Elizabeth B. Atkins, 47, Jefferson, criminal mischief, dismissed.

The Wiscasset community is pulling together to raise money for Cainin Griffin, a Wiscasset Middle School eighth grader who was recently diagnosed with acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Employees at the Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association have reported feeling tremors strong enough to rattle the windows of their office on Damariscotta Lake in Jefferson on three separate mornings recently.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call for an escaped pig on the afternoon of Dec. 29 in Somerville. Before officers arrived on scene, local residents and Good Samaritans had wrangled the pig, returning it safely to its owners.

A northbound vehicle struck a telephone pole and then a tree at around 11 a.m., tearing the car in half.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

Recent ArrestsDec. 29, 2010, Nandy Shetu, 44, of South Bristol was arrested for domestic violence assault, on Prentiss Cove Road, South Bristol, by Deputy Chad Gilbert.

Kasprzak Condominiums, a North Waterboro-based company, has expressed interest in purchasing a 100-acre parcel on Snead Spur in Newcastle, Newcastle Code Enforcement Officer Stanley Waltz said.

During a meeting Jan. 25, the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen amended a motion to include a town vote on whether residents were in favor of continuing the use of the term and image “Redskin” for the high school.

Parents of students in RSU/MSAD 40 will be receiving information from the schools in coming weeks about a new alert system that the district will be testing this spring. At least for the remainder of the school year, the district will partner with School Messenger, a company that provides a notification system for “emergencies, student attendance and other important parent information,” according to a press release issued by the district technology committee.

According to Huber’s Market owner Kyle Yacoben, crews are set to begin the process of reconstructing the venerable Wiscasset store within a “couple of weeks.”

Whitefield selectmen learned this week that Lincoln County Commissioners upheld the board’s position concerning a property assessment complaint.

For those looking to own a piece of Lincoln County history, the former home of the Salt Marsh School in Edgecomb is officially on the market. The house, located at 245 River Rd., once housed a one-room schoolhouse that served the residents of Edgecomb from 1846 to 1945.

Police, firefighters and emergency responders are on scene of a motor vehicle accident on Washington Road (Rt. 220 north), Waldoboro.

Firefighters are having a hard time responding to incidents in Lincoln County due to the heavy snowfall, according to various reports.