A Topsham woman appeared in court in Portland on Dec. 20 on charges that she stole tens of thousands of dollars in veteran’s benefits from her brother-in-law’s account.

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

Alna: Julie Taylor to William Dighton;

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies recently assisted Maine Drug Enforcement Agents in an investigation that resulted in the seizure of 2.5 pounds of bath salts in the past week from Waterville and Thomaston.

Harland McLain of Boothbay Harbor and Jodi Brewer McLain of Boothbay Harbor were granted a divorce on Nov. 30. They were married in Boothbay Harbor on June 23, 2007.

The Lincoln County Commissioners tabled a request from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy for a two-year teaching contract with Sgt. Jason Nein of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

At their Dec. 1 meeting, the RSU/MSAD 40 School Board set a 2 percent cap limiting a potential increase in next year’s budget.

Firefighters from five area towns responded to a structure fire on Rt. 17, also known as Rockland Road, in Whitefield earlier Wednesday evening.

Justin D. Bailey, 36, Damariscotta, violating municipal shellfish ordinance, $300.

The Waldoboro Police report the following activities from the previous week:

AccidentNov. 28, On the Manktown Road around 4:31 p.m. Savannah Chamberlain, 18, of Waldoboro was backing a 1997 Chevrolet pickup truck out of a parking space when she collided with a legally parked 1995 Saab passenger car, formerly operated by Danielle Hunt, 16, of Waldoboro. Officer William Shuman investigated.

Three men were injured during a head-on collision on Rt. 1 in Edgecomb, Dec. 9. The accident occurred about a quarter mile south of the intersection of Routes 1 and 27.

There is a possibility Lincoln County’s 2012 budget may be smaller than the previous year.

A Phippsburg man has been charged with a misdemeanor after embers from a brush fire he was tending ignited a nearby trailer in Bristol, Nov. 30.

Bristol Town Administrator Kristine Poland has announced an emergency meeting of the Bristol/South Bristol Transfer Station Board of Directors tonight, Dec. 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the South Bristol town office, 470 Clark’s Cove Rd.

Christopher Andrews, 30, Rockland, burglary, Dept. of Corrections five years, all but 45 days suspended, probation two years, community service 20 hours; burglary, Dept. of Corrections five years all but 45 days suspended, probation two years, community service 20 hours; stealing drugs, Dept. of Corrections five years all but 45 days suspended, probation two years, community service 20 hours; two counts criminal mischief, both dismissed.