At separate meetings this week, the Waldoboro and Jefferson Boards of Selectmen both approved a management plan for the future of Rt. 32. The plan is the result of about six months of work by a committee comprising members of both towns, at the request of the Maine Dept. of Transportation.

On Wed., Sept. 29, Chewonki will host a public discussion and tour at Montsweag Brook in Wiscasset to celebrate the removal of Lower Montsweag Brook Dam.

The state has bad news for the 75 percent of Bristol voters who rejected a ballot question to allow “any wolf hybrid kennel or… refuge” in a July 20 referendum.

Mary and Clinton Collamore Sr., of Waldoboro, and Henry Erickson, of Warren, and Julie Vaughan, of Waldoboro proudly announce the marriage of their children, Clinton Collamore Jr. and Julie Erickson, of Waldoboro.

The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to form a 20-member Comprehensive Planning Committee at their Sept. 1 meeting.

Two former Damariscotta Bank and Trust employees, including former Vice President Roger Smith, face theft charges in connection with alleged fraud and extortion during their tenure at the bank.

The Waldoboro Police report the following activities from the previous week:

AccidentsAug. 23, Around 8:45 p.m., Abden Simmons, 39, of Waldoboro, was towing a boat behind a northbound 2003 Ford pickup truck on the Atlantic Highway when he lost the boat off his trailer. The boat landed in the road where it was struck by Walter Kenyon, 77, of Saxtons Rive Vt. Kenyon’s 2005 Dodge van sustained $2500 damage. There were no injuries. Officer Thomas Bartunek investigated.

The following property transfers were recorded recently at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset:

Boothbay: Water’s Edge Joint Ventures LLC to Patricia A. Carter; Thaddeus J. Szczech and Julie Szczech to Dante Guzzi and Kelly Ann Guzzi; Richard L. McCoy (Tr.), Dale B. McCoy (Tr.) and Richard And Dale McCoy Family Trust to Richard L. McCoy and Dale B. McCoy;

In a month’s time, Whitefield voters will decide whether or not to expand the board of selectmen from three to five members.

“I can’t tolerate a $10,000 tax bill. No way. You’re going to tax me off my land.”

The words of Whitefield’s largest dairy farmer to selectmen Monday evening cast a shadow on the vision of rural living touted in the town’s comprehensive plan: farms and farmlands, barns, silos, fields of corn and hay, glimpses of cows, and an “effective municipal government mindful of the need for limited property taxation.”

In a special town vote Sept. 14, Wiscasset voters passed eight out of the nine articles in a warrant full of potential departmental closings and budget cutbacks. Going against both the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen and Budget Committee recommendations, voters voted ‘no’ on question two, an article to appropriate $78,671 for municipal planning. The article failed by three votes, 213-210.

A three-car accident in Wiscasset Sept. 13 closed Rt. 27 for more than a half hour while responders cleared the scene.

According to Wiscasset Police, the accident occurred when a 1998 Saturn driven by James Pepper, 65, of Brunswick crossed the centerline and hit the vehicles of Heidi Grover, 48, and Debra MacPhee, 43, both of Wiscasset.

A Jefferson couple faces felony drug charges following their arrest and search of their home on Sept. 4.

The heat wave of 2010 claimed another victim Aug. 31 as the Southport Bridge was knocked out of operation due to an electrical shortage.