When the Maine Dept. of Transportation withdrew from Gateway 1 earlier this year, it effectively ended the project just before many towns were scheduled to vote on whether to participate.

Christopher A. Bennett, 37, Waldoboro, theft by receiving stolen property, Two Bridges Regional Jail 48 hours, restitution $40.

Growing up in Massachusetts in the 1930s and ’40s, Stu Weatherhead spent his summers with his grandfather working in Jefferson. When he dropped out of high school after his sophomore year, he moved to Lincoln County full time.

Saying it was time to put their faith into action, supporters of the Coastal Christian School in Waldoboro broke ground on a new gymnasium and performance hall, May 14.

Erin and Kenneth Flewelling of Bremen are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Tess Elizabeth.

In a rare joint public hearing, the Wiscasset and Woolwich Boards of Selectmen discussed the possible transfer of 22 acres on the Montsweag Brook from Central Maine Power (CMP) May 3 in Wiscasset. The transfer is compensation for the Maine Power Reliability Project and involves deeding the property and the upper dam to a third party for conservation purposes.

Jacky Bouchard and Devan Basinet of Jefferson are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Ayden James Basinet.

David J. Adams, 39, Portland, operating under the influence, one prior, $700, Two Bridges Regional Jail 240 days, all but 30 days suspended, probation one year, license suspended three years; unlawful possession of hydrocodone, dismissed; unlawful possession of scheduled drug, $400; unlawful possession of scheduled drug, $400.

Long-time inhabitants of the Twin Villages likely know Waldo Waltz as a Damariscotta native, life-long resident and small businessman.

New data released by the US Census Bureau confirms the long-held suspicion that Lincoln County has proportionately more older residents than the state as a whole. In a memorandum to the Lincoln County Commissioners from Lincoln County Planner Bob Faunce, the 2010 Census numbers calculate the median age in Lincoln County at 48.1 years while the state, as a whole is 42.7.

An approximately three-quarter-of-a-mile section of the Medomak River in Waldoboro will remain closed to clamming until July 1, due to a conservation closure approved by the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen on May 10.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested a suspect in the April 8 theft of $1200 in quarters from a Damariscotta home.

Erin Novak of Waldoboro and Robert Bennett of Lewiston are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Robert Mason Bennett.

Waldoboro residents, like residents of towns around the state, can expect to have their old mechanical electricity meters replaced with digital smart meters in the coming weeks.