The invasive aquatic plant hydrilla was found recently in Davis Stream in Jefferson. The infestation is the second instance of the plant in the Damariscotta Lake watershed.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen have unanimously appointed long time officer Chad Andrews the town’s police chief, effective today.

A 21-year-old Whitefield man was killed in Union Sept. 24, apparently while working on a barn exhaust fan at Winter Wind Farms.

The Maine Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program will be holding a community listening session with Maine seniors, family caregivers and consumers of long-term care services on Tues., Sept. 27 at from 10 a.m. to noon at the VFW Hall, 50 Mills St., Waldoboro.

The Damariscotta Police Dept. has charged two Nobleboro men in connection with the theft of copper wire from the Colby & Gale headquarters on Biscay Road.

Information is still coming in regarding a tragic mishap off Monhegan Island in which one person is still missing after being swept away by the sea, and three have been rescued, according to the United States Coast Guard (USCG).

Timothy Gregory, 22, of Jefferson, and Jeffrey Barter, 20, of Edgecomb, have been charged with multiple counts of abusing and sexually assaulting a 20-year old woman in their Edgecomb mobile home, according to court documents.

Lincoln County commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks with an outdoor ceremony on the Boothbay Commons Sunday. The event was attended by emergency services from across the Midcoast region.

The Wintie Templeton Lively Memorial Hymn Sing scheduled for Sun., Oct. 2 at 7 p.m., in Round Pond has been cancelled due to an injury to the organist.

Local aquaculturist David Cheney and Dept. of Marine Resources biologist Jon Lewis expressed concern about the potential spread of the oyster disease MSX to Johns River at a Sept. 21 public hearing in South Bristol.

Maine Historic Preservation Commission archaeologist Arthur Spiess and Maine Natural Areas Program ecologist Andy Cutko led an exploration of Maine’s archaeological and ecological past in Dresden Aug. 21.

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

Alna: Coreysha Stone and Coreysha Lothrop to Michael Stone, Michael Bryant and John Lothrop; John Lothrop to Coreysha Stone and Michael Stone;

The U.S. Coast Guard is currently responding to a distress call on the eastern side of Monhegan Island.

Nobleboro’s insurance provider told the town on Sept. 2 that they will receive $236,380 for replacement of the sand/salt shed, town officials said.