Wiscasset voters will go to the polls Tues., June 8, to elect town officials and decide the fate of a variety of budget articles and other town affairs.

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.

A three-car collision on Rt. 1 near the Medomak Veterinary Service in Waldoboro on June 21 around 4 p.m. caused traffic delays for a little more than an hour, but did not result in any serious injuries, said Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde.

Mr. and Mrs. James and Pebble Kelsey of South Bristol and Mr. Lee Straw of Newcastle announce the engagement of their daughter Autumn Amanda Straw to Christian Henning Vagtborg, son of Christian Peter and Connie Vagtborg of Saint Simmons Island, Ga.

Escaped felon Wayne Collamore was arrested around 2 p.m. today at the Owl’s Head Light State Park in Owl’s Head. Deputy U.S. Marshals arrested Collamore without incident after he was spotted in a car that was reported stolen from Round Pond earlier today.

The Nobleboro Central School Board has named Ann Hassett of Waldoboro as the school’s new principal. Hassett will succeed current principal Mark Deblois who announced his retirement earlier this year.

After decades of requests from the Town of Wiscasset for a U.S. Rt. 1 Bypass of Wiscasset Village, and after many years of transportation and environmental studies spearheaded by the Maine Dept. of Transportation (MaineDOT), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) issued its determination of the Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative (LEDPA) on May 24.

Kat Beaudoin, Chief of the Bureau of Transportation Systems Planning for the Maine Dept. of Transportation, said the latest developments in the search for a Rt. 1 bypass brought the town, “the closest we’ve come in 50 years to having the ability to move forward.”

The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen held a special, workshop-style meeting June 23 to take the first step restoring four department budgets rejected by voters June 8.

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

Boothbay: Mark F. Stickney (Tr.) and M. W. Sewall & Co. (Est.) to Eni Route 27 Boothbay LLC;

Sweltering weather didn’t stop a large crowd of history buffs, volunteers and local officials from enjoying the 250th Anniversary ceremony at Pownalborough Courthouse in Dresden June 19.

Those who have been following the community planning process in Damariscotta have probably heard about the recent charrette and a recommendation for implementing form-based codes.