A head-on collision involving two motor vehicles sent three people to the hospital and closed a section of Rt. 1 in Edgecomb for over two and half hours Nov 29.

Sarah Lynn Richards, an artist and resident of Round Pond, has been chosen to be the official artist of the 2011 Derby Festival, which culminates in the Kentucky Derby.

Arrests and SummonsesOn Nov. 21 Officer Don Smith arrested Michael J. Connors, 29, of Wiscasset for violation of probation.

As the holiday blizzard of 2010 was coming to a close, a late night burglary and fire caused extensive damage to Huber’s Market on Rt. 1 in Wiscasset Dec. 27.

The National Weather Service (NWS) is lifting a Blizzard Warning earlier than first anticipated – 3 p.m. as opposed to 5 p.m. – as snowfall tracks east out to the Atlantic. However, visibility will occasionally diminish and travel remain dangerous as high winds linger in the area blowing and drifting fresh snowfall through the evening hours, according to the NWS.

Haley and Thomas Murphy, and big brother James, of Jacksonville Fla., are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Grayson Thomas.

According to Lincoln County’s Emergency Management Agency, the significant weather system that moved through the Midcoast Sunday left limited damage in its wake.

Clinton Jr., and Julie Collamore of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of their son, Clinton Elden Collamore III.

Citing racial intolerance and an unsafe environment for their children, educators and tribal leaders from the Pleasant Point reservation have canceled a planned trip to Wiscasset High School Dec. 10. The decision comes in response to comments made during a Nov. 15 Wiscasset committee meeting to examine the school’s continued use of the term and symbol “Redskin.”

A Rockland man is charged with murder in connection with the death of a Friendship woman, Katrina Windred, 47, found alongside a dirt road in Rockland Nov. 27.

Tana Jean Gamage of Southport was granted a divorce from Gerald Weston Gamage of Southport on Nov. 29. They were married in Southport on June 21, 2003.

The Waldoboro Police report the following activity from the previous weeks:

Nov. 20, Officer Jeffery Fuller is investigating a reported slashed tire on a private vehicle.

A Dept. of Marine Resources (DMR) official said the agency “made a mistake” in its initial determination that lobster trap storage on a commercial pier in South Bristol would damage nearby marine vegetation.

Firefighters cleared the scene of a house fire at 418 Center St. in Nobleboro today around 10:30 a.m. The Nobleboro Fire Department responded with mutual aid support from Damariscotta and Newcastle shortly after 9 a.m. Center Street was briefly closed while firefighters contained the blaze.