With 16 towns reporting Lincoln County voters appear to have rejected Maine’s same sex marriage law and the state’s school consolidation effort.

Marcie and Christopher Creamer, of Warren are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Mylie Ava Creamer.

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

AccidentsOct. 21, Officer Michel Dutil investigated an accident that occurred on the Friendship Rd. at 9:01 a.m. Walter Rodriguez, 42, of Belfast, was traveling south in a 2006 Int. Harvester/Navistar, two axle single unit with dual tires when he lost control and ran off the road. Rodriguez’ vehicle rolled over and struck a pole in a ditch. Rodriguez was not uninjured. A passenger, Gustavo Espinosa, complained of pain in the chest/stomach area. The vehicle sustained $20,000 damage.

With the upcoming holiday season, the Damariscotta Police Department would like to remind citizens of the importance of having designated drivers and wearing seatbelts.

A former Newcastle resident, convicted of slaying his father and a former girlfriend, asked the Maine Supreme Judicial Court Monday to grant him a new trial.

Police report an intoxicated male was discovered asleep lying on a couch by the residents of a Glidden Street home in Newcastle, late Halloween night.

Alissa Sprague and Eric Cronk of Waldoboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Kamrin Michael Cronk.

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

ComplaintsOct. 27, Lt. Allen responded for a suspicious vehicle at business on Rt. 1, responded for a moose in roadway on Makijen Drive, assisted Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department with attempt to locate on Rt. 1, and took report of trespassing into complaint’s home and spent the night on West Alna Rd.

Joshua G. Nicholls, 26, of Somerville, operating while license suspended or revoked, 48 hours in jail, $500 fine; unlawful use of license, 24 hours in jail; violating condition of release, 48 hours in jail.

Superior Court Justice Andrew M. Horton postponed sentencing for former Boothbay Harbor physician’s assistant Dik Brackett Wednesday saying he wanted to consider a newly revealed health issue that might bear on his decision.

Lincoln County voters vetoed Maine’s same-sex marriage law and soundly rejected the state’s school consolidation effort during the Nov. 3 referendum.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

On Nov. 1, Deputy Mark Bridgham took a report of criminal mischief and theft in the Bremen area. The complainant stated that someone damaged and moved a gas tank at the Muscongus Community Center. The cost of the tank is around $150 dollars and the liquid propane is valued at $350 dollars. The monetary damage to the pipes and the reset of the tank is to be determined. Further investigation if leads develop.

Heather Alliscot, 28, Damariscotta, violating condition of release, Two Bridges Regional Jail 48 hours.

Radio Shack, the popular electronics retail store chain, is coming back to Damariscotta.

Russ Brackett, the owner of the Radio Shack/Video Loft/U.S. Cellular outlet in Boothbay Harbor, is opening a brand new store in the Elm Street Plaza in a space once occupied by a beauty shop.