In a two-to-one split during their Monday night meeting, the Edgecomb Board of Selectmen agreed to send a letter of support for a Wiscasset bypass route to the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE). The board also discussed the upcoming municipal budget process, as well as a proposal by residents for the town to have a five member board of selectmen.

Joseph M. Anderson, 23, Newcastle, operating while license suspended or revoked, $250.

Friday’s fundraising dinner at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Newcastle will help a group of Haitian refugees in the village of Gros-Morne that have fled from the devastation created by the Jan. 12 earthquake which flattened buildings and took the lives of more than a hundred thousand victims.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued an advisory regarding a steady but light snowfall that began Wednesday morning in Lincoln County and other midcoast areas. While much of the state will see only a dusting, this snowfall seems centered right on the midcoast, and may leave 1-3 inches of accumulation, with peninsulas getting the lion’s share, according to the NWS. No high winds or extraordinarily heavy snowfall is forecast for this event, and there have been no school or business closings or cancellations.

Proud parents Aubrey and Rachel Alexander are pleased to announce the birth of a son, Simon Reid Alexander on Dec. 1.

A Richmond couple is currently in custody at the Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset on burglary charges as a result of a joint investigation by state and local law enforcement.

More than 176 souls gathered at St. Patrick’s Church in Damariscotta Mills Friday to pray and raise funds for the Haitian relief.

Robert and Andrea Blake of Newcastle are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Maxwell David Blake.

There are no major obstacles to forming a centralized volunteer fire and rescue department in Whitefield, a citizens’ committee report concludes. However, whether voters will approve the changes in how firefighting services are organized depends on the annual March town meeting outcome.

The Maine Warden Service is urging people to check any ice before venturing out as spring-like conditions, with warm temperatures, substantial rainfall and heavy winds, are weakening ice throughout the state.

Bruce Dean Curran can’t get Haiti off his mind.

“It was the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere before. Now the situation is devastating,” he said.

Curran is not the only Maine resident haunted by memories of friends and places, triggered by the chaos following the Jan. 12 earthquake, but he may have the most intimate knowledge of that Caribbean nation.

A snowstorm that was originally forecast to pass well south of Lincoln County changed course on Mon. to leaving up to 11 inches of snowfall in the area.

Thomas Hibbert, 55 and former Edgecomb entrepreneur, recently pled guilty to theft, having been accused of taking over $74,000 of his mother’s money. Hibbert has also been named in another potential suit, wherein he’s accused of acquiring $80,000.

Jen and Robin Hafemann of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Sara Joyce Hafemann.