Daniel R. Daigneault, president and chief executive officer of The First, N.A., recently announced a management promotion at The First. April Lawrence has been promoted to Assistant Compliance Officer of The First. “I am pleased to recognize April for her outstanding service. Her commitment to our organization is to be commended,” stated Daigneault.

Daniel A. Achorn, 46, Jefferson, reckless conduct, dismissed.

Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 Superintendent Greg Potter presented an approach to tackling the fiscal year 2011 education budget during the Thursday night Board of Directors meeting in the Whitefield Elementary School gymnasium. Board members also unanimously approved sending a resolution to the State asking for the promise of 55 percent funding under the 2005 enacted LD 1 legislation.

Native American legends say a chief came home one evening and stuck his tomahawk in a maple tree. The next day, he pulled it out and went hunting. Sap started running down the tree into a container of some sort.

Firefighters from four towns cleared the scene of a house fire at the end of a long driveway off the River Road in Edgecomb early today.

Phyllis Lockhart and Robert Ives are happy to announce their engagement. They have been living across the Pemaquid River from one another, on the east and west sides respectively, for some time.

On Monday, Bristol voters rejected a move to eliminate the town’s highway department – and its only employee.

Town meeting voters cast 331 votes to keep the department while just 47 voted to eliminate it.

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

Arrest/SummonsesFeb. 22, Officer Jeffery Fuller arrested Brian Bennett, 29, of Rockland on a warrant.

A man wanted by the Waldoboro Police Dept. turned himself in to the Knox Sheriffs Office Monday. Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy John Palmer took Christopher Benner, 34, into custody without incident around 10:30 a.m., according to a press release issued by the Waldoboro Police Dept.

John and Tenley Seiders of South Bristol are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Edward John Seiders.

Fire destroyed about one third of a trailer at 2020 Friendship Rd. in Waldoboro on March 9.

Skipping directly from the 19th Century to the 21st, The Lincoln County News is now on Facebook.

Real estate sales median prices remain positive in Maine. According to the Maine Real Estate Information Service (MREIS), the median sales price for a single-family existing home increased 5.09 percent since Jan. 2009, reaching $160,000. The median sales price (MSP) indicates that half of the homes were sold for more and half sold for less.

Waldoboro Police have identified 28-year-old Blaire Horton of Friendship as the victim of a one-car collision on the Friendship Road in Waldoboro Sunday afternoon.