Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency Deputy Director Ken Desmond recently completed training at “the only federally-chartered Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training facility in the nation,” according to a press release.

The Wiscasset Police report the following:

ComplaintsJuly 18, Officer Todd E. Bayha investigated a complaint of harassment in Wiscasset.

Jamie L. Pitcher of Jefferson was granted a divorce from Stephen M. Mentovay of Dresden on July 13. They were married in Jefferson on July 7, 2007.

Bath Police have identified a 22-year-old Waldoboro man charged with misdemeanor criminal trespassing after he reportedly fell asleep on top of a train in Rockland.

With her first rain bands passing through Lincoln County shortly after dawn on Sunday, the center of now Tropical Storm Irene is still chugging north. But as her course continues to trend to the west, Irene’s center may miss Maine entirely and enter Canada sometime this evening over the northern New Hampshire border. While the change in course should mean a milder event, especially for the coastal areas of Lincoln County, Irene should still bring some noteworthy wind and rainfall to the area.

A SUV hit and snapped a utility pole outside 52 River Rd. in Newcastle shortly after 11 a.m.

A Lincoln County Grand Jury indicted two Bristol residents last week and charged them with stealing a truck – with the family dog inside – from a gas station in Waldoboro this June.

When Whitefield voters elected to create a municipal fire department at the 2010 town meeting, three private fire companies were replaced with a single town-wide force.

The Dept. of Transportation is going to install a blinking light at the perilous intersection of Patterson (Rt. 197) and River (Rt. 128) roads in Dresden, town officials said.

Sheriff Todd B. Brackett reports the following:

Recent SummonsesJuly 26, Jesse P. Peters, 17, of Wiscasset was issued a traffic citation for speeding, 47 mph in a 35 mph zone (posted), on Cross Point Road, Edgecomb, by Deputy Brian Collamore.

The Boothbay Harbor Police Dept. is asking the public to help identify a suspect in up to five burglaries this summer.

The prosecutor for the state has dismissed a theft charge against a former Damariscotta Bank & Trust employee.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has upgraded a Tropical Storm Watch to a Tropical Storm Warning in advance of the weather expected to arrive today as a result of what was once Hurricane Irene. That upgrade means that tropical storm conditions are now imminent (according to the NWS) for Lincoln County, making Irene’s arrival as a tropical storm no longer a question of “if” but “when” and “how much”.

Several Waldoboro residents have filed suit against the town, asking the court to negate the results of a June special town meeting and order the town to hold a new vote.