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?

For the second time in less than three weeks, the Marketplace Café on Rt. 1 in Wiscasset was the victim of a late night robbery. According to Café manager Trina Lewis, the intruder or intruders entered through the rear of the building on Feb. 2 and made off with a cash register containing “loose” change totaling less than $100, she said.

Robert Orr & Associates, the New Haven, Conn. firm under contract to create proposed form-based codes for Damariscotta, recently began work on a draft code.

Avoid traveling by car in a storm – but if you must… Here are some familiar tips to remember from the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency (LCEMA).

The proposed 2011 Bristol general services budget is $30,248.20 higher than the 2010 budget but the portion of the budget raised by taxation remains the same.

A much ballyhooed nor’easter on Groundhog Day hit hard in the morning on February 2 but fizzled out ahead of schedule leaving 8 to 14 inches of total snowfall, somewhat less than the 14 to 20 inches anticipated by forecasters.

Concerned about a variety of aspects of their town government, a group of Waldoboro residents convened for the second time at resident Katie Winchenbach’s home on Winslows Mills Road Feb. 16.

Denture Designs, located in Damariscotta has been caring for community denture needs over the past four years and is now excited to welcome new and existing patients to meet Licensed Denturist, Gareth Coward.

Members of the Scarborough family of Westport Island are counting their blessings after narrowly escaping tragedy in a late afternoon fire Feb. 11 at 9 Lord Rd.