The Waldoboro Recreation Department’s summer swimming lessons will be canceled after the pool at Waldoboro Fitness closes June 15, said Waldoboro Recreation Director Kyle Santheson.

The proposed 2011-2012 Great Salt Bay Community School budget is nearly five percent – almost a quarter of a million dollars – higher than the preceding year’s budget.

Workers from Chesterfield Associates began construction on a long awaited Back River jetty project March 19 in Westport Island.

Gov. Paul LePage has directed the United States flag and the State of Maine flag be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Wed., March 30 in remembrance and honor of Game Warden Pilot Daryl Gordon.

The Damariscotta Police Dept. “has been recognized by the Maine Labor Relations Board as an official union,” according to Damariscotta Town Manager Greg Zinser.

The recently formed Edgecomb Bypass Taskforce Committee is scheduled to meet with MDOT Commissioner David Bernhardt March 22 in Augusta.

A convicted sex offender received a lengthy prison term at his sentencing in Lincoln County Superior Court March 8.

With the overall proposed budget down and no other significant changes from past years, “there shouldn’t be a lot of discussion” at this year’s annual Town Meeting in Nobleboro, March 19, said Dick Spear, Chairman of the Nobleboro Board of Selectmen.

The CLC YMCA officially launched a $1.2 million capitol campaign this week to build a new swimming pool.

After months of searching, Lt. John Allen of the Wiscasset Police Dept. is pleased to announce the hiring of Jason Warlick as the town’s newest full-time officer. Warlick, 31 of Bowdoinham, was previously a reserve officer for Wiscasset, Damariscotta, and Waldoboro.

Damariscotta hopefuls can pick up nomination papers for four positions – two on the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen, one on the Great Salt Bay School Committee and one on the Board of Trustees of the Great Salt Bay Sanitary District – on Monday, March 21.

Special Olympics Maine recently recognized Det. Richard Alexander of the Damariscotta Police Dept. for his “support and dedication to” the non-profit organization.

RSU 2 has a new superintendent, announced March 23. He’s California native Virgel Hammonds who begins July 1, and replaces current superintendent Donald Siviski who steps down at the end of the current school year.

A team of researchers from the Maine Education Policy Research Institute recently chose Great Salt Bay Community School to participate in a study of “higher performing, more efficient public schools in Maine.”