For a bunch of Wiscasset Middle School students, tromping outdoors to follow a stream was an excellent way to pay attention last Wednesday.

Officials eased visitation bans at the Two Bridges Regional Jail Friday after consulting with the Maine state health officials.

The seasonal influenza clinics for MSAD #40 students scheduled for the following dates have been cancelled.

The swine flu virus has hit the Two Bridges Regional Jail, with one employee sent home after coming down with a confirmed case of the H1N1 virus, while four others were sent home with flu-like symptoms.

The Damariscotta Police Department reports the following activity:

IncidentsSept. 30, Officer Jennifer Mitkus assisted a citizen with a trespass issue.

Accompanied by Rep. Jon McKane (R-Newcastle) officials from Damariscotta and Newcastle huddled with state Dept. of Transportation Commissioner David Cole Friday, trying to convince him to help out with the local roads.

Updated information on the availability of H1N1 will be posted online at www.maineflu.gov later today.

Two people accused of murder and assault in Waldoboro may go to trial next spring.

The Lincoln Academy Eagles defeated Oak Hill 5-4 on penalty kicks in the West B quarter finals Wednesday night.

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

Boothbay: Frank R. Pipal to Michael S. Leighton, Lisa L. Castonguay and Eric C. Harvey; Marjorie Gallagher (Tr.), EJW Trust and Marjorie Gallagher to Suzanne C. McCarthy;

Waldoboro residents passed around bags of drugs including methadone, heroin, crack cocaine and LSD, engaged actively in conversations about drug laws and watched a drug sniffing dog demonstration in the fourth installment of the 10 week Citizen’s Police Academy Monday night

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.