Glen and Rosie Davis of Newcastle would like to announce the safe arrival of their baby boy, Mason Sanford Davis.

The shrimp season in Maine, which employs hundreds of fishermen as well as processors and other shoreside employees, will close Feb. 28 at 11:59 p.m. – 46 days ahead of schedule.

The Whitefield Planning Board voted Feb. 16 to meet with the Board of Selectmen concerning a nettlesome property issue on the Mills Road.

Firefighters from mutual aid departments in and around Lincoln County responded to two fires in Wiscasset and Dresden Feb. 11.

In another step toward clarifying the town’s oversight of the fire department, Whitefield selectmen asked fire chief Tim Pellerin to present copies of all department policies and updated position descriptions by next Monday.

Louis L. Doe Home and Pet Center, a family-owned and operated business in Newcastle, is seeking donations for the Hungry Animal Fund.

The Damariscotta Police Dept. arrested two 17-year-old juveniles from Newcastle Jan. 31 in connection with a Dec. 10-11 break-in at Cottage Gardens, a Damariscotta florist.

With predictions of over a foot of snow arriving on Wednesday, Lincoln County EMA wants to remind the citizens of Lincoln County the importance of winter preparedness, prevention, and assisting our friends and neighbors during extended periods of snow.

The 12-member Bristol Budget Committee made its recommendations for the 2011 budget at a joint meeting Feb. 15 with the Bristol Board of Selectmen.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Bremen: Matthew H. Hanly to Matthew H. Hanly (Tr.) and Hanly Realty Trust;

The Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry has recommended a “complete moratorium on new wolf hybrids” in Maine, Sen. David Trahan (R-Waldoboro) said Feb. 22.

In an email dated Feb. 7, RSU 12 Supt. Greg Potter responded to a Jan. 26 letter from the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen requesting the school board reconsider its decision to “immediately” and “permanently” ban the use of the “Redskin” mascot at Wiscasset High School.

The volunteer firefighters on Monhegan Island don’t see a lot of action, but just after midnight on Feb. 14, when the first structure fire on Monhegan Island in 22 years broke out, a crew of five firefighters pulled together and had the fire “totally out” when Bristol firefighters arrived on the island for mutual aid, said Jared Pendleton, Bristol First Assistant Fire Chief.

How many people watching the Chrysler/Eminem commercial during Sunday’s Super Bowl spotted a connection to Whitefield, Maine?