Sobs echoed around the room at several points during an emotional sentencing hearing on May 10 in Lincoln County Superior Court in Wiscasset.

When Chief Paul Leeman and the Bristol firefighters are sent out on an emergency call, they may or may not be able to communicate with the Lincoln County Communications System.

A Ford Focus traveling south on Winslows Mills Road in Waldoboro at around 11 a.m. May 5 rolled over after the driver was startled by an animal running across the road.

Landowners on the Wiscasset side of Montsweag Brook continue to resist a proposal by the Chewonki Foundation to remove the Lower Montsweag Brook Dam, and new voices, including a candidate for selectman, are joining the fray.

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

Alna: Dan Richard Baty and Ann E. R. Baty to Dan Richard Baty, Ann E. R. Baty and Daniel T. Baty;

Mark and Esther Vannoy, of Waldoboro, are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Evangeline Hope.

A group of parents and the principal of Dresden Elementary School are baking fresh bread and selling it to raise money to keep school staff.

Jim Cosgrove has only a few more weeks on the spot.

In early June, he will complete his service as a member of the Great Salt Bay school committee.

The New England Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented Don Hudson with an Environmental Merit Lifetime Achievement Award on at historic Faneuil Hall in Boston April 22.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On May 10, Deputy Matthew Day took a report of a theft in the Nobleboro area. The complainant stated that sometime since Oct. 2009, someone stole his 100 lb. Amerigas propane tank from the side of his cottage. The approximate replacement value is $350. At this time, there are no suspects.

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

Arrests/SummonsesApril 19, Officer Jeffery Fuller summonsed Blake Nichols, 22, of Waldoboro for operating after suspension.

In celebration of National Emergency Medical Services Week, the Jefferson Fire Department held an open house with activities and information about child safety on May 16 at the Jefferson Fire Station.

State Rep. Wendy Pieh (D-Bremen) announced earlier this year she will not seek reelection.

“It was a difficult, personal decision,” Pieh said. “With everything I’m balancing, something had to give.”

People who are out of work and thinking about breaking into new territories might draw inspiration from a man who went back to school late in life. After working at Bath Iron Works for 22 years, Alvin (“Bub”) Stockford went back to school at the age of 44.