Parents Jamie Wood and Morgan Zimmerman, of Nobleboro, are proud to announce the birth of a son, Garidyn Jamie.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to a burglary at the Maritime Farms convenience store on Main Street, Newcastle Monday after an employee reported that the rear door had been forced upon and the store’s safe broken into. The employee placed the call at around 4 a.m.

Republican 1st District Congressional candidate Dean Scontras joined Gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage on the Maine Eastern Railroad for a four-town whistle stop tour July 24.

The Damariscotta Police Dept. is participating in the Click It or Ticket enforcement. There will be increased patrols for operating under the influence and speeding along with seatbelt violations.

Representatives of the Maine Department of Transportation met with South Bristol residents July 14, to discuss plans to replace the town’s historic swing bridge.

Alan Burgess, the former Boothbay elementary school teacher, pleaded guilty July 15 to possession of sexually explicit material of a minor under 12 years old.

Damariscotta police are asking for the public’s help identifying the driver who left the scene of an accident in the parking lot of McDonald’s restaurant July 7 around 6:10 p.m.

The Town of Wiscasset held a double-bash Sunday as hundreds of people lined the streets of downtown to celebrate the 4th of July holiday and the 250th birthday of Lincoln County. The crowd was entertained by a grand parade of cars and characters from all 250 years of Wiscasset’s history. From Sheriff Todd Brackett’s horse-backed procession in 18th century costume to the raising of Old Glory in front of the Wiscasset Middle School, those who attended Sunday’s festivities were inspired by the celebration of both town and country.

Westport Island residents support the use of private, but not commercial wind turbines, and support the use of tidal turbines, but split on commercial tidal turbines in the results of a survey distributed at the June 19 Town Meeting.

Whitefield selectman Sue McKeen reported she had spoken with a Maine Revenue Services official about a resident’s request that an ad hoc committee be appointed to set local tax policy. McKeen said she was told policy is set through the Legislature. “Even an advisory group is a slippery slope,” she said. “The town can’t set policy, the state does it.”

After doing the math, the Damariscotta Board of Selectmen raised the town’s mil rate from 13.4 to 14 at their July 21 meeting.

A party in Edgecomb July 16 celebrated the completion of a fiber optic line making high speed Internet available to residents of McKay and River Roads.

Join Friends of Merrymeeting Bay (FOMB) tomorrow, July 17 at 3 p.m. for a tour of the Pownalborough Courthouse in Dresden.

The Damariscotta River Association’s annual meeting will take place Sun., July 11.