Wiscasset School Supt. Jay McIntire has announced his resignation and confirmed plans to accept a comparable position in New Hampshire this week.

Proud parents Caitlyn Butler and Carl Petersen of New Harbor announce the birth of their baby boy, Samuel Isaac Oliver Petersen.

One man died and two men were critically injured as a result of a head-on collision on the Union Road in Waldoboro June 4. Harold Benner, 66, of Waldoboro was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after emergency personnel arrived moments after the 4 p.m. call.

All articles on the 2009-’10 Jefferson School budget passed as recommended without so much as a whimper from the approximate 30 people in attendance at the open town meeting on May 27. The meeting at the Jefferson Village School gymnasium lasted roughly 30 minutes as voters waved through most of the 17 articles by hand count.

Two bills designed to improve Maine’s environment and protect public health became law Monday with the signature of Gov. John Baldacci.

A fire destroyed the pavilion in Damariscotta Lake State Park in Jefferson early this morning.

Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:

May 26, Wayne W. Simmons, 70, of Waldoboro was issued a summons for operating while license is suspended or revoked, on East Pond Rd., Nobleboro, by Deputy Brian Collamore.

Around 625 Wiscasset voters, most of them voting via absentee ballot, approved 24 of 28 municipal questions on its annual town meeting referendum turning down both highway department articles.

“How much does this treasured landmark really mean to the town?” was the question posed in the March 30 Lincoln County News editorial. The year was 1978, and the landmark in question was Damariscotta’s First Baptist Church Clock Tower and Steeple.

The Two Bridges Regional Jail Authority has agreed to increase the Wiscasset facility’s inmate count following the state’s agreement to help fund additional staff.

The investigation continues into the head-on collision on Union Road that took the life of a 63-year-old Waldoboro man June 4.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has decided in favor of Westport Island in a lengthy battle against two residents contesting the proposed public landing improvement project.

First Selectman George Richardson said, “I’m happy, and I got it on my birthday.”

Waldoboro voters approved a $3,692,100 budget for the year 2010, re-elected Rebecca Maxwell and Theodore Wooster to the Board of Selectmen and approved all articles on the town warrant at the annual town referendum vote on June 9.

Voters also approved $2.9 million as the town’s share for the Maine School Administrative District 40 budget for fiscal year 2010.

Last year, Don Smart put up a windmill in the side yard of his 250-year-old home overlooking Hillside Cemetery.

Now, with a year of use, he knows it was a good deal, for the environment and his pocket book.