During a brief but violent thunderstorm in the morning on June 1, lightning struck the home of Jefferson Firefighter Ken Foster and his wife Susan Foster.

The RSU/MSAD 40 Regional Budget Meeting will be Tues., June 7 at 7 p.m. at Medomak Valley High School, Manktown Road, Waldoboro.

By a wide margin, Damariscotta residents passed an inter-local agreement with Newcastle for joint public works services at their annual town meeting June 15.

In honor of Father’s Day, Fisherman’s Wharf will be offering a truly unique dining experience for those who wish to celebrate the special “dads” in their lives, among family and friends.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On June 13, Reserve Deputy Thomas Hoepner responded to a reported of an abandoned vehicle in the Jefferson area. When the homeowner got up in the morning, they noticed a silver Volvo station wagon had rolled into another car in their driveway. Deputy Hoepner located the owner and was advised that she had reported the car stolen from the night before. The keys were left in the vehicle and whoever took it drove it until it ran out of gas and then it was abandoned.

Applications for 2011 any-deer (antlerless) permit lottery are now available online from the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

As the 2010-2011 school year draws to a close, three longtime Wiscasset Middle School educators will be retiring this summer after a combined 112 years of teaching. The loss will be acutely felt said WMS Principal Linda Bleile.

On June 14, Damariscotta residents will head to the ballot box for a referendum vote on proposed new zoning codes, known as form based codes or the Damariscotta SmartCode.

Two juveniles are facing burglary and criminal mischief charges as a result of a police investigation into a break in of the Waldoboro Post Office May 31.

A bill creating a free recreational saltwater fishing registry passed in the Senate with no objection. The bill is now awaiting a vote by the House of Representatives.

Maine residents will be recognized this coming Sunday, Father’s Day, for their continued support of Maine state parks and historic sites with a free-admission day at all 48 state-owned and-operated locales, according to Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) officials, under the Maine Dept. of Conservation.

Westport Island residents approved the purchase of a new $261,000 fire truck and the acquisition of 202 acres of town land known as the Barrett/Hopkins property during an often contentious Annual Town Meeting June 25.

A small but enthusiastic group of Wiscasset Chamber of Commerce members, Wiscasset selectmen, town officials, and curious residents turned out for a ribbon cutting ceremony June 23 for a new Chamber-run visitor information center on Rt. 1.

In August 2004 the town of South Bristol inherited one-third of the estate of the late Ann Wilder Stratton – a donation worth about $9 million.