Local Law enforcement agencies are participating in the Take Back Day program, which is coordinated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, will accept unwanted and unused prescription drugs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat., April 30.

A bill that would allow Alna and Westport Island to decide if they want to maintain school choice was shot down in committee April 13. The original sponsor of the bill, State Rep. Bruce MacDonald (D-Boothbay), said he was not surprised at the outcome.

A Damariscotta retiree is restoring taxi service to Damariscotta.

Phil Hatch and Twin Village Taxi will be available for service throughout Lincoln County, as well as trips to the Portland International Jetport, beginning Mon., April 25.

Eight citizens – only two who weren’t town officials and didn’t have other business before the Board – attended an informational session on smart meters at the April 6 meeting of the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen.

Last summer, Parson & Drum Attorneys, a Damariscotta law firm, represented a client in a case that continues to make headlines across the state and the nation.

The Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency (LCEMA) has sent out an urgent request for residents to stay off of local roads unless it is absolutely necessary they travel. Not only is it safer for motorists to stay home, but clear roads make it easier for emergency personnel to travel and snowplows to keep up with the snowfall.

The Waldoboro Police report the following activities from the previous week:

Arrests/SummonsesFeb. 23, Officer Thomas Bartunek summonsed Corey Prock II, 18, of Nobleboro for uninsured motor vehicle.

A 64-year-old Newcastle man survived a fatal head on traffic collision that closed a section of Rt. 1 in Warren for almost four hours March 29, according to the Knox County Sheriffs Office.

Many warrant articles at Whitefield’s town meeting Saturday provoked debate, but it was winter road maintenance that heated up the room of approximately 115 voters.

Whitefield selectmen may have been clueless about a fire department compliance manual containing rules and policies (LCN 3-17-11), but Jim Brann, who was fire chief until last July, said this week he hadn’t forgotten. He has a copy but the selectmen “never had one,” he said.

Fifty-one firefighters from nine towns put out a March 11 fire at a Round Pond house after six hours of steady labor.

The house suffered extensive damage, but the homeowner’s insurance provider will ultimately determine whether it is a total loss, Bristol Fire Chief Paul Leeman said.

Justice Andrew Horton ruled on a defense motion to sever in the case of former Great Salt Bay Community School teacher Peter Simonds March 8 in Lincoln County Superior Court.

Winds from the north-northwest that increased in velocity to 15-25 mph after the storm front passed through Lincoln County late Monday afternoon have caused power outages in Bristol and Newcastle as of the time of this posting.

Andrea Reichard and Jeremy Curtis of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Kyle Benjamin Curtis.