Roman Mank, 28, Bremen, failing to make accident report, seven days in jail; OUI, 30 days in jail, three-year registration suspension, $700; aggravated operating after revocation, 58 months in jail with all but 16 months suspended, two years probation, $1000.

Starting Oct. 29, Atlantic Avenue in Boothbay Harbor will be reduced to one lane of alternating one-way traffic in order for Maine Dept. of Transportation crews to repair a collapsing slope alongside Atlantic Avenue.

The Newcastle Board of Selectmen unanimously approved a design review certificate application for the Newcastle Harbor House at their Oct. 25 meeting.

Central Maine Power Company (CMP) crews are braving the elements as they work to repair damage from a storm packing heavy rain and strong winds.

Chad and Marcia Benner of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Connor William Benner.

With the light winter last year, the Town of Nobleboro only used about half of its supply of road sand. This August, when the Board of Selectmen awarded the sand contract, they opted not to put the contract out to bid, and awarded it to Linwood Fraser, a contractor out of Damariscotta that has supplied the town’s sand in previous years.

Area firefighters responded to a structure fire at the home of longtime Wiscasset residents William and Sheryl Thayer Sept 30.

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning about a new scam that is apparently coming out of Canada targeted at senior citizens with family.

A widely-respected think tank calls the $4.2 billion that taxpayers owe to Maine’s retirement system a “ticking time bomb” that should dominate any discussion of the state’s finances.

The assessment by the nonpartisan Envision Maine is echoed by experts in state finances.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen expressed their displeasure with the quality of recent paving on Biscay Road at their Oct. 20 meeting.

As of 11:30 a.m. today, CMP reports the following roads are impacted by power outages.

Boothbay: Back Eighty Road, Back Narrows Road, Back Narrows Social Club Line, Blue Water Road, Brook Road, Bryers Neck Road, Delano Road, East Barter Island Road, Isle Of Springs Road, School Street, and Wulfing Road.

Aimee and Joe Roderiques, of Boothbay, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Oliver Roderiques.

The Edgecomb planning board cleared the way for a final town vote to approve financing for a new fire station in a meeting Sept 30.

Chloe Maxmin sits in the “writing cabin” on her family’s Nobleboro property, two days before she embarks on a three-month hike through South America. She radiates the intellectual optimism of a bright high school graduate poised to begin the rest of her life.