In a ceremony Tuesday morning, Bigelow Laboratory began its long awaited expansion by breaking ground on The Bigelow Center for Blue Biotechnology in East Boothbay.

The Lincoln County Commissioners recently placed Tim Pellerin, Director of the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and Lincoln County Communications, on paid administrative leave.

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

AccidentsAug. 23, Around 8:45 p.m., Abden Simmons, 39, of Waldoboro, was towing a boat behind a northbound 2003 Ford pickup truck on the Atlantic Highway when he lost the boat off his trailer. The boat landed in the road where it was struck by Walter Kenyon, 77, of Saxtons Rive Vt. Kenyon’s 2005 Dodge van sustained $2500 damage. There were no injuries. Officer Thomas Bartunek investigated.

Creating a new and unprecedented partnership with the Cuckolds Fog Signal and Light Station, Hancock Lumber is donating all of the building materials for the Cuckolds restoration. This commitment has a retail market value of $150,000 – $200,000, but the value of the Hancock contribution is far beyond the “material.”

At separate meetings this week, the Waldoboro and Jefferson Boards of Selectmen both approved a management plan for the future of Rt. 32. The plan is the result of about six months of work by a committee comprising members of both towns, at the request of the Maine Dept. of Transportation.

On Wed., Sept. 29, Chewonki will host a public discussion and tour at Montsweag Brook in Wiscasset to celebrate the removal of Lower Montsweag Brook Dam.

The state has bad news for the 75 percent of Bristol voters who rejected a ballot question to allow “any wolf hybrid kennel or… refuge” in a July 20 referendum.

Mary and Clinton Collamore Sr., of Waldoboro, and Henry Erickson, of Warren, and Julie Vaughan, of Waldoboro proudly announce the marriage of their children, Clinton Collamore Jr. and Julie Erickson, of Waldoboro.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to form a 20-member Comprehensive Planning Committee at their Sept. 1 meeting.

Two former Damariscotta Bank and Trust employees, including former Vice President Roger Smith, face theft charges in connection with alleged fraud and extortion during their tenure at the bank.

Lt. John A. Allen reports for the Wiscasset Police Department for the week of Aug. 31 through Sept. 6:

There were 57 incidents or requests for service – of these were: one theft, one animal problem, two alarms, one motorist assist, two harassments, one parking problem, six suspicious activity, one well-being check, three lost/found property, five traffic offenses (warnings), one citizen assist, four non reportable accidents, six agency assists, 18 property checks, one threatening and two business assists.

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

Boothbay: Water’s Edge Joint Ventures LLC to Patricia A. Carter; Thaddeus J. Szczech and Julie Szczech to Dante Guzzi and Kelly Ann Guzzi; Richard L. McCoy (Tr.), Dale B. McCoy (Tr.) and Richard And Dale McCoy Family Trust to Richard L. McCoy and Dale B. McCoy;

In a month’s time, Whitefield voters will decide whether or not to expand the board of selectmen from three to five members.

“I can’t tolerate a $10,000 tax bill. No way. You’re going to tax me off my land.”

The words of Whitefield’s largest dairy farmer to selectmen Monday evening cast a shadow on the vision of rural living touted in the town’s comprehensive plan: farms and farmlands, barns, silos, fields of corn and hay, glimpses of cows, and an “effective municipal government mindful of the need for limited property taxation.”