Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On March 30, Deputy Chad Gilbert responded to a report of burglary in the Bristol area. The complainant stated that sometime between March 12 and March 29, someone(s) entered his residence and stole numerous items. There are no suspects at this time and further investigation will follow if leads develop.

On Rt. 1 in front of the town office in Waldoboro, construction work has begun on a Maine Dept. of Transportation intersection improvement project that raised concerns with several residents during public hearings on the project over the last year.

Newcastle farmer Brady Hatch recently returned from a trip to Washington D.C. where she advocated on behalf of sustainable agriculture programs. While there, Hatch, 30, met with Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and an assistant for U.S. Senator Susan Collins. The trip was a proactive salvo into the fray of the national budget battle on behalf of small farmers.

At their meeting on April 5, the Somerville Board of Selectmen appointed Ralph Turner to act as road commissioner until the election later this month.

Heavy, wet snowfall and high winds produced by a hard-hitting April Fools Day nor’easter combined to produce widespread power outages in Lincoln County on Friday, according to the Central Maine Power Co. (CMP).

Note: The dates at the end of this article are correct. The print edition dates are incorrect.

Twenty-two people attended an evening code writing workshop – the second of a series of three this week – at the Damariscotta Municipal Building April 18.

The Central Lincoln County School System (AOS #93) has selected Steven Bailey as the successor to outgoing Supt. Robert Bouchard.

After exactly three years on the job, Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency Deputy Director Kimberley White-Kaiser will become the new EMA Director for York County.

In a two-page letter to Wiscasset Selectman Ed Polewarczyk, Wiscasset resident Ginger Wehrle has requested that an Internet link from the town’s website to the Wiscasset Educational Research Panel (WERP) be removed.

At a workshop on April 7, the legislature’s Marine Resources Committee tabled two bills related to the creation of a registry of recreational saltwater fishermen. The committee will likely readdress the bills sometime in the next month.

Whitefield’s code enforcement officer was directed to notify owners of an illegal junkyard on Mills Road that they have 30 days to clean up the operation.

The latest bulletin from the National Weather Service (NWS) combined with radar observations and forecasts from a variety of sources indicates that heavy snowfall is tapering off as the April Fools Day storm begins to track north. But don’t break out the surfboard yet… Lighter, variable snowfall along with some rain and/or sleet will continue well after nightfall.

Saying it was “best for the town,” Lt. John Allen of the Wiscasset Police Dept. is hanging up his badge after nearly 25 years of service.

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