Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On June 22, Marlin Swartentruber, 38, of Newcastle was issued a summons for improperly parked motor vehicle in Damariscotta Mills, Nobleboro by Deputy Mark Bridgham.

Forty-two high school-aged students from Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, New Jersey arrived in the Pine Tree State July 10 to spend a week doing home improvement work in the Midcoast.

Ruth Anne Bryant, the President of the Miles Memorial Hospital League, faces charges of assault and witness tampering, a Class C felony, after a June 24 incident in District Court.

Surrounded by five generations of the Wright family, the Westport Island selectmen and planning board finally cut the ribbon on the Wright Landing project June 10. The landing was dedicated to the late Mary and Adrien Wright, who gave the town first right refusal on purchasing the land.

The Lincoln County Commissioners voted unanimously to lend their full support to a plan to transform Jefferson’s Curtis House into a residence for recovering alcoholics at a July 6 meeting.

A 17-year-old Waldoboro youth was hospitalized after he was struck by a car on the Winslow Mills Rd. July 9.

Travis Hoffses, 17, of Waldoboro was struck by a 2009 Honda, four door sedan, operated by Roberta Marion, 82, Waldoboro around 3:30 p.m. Friday.

For the second year in a row, the annual Bremen Fire Department Open House will be held in conjunction with the Bremen Town House’s annual Chocolate Sunday.

The open house will be held from 1-4 p.m., Sun., Aug. 1 at the Bremen fire station on Rt. 32.

Lincoln County largely escaped significant damage from a massive weather system that spawned a tornado watch in southern Maine last night.

James and Michelle Anderson of Amesbury, Mass., are proud to announce the birth of their baby boy, Jordan Callen.

Proud parents Chad and Jennifer Reed of Waldoboro, announce the birth of a baby girl, Anna Katherine Reed.

An employee of the Maine Department of Transportation visited South Bristol recently to remove directional signs belonging to Coveside Restaurant and Marina and The Unique Yankee Inn after a complaint from a resident.

A special meeting of the Jefferson Village School Board will convene in at the school July 1 at 11:30 a.m. The sole agenda item is the formal acceptance of the lowest bid for the construction of the new Jefferson school facility.

Over the past five years the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recalled over 9 million cribs due to strangulation, entrapment issues or injuries. On June 24 another very large crib recall of over 2.2 million cribs was announced.

Voters at Westport Island’s genial and well-attended town meeting passed every article on the town warrant with passionate discussion but little dissent.