As a dispatcher for the Lincoln County Communications Center, Melissa McKusic, 35, spends much of her time sending people to help others.

Six weeks ago, she did the helping herself.

A rollover near the intersection of Rt. 27 and McKay Road in Edgecomb interrupted traffic for about 30 minutes early Thursday afternoon, June 17.

Voters in Waldoboro used the polls to express their apparent desire for a smaller municipal budget on June 8. Six budget-related articles, containing a total of $242,437 in expenditures, were voted down, according to the election results available on the town website.

North Yarmouth Academy rallied for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat Wiscasset 7-2 in West Class C quarterfinal action in Yarmouth on June 11.

With a 30-year background in fire protection and emergency services, Tim Pellerin was sworn in as Whitefield’s new fire chief Monday.

The voters of RSU/MSAD 40 approved the proposed school budget at a town-meeting-style hearing on June 1 at Medomak Valley High School.

Voters will face five complex referendum questions when they go to the polls during the June 8 primary and referendum election.

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

Residents of Wiscasset and Edgecomb expressed confusion, alarm and indignation, at a public meeting at the Wiscasset Middle School June 22 regarding the recent selection of N8c as the likely route for a Rt. 1 bypass around Wiscasset.

The Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection’s Invasive Species Program will have Damariscotta Lake’s .3-acre lagoon between Cranberry Point and Bill Judd’s camp treated with the herbicide fluridone (trade name: Sonar) in order to control the hydrilla infestation found last autumn.

Adam and Susan Rice of Walpole are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl Helen Marie.

Greely defeated Lincoln Academy softball 4-1 in Cumberland on June 11 in a West Class B quarter-final match-up. The Lady Eagles finish the season with a 13-4 record

Big News.

Bruce the Barber, you know, the guy operating out of the shack in Damariscotta’s back parking lot, the guy with the low prices and wry grin, has gone high hat.

Four candidates are on the ballot this year for one seat on the Waldoboro Board of Selectmen. Whichever candidate wins the one-year term will be filling the seat vacated by John Blamey earlier this year.