Mrs. Deborah Ortega of West Milford, N.J., Mr. David Lokai of Parsippany, N.J. and Mr. and Mrs. Donald and Diane Magnussen of South Bristol are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Anna Lokai to William Magnussen.

At a public hearing May 19, Alna residents expressed a desire to continue to use the Wiscasset Transfer Station for the town’s waste disposal needs. The discussion was in keeping with a newly adopted Alna Public Funds Administration Policy, which requires any expenditure over $3000 to be put through a formal bidding process. The policy has been the subject of both ridicule and praise from residents who are still negotiating the finer implications of the policy’s adoption.

At a hearing on May 4, Lincoln County Superior Court in Wiscasset ordered a former Boothbay attorney to pay $55,632 in restitution resulting from his theft conviction last year.

The spring and the year’s final grade 8 concert at Great Salt Bay School begins 7 p.m., Fri., May 6.

At a special referendum on April 29, Jesse Turner won re-election to the position of Somerville Road Commissioner.

Thirty-two voters from Bremen, Damariscotta and Newcastle passed the Great Salt Bay Community School’s $4.9 million 2011-2012 budget at the Great Salt Bay Consolidated School District’s annual budget meeting May 17.

Bonnie Stone has recently joined Drum & Drum Real Estate, a leader in Midcoast Maine realty since its inception in 1990.

The Wiscasset Police Dept. report the following:

The Wiscasset Police Dept. responded to numerous calls the week of April 25-May 3 and includes property checks, juvenile problem responses, motor vehicle warnings, medical emergencies, false burglar alarm, suspicious activity, services rendered, emergency and transport duty, rendering assistance for disabled vehicles, rendering court service, and performing ongoing investigations

Emergency crews responded to a morning traffic accident May 10 on Rt. 1 in Wiscasset that sent two area men to Maine Medical Center in Portland with non-life threatening injuries.

Reports of a home burial in Coopers Mills over the weekend launched an investigation by law enforcement and the state Division of Environmental Health.

Whitefield’s snowplow contractor Steve McGee owned the hot seat Monday as several residents and selectmen aired their complaints at the board’s regular meeting. Selectman Frank Ober opened the discussion by saying, “People in town are very upset. They’re saying, ‘Fire him!'”

Justin E. Roberts, 20, of Wiscasset, Sept. 11, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, $80 restitution, 30 hours community service.

Damariscotta/NewcastleThe Twin Villages Annual Memorial Day parade will step off from Lincoln County Publishing Co. building on Mills Road in Newcastle at 11 a.m., Mon., May 30. The parade will follow the traditional route from Mills Road to Bus. Rt. 1 to the Damariscotta Church with stops for memorial ceremonies at Newcastle’s Memorial Park and on the Twin Villages bridge.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Massachusetts fugitive after an intensive manhunt in Bristol May 20.

Ruben Hernandez, 36, of Webster, Mass., was wanted on warrants from Massachusetts for Probation Violations stemming from charges of Armed Robbery, Assault and Battery, and Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon.