Lt. John A. Allen reports for the Wiscasset Police Department for the weeks of July 10 through August 2:

There were 201 incident reports that were taken and/or investigated; of these were – four burglaries, 10 citizen assists, three thefts, 15 motorist assists, one fraud, 11 business assists, one disorderly conduct, 16 law enforcement agency assists, three harassments, 46 property checks, 10 suspicious activities, two ambulance assists, seven business alarms, 33 traffic offenses and/or erratic operations, three family altercations, 11 motor vehicle accidents – seven non-reportable, one trespass, two unwanted subjects, four arrests/and or summons, two loud noise complaints, two animal problems, two 9-1-1 hang-up checks, one criminal mischief, one threatening, one probation violation, one pedestrian assist, one unwanted subject and one loud noise complaint.

Police have arrested four local men and a Palermo man on charges of aggravated forgery, a class B felony, as a result of a cooperative investigation on the part of several county and municipal departments and state police.

Jessica Bradstreet and Ralph Taylor of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Wyatt Alan Taylor.

The Maine Dept. of Transportation (DOT) plans to close Biscay Road in Damariscotta twice over the next two weeks in order to replace a pair of culverts.

Reagan Sturks, a recent graduate of Empire Beauty School, has joined the staff of Mia’s Shear Perfection in Damariscotta. Sturks will be doing everything from haircuts and highlighting to manicures and pedicures.

At their regular meeting on Aug. 18, the Bremen Board of Selectmen explained to about 25 concerned residents and members of the budget committee why the mil rate went up this year, despite the town and school budgets remaining almost the same.

News from Lincoln County Superior Court.

Daniel E. Bailey, 47, of Jefferson, Nov. 19, 2009, violating condition of release, jail 48 hours.

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.