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.

State Trooper Gregory Vrooman, 45, of Nobleboro, indicted on charges of unlawful sexual contact, unlawful sexual touching, assault and tampering with a witness, has filed for a change of venue.

The Kentucky Derby, the longest continually run sporting event in the US, is known as the most exciting two minutes in sports, but the preparation for those two minutes takes months of work by hundreds of people. At the helm of all that planning is the Churchill Downs’ Board of Directors.

A total of 17 voters – including nine town and school officials and members of the Jefferson Village School Committee – turned out for a special town meeting to approve the JVS budget on May 16.

A sentencing hearing in the Peter Simonds case has been pushed back to Fri., May 20 at 2 p.m.

In his first public comments on the recently shelved Wiscasset bypass, Gov. Paul LePage said he “absolutely” supports removing an eagle’s nest that derailed the N8c route for the project. The sharply worded response came during a May 20 town hall style meeting with Lincoln County residents as part of the LePage administrations “Capitol For A Day” initiative.

Peter Simonds will report Mon., May 23, for six months of incarceration.

A bill intended to move medical marijuana laws closer to the citizens’ initiative passed last fall received unanimous support from the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee on May 10.

On April 28, the RSU/MSAD 40 School Board narrowly approved a $21,489,112 budget to send to voters.

Four veteran educators with over 100 years of combined service to local schools will retire from Great Salt Bay Community School at the end of the academic year.