According to fundraising chairman Walter Hilton, the Damariscotta Baptist Church steeple will be raised sometime mid-morning Aug. 24.

Pamela K. Warner of Wiscasset was granted a divorce from Michael J. Connors of Wiscasset on July 1. They were married in Boothbay Harbor on March 16, 2009.

The Damariscotta Baptist Church’s iconic steeple will not be raised this year, according to Walter Hilton, Chairman of the Steeple Fundraising Committee.

Two long lost sisters Mary Sophia McIntyre, 59 of Waldoboro and Mary Ellen Kennedy, 62 of Perth-Andover, New Brunswick Canada, were reunited in Waldoboro on July 29. They were separated as very young children when the State removed them from their home and took them away from their parents over 50 years ago.

At a special town meeting Aug. 19, Bremen voters denied a request from the board of selectmen to replace the boiler in the town office.

A Lincoln County Grand Jury met last week and handed down indictments.

A three-car non-injury collision in Damariscotta Aug. 17 snarled up traffic as police responders attempted to sort through the perplexing series of events.

At 1:15 p.m., Gail Rice, spokesperson for Central Maine Power announced about 6200 customers are without power in Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, and Southport Island due to a “blown transformer.”

Mark Steven Belleisle, 53, Belfast, violating condition of release, Two Bridges Regional Jail 30 days; protective order from harassment violating, Two Bridges Regional Jail 30 days.

The town of Damariscotta is considering the adoption of new building and development codes, which will affect three distinct areas of town: historic Main Street, Bus. Rt. 1, and a proposed new development at Piper Commons.

Oxford town officials refuted a Lincoln County Commissioner’s negative accounts of Oxford’s 2009 experience with Oxxfest and Oxxfest promoters in interviews with The Lincoln County News July 29-30.

The Lincoln County Fire Chiefs Association held its annual awards banquet and lobster bake at the South Bristol Fire Department Aug. 18.

Officials report culvert work on Biscay Road in Damariscotta will be completed later today, allowing the road to be opened.

The Frances Perkins Center in Newcastle hosted its second annual garden party on Saturday, as visitors from near and far gathered to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act.