A Waldoboro woman who has volunteered at the Waldoboro library for the last six years received the Exemplary Service Award from the Maine Commission for Community Service at a ceremony on April 22 at the State House Hall of Flags in Augusta.

The Newcastle Planning Board has submitted a draft ordinance that will govern possible home wind power units.

The draft ordinance was presented to the town selectmen Monday.

The State of Maine has decided to scrap plans to collect a mandatory fee from visitors to three state parks this summer. Instead they will continue to charge a fee at only one, Colonial Pemaquid in New Harbor.

According to MSAD/RSU 40 Supt. Frank Boynton, a written bomb threat was found in a restroom at Medomak Valley High School the morning of April 7.

Quick action by a Bristol volunteer firefighter may have saved the home of a Round Pond couple, James and Maxine Poland.

Monhegan Plantation voters elected Matt Weber as fire chief during the annual town meeting on April 1.

The Newcastle Selectmen and the town finance committee will require provider (nonprofit) agencies seeking town funding, including the town volunteer fire department, to present detailed fiscal information.

Parents Megan Thayer and Daron Shove of Whitefield, are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl, Rylee Luv Shove.

Flanked by House Reps. Lisa Miller, and Wendy Pieh; Lincoln County Commissioner, Bill Blodgett; David Flanagan, former president and CEO of CMP and his wife, Valarie, Chris Johnson announced his candidacy for State Senate District 20 on April 10 in front on the Newcastle Publick House.

The Weatherbird, one of Damariscotta’s unique shops featuring a blend of fashion, food, fine wine and other fabulous goodies, is expanding into a recently vacated storefront on Main Street.

Dale Jasinski and Jeanna Gustufson of Boothbay are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Hannah Marie Jasinski.

In 2009, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, already hailed as one of Maine’s top attractions, welcomed nearly 60,000 visitors. Those numbers will only increase with the July 8 opening of the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden. The organization continues to win awards for its designs, as well as for its innovative management; but Maine’s first and only botanical garden isn’t about to rest on its laurels. Now, the gardens is embarking on a new, and very green, building project for its much-needed education center.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

April 1, Kenneth Sawyer, 64, of Cushing was issued a summons for attaching false plates, on Atlantic Highway, Waldoboro, by Deputy Matthew Day.

Wilbur and Tracy Wright of Nobleboro proudly announce the birth of their baby boy, Sawyer Dean Wright.