In what turned out to be a million dollar land deal, the heirs of three Unitarian ministers have entered conserved easements on 525 acres in the Sheepscot River watershed.

Professor E. Michael Brady, Ph.D., a tenured full professor and senior research fellow at the University of Southern Maine, hosts adults and undergrads on a summer bus trip to the nation’s major and minor league baseball parks.

About 140 people turned out at the Gardiner American Legion Oct. 25 to celebrate the 100th birthday of Dorothy “Dot” Fraser.

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

IncidentsSept. 29, Lt. Allen issued verbal warning for speeding on Rt. 218, responded to criminal mischief complaint on Bradford Rd., received animal complaint on Birch Point Rd., and assisted District Attorney’s office with service of paperwork on Rt. 27.

Whitefield homeowners crowded the townhouse Monday evening to vent their anger over property tax bills. Many insisted on a special town meeting that would allow reverting to last year’s values.

Last winter, Mother Nature dumped 24 inches of heavy, wet snow on the boat storage buildings at South Bristol’s Bittersweet Landing Boatyard, flattening two of them.

The Lincoln County Commissioners are pondering future competition for a significant source of revenue in light of a private company’s request for electronic copies of the county’s land records.

Veterans’ Day, it is called today, but to us older folks it continues to be Armistice Day. Nov. 11, when on the eleventh month, of the eleventh day and eleventh hour, the armistice was signed, ending World War I, and supposedly ending all wars.

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

ComplaintsOct. 4, Officer Jeffery Fuller is investigating a reported theft of $600.

More than a half million dollars in federal stimulus funds has been awarded to fund a study aimed at creating a pre-trial risk assessment program for the Two Bridges Regional Jail.

One of the unique features of the new bowling and entertainment center that opened its doors for business in Waldoboro as of press time are the materials used for the countertop in the café and table in an event room.

A 47-year-old transient was arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office in connection with an alleged sexual assault in Whitefield Sept. 29.

On Oct. 22, at 1:30 a.m., Betsy Evans and Dick Cleveland were awakened by the sounds of commotion outside their home on Hopkins Hill Road in Newcastle.

Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation (GOMLF), a small Maine-based non-profit organization collaborating with northeast lobstermen and scientists on industry-based research projects, will hold two more groundline exchanges for Maine lobstermen who have already signed up for the Bottom Line Project.