The members of the Wiscasset Female Charitable Society take a humble approach to charity. While the group has helped countless women and children in the 200 years since its founding, it has refrained from boasting about its accomplishments.

A change in the brand of gasoline is responsible for recent changes to the Newcastle and Waldoboro Maritime Farms stores.

The Damariscotta Planning Board, at its Jan. 9 meeting, approved the Central Lincoln County YMCA’s site plan application for its parking lot project.

David Poland, of Damariscotta, is the new manager of the Bristol/South Bristol Transfer Station.

A Nobleboro woman jailed in Rockland for multiple violent convictions in the past five years was arrested and charged with assault, threatening and criminal mischief after she allegedly attacked a jail guard.

The union representing employees in the Waldoboro police department, public works department and transfer station has filed a complaint against the town for an alleged violation of labor relations law.

A quick thinking captain and a swift rescue operation prevented a shrimp trawler from sinking in new Harbor on the first day of shrimp season, Jan. 2.

A Jan. 11 Community First forum about substance abuse in Lincoln County attracted a small, but concerned and dedicated, group.

The Edgecomb Board of Selectmen, Planning Board, and Code Enforcement Officer Marian Anderson met for a special meeting Jan. 5 to discuss measures for improving dialogue between the public and the three offices.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On Dec. 27, Deputy Brent Barter received a complaint of criminal mischief to a mailbox on Bog Road in Dresden. While responding and investigating this complaint, Deputy Barter found damage to five other mailboxes in the area. Further investigation if leads develop.

The Lincoln County Rifle Club, already at the highest membership of its 78-year history, continues to attract recruits at a rapid rate. (This is a reprint of an article first appearing in The Lincoln County News in the Nov. 3, 2011 edition. – Ed)

Waldoboro Police arrested two men last week as a result of an investigation into a burglary in Waldoboro in December.

A Boothbay/Boothbay Harbor man who pleaded guilty to voter fraud in 2010 has successfully completed his community service. His plea has been withdrawn and the felony conviction has been dropped.

Valerie A. Coolong, 40, Boothbay Harbor, March 25, 2011, operating under the influence, $500, license suspended 90 days.