todd Kelley of Damariscotta are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Isaac Todd Kelley.

Maine DOT project manager Steve Bodge will attend the Thurs., March 22 meeting of the South Bristol Board of Selectmen to discuss the recently delayed swing bridge project. The print edition of The Lincoln County News and a previous online posting of this story incorrectly reported the meeting date.

The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen directed the town manager to draft a town fireworks ordinance at their Feb. 14 meeting.

Somerville Democrat Chris Johnson won the Feb. 14 special election for the vacant State Senate District 20 seat, defeating Waldoboro Republican Dana Dow 3368 votes to 2902.

The Waldoboro Board of Selectmen will meet with a representative from Lincoln County Healthcare to discuss the future of long-term healthcare and related facilities in Waldoboro Feb. 14.

As Waldoboro prepares to request bids for the demolition of the old AD Gray School, town officials are still hopeful that a use for the building – and thus a new owner – will be found.

The increased number of rabies cases in the first month of 2012 has prompted state officials to remind people to be cautious around wild animals and to vaccinate their pets.