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.

Nestled in the middle of a group of picturesque and expensive vacation homes, the weathered 2700-foot wharf on 540-feet of historic shoreline looks like it might be out of place.

Power was interrupted to the town of Newcastle at approximately 6:30 a.m. today due to a branch shorting out a power line.

Lawrence F. Anthony, 56, Waldoboro, assault, $300, Two Bridges Regional Jail nine months, all but five days suspended, probation one year.

Scott M. Baker, 34, Bristol, operate vehicle without license – cond/restric, dismissed.

The Quonset hut contributed to the Somerville Fire Dept. in honor of Fire Chief Mike Dostie’s son is near completion. Two separate firefighter crews pieced together the building on Saturday and Sunday, one metal section at a time, working with the Ladies Auxiliary, which provided coffee, donuts and lunch.

Daniel J. Schweitzer of Wiscasset was granted a divorce from Karen L. Barone of Westport Island on March 4. They were married in Bar Harbor on Aug. 5, 1996.

Alice and Jason Drake of Nobleboro are pleased to announce the arrival of a baby boy, Curtis.

Two weeks ago, the phone call came into the house from a person who said they were from the Awards Claim Center in Edgecomb.

Richard “Dik” Brackett, 66, a former Boothbay physician’s assistant, was found guilty on seven of nine charges by a Lincoln County Superior Court jury Wednesday afternoon.

A Waldoboro man is in custody following an early morning raid on his Friendship Rd. residence by state and local police June 12.

According to a statement from Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde, Geoffrey Merritt, 48, was arrested at the residence and transported to Two Bridges Regional jail.

The farm in Nobleboro famously known to have been home to literary legends Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth is receiving long awaited recognition as a National Literary Landmark. A celebration to mark this historical occasion will take place at Chimney Farm in Nobleboro on June 21, from 1-3 p.m.

Angelica and Richard Gaudreau of Rockland are pleased to announce the birth of their baby girl, Charlotte Soliel Gaudreau.